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Re:The Matrix Resurrections estimated to lose Warner Bros $100M by tehwebguy on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:35PM (#29887144)
The point isn’t that there are 2 revenue streams instead of 1, is that they own it forever and there will be unlimited ways to make money on it over a long enough timeline.
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Re:The Matrix Resurrections estimated to lose Warner Bros $100M by 1123581321 on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:56PM (#29887745)
For a film, the present value of the unlimited future revenue is only a single digit multiple of its short term box office. Perhaps low doubles given the proportion of release attention accumulated on HBO Max.
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