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Originally Posted by Verbal
Nice deal for Marvel ... given the lack of success of the latest Marvel movies, I think it will be a long time before Disney recoups that investment
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What "latest Marvel movies" were those? Punisher War Zone is the only "lack of success" and it only had a $30 mil budget, so they didn't lose that much. Here's the others since 2006:
X-Men: The Last Stand
Budget $210 million
Gross revenue $459,359,555[1]
Ghost Rider
Budget $110 million
Gross revenue $228,738,393
The Incredible Hulk
Budget $150 million[1]
Gross revenue $263,427,551[2]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Budget $130 million[1]
Gross revenue $289,047,763
Iron Man
Budget $140 million[1]
Gross revenue $585,133,287[1]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Budget $150 million[1]
Gross revenue $363,360,426[2]
If you need help counting, that's roughly $1.31 billion profit in 4 years of movies...not counting DVD sales, merchandise sales, etc. Obviously Marvel doesn't get all that, but given what's coming in the future (Iron Man 2, Spider-Man 4, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers ++), I don't see how this is a bad investment for Disney. Marvel's been not only reaffirming the strength of characters that kids and geeks have been into for decades already, but mainstreaming them like no tomorrow with huge success. I mean Iron Man...I dunno about you but I sure didn't anticipate huuuge success with that one but nearly half a BILLION dollars profit not counting DVD/merchandise? There's not much in the entertainment world that can get that kind of bank.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Wow! This throws some interesting shit into the mix.
Disney of course are the kings of theme parks.
But Universal has the "Islands Of Adventure" in Fla. that has an entire Marvel section including the fucking awesome Spiderman ride and the Hulk rollercoaster amongst it.
Now what are they gonna do about all that?
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They'll become the Arachnidboy ride and the Roidrager rollercoaster.
How about this: What if Pixar starts making Marvel movies?
I personally think Disney is making some really smart acquisitions that are keeping them current. I mean let's face it, most of the original Disney characters are pretty lame and there's only so much they can ilk off of those, so they have to come up with new exciting characters...or buy a studio to do that and buy Marvel's characters for some more. :P Problem solved.