http://deadline.com/2017/03/viacom-ceo-bob-bakish-paramount-revive-disney-franchise-strategy-1202038337/
Why would Paramount copy Disney's "tentpole only" strategy when their tentpoles are stuff like Ben-Hur.
I try to "vote with my dollors" when it comes to box office. I didn't like them splitting Mockingjay in 2 parts so I didn't see either of them. They're not getting more money out of me.
Maybe other people did what I did.
The 2015 roundtables are slowly coming out, and as always they're pretty interesting.
Here's the studio executive one with Universal, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Fox, and Lionsgate execs.