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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by greedo on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:51AM (#34726917)
Avatar grossed roughly $3.8B worldwide Avatar 2 has grossed roughly $2B worldwide.

None of these figures matter a damn. Gross figures aren't profit. And you need to adjust for inflation. Avatar 2 doesn't even show up in the top 25 all time when you adjust for inflation.

If the prod cost for Ava2 is $250 as reported, and marketing is roughly the same, then you're down to $1.5B before all the theaters take their cut. It doesn't mean that Disney netted $1.5B.

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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by anktor on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:27PM (#34727578)
How is "not even top 25 of all time" an argument. What kind of metric is that, why is that a requirement. A top 100 of all time would be a flop now?
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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by greedo on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:50PM (#34728075)
The parent said Avatar (I'm assuming based on the gross $$ that he meant Avatar 2) was the 6th highest grossing.
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