Re: Ghostbusters Trailer
Journalists don't have to lie about Trump. Every insane thing he says is viewable on video.
You seem to lack basic reading comprehension. Those articles don't neglect the contributions of Jurassic Park and Furious 7. They also don't say that the female-led/diverse movies are the sole reason Universal broke the annual box office record. They say that they are contributing factors.
And they are very important contributing factors. Here are the numbers:
Universal's 2015 Global B.O. Take: $6.9 Billion
Jurassic World 2015 Global B.O. Gross: $1.7 Billion
Fast 7 2015 Global B.O. Gross: $1.5 Billion
Jurassic World and Fast 7 contributed $3.2 billion to Universal's take, or 46.4% of its revenues. That means other movies contributed 53.6%. $3.2 billion would not be enough to take the annual record crown away from 20th Century Fox, which grossed $5.52 billion in 2014.
Straight Outta Compton, Trainwreck, Pitch Perfect 2, and Fifty Shades of Grey combined equaled about a little over $1 billion in global box office. That means they contributed 14.5% of Universal's total, no small number.
This number is significant because projections for all of these movies were below what they actually grossed. And these projections were low because studio executives, in their infinite wisdom, believed that white people wouldn't show up to a movie about NWA, and that men wouldn't show up to movies led by women. The box office totals are significant because since the movies had lower budgets, they were actually more profitable than the top 3 films.
The whole purpose of the articles is not to pretend like Jurassic World and Fast 7 didn't contribute a significant portion of box office. It is to say that if Hollywood continues to treat female-led and diverse movies like "niche" films, it will miss out on potentially huge profits that could help push a strong year into a record-making one. I think that point was pretty obvious.
But knowing your low opinion of the qualifications of women and minorities, it doesn't surprise me at all that articles like this would bother you.
Journalists don't have to lie about Trump. Every insane thing he says is viewable on video.
Originally posted by kintnerboy
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And they are very important contributing factors. Here are the numbers:
Universal's 2015 Global B.O. Take: $6.9 Billion
Jurassic World 2015 Global B.O. Gross: $1.7 Billion
Fast 7 2015 Global B.O. Gross: $1.5 Billion
Jurassic World and Fast 7 contributed $3.2 billion to Universal's take, or 46.4% of its revenues. That means other movies contributed 53.6%. $3.2 billion would not be enough to take the annual record crown away from 20th Century Fox, which grossed $5.52 billion in 2014.
Straight Outta Compton, Trainwreck, Pitch Perfect 2, and Fifty Shades of Grey combined equaled about a little over $1 billion in global box office. That means they contributed 14.5% of Universal's total, no small number.
This number is significant because projections for all of these movies were below what they actually grossed. And these projections were low because studio executives, in their infinite wisdom, believed that white people wouldn't show up to a movie about NWA, and that men wouldn't show up to movies led by women. The box office totals are significant because since the movies had lower budgets, they were actually more profitable than the top 3 films.
The whole purpose of the articles is not to pretend like Jurassic World and Fast 7 didn't contribute a significant portion of box office. It is to say that if Hollywood continues to treat female-led and diverse movies like "niche" films, it will miss out on potentially huge profits that could help push a strong year into a record-making one. I think that point was pretty obvious.
But knowing your low opinion of the qualifications of women and minorities, it doesn't surprise me at all that articles like this would bother you.
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