Uh, yeah, I know. This does nothing to change my point - that if China keeps the majority of the boxoffice, instead of the studio getting a return on investment, its still not good for the studio. Slow down and read next time.

....yeah. I think you misread, friend. If the studio is getting back 25%, that means China is keeping the other 75%.... which is most definitely “the bulk” of it. You got it backwards.

China keeping b the bulk of the money doesn’t help, long term, either. And this film aside, the Chinese market has plateued, so it’s not much of a strategy.

True, but that leaves their financing partners, Universal and Blizzard out. Legendary still needs a studio to prop it.

But they didn’t finance the bulk of it - Universal and Blizzard did.

Was just making that point myself. Making a ton in China doesn’t ultimately mean much for the success of the film if China keeps the bulk of it.

Those who tout the success in China tend to ignore (as you did) that China returns a significantly smaller portion of the boxoffice than domestic, or even other foreign markets do. So, while the movie has generated a lot of money - that doesn’t necessarily mean a whole lot of return on investment.

I had a writer here ban me once because I was slightly critical of some re-imagined X-Men designs (which I assume were either his under an alias, or a close friend). Thankfully, he was fired shortly thereafter, and I was reinstated.

He logged in after *3 years* for that rage stroke, even!

Its hilarious how personally you take someone being critical of a fuckin’ game.

Self indulgent tripe.

Not remotely what I meant (you can learn from reading, if you try), but thanks for continuing the petualnce

Yup. Double down on being an ass - people will call you an ass. Not a difficult progression to suss out.

Not everyone assumes the content and makes an ass of themselves. I aired my opinion on your dumb post. Thanks for being defensive rather than learning.

I can’t believe it people actually announce that they can’t be bothered to know what the fuck they’re talking about, and then pretend it makes them the knowledgeable party in the discussion.

You stopped reading, and proved the shallowness of your perspective. Well done.

Working Girl? Yeah, probably (I haven’t seen it in at least 20 years). It was just an easy to recall example of the prototypical 80's female executive.

The quote is Fey, but just paraphrasing something even dumber from Palin.

Fair point.

So, pander to morons. Maybe she should change her middle name to “Mountain Dew.”