The “Thunderers” failed at the cash register: even Disney finally recognized this

In a new report for investors, the studio called the film “Thunderbings” one of the reasons for losses.

The photo, which would become the new flagship of the Avengers, collected $ 382.4 million from the World Box Office – with the indicated budget of approximately 180 million and impressive marketing costs. Even if you take into account future income from streaming and licenses, Disney is already writing the project with losses.

In the quarterly report, the Pixar Elio -animation also appeared to be in the same list with the “Thunders”. The situation is even worse for the cartoon: $ 144.3 million around the world with a budget of more than 200 million.

For comparison, the “Lilo and Stich” who emerged in the same months conquered the bar for collecting a billion dollars and became the most important financial savior of the quarter.

Like Disney “Forgot” about the film in public performances

Another alarming signal: on a call with investors, general manager Bob Aiger and financial director Hugh Johnston, generously spread in praise for successful projects – from Lilo and Stich and Moana 2 to Deadpool and Wolverine and Puzzle 2. The “Thunderers” were not mentioned at all.

Instead, the film was quietly ‘buried’ in the part of the report on financial results.

The studio called the “Thunderers” and “Elio” one of the main reasons for the operational loss of $ 21 million. For comparison: a year ago the same business segment brought the company a profit of 254 million.

What does this mean for the future cinema sower Marvel

The failure of the Thunderbakes – one of the worst starts in the history of the Marvel cinema – was an alarming signal against the background of the successes of other Disney franchises. Although there are no official statements about the revision of plans for “new Avengers”, investors are already reading between the lines: the studio no longer builds great expectations for this team.