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by Syonyk 1180 days ago
I don't believe it performed any better in disk sales, though I can't say what it did for streaming one way or another.

You can drop it from the data set and it doesn't change the argument, though. Disney's been dropping some impressive flops lately.
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Waterluvian 1180 days ago
The old world metric was how much money a film made. The new world metric is how much engagement a film provides a paid service. I think this is why Netflix often makes films that are critically panned but keeps making sequels, or why they drop critically acclaimed shows.

Disney will probably never want to share the truth about which of their films were business flops or not.

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dawnerd 1180 days ago
Really it's just a Disney+ movie, no one really buying it on disk.
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acchow 1180 days ago
Disney has been making bad movies for a while, but for whatever reason Marvel sold well despite repeating the same storyline every time... Same writing, same style, same jokes, same flair.

After the MCU reset, I don't think Disney has any idea what to do.

They could probably use ChatGPT to make better scripts tho

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hulitu 1180 days ago
> for whatever reason

kids _love_ violence. The story is simple (Disney TM).

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sensitivefrost 1180 days ago
Why would people buy it on disk when it was released onto Disney+? It has other metrics of success - it was one of the most streamed programs in March 2022.
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10729287 1180 days ago
I guess for some kids it's easier to pop a dvd in the player than navigating menus. Also, kids tend to watch the same movie again for ever, maybe it's safer for some parents to buy the actual thing, even more during the streaming war where parents switch from service to another.
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mcphage 1178 days ago
> I guess for some kids it's easier to pop a dvd in the player than navigating menus

I can't speak for all kids, but for mine it's the opposite—the main TV remote they use controls our Fire TV Stick, and has a button for Disney+ built in. Plus, our iPads have Disney+ apps. Whereas our optical drive is a PS4, so they'd need to use the TV remote to switch to a different input, plus the PS4 controller. I'm not saying they couldn't figure it out if they wanted to, but for them, navigating menus to Disney+ is much easier.

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toast0 1178 days ago
Cars (vans mostly) with rear entertainment systems are mostly using discs, I'd guess.
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