• MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
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    4 hours ago

    Hollywood greenlights some original stuff but, judging by box office returns, the audiences don’t go to see them.

    I think Zootopia 2 will have beaten all the films he listed, plus Sinners and maybe One Battle After Another combined in it’s first week or so.

    So, assuming you’re a producer, would you put your money into a safe bet like Jurrassic Park 12 or some indie project that hopefully makes its money back and maybe goes on a bit of a run?

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      I see tons of movies they have no idea I’ve seen. That’s the natural result of making going to the theater a shitty experience. I’ll still watch what I want to, you just won’t get any benefit from it.

      I would like it if there was a way to pay a studio / director / production company directly for their work on a film. The old ways of monetizing films don’t really mesh with the way I engage with them.

    • kaki@sh.itjust.works
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      I think Zootopia 2 will have beaten all the films he listed, plus Sinners and maybe One Battle After Another combined in it’s first week or so.

      I just checked, and you only need to combine Sinners and Weapons to beat Zootopia 2’s first week ($620M), for a lower combined budget.