MGM Taps Two Investment Banks To Explore Sale – Report
MGM Taps Two Investment Banks To Explore Sale
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Should Disney Buy MGM?
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MGM has made a few movies...
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
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No.
networkpro
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- Yes
While MGM did sell the rights to all pre 1986 movies in thier catalog to Turner, they've been busy making and acquiring the rights to 5,200 more.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
Doesn’t Turner still own the bulk of the back catalogue? I’m not sure MGM is all that valuable without their classic movies.
Of course, if Disney owned MGM, it would be great to use as the name for a theme park based on movies...
Of course, if Disney owned MGM, it would be great to use as the name for a theme park based on movies...
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Or a refresh to the Great Movie Ride.....Doesn’t Turner still own the bulk of the back catalogue? I’m not sure MGM is all that valuable without their classic movies.
Of course, if Disney owned MGM, it would be great to use as the name for a theme park based on movies...
Magic Crush Drop
Active Member
Wouldn't Disney be hit with an antitrust case for it?
Robbiem
Well-Known Member
Maybe they would partner with someone and split the assets to avoid antitrust? Or pick up some assets if someone else buys and sells parts off? Im guessing in the current streaming rush its the library which will be worth the most kinda like what Ted Turner did in the past with the studio. Having the James Bond and hobbit movies would be a bonus for Disney plus
is there anyone interested in buying MGM do we know? I could maybe see Apple or another tech company bidding
is there anyone interested in buying MGM do we know? I could maybe see Apple or another tech company bidding
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MermaidByChance
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With the way things are currently, I don’t think Disney themselves will go for it. Sure, they would love to but the thing is... aren’t they still trying to recuperate the funds that went into buying Fox? It’ll most likely take years for the company to comfortably call the Fox buyout a worthy investment. With the current global situation, it’s just making business doing business all that much difficult. I don’t think they’ll go for it.
Screamface
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James Bond going to Disney is a massive no for me. They don't have the full rights but the suggestion is that the full rights will be packaged in.
Disney getting Stargate, that ain't so bad if they gave it the budget, put it on Hulu to be paired with The Orville.
Disney getting Stargate, that ain't so bad if they gave it the budget, put it on Hulu to be paired with The Orville.
brodie999
Active Member
Hey, Daniel Richtman just posted a rumour that Disney is about to buy MGM for $5 billion. Gee, that'll make anti-trust laws a memory if this happened. https://www.piratesandprincesses.ne...-mgm-home-of-james-bond-and-rocky-franchises/
If they really are looking to buy another studio Id prefer they buy Sony. We need Marvel to get full control of Spidey.
Robbiem
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MGM would probably be an easier purchase than Sony and as a bonus DHS could get its original name back! MGM would have some good content for Disney plus especially the James Bond movies. Does anyone know if they still own their animation rights to Tom and Jerry, Droopy etc?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Sorry but I don't put this in the credible rumor column. This is a blog post, about a patreon post (paid post), from a WGYC article where they are speculating that Disney "might" be on the list of potential suitors for MGM.
This appears to be a big nothing at this point.
In 2018, there were almost a thousand films released.
Disney + Fox put out 35 films; that's about 1.7% of all films.
Now, a lot of those films were small indie films. If we limit the list to films that made $5M or more, then there were 212 'major releases'. Disney + Fox accounts for 17% of all such films in 2018.
Disney seems to have a much higher profile than 17% of 'major films' simply because they make so much money. If Sony's pictures that year were all $1-2B blockbusters, then Sony would have cornered the majority of the Box Office that year. The solution to diluting Disney's outsized weight is for the other studios to make films that are as popular as Disney films.
Now, MGM, in the past decade, has only been averaging 3-4 films per year. Disney buying MGM would hardly move the needle on any sort of anti-trust laws.
Buying Sony: Sony put out 16 films in 2018 that made $5M or more. If Disney had owned Sony, then Disney would have had 51 of 212 films in that category. That would've been 24% of all films that made $5M or more in 2018.
Still far from a monopoly.
Film studios that put out at least 4 films in 2018 that made $5M or more:
Disney + Fox put out 35 films; that's about 1.7% of all films.
Now, a lot of those films were small indie films. If we limit the list to films that made $5M or more, then there were 212 'major releases'. Disney + Fox accounts for 17% of all such films in 2018.
Disney seems to have a much higher profile than 17% of 'major films' simply because they make so much money. If Sony's pictures that year were all $1-2B blockbusters, then Sony would have cornered the majority of the Box Office that year. The solution to diluting Disney's outsized weight is for the other studios to make films that are as popular as Disney films.
Now, MGM, in the past decade, has only been averaging 3-4 films per year. Disney buying MGM would hardly move the needle on any sort of anti-trust laws.
Buying Sony: Sony put out 16 films in 2018 that made $5M or more. If Disney had owned Sony, then Disney would have had 51 of 212 films in that category. That would've been 24% of all films that made $5M or more in 2018.
Still far from a monopoly.
Film studios that put out at least 4 films in 2018 that made $5M or more:
- A24
- Bleeker Street Media
- Focus Features
- IMAX
- Lionsgate
- Paramount
- Screen Gems
- Sony
- STX Entertainment
- Universal
- Warner Bros.
Anti-trust is alive and well...
Antitrust Case Filings
A current well-known case is stopping VISA from buying Plaid in the past year.
brodie999
Active Member
Actually, VISA and Plaid dropped their merger over price, not anti-trust concerns. See this article right here. And people in government are employees of mega-corporations. That's why they were helpless to stop Disney from buying Fox, AT&T from buying Warner Bros. And Comcast from buying Universal.Anti-trust is alive and well...
Antitrust Case Filings
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A current well-known case is stopping VISA from buying Plaid in the past year.
The government did step in. Doesn't matter why it fell through. You say that anti-trust is basically dead in the U.S. But the fact that a case was started shows it ain't.
What you propose is conspiracy theory stuff. Got any real evidence?
brodie999
Active Member
No, but from what I heard this guy actually turned out to be right about many things in the past like Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield returning in Spider-Man 3. He's not just some guy on Patreon. He's proven many times to be an insider for Marvel and Disney. At the moment, studios are probably bidding to see which one will buy MGM.