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Coronavirus's impact on the worldwide box office
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Gatsby77

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I've got Disney+, Netflix and Hulu.

I'm on Hulu and Netflix daily. Haven't logged onto Disney+ in literally 2 months.

If it wasn't free (through Verizon) I'd cancel and restart it six months from now to binge-watch new content.

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On 4/3/2020 at 2:53 PM, paperheart said:

:screwy: $200MM+ already spent and they're going to put it on a $10 a month platform?

you’re missing the big picture.

if Disney is pushing all of their movies by at least 6 months that means they won’t make a single dime out of their projected  earnings for that period. And since there is no certainty of how long this will play out and 70%+ of their money making instruments are frozen, the only reasonable outlet for income is dis+ 

not utilizing it now to boost some sort of lost income in the next 6 months is a grave financial mistake and just even may create a serious front competing with such companies as Netflix 

10$/month goes a loooong way when you have 26 mill subscribers. And a lot more when you have 160+ mil subscribers

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25 minutes ago, Aweandlorder said:

you’re missing the big picture.

if Disney is pushing all of their movies by at least 6 months that means they won’t make a single dime out of their projected  earnings for that period. And since there is no certainty of how long this will play out and 70%+ of their money making instruments are frozen, the only reasonable outlet for income is dis+ 

not utilizing it now to boost some sort of lost income in the next 6 months is a grave financial mistake and just even may create a serious front competing with such companies as Netflix 

10$/month goes a loooong way when you have 26 mill subscribers. And a lot more when you have 160+ mil subscribers

they haven't even committed to putting New Mutants on Disney+; which has no BO prospects. they're going to get another 135MM subscribers by putting BW on Disney+? that's insane. you should look at Deadline's breakdown on where these types of movies make $. GOTG 2 made $200MM in profit just from WW Home Entertainment & Global TV. Post theatrical revenue is almost all gravy. Also, Shang-Chi had no chance to make it's original release date- so there'd be a hole to fill anyway. Disney isn't trading at $93 off of what's happening in 2020 but what 2021 could look like.

 

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9 minutes ago, media_junkie said:

Not saying they will go under, but suppose they do and another chain doesn't buy them out.  Can you imagine how much that would hurt the movie industry to lose 600 theaters?

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise might not even be able to afford to fuel up their private jets as much and might even have to sometimes ride COMMERCIALLY!  :whatthe: :ohnoez:

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13 minutes ago, media_junkie said:

Not saying they will go under, but suppose they do and another chain doesn't buy them out.  Can you imagine how much that would hurt the movie industry to lose 600 theaters?

1,000 theaters WW, 11,000 screens - they could file 11, restructure the debt, wipe out the equity and continue operating; can't imagine they'd just disappear

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Mulan Black Widow Artemis Fowl
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Walt Disney executive chairman Bob Iger told Barron’s there may be a few movies after Artemis Fowl that jump directly onto Disney+ as the coronavirus pandemic keeps movie theaters shuttered.

“In terms of movies going ahead after Artemis, there may be a few more that we end up putting directly onto Disney+, but for the most part a lot of the big tentpole Disney films, we’ll simply wait for slots. In some cases we’ve announced new ones already, but later on in the calendar,” Iger said in an interview with the publication.

Artemis Fowl was meant to be released in theaters. He didn’t name possible films that might follow. However, it’s been rumored for the longest time that New Mutatants, which was taken off the calendar when coronavirus hit, was going to Hulu.

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Disney is talking about park visitor temperature checks for a period of time once opened.

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hink the lines were long already? Disney executive chairman Bob Iger said the company may institute temperature check at its theme parks once they reopen. In an interview with Barron’s, he said he thinks that might make a traumatized population feel safer once people venture out again.

 

“One of the things that we’re discussing already is that in order to return to some semblance of normal, people will have to feel comfortable that they’re safe. Some of that could come in the form ultimately of a vaccine, but in the absence of that it could come from basically, more scrutiny, more restrictions. Just as we now do bag checks for everybody that goes into our parks, it could be that at some point we add a component of that that takes people’s temperatures, as a for-instance,” Iger said.

 

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18 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

Disney is talking about park visitor temperature checks for a period of time once opened.

 

I can't imagine the line for Space Mountain where everybody has to stand 6 feet apart. Disney's going to have to start limiting the amount of people who enter the parks. As a regular Disney park visitor, might be kind of nice, actually, not having the crazy crowds. #thanoshadapoint

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On 4/7/2020 at 6:46 PM, paperheart said:
 
Mulan Black Widow Artemis Fowl
Disney

Walt Disney executive chairman Bob Iger told Barron’s there may be a few movies after Artemis Fowl that jump directly onto Disney+ as the coronavirus pandemic keeps movie theaters shuttered.

“In terms of movies going ahead after Artemis, there may be a few more that we end up putting directly onto Disney+, but for the most part a lot of the big tentpole Disney films, we’ll simply wait for slots. In some cases we’ve announced new ones already, but later on in the calendar,” Iger said in an interview with the publication.

Artemis Fowl was meant to be released in theaters. He didn’t name possible films that might follow. However, it’s been rumored for the longest time that New Mutatants, which was taken off the calendar when coronavirus hit, was going to Hulu.

What a shock ;)

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