Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

whereismymind86 t1_j7k84p2 wrote

Reply to comment by PixelPervert in [OC] Movie production companies with the highest total worldwide box office revenue by giteam

Disney owns fox too

573

NomenNescio13 t1_j7ka219 wrote

This actually raises an interesting question, because while Marvel Studios have made the majority of their profits under Disney, Fox is a very recent acquisition. So should that count towards Disney's revenue?

167

nocommenting_ t1_j7kcf41 wrote

Disney “owns” that revenue as much as it “owns” the revenue that Toy Story made (Disney distributed, they didn’t produce), but eyeballing these numbers, the Disney total includes Pixar (Hell, the example picture is a Lucasfilm property…)

61

Nanooktoo t1_j7kh27r wrote

They count Lucasfilm under Disney, Fox and Marvel should be included.

127

kaidon t1_j7kqxf0 wrote

Wait… are all of these just Disney?!!

49

Cludista t1_j7ksv3i wrote

Disney has a near monopoly on entertainment. Also congress doesn't do its job anymore.

27

thatcockneythug t1_j7kyvkl wrote

If the feds were to get back into the practice of monopoly busting, the entertainment industry is like, the last thing I'd like them to focus on lol

10

BrisklyBrusque t1_j7kwj3i wrote

When Disney acquired Fox a few years ago, it became pretty clear Disney would be getting about 1/3 of all the revenue that goes to the box office. pretty insane.

7

Decumulate t1_j7kx21p wrote

To clarify for people not thinking through this comment - disney bought 20th century fox (the movie studio), not Fox News

11

Aggressive-Morning11 t1_j7khfdv wrote

The same Fox as Fox News? Or only the movie buisness, 21st century fox?

9

spargbotu t1_j7khujq wrote

The bought everything except the news part of the fox empire.

43

CantFindMyWallet t1_j7knxrp wrote

They didn't buy FOX Sports, either.

22

DaoFerret t1_j7kuj1p wrote

They couldn’t buy the FOX broadcast channels because they owned ABC. (Barred from owning two networks)

Murdoch wanted to keep FOX News (it was the part that wasn’t for sale)

They didn’t want/need FOX Sports because they already owned ESPN. (I don’t think they were barred from buying it, and I don’t think it was not for sale, they just weren’t interested?)

(Not disagreeing, just clarifying)

4

oddiseeus t1_j7kzbq9 wrote

>Murdoch wanted to keep FOX News (it was the part that wasn’t for sale)

“Nobody else is going to own one of my megaphones.”

2

TommyBaseball t1_j7kiim5 wrote

Not Fox broadcast channels or Fox News. The only US TV channels they picked up were FX and Nat Geo plus the 20th Century movie productions.

"Among other key assets, the acquisition included the 20th Century Fox film and television studios, U.S. cable/satellite channels such as FX, Fox Networks Group, a 73% stake in National Geographic Partners, Indian television broadcaster Star India, and a 30% stake in Hulu. Immediately preceding the acquisition. The remaining, not acquired, assets of 21st Century Fox, the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Television Stations, Fox News Channel, Fox Business, Fox Sports 1 and 2, Fox Deportes, and the Big Ten Network as well as the 67%-owned Credible Labs, spun off into the newly formed Fox Corporation. Other 21st Century Fox assets such as the Fox Sports Networks and Sky were divested and sold off to third parties such as Comcast, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Yankee Global Enterprises."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fox_by_Disney

25

NowAlexYT t1_j7kqsfl wrote

Wow i never made the connection between Fox News, FX, and 20th century Fox...

3

--Beaugardes-- t1_j7kv1j1 wrote

If I remember correctly, News Corp (Fox's parent company) spun off the entertainment division into its own company which is what Disney later purchased.

1