Dolfan in NYC Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Studio Ghibli has their first US #1 box office weekend. The Boy and The Heron took in $12.8m to end the weekend at #1 domestically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 There was some kerfuffle last week about WBD being "close to bankruptcy." Well... David Zaslav needs some kind of award for speedrunning Destroying The Company and Pulling the Golden Parachute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 11:55 AM, Dolfan in NYC said: Studio Ghibli has their first US #1 box office weekend. The Boy and The Heron took in $12.8m to end the weekend at #1 domestically. Boy, that’s a low box office total to win a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Boy, that’s a low box office total to win a week. Welcome to the new normal. 24 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: There was some kerfuffle last week about WBD being "close to bankruptcy." Well... David Zaslav needs some kind of award for speedrunning Destroying The Company and Pulling the Golden Parachute willsmithpursuitofhappinessplshelp.jpeg It should be noted that Paramount is probably doing as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: There was some kerfuffle last week about WBD being "close to bankruptcy." Well... David Zaslav needs some kind of award for speedrunning Destroying The Company and Pulling the Golden Parachute Does this mean that Food Network chefs will have to compete in the Challenge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 The real question, what does Bakish care about more, Cagematch ratings or Zaslav's opinion of CM Punk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Ads coming to Prime Video. Unless you pay an extra $2,99 a month for th3 ad free version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 4:30 PM, Elsalvajeloco said: Welcome to the new normal. willsmithpursuitofhappinessplshelp.jpeg It should be noted that Paramount is probably doing as bad. Pretty sure Paramount is doing significantly worse. Mountains of debt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Pretty sure Paramount is doing significantly worse. Mountains of debt. Taylor Sheridan’s ranch isn’t going to pay for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Brian Fowler said: Pretty sure Paramount is doing significantly worse. Mountains of debt. Some of the reports say WBD is $40-45 billion in debt and Paramount is $15 billion in debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Some of the reports say WBD is $40-45 billion in debt and Paramount is $15 billion in debt. Ah, I had it twisted in my mind. I found what I misremembered though. The bigger issue was the WBD has a positive cash flow and has significantly reduced debt while Paramount has a negative cash flow so it's growing. Also WBD has nearly triple the market value. So more debt for WBD, but they are still the one in better shape and... Buying a company drowning in debt will somehow help them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Are they buying Paramount as a tax write off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 1 hour ago, odessasteps said: Are they buying Paramount as a tax write off? No, that definitely doesn't sound like what's going on. There is a story from Hollywood Reporter from early this morning which runs through a few scenarios (including keeping everything separate in favor of just bundling Max and Paramount+): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-wall-street-doubts-1235773951/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Pretty sure Paramount is doing significantly worse. Mountains of debt. This is an absolutely perfect pun, bravo and brava! Edited December 29, 2023 by Bustronaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 On 12/7/2023 at 5:51 PM, jaedmc said: When HBO and Discovery became MAX they took a perfectly good interface and fucked the menus around so it's harder to get to the specific brand of content you want. I think they think we like not knowing what the fuck is going on. I absolutely hate opening Max to watch a movie or "HBO" TV show and 3/4 of the homescreen is Discovery Channel reality trash. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I'm starting to wonder when rich people are finally gonna remember that their system of governance considering money is all their self-made construct and realize "hey, we don't have to pay anything to anybody" and excuse their own debt. It might make their heads explode from the existential crisis, but it would save us having to give a shit about any of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I'm starting to wonder when rich people are finally gonna remember that their system of governance considering money is all their self-made construct and realize "hey, we don't have to pay anything to anybody" and excuse their own debt. It might make their heads explode from the existential crisis, but it would save us having to give a shit about any of that. That's what bankruptcy courts are for and alla that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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