"Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer revenue for the quarter rose 13%, to $5.3 billion, ...

Syonyk · on March 27, 2023

Nope.

For comparison, a recent movie that performed well at the box office was Top Gun Maverick.

$1500M box office on a $170M budget - that involved flying and filming an awful lot of hours in "rather expensive to run jets."

BryantD · on March 27, 2023

That’s a movie that performed in the top 5 all time domestically, so probably better not to use it as a target.

marcosdumay · on March 27, 2023

I think the GP's point is to compare the costs. At least, that the most interesting point there.

marcosdumay · on March 27, 2023

Well, for it to be a replacement for the theaters, it would have to be quite expensive and wouldn't ever become mainstream.

If they are going for a mainstream service, Netflix style, it won't be able to replace theaters.

Disney seems to want both, so they targeted their service at neither.