The Warner Bros. Thread | Will NOT merge with Paramount...capitalism is still terrible

[HummingLemon496]

Nah but for real can we talk about this

 

Man of Steel through Aquaman average out to $320M domestic and $818M WW

 

Shazam through Aquaman 2 average out to $95M domestic and $228M WW

 

Incredible, truly incredible. 

 

 

                                            

Edited February 26 by HummingLemon496

[HummingLemon496]

Nevermind*

Edited February 27 by HummingLemon496

[lorddemaxus]

1 minute ago, HummingLemon496 said:

Let's be honest definitely did

 

Aquaman 2 only made $176M in revenue against a production + marketing budget of $305M, which is ~58%

 

If Aquaman 2 "broke even and made a profit" (which it didn't), here is the adjusted break even point for other major blockbusters (using their DOM/OS/China split) along with their production budget + marketing budget

 

The Batman - $437M ($200M production + $140M marketing)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - $498M ($250M production + $135M marketing)

Thor: Love and Thunder - $534M ($250M production + $160M marketing)

The Little Mermaid - $500M ($250M production + $140M marketing)

Black Adam - $400M ($195M production + $100M marketing according to Deadline)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - $560M ($250M production + $163M marketing assuming the same as Vol. 2)

 

Hollywood accounting is very, very opaque and confusing so none of this matters in the end, but the movie should add another 100 mil or so in ancillaries. Will be in the red by a couple million and probably closer to breaking even than The Color Purple

[ChipDerby]

Look at me I like to throw out numbers with no solid backing and make up math to suit my worldview!

[Human]

It is selling very well on digital.

[Reddroast]

https://www.thewrap.com/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-global-halting-merger-talks/

[Box Office Hit]

 

[Mojoguy]

12 minutes ago, Box Office Hit said:

 

Thank God!

[lorddemaxus]

I have feeling this merger didn't go through because WB now has eyes on a bigger merger

[WittyUsername]

43 minutes ago, Reddroast said:

https://www.thewrap.com/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-global-halting-merger-talks/

Hopefully it stays that way. 

[eddyxx]

34 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

I have feeling this merger didn't go through because WB now has eyes on a bigger merger

Apple or Amazon probably

Edited February 27 by eddyxx

[TMP]

52 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

I have feeling this merger didn't go through because WB now has eyes on a bigger merger

Comcast-WB gonna be the end of hollywood lol. Somehow a merger even worse than Disney-Fox in terms of swallowing up market share. I don’t doubt Zaslav has the naked ambition to attempt something like this at all

[Scubasteve716]

Idk paramount and WB merging would keep the 2 from bigger companies. People happy about them not merging only for Apple or Comcast to buy 1 and or the other seems strange. 

[redfirebird2008]

1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said:

I have feeling this merger didn't go through because WB now has eyes on a bigger merger

Yep. They want someone to buy Warner, probably Comcast/Universal. 

[JustWatching]

8 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

Yep. They want someone to buy Warner, probably Comcast/Universal. 

Yup, just like Stewie, AT&T wants its money, man. Zaz is on the hook to deliver or else.

[Spidey Freak]

21 hours ago, HummingLemon496 said:

Nah but for real can we talk about this

 

Man of Steel through Aquaman average out to $320M domestic and $818M WW

 

Shazam through Aquaman 2 average out to $95M domestic and $228M WW

 

Incredible, truly incredible. 

 

 

                                            

 

Nah we good. Snyder bros talk about it all day every day on the bird app, completely disregarding the pandemic, day and date releases on Max and the Gunnverse announcement

[redfirebird2008]

I wonder what kind of stock options will automatically vest for Zaslav & other WB executives when the company gets bought out. 

[WittyUsername]

Maybe someone can explain this to me, but if Zaslav’s plan is to sell off WB, why exactly was he considering a merger with Paramount? As far as I’m aware, that merger wasn’t going to be a simple case of Paramount buying WB (they didn't have the cash for that), so what was that all about? 

[AJG]

1 minute ago, WittyUsername said:

Maybe someone can explain this to me, but if Zaslav’s plan is to sell off WB, why exactly was he considering a merger with Paramount? As far as I’m aware, that merger wasn’t going to be a simple case of Paramount buying WB (they didn't have the cash for that), so what was that all about? 

 

They both demonstrated their intent to sell themselves. That's all it was. There was a reason why you didn't see 2 dozen articles clog up the trade sites with speculation about this "potential" merger.

[redfirebird2008]

46 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:

Maybe someone can explain this to me, but if Zaslav’s plan is to sell off WB, why exactly was he considering a merger with Paramount? As far as I’m aware, that merger wasn’t going to be a simple case of Paramount buying WB (they didn't have the cash for that), so what was that all about? 

 

It would have been Warner buying Paramount, and then eventually attempt to sell the combined company to Comcast or Apple or whoever.