Vividly displayed in a Technicolor chart ....
There are those who maintain that Disney overpaid for the little Emeryville studio in northern California, that $7 billion and change was just too much. But I say, when you are the owner of cartoon features that rake in a billion dollars, the carpers get awfully quiet.
The thoughts and observations of the leaders of The Animation Guild (TAG), Local 839 IATSE. Jason MacLeod is the Business Representative, KC Johnson is the President. Mike Sauer is Assistant to the Business Representative.
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Now I understand that this isn't revenue, but at the very bottom it notes that to date, TS3 merch has sold $9b worth. It is absolutely astounding that an idea from a small bunch of people making an animated film can drive that sort of money.
Remember in the 70s new employees at Disney got an official tour of the studio. An animator friend came back from his tour a bit amazed. He said all through the tour the importance of animation was highlighted in every division (toys, parks, comics, etc). But in the end, it was obvious that even though "animation" was very important... the actual animated product (then mostly features) was not a key factor.
With the ever rising costs of marketing and production, a stable revenue stream from merchandising and other products are what will be keeping the animation depts of both studios' lights on.
Pixar has been a good sounding board for Disney in the creation of their films.
Oh. Is that the new description of how Pixar runs Disney? They're just a 'sounding board'...?
I guess a sounding board had the ability to fire directors and completely rework films, right? I'm guessing those weren't suggestions from a sounding board.
Way to back away from poor revenues.
Steve Jobs is the largest shareholder in Disney. Pixar has delivered the largest share of revenue of any of the Disney film divisions (and consumer products).
Yes, Pixar has been a great sounding board for Disney.
So what you're saying is you don't know what a sounding board is...?
"Cars 2"
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