'Mission Impossible' Movie Is Everything Modern Disney Isn't - "Disney refuses to follow the “Mission Impossible” blueprint: make quality films that don’t undermine popular characters or lecture the audience... There are many possible explanations for why Disney’s moved so far from what they used to be. Woke employees could be influencing their content direction. Or creative talent pushing stories and characters further left. Unsurprisingly, CEO Bob Iger, who’s openly political, seems oblivious as to why the company faces criticism. But by refusing to accept the “Mission Impossible” example, the company’s hurt its reputation, prestige and most importantly, its bottom line. How much longer can Disney accept massive losses just to appease a vanishingly small audience? However long it is, Tom Cruise clearly will happily accept all those moviegoers Disney is content to alienate."
Meme - HELENA: "And then I stole it. It's called capitalism."
Comments: "If stealing is the same as capitalism, then I guess Disney won't mind if I pirate this movie."
Summer flopbusters: why were Indiana Jones and The Flash box office bombs? - "In the case of Dial of Destiny, it is almost as if depending on the sustained affection of an older, nostalgic and largely male audience, rather than including anything that could entice a younger, diverse demographic, has proved a flawed strategy... look who he’s fighting this time: Nazis. Don’t we see enough of those on Twitter?"
Clearly the solution is to double down and destroy the past even more. But when the Nazis are in the room with us now, it's clear the writer has lost grasp on reality
Meme - "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Year: 1984
Ticket Price: $2.50
Budget: $28M
Box Office: $333M
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Year: 2023
Ticket Price: $11+
Budget: $295M
Box Office: $264M (July 14, 2023)"
Meme - "Disney: We own the stuff you love and we'll make it how we see fit regardless if you like it or not.
Toho: We know what you want to see, and we'll give it to you *Godzilla rampaging*"
Theme Park Attendance Down At Disney As Complaints Mount - "The company’s iconic theme parks have been a stable source of revenue for decades but are now declining due to price increases and customer complaints. Attendance was down significantly on the 4th of July and during the 4th of July weekend, which is typically one of Disney’s busiest times."
Woke Disney loses $900Million in recent box office flops as liberal agenda turns off movie-goers - "'The once envied entertainment company is now struggling to find a profit on almost every single film released. Disney's bloated budgets for these projects are vastly higher than the competition on average, particularly considering the fact that every single film Disney releases comes with blockbuster production price tags,' the YouTuber explained. Disney would have significantly more revenue if it pursued licensing agreements with major streaming services but instead the company is featuring its content exclusively on their own Disney+ streaming platform... Lightyear could not be shown in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries because of its depiction of a same-sex relationship. That also had an impact on its global box office performance... In recent years, Disney has become increasingly woke. Under the control of current chief executive Bob Iger, Disney has followed the progressive path of many other U.S. corporations. In 2021, it stopped greeting park visitors as 'ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls', replacing that with 'dreamers of all ages'. It has slapped racism warnings on many of its best-loved films, including Dumbo (for the raucous black crows) and Lady And The Tramp (for the sinister Siamese cats). Its resorts it ditched Minnie's polka dot dress to be replaced with a Stella McCartney-designed trouser suit and the fairy godmothers in Sleeping Beauty that were deemed too exclusionary of men. The brand has made numerous steps towards becoming more progressive recently - it included a gay kiss between two characters in Lightyear. A new live-action film of Snow White, due out next year, has dispensed with the dwarves to 'avoid reinforcing stereotypes' and will have a Latina actress in the title role... Chapek was removed as CEO in November 2022 sparking speculation that the company's commitment to 'wokeness' during his tenure may have led to his ouster. During Chapek's tenure, Disney+ domestic subscriber growth collapsed, public approval of the company dropped and the stock price plummeted."
Disney CEO Reportedly "Exhausted & Overwhelmed" After Multiple Box Office Flops - "according to Bloomberg, Iger, who came out of retirement last November to save the company, is feeling the strain of Disney's woes. Sources close to the CEO describe him as "overwhelmed and exhausted" as he faces the company's current issues, which include diminished attendance at Disney World, a loss of Disney+ subscribers, and the aforementioned box office disappointments."
There're still liberals pretending their recent movies have been successful
Disney Fires their Chief Diversity Officer after Pair of High-Profile Bombs - "After more than six years, the chief diversity officer and senior vice president of Disney, Latondra Newton, is leaving her role according to Deadline citing an internal memo, which reads that Newton “decided to leave The Walt Disney Company to pursue other endeavors.” That’s corporate speak for “you’re fired.”... The shakeup comes just one week after Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy announced that she would step down immediately, taking medical leave and will only return to Disney in an advisory position but plans to step down permanently in 2024."
Disney's Failing Brand: Stock Plunges to 9 Year Low Amidst Its Woke Push - "in the wake of no less than 5 recent box office bombs, the value of Disney stock has dropped by 34% in just the past year alone, and if you go back to March 2021, the stock has dropped almost 60%. What’s happening to the value of the biggest global entertainment brand in history?"
Nolte: Woke Disney Stock Hits 9 Year Low, Down 58 Percent In Two Years - "it was right around March of 2021 when Disney went woke. All of a sudden, one of the most beloved and trusted brands in all the world started filling its movies, TV shows, and theme parks with transsexuals, transvestites, homosexuality, and divisive identity politics. All of a sudden, Disney was openly fighting to give depraved Florida school teachers the right to groom elementary school kids with homosexual porn and transsexual propaganda. All of a sudden, a grown man in a mustache and princess dress was greeting little kids at Disney theme parks. Yes, all of a sudden, Disney became the equivalent of a guy with no pants driving a van around your child’s grade school. That’s when the bottom fell out. And it isn’t just the fact that Disney is pushing sick and perverted sexual fetishes on little kids. Another piece of fallout is that the company’s dual obsessions of sex and identity politics have destroyed the company’s creative mojo. Politics aside, Disney’s product sucks now."
Disney Stock Plunges To 9 Year Lows After Multiple Woke Box Office Failures - "Maybe attacking the state of Florida and supporting transgender indoctrination in schools was not the best money-making business model?"
Kathleen Kennedy Rumored To Stay On At Lucasfilm Because "No One Wants The Job" - "Even if you look past Kennedy’s handling of Lucasfilm and the results of this year, she’s only managed a decline. The Force Awakens opened up to a booming $2 billion at the box office globally. However, subsequent releases saw big declines. The Last Jedi only brought in $1.3 billion. Finally, The Rise of Skywalker barely eked over $1 billion. In between these films, Kennedy produced and oversaw Solo: A Star Wars Story, the first Star Wars film to definitively lose money. Even on the company’s publishing front, it’s High Republic initiative has not found an audience after its opening book. A report analyzing Circana BookScan data by Upstream Reviews found that The High Republic sales have seen a “90% – 95% drop in sales between the launch with Light of the Jedi and the current High Republic novels in barely over two years.”"
Disney Executives Reportedly "Butthurt" Over 'South Park: Joining The Panderverse' Special - "South Park: Joining the Panderverse released on Paramount+ at the end of October and took a number of shots at The Walt Disney Company and heavily lampooned Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. The episode also turned Kennedy into a meme mocking her vision as a producer by repeating the same tired and failed formula. Specifically, Eric Cartman as Kathleen Kennedy informs the Disney board how to make their movies, “Put a chick in it. Make her lame and gay.”... Einherjar then shared what he had heard about Kathleen Kennedy’s reaction to the episode, “As for Kathleen Kennedy she reportedly did not take it well, not at all.” He added, “From everything we’ve heard Ms. Kennedy is quite the piece of work. She takes everything personally and she allegedly reacts with anger, lashing out, sometimes through intermediaries.” This description of Kennedy appears to be confirmed by former The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano who shared a bit of satire to X detailing Kennedy’s behavior."
Report: Kevin Feige Wanted To Bring Kamala Khan And Monica Rambeau Into The MCU Before 'Captain Marvel' Released Into Theaters - "This report does not seem to be all that farfetched, the film is clearly part of Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company’s embrace of the culture war. They even have an entire program called Reimagine Tomorrow. This program is enshrined within the company and aims to program their viewers with heinous ideologies such as transgenderism and critical race theory. Reimagine Tomorrow pushes racial quotas, gender quotas, sexuality quotas, and more in terms of casting, production crew, employment, and more. It also attempts to reprogram how Disney employees think about societal issues at-large. Of note the program has removed gendered greetings from parks in an attempt to make the evil transgender ideology palatable to Americans visiting the company’s parks. The program clearly influenced Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige on what films Marvel Studios should be making. He admitted as much while discussing Eternals with Variety’s Kate Arthur.
Happy birthday, Adam Smith: The invisible hand just slapped Disney - "Disney appears to acknowledge that Smith’s invisible hand is giving the “House of Mouse” the middle finger. In a new corporate disclosure, Disney acknowledges that its controversial political and social agenda is costing the company and shareholders. In its annual SEC report, Disney acknowledges that “we face risks relating to misalignment with public and consumer tastes and preferences for entertainment, travel and consumer products.” In an implied nod to Smith, the company observes that “the success of our businesses depends on our ability to consistently create compelling content,” and that “Generally, our revenues and profitability are adversely impacted when our entertainment offerings and products, as well as our methods to make our offerings and products available to consumers, do not achieve sufficient consumer acceptance. Further, consumers’ perceptions of our position on matters of public interest, including our efforts to achieve certain of our environmental and social goals, often differ widely and present risks to our reputation and brands.”... Disney has reportedly lost a billion dollars just on four of its recent “woke” movie flops, productions denounced by critics as pushing political agendas or storylines. Yet until now, the company has continued to roll out underperforming movies as revenue has dropped. What’s more, Disney stars persist in bad-mouthing its fabled storylines and undermining its new productions. The company admits that it has suffered a continued slide in “impressions” (that is, viewership) by 14 percent. For shareholders, it may seem counterintuitive that corporate executives would trade off profits for political or social agendas. However, it does serve as a rationale for individual corporate executives who are professionally advanced when they champion such causes. For example, when Alissa Heinerscheid, vice president of marketing for Bud Light, pledged to drop Bud Light’s “fratty reputation and embrace inclusivity,” she was heralded by colleagues, even though her move went on to tank that brand as a whole. Indeed, Bud Light has still not recovered from the loss of billions in profits, market share, and overall market value. The same trend is playing out in the media. Public trust in journalists has fallen to a record low. Yet media executives continue to push advocacy journalism, abandoning objectivity... The same is true with academia, where universities and colleges are roundly criticized for their intolerance of opposing views and for purging faculties of conservative or libertarian professors. Roughly half of this country holds conservative or libertarian views. Yet faculty members have little incentive to put themselves at risk by demanding more intellectual diversity or viewpoint tolerance. Each of these tales of decline represents a variation on another economic model called the “tragedy of the commons” whereby everyone makes personal decisions to their own immediate advantage that ultimately kill off the very resource that sustains everyone... The question is how long Disney (or its shareholders) can tolerate falling revenues tied to its “misalignment with the public.” It is a massive corporation and it can lose billions before facing any truly dire decisions. Yet even Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, now appears to be seeking to “quiet things down” after years of culture wars. Iger has come to accept that a company does indeed have to sell products to survive."
The Kobeissi Letter on X - "JUST IN: Users on X are reporting mass cancellations of Disney+, $DIS, subscriptions after Elon Musk interview. Within just hours of Elon Musk's interview, thousands of users have posted screenshots of cancelled Disney+ subscriptions. In addition to Disney+, users are reporting cancellations of Paramount Plus and others. This comes after Elon Musk accused some advertisers of blackmailing X with advertising money. Disney's CEO, Bob Iger, was specifically called out."
How Disney’s Push For “Equality” KILLED Retail Sales - YouTube
