Crazy Rich Asians made a lot of money. Asian audience was built in and it got women as it was rom com and chicks like expensive crap. Was a hit.
Problem with animation is it costs a ton so they need a wide audience and they need kids there. Parents read reviews and check out what a film is, “Gay kiss, lesbians, woke, etc.”
Nah!
And doesn’t matter that only 40-60% of parents would say that. They have to run the table and get the opening weekend numbers to stay afloat.
There’s also the loss of toy revenue, park revenue. With a flop like this, no ‘action figures’ being sold. No theme park rides. Nothing.
So the loss is 100-150 million in cash outlay. But look at the opportunity cost to their business.
Little Mermaid has a ride at Disney to this day. That film was from the 1980s. They’re doing a new version (with a black mermaid, of course) but it’s still of great value to them. Ariel costumes and toys still sell and they did spinoff cartoons and direct to video sequels.
So instead of making a PRODUCT they can SELL because they are a freakin BUSINESS beholden to the bottom line and stockholders, they make crap that loses money, creates no revenue stream, harms the brand, and do that enough times? Out of business.
But libs take over HR departments. They then do ‘training’ to weed out conservatives. They only hire super lib little communists. Then they really don’t care about the bottom line. It’s all about the cause and the business is just there to help them with that cause.
What cause? Disney came out against the anti-grooming law in Florida. They promote queerness, transgenderism, globalism, communism, China first - America last, and Satanism. All that = ‘core values’ for them.
Crazy Rich Asians...I thought...turned into a decent 2-star comedy.
My impression of this weird cartoon piece...script sounds like something that a 16-year old kid would write, and they seem to have put a lot of money into this...with nothing much to show...other than big-name actors doing the voices.
If you add the lackluster interest in cruises at present...being in a recession with parks drawing marginal crowds...Disney needs the movie and streaming video business to make up for losses. This was not a brilliant idea. Maybe in the background, they made a x-rated edition of the cartoon and hope that this sells better than this version.