07-23-2019, 04:01 PM
(07-23-2019, 11:35 AM)Alliecat Wrote: They can't win...
Yup... and Disney takes that "can't win" all the way to the bank, with a profit of $12.6 billion last year on total revenues of $59.4 billion.
I wish I could figure out how to "not win" that successfully!
Oh, and, that Disney profit was up from a "mere" $8.98 billion the previous year, or a 33% year-over-year increase. I'd say Disney has figured out a "winning" strategy, and Merida and her pals are a big part of that.
Also, the vocal "complainers" represent a very tiny fraction of actual viewers/customers/consumers. A recent study revealed that only 10% of Twitter users generate 80% of Twitter posts. And Twitter seems to be the primary source for most "news" stories about consumer complaints.
One more thing: a statistical analysis of "Disney Princess" movies claims that Merida is more popular... or at least more profitable... than Ariel, The Little Mermaid:
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a87126...ce-ranked/
They're not dolls, they're action figures!