Exposing the Grift: Go Woke Go Broke

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

"Good"

It limped over the break even point at best

It performed well based on what I can find. Where are you looking thats saying it oly broke even?

 

[SuperAlly]

It performed well based on what I can find. Where are you looking thats saying it oly broke even?

Basic mathematics.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Basic mathematics.

Soooooo you're not gonna give a real answer?

Everything im looking at points it making a solid profit. I cannot find any numbers that suggest it broke even

 

[deviake]

Poor guy got to pull himself by his boot straps maybe get a second job or move into a smaller estate? Maybe turn tricks for GOP members lol.

A former Goldman Sachs analyst admitted his family can't live comfortably on a $230K income after buying their home​

Skill issue

 

[Bob Gray]

Mmhmm. Just like his comments about four black women lacking "brain processing power" which is ol' timey racism and disingenuously twisting their words where I believe Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee mentioned being the recipients of/only here because of Affirmative Action as if they're saying they weren't qualified when what they mean is it allowed them the opportunity to get an education and flourish is fucking insane.

So, you're saying they were quoted out of context?

 

[SuperAlly]

Soooooo you're not gonna give a real answer?

Everything im looking at points it making a solid profit. I cannot find any numbers that suggest it broke even

Production budget "reported" at 225mil*

Marketing budget reported anywhere from 125 mil to 200mil.

But let's take the "industry standard" of half production budget. So 112.5 mil.

Total budget 337.5mil

Common consensus is a movie needs to take about double its budget to break even (to account for things like the share the cinemas take).

So we're looking at ~675mil to break even.

Film reportedly made just over 600mil.

So yeh. Basic maths

* look at all the stuff thats come out about Marvel, DC and recently The Acolyte. In reality the number is likely much higher. But ok let's go with the "reported budget"

 

[deviake]

So, you're saying they were quoted out of context?

No

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

No matter which side you're on, you can appreciate the editing in this video.

 

[Bob Gray]

No

Oh, ok. They weren't quoted out of context. Their words were just "disingenuously twisted?"

 

[deviake]

Oh, ok. They weren't quoted out of context. Their words were just "disingenuously twisted?"

Gray Area, you're not clever.

 

[SuperAlly]

Gray Area, you're not clever.

The most ironic post in sherdog history

 

[avenue94]

Production budget "reported" at 225mil*

Marketing budget reported anywhere from 125 mil to 200mil.

But let's take the "industry standard" of half production budget. So 112.5 mil.

Total budget 337.5mil

Common consensus is a movie needs to take about double its budget to break even (to account for things like the share the cinemas take).

So we're looking at ~675mil to break even.

Film reportedly made just over 600mil.

So yeh. Basic maths

* look at all the stuff thats come out about Marvel, DC and recently The Acolyte. In reality the number is likely much higher. But ok let's go with the "reported budget"

Revenue doesn't magically drop to zero after a theater release. WB was happy with the movie enough with the returns, so that's all that matters here as far as profitability.

 

[SuperAlly]

Revenue doesn't magically drop to zero after a theater release.

No one says it did

When people talk about these things it's pretty clear the context is at the box office

Not sure why you guys are desperate for this custers last stand on every losing proposition

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Production budget "reported" at 225mil*

Marketing budget reported anywhere from 125 mil to 200mil.

But let's take the "industry standard" of half production budget. So 112.5 mil.

Total budget 337.5mil

Common consensus is a movie needs to take about double its budget to break even (to account for things like the share the cinemas take).

So we're looking at ~675mil to break even.

Film reportedly made just over 600mil.

So yeh. Basic maths

* look at all the stuff thats come out about Marvel, DC and recently The Acolyte. In reality the number is likely much higher. But ok let's go with the "reported budget"

No one says it did

When people talk about these things it's pretty clear the context is at the box office

Not sure why you guys are desperate for this custers last stand on every losing proposition

So you're speaking solely box office profit, not total profit? You could have just said that from the start. We're talking about 2 different things

 

[SuperAlly]

So you're speaking solely box office profit, not total profit? You could have just said that from the start. We're talking about 2 different things

Na, whenever people talk about these things thats always the context. Its the only reliable way to compare films across their period at cinema.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Na, whenever people talk about these things thats always the context.

Clearly not

 

[avenue94]

No one says it did

When people talk about these things it's pretty clear the context is at the box office

Not sure why you guys are desperate for this custers last stand on every losing proposition

If it was good enough to please someone as big of a talentless skinflint as Zaslav, you can rest assured WB is happy enough.

And that's coming from someone who thought Superman had awful writing and was mediocre at best.

 

[avenue94]

So you're speaking solely box office profit, not total profit? You could have just said that from the start. We're talking about 2 different things

Nah bro, WB doesn't own a streaming service like Max, that would be preposterous.

 

[SuperAlly]

 

[Scerpi]

You've said a lot but I havent gotten an answer for my question. You're arguing against against his point, which isn't the discussion I'm trying to have.

Isnt that one quote, that one time, edited to distort the meaning? Im not arguing whether the quote is right or wrong. For the sake of discussion, lets just hes wrong. It doesnt matter whether hes accurate or not. Can't we agree that by selecting that one passage from his overall quote, it distorts the meaning?

It’s the same when they take Charlie Kirk’s quote about DEI out of context

And the average reader has zero clue about the point he was actually trying to make. They just assume he was being racist when he was doing anything but. They cut off the complete statement

DEI can make anyone question if the person is actually qualified or were they given the position to fill a narrative or quota.

An excellent example is the School Superindent who was fired for being in the US illegally, having a felony record and lying about his doctorate and masters degree. He fit their DEI goals and they neglected to any kind of background check on him

It’s actually massively unfair to qualified professionals because now they’ll have to fight even harder and prove they can actually to do the job