Warner Brothers did a bait and switch. They marketed it as a mad cap fish out of water toy adventure suitable for kids and it turned out to be something very different. I wonder when the word gets out how it will affect sales.
Totally agree with you.
I never suggested they do. My whole point was that people should decide for themselves rather than follow what some ideologically driven website is telling them to think.I think it's safe to say ratings sites like that don't have much impact on American box office numbers and a film's success or failure.
But I can still tune in to Ben Shapiro a few times a week and listen to what he has to say.
Tendentious and sensationalised “information” is seldom informative.
I think you give the average population too much credit sometimes. Sure they are well meaning people overall but in the end most are blind followers to some ideology.Agreed. But I have to think that all 1,647 people (deducting one view for yourself) that looked at that website's review of Mermaid can make up their own mind about how to spend their money on entertainment.
For example, I often listen to Ben Shapiro on the car radio when running afternoon errands. I often agree with him on issues. But he came out this weekend and railed against the Barbie movie. And I disagree with him on that, and have 7 tickets to Barbie waiting for me at the theater later this week and I can't wait to see Barbie.
I have a brain, I am an adult, I do not blindly follow what other people say just because they are famous.
More information is better than less information. Free speech is better than policed speech. Even if it's only from 0.0005% of the population.
The word is “tendentious”. Yes, nothing is truly objective or free of bias, but some outlets are more extreme than others.But you just claimed it was biased (tenditious) and used that as a criticism. What news and information today is not biased?
I never said they shouldn’t. I merely suggested that people would do better to judge a film for themselves rather than let a website do it for them.
I didn’t introduce the website into the conversation; it was brought up by @mickEblu, whose posts on the matter you must have read since you liked one of them. You seem to think I’m assigning some deep significance to the website, which is the very opposite of my point in (somewhat ironically) referring to it.But I still think it's hilarious that you used a website with only 1,648 views as your example of bias. Come on, you know that's funny.
Here's where the box office stands for Little Mermaid after this weekend, and it's still deeply in the red.
With a staggeringly high production budget of $250 Million, plus a reported $140 Million global marketing budget, using the 60/40 split for domestic/overseas box office take, The Little Mermaid is currently operating at a loss of $110 Million thus far.
That overseas box office was just brutal for this film. Americans seemed to generally enjoy Mermaid, but foreigners were not impressed at all. Thus, it had no real path to profitability at the global box office.
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As of the latest weekend that just ended, The Little Mermaid has lost Disney $73 Million thus far.
That's assuming the most optimistic 60/40 box office take for Domestic/Overseas and the most conservative assumption that they only spent $100 Million marketing (They reportedly actually spent $140 Million, but let's just pretend they only spent $100 Million).
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This fact is kinda how this started, when many of us were saying that Disney pays itself the $100M to itself, so it’s only really a $10M loss. Not including the post theatrical run as well as merchandising. This film isn’t going to be the end of Disney.
I use review aggregate websites to help me pick a film if I can’t decide between options. Only rarely do I read full reviews, and never do I look to a particular reviewer or outlet to guide me in my opinions.
I repeat: “You seem to think I’m assigning some deep significance to the website, which is the very opposite of my point in (somewhat ironically) referring to it.”
We’ve all gone back and forth about this, it’s the same as if Disney were to sell this film to Netflix, they would get paid, roughly $100M. So Disney Studios pays Disney+ for the film. It’s like when Disney Studios pays DPEP for a M&G to promote a new film, or the like.That's the part that makes me chuckle.
Disney applies a magical Disney+ Gift Card of $100 Million to Mermaid and it covers most of its box office losses.
Does Disney now buy $100 Million Disney+ Gift Cards for all of its movies?
And if so, where do they get all that money for all those gift cards? And is that why Disney+ loses at least a Billion dollars every year?
That's the part that makes me chuckle.
Disney applies a magical Disney+ Gift Card of $100 Million to Mermaid and it covers most of its box office losses.
Does Disney now buy $100 Million Disney+ Gift Cards for all of its movies?
And if so, where do they get all that money for all those gift cards? And is that why Disney+ loses at least a Billion dollars every year?
