▲ 358 ▼ 'Moana' Bombs at Box Office, Bound to Lose $100M-$125M Box Office (deadline.com) submitted 4 months ago by TheImpressiveX@piefed.social to c/movies@piefed.social 134 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 71 points 4 months ago (3 children) Apparently it's not as risk-free as they thought. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social -2 points 4 months ago (2 children) Against the billions they have made churning these out? Yeah, it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago I mean yes on average but potentially no on the trend. The whole point is to de-risk their bullshit, if they view this as a trend instead of an isolated incident other projects might be more likely to get greenlit instead of recycled stories. Pretty much any soulless cash grab bombing incentivizes making actual art. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago* If they were looking at things collectively this way, they wouldn't be making so many remakes and would be making more original movies. This movie is the result of the risk analysis of each project, not the risk over a time period with multiple projects. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social -2 points 4 months ago (2 children) Against the billions they have made churning these out? Yeah, it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago I mean yes on average but potentially no on the trend. The whole point is to de-risk their bullshit, if they view this as a trend instead of an isolated incident other projects might be more likely to get greenlit instead of recycled stories. Pretty much any soulless cash grab bombing incentivizes making actual art. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago* If they were looking at things collectively this way, they wouldn't be making so many remakes and would be making more original movies. This movie is the result of the risk analysis of each project, not the risk over a time period with multiple projects. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago I mean yes on average but potentially no on the trend. The whole point is to de-risk their bullshit, if they view this as a trend instead of an isolated incident other projects might be more likely to get greenlit instead of recycled stories. Pretty much any soulless cash grab bombing incentivizes making actual art. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago* If they were looking at things collectively this way, they wouldn't be making so many remakes and would be making more original movies. This movie is the result of the risk analysis of each project, not the risk over a time period with multiple projects. permalink fedilink source parent