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Why SAG-AFTRA’s Streaming Revenue Sharing Proposal for Casts Was Flatly Rejected by AMPTP (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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The union would like performers "to share in the rewards of a successful show, without bearing any of the risk," the group that lobbies for studios says.

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[–] Lauchs -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree with you in spirit but...

Those crappy movies make billions... The good movies are the risky ones!

Look at last year, of the top grossing movies the top one that was an original (non comic book, sequel or remake) was the 11th most porofitable (and Chinese so unsure if it was actually original.) The next? 16th overall, Elvis. Which pulled in 287 million, or about 12% of Avatar 2's take.

This year, well, we'll see what Barbie pulls but right now the top 9 box offices are all remakes, comic book movies or sequels.

So we can blame the studios all we like but our wallets seem to betray us, making those crappy movies the profitable ones.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Elvis was still part of a trend, though. While not an actual sequel or remake, it follows in the footsteps of prior successful musician-based biographical dramas like Rocketman or Bohemian Rhapsody.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey at least the top gun sequel was actually good. I don't think Sequels should be branded as crap movies by default, Sure F&F X and so forth are garbage but there are some genuinely good sequels too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just because it wasn't dogshit doesn't mean it was good. It was generic crap with a decent production value that appealed to a wide audience.