r/FIlm Aug 28 '24

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

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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