And people aren't necessarily that interested.
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I'll believe people are sick of it if the movie bombs.
If people complain and still buy movie tickets, then complaining means nothing.
I'm hoping that people start following through and ignoring these bad movies, because Disney doesn't give a shit about the critical reception if it still gets lots of MONEY. So far I think only the Little Mermaid remake was a notable box office disappointment, which is enough for Disney to say was just a fluke.
What? In 2023 Disney's flops included The Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Haunted Mansion, Ant Man and the Wasp, the Marvels, and Wish. Basically every single movie they released last year disappointed or bombed outright.
This according to Wikipedia.
Little Mermaid. Budget of 240.2 million, box office of 569.6 million.
Indiana Jones DoD. Budget of 295-387m. Box office 384 miilion.
Haunted Mansion. 150m. Box office 117.5 million.
Ant Man. Budget "326.6 million (gross) 276 million (net). Box office 476.1 million.
The Marvels. Budget 219.8m to 274.8m. Box office 206.1 million.
Wish. Budget 175-200m. Box office 254.9m
What a beautfiul sight to see. Little Mermaid was the most succesful of all of these films.
Don't forget: studios spend (as a rule of thumb) another 100% of the budget on marketing, and theaters keep about half of the gross. So a $200M movie like Wish needs to make (not gross) about $400M to break even. And if the box office was $255M, that's just $127.5M that Disney actually made, for a total loss of (400 - 127.5) a whopping $272.5 million dollars. It's beautiful to see indeed.
Yeah, absolutely. I should have been more explicit in my dancing on the corpse of the mouse.
I would guess The Little Mermaid truly made money for Disney (and probably more so with Disney+ action), but everything else is an outright loss or at best break even.