▲ 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
[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 34 points 4 months ago (5 children) Ah yes, losing $100,000,000 seems very low-risk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) If they thought they had a good chance of losing that much money, they wouldn't have made the movie. The news here is more about how their risk calculations were off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago And now they realise it isn't risk free after all. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Frozengyro@lemmy.world -6 points 4 months ago (2 children) To them? Yes it is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) No, no it's not. They can absorb the loss, but it's by no means small permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago Low risk is still risk The movie's made nearly 100 mill worldwide. With brand new IP there's no guarantee to even get that much. Plus you'd need more marketing, etc. They lost, but the risk was smaller than it could've been. Think about two different scenarios: Brand new IP, movie costs 250 mill to make, it could be the next Avatar and make well over a billion, or it could make 10 mill because nobody cares Existing IP, almost certainly going to make under a billion, but there's essentially no way it'll make significantly under 100 million against the same budget of 250 mill. Which one is low risk and which one is high risk? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) If they thought they had a good chance of losing that much money, they wouldn't have made the movie. The news here is more about how their risk calculations were off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago And now they realise it isn't risk free after all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago And now they realise it isn't risk free after all. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Frozengyro@lemmy.world -6 points 4 months ago (2 children) To them? Yes it is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) No, no it's not. They can absorb the loss, but it's by no means small permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago Low risk is still risk The movie's made nearly 100 mill worldwide. With brand new IP there's no guarantee to even get that much. Plus you'd need more marketing, etc. They lost, but the risk was smaller than it could've been. Think about two different scenarios: Brand new IP, movie costs 250 mill to make, it could be the next Avatar and make well over a billion, or it could make 10 mill because nobody cares Existing IP, almost certainly going to make under a billion, but there's essentially no way it'll make significantly under 100 million against the same budget of 250 mill. Which one is low risk and which one is high risk? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) No, no it's not. They can absorb the loss, but it's by no means small permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago Low risk is still risk The movie's made nearly 100 mill worldwide. With brand new IP there's no guarantee to even get that much. Plus you'd need more marketing, etc. They lost, but the risk was smaller than it could've been. Think about two different scenarios: Brand new IP, movie costs 250 mill to make, it could be the next Avatar and make well over a billion, or it could make 10 mill because nobody cares Existing IP, almost certainly going to make under a billion, but there's essentially no way it'll make significantly under 100 million against the same budget of 250 mill. Which one is low risk and which one is high risk? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago Low risk is still risk The movie's made nearly 100 mill worldwide. With brand new IP there's no guarantee to even get that much. Plus you'd need more marketing, etc. They lost, but the risk was smaller than it could've been. Think about two different scenarios: Brand new IP, movie costs 250 mill to make, it could be the next Avatar and make well over a billion, or it could make 10 mill because nobody cares Existing IP, almost certainly going to make under a billion, but there's essentially no way it'll make significantly under 100 million against the same budget of 250 mill. Which one is low risk and which one is high risk? permalink fedilink source parent