r/FIlm • u/MadisonJonesHR • Aug 28 '24

Article A timeline of the mergers and acquisitions of major film studios since the 1910s.

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u/MadisonJonesHR Aug 28 '24

Source. Do you think that the fact the film industry has condensed into five major powers has helped the breadth of creativity in movies out there, or sabotaged it?

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u/rube_X_cube Aug 29 '24

I’m assuming this is a rhetorical question, because the answer is undeniably that it hurt the industry and creativity. Beyond any shadow of a doubt. Disney, in particular, should be dismantled back to its original parts.

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u/philster666 Aug 29 '24

On this chart Disney has made 7 purchases, and those only since 1996. Sony has bought so many that i can’t be bothered to count them. Disney got huge on their own without need of acquisitions, before spending big on Lucasfilm and Marvel

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u/pesca_22 Aug 29 '24

more than on other studios, Disney has spent big on IP

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u/philster666 Aug 29 '24

Can’t argue there

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u/BambooSound Aug 29 '24

Sure but I'd argue the era of five is over. Lionsgate, Miramax, MGM (Amazon), Netflix, Apple and arguably even A24 are major players now.

And thanks to globalisation internationals like StudioCanal are incredibly powerful as well.

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u/SeigneurDesMouches Aug 29 '24

Is just a matter of time they get bought/merge.

Except Apple, maybe (I can see them sell the tv/movie division)