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[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know. Selling out on the one thing that made you stand out as a company. Sounds like a smart business decision to me.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone had to follow in Musks shoes.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting selling out wasn't a thing before Musk turned up?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It wasn't my intention but I can see your point.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our current strategy is making us worth a ton of money, so let's change strategies to what all the companies that are losing are doing instead, so we can make money?

[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

It's called cashing out, and it's a smart thing to do when you want to maximize profits (to the detriment of the art).

[–] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Taking money from Wall Street is like taking money from the mob.

[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Honestly I find the mob are honest upfront at least about what will happen to you if you piss them off.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I see you haven’t sorted out your pension yet

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Line must go up, forever, no creativity, just line

[–] Binthinkin@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

SPOILER: Private Equity is POISON.

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago

Ah fuck. Hazbin Hotel is being produced by A24.

Guess we can kiss that quality goodbye.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's really simple to see why.

From here, cross referenced with boxofficemojo.com:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A24_films (2020s only)

First Cow - $101,068 (US) / $1,386,609 (global)
Boy's State - unlisted
On The Rocks - - / $992,103
Saint Maud - - / $1,383,868
Minari - $3,110,580 / $15,282,731
False Positive - unlisted
Zola - $4,844,399 / $4,998,097
Val - unlisted
The Green Knight - $17,173,321 / $18,887,953
Lamb - $2,676,410 / $3,189,087
The Souvenir Part 2 - $98,929 / $380,778
C'mon, C'mon - $1,863,674 / $4,499,395
The Humans - - / $47,029
Red Rocket - $1,023,086 / $2,315,997
The Tragedy of Macbeth - - / $524,771
The Sky is Everywhere - unlisted
After Yang - $46,872 / $729,254
X - $11,765,309 / $14,740,889
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - $77,191,785 / $141,129,020
Men - $7,587,853 / $11,152,071
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts - - / $122,390 Marcel, the Shell with Shoes On - $6,333,702 / $6,909,209
Bodies Bodies Bodies - $11,446,602 / $13,929,670
Funny Pages - $0 / $0 (not unlisted)
Pearl - $9,423,445 / $9,747,742
Instinct - - / $947,316
God's Creatures - $45,849 / $275,107
Stars at Noon - - / $225,509
Aftersun - $1,658,790 / $8,345,462
Causeway - unlisted
The Inspection - $390,429 / $546,906
White Noise - - / $71,728
The Eternal Daughter - $86,490 / $446,551
The Whale - $17,463,630 / $54,883,206
This Place Rules - unlisted
When You Finish Saving the World - $196,920 / -
Close - $1,100,113 / $5,213,591
Sharper - unlisted
Pi - (re-release) - no current numbers
Showing Up - $754,483 / $1,222,428
Beau is Afraid - $8,176,562 / $11,480,078
You Hurt My Feelings - $4,830,788 / $5,698,637
Past Lives - $10,923,569 / $14,996,172
Earth Mama - $0 / $0 (not unlisted)
The Deepest Breath - unlisted
Stephen Curry: Underrated - unlisted
Talk to Me - $48,105,234 / $89,400,384
Medusa Deluxe - - / $68,560
Stop Making Sense - (re-release) $4,000,378 / $4,641,772
Dicks: The Musical - $220,867 / -

[–] b000urns@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what is this meant to illustrate exactly?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That Everything Everywhere All At Once, the most action oriented and commercial of their releases, made more money than virtually all their other releases COMBINED.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, because that's what all the reviews were raving about - the action. Not plot, characters, acting, or any of that artsy stuff.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't get how Hollywood executives work. They see Barbie being a massive success because people thought it was a smart and funny movie with a good message and decide, "this means we need more movies about Mattel toys!"

They have absolutely no understanding of movies. It sort of feels like a lot of them don't even like movies.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They like hookers and blow. No time for movies.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I haven’t heard of ANY of those movies. I really need to get out more.

[–] fiendishplan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I seriously thought this was a gag at first, sad.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Is that the company that Kane Parsons is working with?