Posted on 05/07/2024 8:53:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
"My back-of-the-envelope math, in which I gave the benefit of every doubt to Disney's Star Wars revenues, indicated that the company had spent $7.35 billion acquiring and producing Star Wars entertainment but generated just $6.41 billion in revenues."
"They're losing money on Star Wars. That, to borrow Bill Clinton's inelegant-but-ever-so-apt description of his wife's presidential campaign, is like failing to sell p**** on a troop train."
The last great “Star Wars” movie was “Revenge Of The Sith”. Everything made after that was just crummy.
Sounds like a class action lawsuit is necessary to strip Disney’s board away in favor of people who want to make money not rape kids...............
I would have said The Empire Strikes Back.
SW franchise goes on a fire sale.
Elon buys and sets up his own production studio. Jedi Productions or something...
Reboots franchise.
First trilogy to come out based on the Timothy Zahn Thrawn books.
Opening credits come up with familiar sound track and yellow letters...
“The horrors of the last few years are over.
Luke’s nightmares of what could have been have stopped.
Here is what really happened...
... a long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away...”
“Moichandising! Moichandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!”
The last great “Star Wars” movie was “Star Wars”.
Well not really. I mean the buyout was $4 billion, so right off the bat they’re big in the hole (though nearly half of that was stock). Plus of course making more product costs money. So if they’ve made $6.4 billion with only $3.3 billion more invested they’re well on their way to profitable on that acquisition. You throw 4 bills down and you make it all back plus 60% in 10 years, that’s not a bad investment.
You mean Spaceballs.
Disney doesn’t make movies they make “The Message” and it doesn’t sell ,LOL
They did not include the costs of the acquisitions that made Disney a conglomerate company that just gobbles up its indepenedent competitors and does so in ways that make the whole Disney enterprise no longer “Disney”. To be real honest “Disney” should have been removed from the name long ago.
No, I mean “Star Wars”.
I watched Spaceballs in the theatre. I found it to be far too strained, far too self-conscious, and far too late.
George Lucas supported Disney management over the other guys
Ok, then I say this!
Hardware Wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccfbw2RJ3ow
You’ll laugh, You’ll cry, You’ll kiss three bucks goodbye!
“Episode IV: A New Hope” is still my favorite.
LOL!!!
Haven’t seen that for eons. Used to have a VHS tape of it I picked up at a ‘con.
What is it, Augie Ben Doggie? Did you feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?
No, just a little headache.
What would happen if Trump lied to Stockholders.....
Yes, this article is silly. Movies for Disney have always been loss leaders to sell toys and park passes.
Robot Chicken Star Wars.
Best thing that ever happened to the franchise.
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