Disney’s upcoming live-action Snow White film is tracking to have an opening weekend worse than Captain America: Brave New World, which bombed at the box office and is likely to lose Marvel and Disney upwards of $250 million.Fandom Pulse is a reader-supported publication.
Putting aside the culture war aspect can someone explain how these companies operate with such losses? Is it because they’re balanced out with other films that exceed expectations like Deadpool? Maybe we just hear more about the bombs and it creates a skewed sense of reality? Because I can’t imagine these companies keep pushing out bad films just because they promote Kathleen Kennedy’s worldview or whatever.
To actually answer your question (since the previous poster didn't see fit to do so) movie studios can't survive bomb after bomb like Disney is doing. However Disney is far more than just a movie studio. They have tons of other revenue streams that can help to cover losses. Plus, for a property like Snow White, even a bomb can help drive sales in other areas. People who watch this forthcoming atrocity might afterwards decide that they want to watch or show their children the original. They then buy /rent a copy of the original. This extra revenue boost for an existing item that likely hasn't seen a spike in sales in decades can also be beneficial. The same thing can happen with merchandising.
Yeah that makes sense, a coworker was just complaining how his wife wants to go to Disney world while they are in Orlando and how unbelievably expensive it is.
Well, now I wonder about the film studios that are making bombs that aren’t owned by a diversified corp like Disney…
What happens to them? Bankruptcy... Or best case scenario they're gobbled up by a larger company
Even large diversified studios sometimes struggle with losses. Take Sony for example. Sony's financial struggles post Garfield Spider-Man were part of the reason that Sony licensed the character to Disney for the MCU.
Gee, I wonder why I'm not surprised? This little girl got hired to play Snow White and immediately set about disrespecting the original story, the mythos behind it, and even told certain people that she didn't want them to watch the movie.
They listened, and they didn't spend their money. Too bad, so sad.
I'm simply all a-flutter in anticipation of never seeing this film...
Putting aside the culture war aspect can someone explain how these companies operate with such losses? Is it because they’re balanced out with other films that exceed expectations like Deadpool? Maybe we just hear more about the bombs and it creates a skewed sense of reality? Because I can’t imagine these companies keep pushing out bad films just because they promote Kathleen Kennedy’s worldview or whatever.
Never takes long to find a Maga on these posts. Nothing to do with politics, the movie looks like it sucks. Leave the political drama out of it.
Your reading comprehension sucks. I’m wondering how, from a financial perspective, these companies can keep putting out bombs.
To actually answer your question (since the previous poster didn't see fit to do so) movie studios can't survive bomb after bomb like Disney is doing. However Disney is far more than just a movie studio. They have tons of other revenue streams that can help to cover losses. Plus, for a property like Snow White, even a bomb can help drive sales in other areas. People who watch this forthcoming atrocity might afterwards decide that they want to watch or show their children the original. They then buy /rent a copy of the original. This extra revenue boost for an existing item that likely hasn't seen a spike in sales in decades can also be beneficial. The same thing can happen with merchandising.
Yeah that makes sense, a coworker was just complaining how his wife wants to go to Disney world while they are in Orlando and how unbelievably expensive it is.
Well, now I wonder about the film studios that are making bombs that aren’t owned by a diversified corp like Disney…
What happens to them? Bankruptcy... Or best case scenario they're gobbled up by a larger company
Even large diversified studios sometimes struggle with losses. Take Sony for example. Sony's financial struggles post Garfield Spider-Man were part of the reason that Sony licensed the character to Disney for the MCU.
Gee, I wonder why I'm not surprised? This little girl got hired to play Snow White and immediately set about disrespecting the original story, the mythos behind it, and even told certain people that she didn't want them to watch the movie.
They listened, and they didn't spend their money. Too bad, so sad.