We ’re not even through with summertime and Walt Disney Studios has already grossed a record - fall apart $ 8 billion at the international box office . And yet , even with that , 2019 has n’t been a total win for one of the expectant medium brands in the world .
Disney CEO Bob Iger had an remuneration call today and detailed a bunch of what ’s going on at the party .
After the expensive , and very drawn out , acquisition of Fox , Disney inherited several movies which result in a departure of about $ 130 million . main among those loser was theX - Isle of Man movie Dark Phoenix . Iger said he believe the whole learning physical process kill team spirit and impulse at the studio and it ’ll take Disney at least two years to get things back on track . He referred to properties like Deadpool , X - serviceman , and Fantastic Four as part of Marvel Studios but conceive , from now on , Fox ’s lively - military action slate will be “ a select group of eminent - quality movies ” for outlet in theaters as well as on Hulu and Disney+ .
Merchandise sales at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge helped offset the dip in park attendance.Photo: (Disney Parks)
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Among the titles mention as possible reboots for Disney+ ? Home Alone , Diary of the Wimpy Kid , Cheaper by the Dozen , and Night at the Museum . We ’ll have to see how that play out .
At its U.S. theme parks , gross were down thanks in big part to the increase toll of getting the Star Wars - themed land , Galaxy ’s Edge , ready for porta . Plus , Iger suggested the hype around the opening scared away many season pass bearer from visiting . likewise , at Orlando ’s Walt Disney World , the ship’s company believes summertime visitations were impacted by mass waiting for Galaxy ’s Edge to open later this month . However , some of those loss were covered by increased ticket prices and aboom in merchandise and food sale , which is also belike drive by Galaxy ’s Edge . In fact , at Disneyland and Disney World , attending was down 3 percent , but per - client expenditure was up 10 pct . Thank you , custom lightsabers .
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In addition to all the original content , on the November 12 launch of Disney+ there will be about 300 movie titles , include four from Marvel Studios , eight Star Wars picture show , and 18 Pixar films . So , no , not everything will be on there . Within a year though , that number should jump off up to 400 . Iger also enjoin to require Disney+ deals to be foretell before long with Apple , Amazon , and Google+ .
It was a very , very busy and packed earnings call for a party with a lot going on . The main takeaway though , as usual , was that Disney has its fingers in everything , and that ’s not changing for a long prison term .
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