I just ordered all the 4k MCU films I didn't have yet with the Captain Marvel monthly deal. I figured getting 4k titles for $12-14 each (aside from ~$25 for CM) was a crazy good deal.
No studio is making $50,000-100,000 on catalog titles these days. And Sony doesn't have nearly the brand across various entertainments like Disney does that would take the brunt of PR protests. Plus no one was ever going to cry "Oh, won't someone please think of the children!" for The Interview...
Disney might make $2000-10,000 profit on a Song of the South home video release, but they'll lose $50,000-100,000 every day its in the news from theme park and merchandise revenue boycotts. And that's an especially low estimate on my part.
That's the math. The movie has (wrongly) become a...
The Mighty Ducks made $50m US box office on a $10m budget in 1992. It sits between Sneakers and Malcolm X for that year's box office rankings, and got two theatrical sequels.
I get that you don't give a lick about it, but come on, this makes good business sense.
In regards to the idea of...
To repeat what was said before, they probably sell far more copies (and therefore gain more memberships) for titles that Millennials watched as children. These Millennials also happen to often currently have young children of their own they probably will show movies like Cool Runnings or The...
I don't think there's any "era" being defined by these releases other than "Live Action Walt Disney Pictures Productions". So, any live action film with the "Walt Disney Pictures" nomenclature is possible - even into the 90s (and perhaps even the 00s).
True, they have predominantly been from...
Cool Runnings is gonna get them a lot of memberships. It's probably in the top end of requested titles for the "VHS tapes worn out by Millennials when they were toddlers" era. It certainly makes a ton more sense as a release than Operation Dumbo Drop did.
It's actually pretty simple: studios will often hold onto their more popular titles because those can present opportunities for more profit if timed properly. So, for example, they may be waiting on 20,000 Leagues for when the Bryan Singer film gets made and release in order to piggy back off of...