Yeah, although I've seen some analysis that the problem is that the original Star Wars movies never really got a big distribution in China, so they're not familiar with the lore. That means that when there's the big reveal of Luke Skywalker at the end of Force Awakens, the general reaction in China was "So who is that guy?"
As for the MCU being the only thing keeping Disney afloat, that's absurd. Between the TV networks, the parks, animation, and consumer products, they're doing fine, as their stock price and the recent acquisition of Fox shows. People have been predicting the demise of Disney for decades, and yet here they are, the only independent studio left in Hollywood, and consistently #1.
I’m pretty sure JJ Abrams wouldn’t have given that little spew about how his audience hated women in a manner similar to the Ghostbusters 2016 reboot and how its cast acted there if the movie was a success, especially when such was delivered AFTER The Last Jedi’s time in theaters.
*http://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/jj-abrams-star-wars-last-jedi-women-1201929593/
And as far as Disney, Cosmic Book News made it pretty clear that Star Wars sales for various comic books, toys, and video games are down. Not to mention Even Disney properties such as Cars, Frozen, and Moana merchandise had bad sale all throughout (and apparently, the cancellation of Disney Infinity had a lot to do with that decrease in sales). You can read it at the source (and CBN makes it pretty clear they’re using the 2018 annual report as their basis, also the 2017 annual report as well), as well as other places as well:
*https://i.imgur.com/upeBYzI.png
*https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-Annual-Report.pdf
And just as an FYI, I don’t even WANT Disney to fail, yet the evidence is getting pretty clear that it IS failing quite a bit. Heck, even on the Marvel end, there’s talk about shutting down the Comics division due to poor sales caused by both Marvel and Disney’s SJW hijinks: http://fourcolormedmon.blogspot.com/2019/03/if-disney-did-shut-down-marvels.html
