Has Disney made their $4 Billion back yet? - Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Discussion

[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

No.

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[–] Cristianos (268) 5 years ago

Yes.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/30/six-years-after-buying-lucasfilm-disney-has-recouped-its-investment.html

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[–] TandyMan (10414) 5 years ago

Does that count all the money the sunk into Star Wars land? That probably cost a few billion bux.

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[–] Satan2016 (23545) 5 years ago

Disneyland has nothing to do with films.

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[–] Sandman81 (1502) 5 years ago

They bought the rights to Star Wars, which does include the theme parks and rides. This is a big part of their investment.

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[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

I don't see how.

The four movies have made about 4.5 to 5 billions. That seems a lot, but Disney only gets half of it. Let's round up to 2.5 billion. Now let's say the average budget is about $400 millions, marketing included. Four movies, that would make $1.6 billion.

That means the benefits has been less than a billion. For a $4 billion loan, that would only pay loan's interests.

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[–] Sandman81 (1502) 5 years ago

Merchandise and licensing. The same way Lucas made his fortune. Star Wars has been on everything and everywhere the last few years and Disney gets a piece of all that action.

And there is also DVD sales and broadcast fees, which includes the other 6 movies, every tv show (most notably Clone Wars and Rebels) and books.

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[–] Sandman81 (1502) 5 years ago

Yes

The movies alone have profited between 3.5 and 4 billion with worldwide gross. And that doesn't include merchandise, DVD sales, and broadcasting fees, including NETFLIX. Then there's the theme parks which is hard to judge exactly how much extra money they bring in to the existing parks, but add value.