It is wild to me how well they have done at the box office. They just kept getting worse and people have only recently stopped going to see them. I wonder if hese do poorly after release, but are big events in the short term.
The Mufasa one will probably bomb at the box office. People are starting to get bored of the live action soulless remakes
carbonari_sandwich@lemm.ee 4 months ago
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
A huge amount of people go to see Disney stuff in theatres because they feel like they’re supposed to. Disney has done a great job creating a sense of their stuff being a mandatory experience to keep up with pop culture
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 months ago
They have had lots of misfires though. Has anyone even heard of strange world? Even going back to the original lion king, they used to release lots of straight to video sequels. Cheap to make, high margin.
As you say, they have monopolised children’s entertainment very successfully. Even with inside out 2, they have taken the character and made them older so the original target audience of viewers can follow the arc personally.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Kids these days wanna see them, parents want them to shut up already
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Disney adult… Person… Make up your mind
DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Lol, you think the companies throwing billions at AI give a shit? It’s only going to get worse from here…
Blaze@reddthat.com 4 months ago
I would hope that stakeholders care about the movies bombing
DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Movies are bombing now, and they keep churning out the same, and consistently worsening, garbage.
Studios will fire their entire staff in exchange for an AI megafarm before they consider “wasting” any more of their time on quality. Why would they when quantity is enough to fill their pockets?
So called enshitifaction is taking hold everywhere, what makes you think the entertainment industry is any different?? Hoping for shareholders to give a shit, at this point in time, is laughable.
UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 4 months ago
I have faith in some kind of course correction, if it becomes profitable in some way. Otherwise we’re watching the death of cinema in real time.
“We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make a statement. But to make money, it is often important to make history, to make art, or to make some significant statement. We must always make entertaining movies, and, if we make entertaining movies, at times, we will reliably make history, art, a statement or all three. We cannot expect numerous hits, but if every film has an original and imaginative concept, then we can be confident that something will break through.” -Michael Eisner
keyez@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They’re just going to see bad numbers and fire everyone below them to use more AI and cheap rebrands or remakes and wonder why nothing is getting better