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DonFerrari on 30 December 2017
Soundwave said:
DonFerrari said:
Unless you have the ROI all you are saying is your speculation.

We know $2.5-$2.75 billion in box office is pretty much a fact. 

We have sales numbers that put The Force Awakens Blu-Ray sales alone at 5.7 million in the US only. 

https://www.the-numbers.com/alltime-bluray-sales-chart

Honestly they broke $4 billion probably with Rogue One + The Force Awakens alone, but this article is just using movie ticket revenue as their barometer. 

It's possible Disney takes all the revenue from Star Wars merchandise and donates it to charity, I mean there's no way to know for sure, but lets use some common sense here. 

seems like you have no idea about what me and others are saying



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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SuaveSocialist on 30 December 2017

Buying Star Wars for 4B was the deal of the century. Even if Disney hadn't bothered to make any movies, the merchandising alone was a gold mine.



KLAMarine on 30 December 2017
Soundwave said:
KLAMarine said:
Half of that goes to theaters though, doesn't it?

It's closer to 35% actually. Theaters make their money from popcorn and soda. 

Still that figure doesn't count toys, t-shirts, home video, etc. sales. Obviously they make several times more there. 

Of course Disney is able to twist the wrists of struggling theaters.

Disney is becoming the empire.

arcaneguyver said:
They'll make back the investment just in time for franchise fatigue to set in.

I've felt it setting in with TFA.

numberwang said:
KLAMarine said:
Half of that goes to theaters though, doesn't it?

And taxes, and budget for marketing and distribution... OP does not know business.

Disney's free to make as much money as they please but if they want my money, they gotta make a quality product. TFA sucked.



numberwang on 31 December 2017

The most profitable industries in the US, nobody had more than 20% profit margins

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sageworks/2016/08/06/the-most-profitable-industries-in-2016/#5386f6f32557



DonFerrari on 31 December 2017
numberwang said:

The most profitable industries in the US, nobody had more than 20% profit margins

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sageworks/2016/08/06/the-most-profitable-industries-in-2016/#5386f6f32557

Curiously movie making isn't on it, nor are toys.

Funny enough I was watching the documentary on Netflix about toys that made history and SW had a 5% royalties to Lucas Films and 5% to the studio. On the second trilogy it rose to 18% to LucasFilms (nothing for other parties), and doesn't seem like it was changed for the new trilogy (as the deal wasn't time bounded, and the royalties only increased because the original licensed company after being bought by Hasbro made a blunder and needed to do a new deal.

So Again of course Disney doesn't make 100% profit from all merchandise sold.

But VGC isn't the place were we will find people that are sharp on economy questions.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."