It doesn't matter whether or not he wins or loses the RCID battle, because in the eyes of his supporters, he'll have won anyway.
This is not Disney’s only chance and it should now be clear that even a “compromise“ where they’re the only party making concessions is not actually on the table. The governor, not Disney, is the one publicly pushing back against Disney making “nominal“ concessions.
Thank god for having a relatively diverse economy that's less reliant on tourism and is more well equipped to weather an economic downturn.
With enough appeals this case will take years to settle and DeSantis will be gone long before those appeals have made their way through the courts, as someone mentioned earlier a Disney friendly government makes this all go away by simply not challenging the first court ruling that's in Disney's favor.
Lightyear was still the second highest grossing animated film of 2022. 2nd to Minions which is a major franchise, which was also succeeding on its own without people defecting from Disney. It surpassed many animated movies from other studios. Lightyear also wasn’t highly rated by critics who aren’t judging it based on political message or content. Got a 74% on rotten tomatoes from critics. Toy Story 4 got 97% from critics. Big drop in quality there.
Seriously? I said “Companies are being forced to “take a side” more and more and often they are faced with a decision of you are either with us or against us. This happens from both sides.” You think that only happens from the right and never the left? It clearly happens both ways on a whole variety of issues.
Well, no.
I expect they could have joined with other companies to state opposition to the bill and then more or less wash their hands of it. Botching the PR and then going so far as to publicly state you're pulling all political donations in FL makes it such a big story that the Governor felt the need to have a show of force.
Please, then provide the additional context that my comment missed.
That’s simply wrong. The three highest grossing 2022 animated releases were Minions, Puss in Boots, and The Bad Guys, all Universal films
It’s not wrong, it’s domestic.
Make that third. Puss and Boots just stomped it.
You took one part of my post and seem.tk think I stated something I did not I never said Avatar Bombed. I said it did not perform to their expectations.
Even domestically it still puts Lightyear performing at 3rd place, with some large gaps in the millions to hundred millions. Both of their releases had no animated or family competition released near it. Pathetic levels for them.
Also catering to a demographic that is essentially not going to be around the longest is more detrimental than investing in demographics that will love Disney for the rest of their life which is a better ROI. Kids who become Disney adults is more a money maker especially in terms of labor and the disney college program than pleasing the villages demographics.
The interesting thing is a lot of dreamworks properties have LGBTQIA+ characters especially on television not to forget even Illuminations with the Minions gets away with characters in drag (all the minions are male, who kiss each other, occasionally where women's clothing and don't need women to reproduce). But because Comcast/Universal doesn't make it a big fanfare, no one says anything.
The characters’ sexuality has absolutely no bearing on the plot in either Lightyear or Strange World.
