#A24 #FilmLemmy

  • Fat Tony@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know. Selling out on the one thing that made you stand out as a company? Sounds like a smart business decision to me.

  • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Our current strategy is making us worth a ton of money, so let’s change strategies to what all the companies that are losing are doing instead, so we can make money?

    • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s called cashing out, and it’s a smart thing to do when you want to maximize profits (to the detriment of the art).

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    I really hope they don’t abandon what made them great. They’ve become my favorite studio. Almost every movie they put out, I absolutely love or can at least appreciate the big swing. Movies like Lamb don’t get made by any other studio and still be able to be seen by most. I don’t understand this decision after how Everything Everywhere All at Once was received.

  • empireOfLove@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Ah fuck. Hazbin Hotel is being produced by A24.

    Guess we can kiss that quality goodbye.

  • WhipTheLlama@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why would they have to keep up with their appraisal? There is no downside to not doing it, other than not being worth as much if they want to sell or IPO, but that would be true even without the equity firm’s investment and appraisal. No law says they have to meet the expectations set by a single investor. There is no legal duty requiring a company to maximize profits or shareholder value.

    However, even if such a law requiring them to maximize profits existed, it’s very reasonable that they would legally continue making the same types of movies that earned them that value in the first place. There couldn’t possibly be a requirement for them to change business strategies, else every company would eventually all end up in the same, most profitable industry. They’d all be selling movie theatre popcorn or something.

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      Because if they don’t the PE firm either cancels bonuses for sr management or fires them outright.

      You can’t beat your boss.

    • Deftdrummer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Laws? What the fuck are you talking about? You’re right in that their hand isn’t forced when making a business transaction such as this, but looking at it through the childish lens of “laws” is odd to say the least.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s really simple to see why.

    From here, cross referenced with boxofficemojo.com:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A24_films (2020s only)

    First Cow - $101,068 (US) / $1,386,609 (global)
    Boy’s State - unlisted
    On The Rocks - - / $992,103
    Saint Maud - - / $1,383,868
    Minari - $3,110,580 / $15,282,731
    False Positive - unlisted
    Zola - $4,844,399 / $4,998,097
    Val - unlisted
    The Green Knight - $17,173,321 / $18,887,953
    Lamb - $2,676,410 / $3,189,087
    The Souvenir Part 2 - $98,929 / $380,778
    C’mon, C’mon - $1,863,674 / $4,499,395
    The Humans - - / $47,029
    Red Rocket - $1,023,086 / $2,315,997
    The Tragedy of Macbeth - - / $524,771
    The Sky is Everywhere - unlisted
    After Yang - $46,872 / $729,254
    X - $11,765,309 / $14,740,889
    Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - $77,191,785 / $141,129,020
    Men - $7,587,853 / $11,152,071
    Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts - - / $122,390 Marcel, the Shell with Shoes On - $6,333,702 / $6,909,209
    Bodies Bodies Bodies - $11,446,602 / $13,929,670
    Funny Pages - $0 / $0 (not unlisted)
    Pearl - $9,423,445 / $9,747,742
    Instinct - - / $947,316
    God’s Creatures - $45,849 / $275,107
    Stars at Noon - - / $225,509
    Aftersun - $1,658,790 / $8,345,462
    Causeway - unlisted
    The Inspection - $390,429 / $546,906
    White Noise - - / $71,728
    The Eternal Daughter - $86,490 / $446,551
    The Whale - $17,463,630 / $54,883,206
    This Place Rules - unlisted
    When You Finish Saving the World - $196,920 / -
    Close - $1,100,113 / $5,213,591
    Sharper - unlisted
    Pi - (re-release) - no current numbers
    Showing Up - $754,483 / $1,222,428
    Beau is Afraid - $8,176,562 / $11,480,078
    You Hurt My Feelings - $4,830,788 / $5,698,637
    Past Lives - $10,923,569 / $14,996,172
    Earth Mama - $0 / $0 (not unlisted)
    The Deepest Breath - unlisted
    Stephen Curry: Underrated - unlisted
    Talk to Me - $48,105,234 / $89,400,384
    Medusa Deluxe - - / $68,560
    Stop Making Sense - (re-release) $4,000,378 / $4,641,772
    Dicks: The Musical - $220,867 / -

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That Everything Everywhere All At Once, the most action oriented and commercial of their releases, made more money than virtually all their other releases COMBINED.

        • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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          Yes, because that’s what all the reviews were raving about - the action. Not plot, characters, acting, or any of that artsy stuff.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            You don’t get how Hollywood executives work. They see Barbie being a massive success because people thought it was a smart and funny movie with a good message and decide, “this means we need more movies about Mattel toys!”

            They have absolutely no understanding of movies. It sort of feels like a lot of them don’t even like movies.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I dunno, surely you would have heard of Everything Everywhere All At Once due to the Oscar wins.

        Around here at least both The Green Knight and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On were heavily advertised. So was First Cow now that I think about it.

  • TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee
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    I don’t understand A24. Hereditary was a borderline comedy, Uncut Gems and EEAAO would work better as 20 minute shorts, and nothing happened in The Witch. They’re like the Marvel of hipster movies.

      • TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Little harm done. My tastes never seem to line up with the main stream, but I don’t shame anyone for loving Marvel or The Master of Disguise.

    • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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      Uncut Gems and EEAAO felt too long at times but I think it was worth it in both cases.

      For context, I prefer movies that are funny, have guns or lasers, or have magic or some shit. I have no taste when it comes to film.

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        1 year ago

        I love your honesty. I love Hardcore Henry but I’m not going to argue it’s a narrative wonder. It’s just my flavor of stupid insane.

        • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Put Brad Pitt and people with funny accents in a movie and I’ll probably be glued to it.

          If I want something fully engaging I read.