Fine, but all of their 2023 flops (other than Wish) were continuations of old, formerly successful properties. Even Haunted Mansion is a classic ride that millions and millions of people have visited. They've also basically burned through their 90's animated library, which is why they're now resorting to a Lion King prequel. Finally, their most recent remake of an animated classic, The Little Mermaid, flopped badly. Are you saying that two flops in a row -- but specifically of classic animation reboots -- is the magic number?
edit: don't forget 2023's Peter Pan and Wendy, which reportedly cost $170M and also released on Disney+ -- which has been losing Disney money ever since it launched lmao.
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.
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.
big if, one that I'd wager most of them do not succeed at.
Sure, but the opportunity is there.
And while its equally true for regular athletes, those guys also are still peak physical specimens
While they're working out, yes. Tons of former athletes just become fat and out of shape, though.
who are probably at least somewhat capable of being social.
Quite possibly, but not always. "Uhhhhhh, obviously they're a great team, uhhhhhhh, at the end of the day uhhhhhh we have to play harder to get the W" is not exactly peak charisma.
Also, this assumes they haven't been injured during their career -- which could reduce both their charisma and physical fitness. Family Guy did a funny bit about this.
you don't have the fame or millions to carry you through the rest of your life.
Largely true, but the 2019 Fortnite champ won $3M. The champion CoD team last year won $1M. If they wisely invest that kind of money, they can be well set up, or at least much more comfortable, for the rest of their lives. Now, they may not do this, but this is no different than any other pro athlete (who also may not be that famous; who cares about some random defensive back in Cleveland?).
What's funny is this actually became real. There are/were pro League players, pro Starcraft players, pro Fortnite players, etc. Of course, you have to be able to actually win high-end tournaments, or at least bring a ton of viewers to your stream, but still. I wonder what Gary Larson thinks of the pro esports scene.
While it's preaching to the choir here, this line may convert a few people yet. It's aimed at those who are (still, somehow) sitting on the fence. If a normie even slightly goes down your line of thought, we've already won.
Sturm und Drang was a German literary movement from the 1700s, translating as "storm and stress." In this case, it isn't a typo.