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> When's the last time Hollywood film studios 10x'd their revenue? We actually don’t know. They veil the real numbers for each movie in complicated shell and s

by tomcam 4y ago

> When's the last time Hollywood film studios 10x'd their revenue? We actually don’t know. They veil the real numbers for each movie in complicated shell and subsidiary corporations and private arrangements that can’t be audited by the public.

majormajor 4y ago
Your claim now is that not just the internal PnL for films is obfuscated but both global box office numbers + public company reporting top-line revenue is as well? If you want to raise a bunch of VC money to open a movie studio because of that, good luck to you, but... doesn't seem like you'll get a lot of bites.
- tomcam 4y ago
  > Your claim now is that not just the internal PnL for films is obfuscated but both global box office numbers + public company reporting top-line revenue is as well? Where did I make a claim about the top line numbers? > If you want to raise a bunch of VC money to open a movie studio Wut? At this point I’m not sure you’re actually responding to my comment but cheers
  - majormajor 4y ago
    >Where did I make a claim about the top line numbers? The claim I made was about "their revenue" - that's the top-line number. You disputed that by saying we don't know.
    - ipaddr 4y ago
      Their revenue is hidden in shell and related companies. What revenue are you looking at the public profits of Disney?
    - tomcam 4y ago
      I should’ve been clearer. I meant the 10x part. Apologies.
- oceanplexian 4y ago
  It’s not VC money but you pretty much described Amazon, Netflix, and so on. If they are dumping money hand over fist into original content they probably have a good economic argument for it.