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‘The Marvels’ Meltdown: Disney MCU Seeing Lowest B.O. Opening Ever At $47M+ (deadline.com)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I actually had no idea this was out already. I've been watching Loki. It really seems like they should have spaced these further apart.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Loki is fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No. You crowd out your competitors. That's how you win.

Works in the grocery store. Works with movies.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So the exact opposite strategy that Disney used for decades, artificially creating scarcity to increase the value of their content. "Icing" was the term used to describe it. How times have changed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Quarterly earnings über alles.