Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman of Marvel Entertainment

Re:Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman of Marvel Entert... by steponlego on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:20PM (#35360297)

Oh no, not the heckin’ capeshit head dude! Is Disney even capable of making non-superhero films, or remaking old successful films that flop even before they debut any more?

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Re:Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman of Marvel Entert... by mcphage on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:53PM (#35363452)

Well, the newest Avatar movie made a cool $2.25 billion, so... yes?

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Re:Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman of Marvel Entert... by steponlego on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @08:44PM (#35366141)

That's ticket sales, not profit. And it also counts the enormous volume of tickets actually given away by the PR company. People figured out how this all works with Captain Marvel, a dull film which was pumped artificially in any number of ways. It's simple Hollywood accounting.

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Re:Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman of Marvel Entert... by mcphage on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:19AM (#35372231)

Sure, but that's every movie. Hollywood accounting is always bogus, and yet Avatar still pulled in a ton of money.

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