Walt Disney

Yes, if you're talking about Sky, etc. But, expanding internationally where you are weak is smart business sense. It isn't a monopoly at all. We see corporations do it all the time, like a Japanese electronics company buying a movie studio.

It isn't a monopoly, so we don't have to address your first question. As to your second question, there isn't less diversity. You gain a huge competitor in the streaming market (the real reason for the deal) and other studios have more release dates because Disney doesn't release many movies each year and now the Fox film slate will be reduced.

I have a problem with this whole line of thinking. There is no law that a movie studio has to distribute their movies to a streaming service rather than distributing their own movies themselves. There is no requirement that Disney must go through Netflix. If the Disney-Fox merger goes through (which it will, for reasons that have already been explained in this thread previously), the number of major movie studios will go from 6 to 5. However, the number of successful streaming services will increase by 1. So instead of just Netflix dominating the market, there will be competition. This merger isn't about the movie studio as much as it is about the film library and the intellectual property.

Absolutely. From Disney's perspective, it will greatly help them next decade. From my personal perspective, it's going to make things a lot more exciting from a box office perspective.

1. Disney wanted to make Avatar when Fox backed out originally. 2. Disney has an Avatar land in Walt Disney World. 3. Disney lets Kennedy handle Lucasfilm and Feige handle Marvel. Conclusion: there is no logic in the statement that Disney would try to ruin Avatar.

If he doesnt, then I will count his chickens for this one.

Pacific Rim Uprising is bombing badly. I didn't think it would do well, but it's doing even worse than expected.

I have This Boys Life on my list. And I know it has no shot of making the list, since despite starring Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio, I doubt most people here have ever even heard of it, let alone seen it.

Thor: Ragnarok is still in theaters. Gotta love Disney. They are dedicated to box office.

True. But hopefully this will be a reminder that diversity by itself will not automatically make a movie a success. A great movie, with the right actors in the right roles, and making sure it appeals to the majority of the movie-going audience, is what makes a movie a success at the BO. A great director definitely adds to making a movie come out great too.

My Vote: Casablanca Back to the Future Part II Forrest Gump The Usual Suspects Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi Back to the Future Gone With The Wind It’s a Wonderful Life L.A. Confidential My Cousin Vinnie Memento Unforgiven Goodfellas The Godfather Marvel’s The Avengers Back to the Future Part III Goldfinger 12 Angry Men Terminator 2: Judgment Day Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope Disclosure Apollo 13 Mr. Brooks Quiz Show Primal Fear The Shawshank Redemption Dumb and Dumber West Side Story Captain America: Civil War Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Anchor Man: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Black Hawk Down The Truman Show Fight Club Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back Frequency Old School Rocky III Captain America: The First Avenger Iron Man 2 Anger Management Iron Man Minority Report Catch Me If You Can A League of Their Own Maverick Superman II Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom The Dark Knight Almost Famous Top Gun Rocky II Groundhog Day Full Metal Jacket Demolition Man EuroTrip March of the Wooden Soldiers The Game Rocky IV The Wizard of Oz Miracle on 34th Street Casino Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Gladiator Kindergarten Cop Billy Madison This Boys Life Fracture Judge Dredd Men In Black Good Will Hunting Meet Me in St. Louis The Karate Kid Rocky Rounders Saving Private Ryan The Family Man Ghostbusters Avengers: Age of Ultron Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Last Action Hero Red Dragon The Karate Kid Part III The Terminator We Were Soldiers Death to Smoochie Willow The Departed Die Hard Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Training Day The Godfather II Coneheads Spaceballs Mr. Destiny Jumanji Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery A Bronx Tale The Waterboy American Beauty

I don’t think people realize what a monster JW was. That movie did gangbusters at the box office. That was one of those statement movies for Universal where they flexed their muscles.

Adjusted for inflation, that would put it above The Dark Knight. That is extremely impressive.

The list has been updated to reflect the addition of Black Panther. Patton has been removed from the list.

That's why we're all here. If it wasn't, then we wouldn't be here. We'd probably be on another movie site arguing quality.

No movie's box office results impact us here.

Just remember one thing, it all started with a mouse.

If you were here in 2012, you know that it is The Avengers. The Avengers was a game changer. And no one expected it to do what it did. The fact tgat it isnt one of the options on this poll says a lot.

Yes. Next year is Disney taking a victory lap for such a successful decade of box office dominance.

The list has been updated to reflect the addition of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Fatal Attraction has been removed from the list.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

ROUND 1 Raiders of the Lost Ark v. Bambi Jaws v. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Godfather v. The Sting Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back v. Avatar The Lion King v. Star Wars: The Last Jedi The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King v. The Passion of the Christ Star Wars: A New Hope v. Animal House Titanic v. The Greatest Show on Earth Forrest Gump v. My Fair Lady Jurassic Park v. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Fantasia v. The Towering Inferno The Dark Knight v. Finding Nemo American Graffiti v. Spider-Man (2002) Cinderella (1950) v. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Star Wars: Return of the Jedi v. Batman (1989) Doctor Zhivago v. Jurassic World Gone with the Wind v. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Star Wars: The Force Awakens v. Around the World in 80 Days E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial v. 101 Dalmatians The Sound of Music v. The Robe Rogue One: A Star Wars Story v. The Graduate The Jungle Book (1967) v. Airport The Avengers v. Goldfinger Beverly Hills Cop v. The Exorcist Ghostbusters (1984) v. Cleopatra Pinocchio v. Grease The Ten Commandments v. Home Alone Mary Poppins v. Thunderball Ben-Hur (1959) v. Independence Day The Bells of St. Mary's v. Love Story Spider-Man 2 (2004) v. Sleeping Beauty Shrek 2 v. Blazing Saddles

It's amazing to look at this list and see how it's so dominated by Disney currently. This list starts in the 80's, so it makes sense to see the other studios dominating OW. However, now it is heavily Disney.