2019 in film industry.
The end of the year and the end of the decade finished
with Disney dominance in industry. 20th Century Fox is one more studio with
potential gold rush franchises (primarily, stays on made billions Avatar series.)
officially became a part of a conglomerate in March 2019. Without them, Disney
is monopolistic in box-office and influential in industry as can see. They have
a lot of film series with releases per year (when Marvel flicks stabilized on bringing
of three items for this period.) and it can rise with new addition, when other
companies are rely on one-two franchises right now, which next parts haven’t so
frequent appearances in theaters. If roll affiche of 2019, can often see films
of Disney, when the most prominent series from other studios didn’t appear
series due poor box-office as Transformers and Star Trek from Paramount
Pictures dropped zealous activity in first case and stopped on this stage in
second case. Disney is going to take video on demand niche. Since Fox
acquisition the conglomerate are having a control share of Hulu and full
subjection India’s Hotstar, which became dominant “video on demand” service in
the country (300 million people.) for past months and it plans to expand in
the Southern Asia. In November, the evil conglomerate global launched Disney+. Availability
of vast library, which has a lot of business ways in using, it gives for the conglomerate
an advantage in front of some rolling down Netflix and Amazon. The advantage in
brands creates a profit possibility for a low price. Netflix requires between 9
and 16 dollars for a month, Amazon Prime – 13 dollars, Disney’s Hulu between 6
and 12 dollars, when Disney+ asks 7 dollars and 70 dollars for twelve months. Cheaper
of all of them Han’s IQiyi by Baidu for 5 dollars for month, 14,88 dollars for
three months, 50 dollars for twelve months, but this company haven’t a worthy
film collection as can write for every Disney’s rival. In the early 2020 Warner
Bros will switch on own WarnerMedia, which promises for a month between 16 and
17 dollars. Too much in rivalry and Disney is richer in winning brands. 2019
was the year, when Disney usually had a success – rare flicks of rival
companies are mostly not. The conglomerate captured all categories of mass
auditorium in summertime products, cartoons and on nostalgia in offensive
live-action adaptations of cartoons (primarily of nineties years.). A lot of
them crossed a billion in the box-office. Disney’s box-office was bigger of
whole rivals in last days of July and without all money of Fox. In the most
meaningful season in film release for studios. To the end of the year Disney
collected 12,721 billion dollars (I don’t count 432 million dollars of 20th
Century Fox before merger came in action.) against 14,066 billion dollars of rivals
(Lionsgate – 1,272 bln. $, Paramount – 1,349 bln. $, Warner Bros. – 4,423 bln.
$, Sony – 3,351 bln. $, Universal – 3,671 bln. $.). For Paramount is a harsh
continuation of profit falling. Want to see it in further. A billion and one
hundred dollars on Sony’s count for Spider-Man 2 (a third adaptation of character,
which happened in less of fifteen years.) was achieved by Disney, when film division
of Japanese corporation keeps trademark rights and gets almost all money. Marvel
Cinematic Universe and Star Wars are only secure in profit in shared film
universes model. DC Comics still unstable despite on profit and acclaim of
audience and critics what is important for business. For Warner Bros. became a
disaster in MonsterVerse a fail of Godzilla: King of the Monsters ($385,900,138,
where from the US: $110,500,138.). Han Empire achievement ($135,749,466) was
only enough for save of face (for cover of whole spending was needed between
550 million dollars to 600 million dollars.). If in some last years Han Empire
could be a savior for box-office, in 2019 exclusion was only for Alita: Battle
Angel (production budget – $170 million, box-office – $404,852,543, where in
the US: $85,710,210, in an empire: $133,397,094.). From whole time of releases
of cartoons, imperial auditorium had a high attraction to Kung Fu Panda series,
Zootopia (animal lovers.) and it was to Frozen II in this year. In 2019, they
didn’t make big money achievement in profitable Toy Story 4, little bit lowed interest
to third incarnation of How to train your Dragon, strongly declined in visiting
to halved in common box-office The Secret Life of Pets 2, not supported profit
of near to crush The Angry Birds 2 and personal fails happened with bombed
Wonder Park and The Lego Movie-2. For specific Han Empire auditorium, which can
give money for supernatural monsters (because it restricted in the empire.), hadn’t
a great interest to American films in this year. Exception was for some mass popular
trash by Disney and huge money got earned more than in the United States Hobbs
& Shaw (Han Empire: $201,000,988 and the US: $173,810,100) and January
release of Bumblebee (Han Empire: $170,846,880 and the US: $127,195,589). In
box-office comparison of Fast & Furious series with previous parts can note
that franchise has melting stage now in both countries and it shows in the
whole world. Imperial interest never was high as American to live-action
remakes of Disney cartoons and therefore they didn’t save Dumbo (US: $114,766,307
against Han Empire: $21,889,698.). Their exceptional income ($120,446,631) to The
Lion King worked on a title of animal for children auditorium. Didn’t succeed
in payback Dark Phoenix and Men in Black International got less money from the empire
($59,090,000 and $44,474,756.), than from the United States ($65,845,974 and $80,001,807.).
If Men in Black trademark is another crushed franchise (film and marketing
budget: $230 million, box-office: $253,890,701.) and it put on shelf on some
time at least, the last Fox’s X-Men movie was without importance, because
propriety was moving to Disney, which will definitely launch anew in own
cinematic film series. Profitable Shazam! ($43,697,123) and Pokemon Detective
Pikachu ($92,559,664) didn’t cross in money contributions with comparison of
American box-office ($140,371,656 and $144,105,346.). Somewhere two years ago Jumanji:
Welcome to the Jungle got almost eighty millions dollars in Han Empire, when
it’s sequel had a small interest ($40,972,655) against huge income ($192,094,536)
from the USA. In the red state, flick release was a week before of American and
theater presence closes to finish, when in the United States it supposes to
stay on some time longer. Launched a typical Emmirich’s epic Midway lost ($15,597,972)
to local drama Better Days ($18,620,481), which was on a third week in cinemas.
In overall, Han gave $41,880,184 dollars in comparison of $56,278,720 dollars
from the United States. The film continue to present in theaters in both states.
The fourth try to launch Terminator trilogy (that’s a real came to true a gloom
future!) and with original creator in this time didn’t again. Terminator: Dark
Fate less interested empire inhabitants ($50,637,863) than Americans ($62,253,077).
Communists didn’t save film as they did with Terminator Genisys ($113,250,000).
Han Empire didn’t stop fail of Gemini Man ($33,373,622) and it earned less
money than in the United States ($48,546,770). Another fortune was with a second
reboot of Charlie’s Angels, which low gross didn’t relaunch a moneymaking
machine. Han Empire has a less income ($10,800,219) to it in comparison with
the USA ($17,756,400). Disney’s distorted Star Wars has a high-speed downslide
in curiosity with every brand release in Han Empire, because all films and
other staff always were outside in the state. The conglomerate is doing a savvy
for business move in going to extend trade mark’s presence in publishing all
dozen of books and do special one for empire. In 2019, own cinematography of
the most communist country continued to rise in profits. These films are totally
unknown for the rest of world, when there made hundreds of millions. Of course,
by reds are using methods of propaganda (and economics too as ticket
discounts.), which were extended for a couple years. First place took a cartoon
Ne Zha with $703,443,839 dollars, when the next large amounts earned The
Wandering Earth – $690,994,017, My People, My Country – $430,271,195, The
Captain – $410,268,679, Crazy Alien – $327,598,891, Pegasus – $255,510,705, The
Bravest – $237,086,793, Better Days – $219,795,904.
Millennium Films is the studio, which I want to
prosper, through their Nu Boyana Film Studios, I suspect, thankfully to some tax
commonsense in Greece, enlarges in this country. Fortunately, right-wing New
Democracy dominantly took seats in the Greek parliament among of pile of
left-wing parties. It gave an economic hope for the country. In the first month
the new government reduces taxes for businessmen. I’m not totally agree with
their structure “with more company value are less taxes”, because small firms
for 60,000 euros and for 70,000 euros in high risk to bankrupt with thirty and
twenty-seven percent of taxes. A conception of “survive the strongest” isn’t
fit for economics. Conditions are comfortable for large companies, which with
value more of 1 million euro pay ten percent. It fits for Millennium Films. In
Thermi, what is not far from Thessaloniki, they opened Nu Boyana Hellenic with
territory size in 8.3 hectares (on which plans eight filming sets.) for 20
million euros. Possibly filming can start before building complete in beginning
of 2020. Maybe, The Expendables IV will have a set there.
Digital doubles of real actors in films amplifies a
fear of wrong things for cinematography and, of course, for mankind. I mustn’t
write an obvious thing, that living acting is unchangeable. To there we can’t
know how this performer would act a role, scene or a feeling on face. For
directors (as George Lucas would be happy.) are profit to have business with image
than with a personal, which can late on filming or up a noise in mad
requirements on personal basis or would like to correct a script. For producing
studio businessmen it can reduce spends. More easy to have with gone performers
as it’s doing Worldwide XR, which belongs to damned names for me since a first
hear. They’ve got rights and approvals of close people on many actors, which
they’re going exploit. Are they thinking that everybody of actual actors would
be agree? It’s a disrespect to these personalities. Everybody who is using
likeness are must be punish and get a ban on film production.
I was in rapture of reading and listening of arrived some
views on Marvel flicks from filmmakers. It is excellent that somebody moved
against masses. Every of them concluded that these films aren’t tied with art
and give nothing. First was Martin Scorsese, who said about impossibility in
watching and compared with “theme park”. His friend, Francis Ford Coppola in
his explanation resumed in word “despicable”. Independent director Ken Loach
compared “boring” for him Marvel movies with “commodities” as “hamburgers”.
John Woo with worries admitted that young audience can lost a knowledge about real
film in watching of this Disney production. After a statement of Martin Scorsese,
it followed further, but, unfortunately, not loud as need.
A personal interest to films continued to decrease in
this year. Modern cinema in primarily is infirm in evoking of feelings. In them,
as in computer games, I’m watching similar things of art suffering, where even
the greatest misfire. I found just eight flicks for watch. Anticipating John
Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum had a disappointing premonition near to release. I
had before a thought on hallmark of John Wick – gun shootings, which mustn’t use
for franchise, because will kill a peculiarity. In previous films were
conception about a man whose dog was killed and his was taken, line of story on
pencil, which impresses without demonstration, but can’t rise a smile when see
it in action. John Wick 3 has nothing. Solo artistic writer Derek Kolstad got
three staff colleagues and all filming stages followed to hard deadline. I
frequently was feeling a disappointment before release, which was obvious in
watched for sure Glass and Zombieland: Double Tap, because I did it due of good
first parts. Serenity was estranged and illogical film for author of Eastern
Promises and Redemption. Cold Blood Legacy: La memoire du sang is passing in
the story. In Beyond the Law play excellent actors, what doesn’t influence on
everything lifeless of the film. Escape Plan: The Extractors continued misfire
films for Sylvester Stallone. No full participation of actor in projects are answers
of fails. Rambo: Last Blood was long developing Sly’s film from the start and it’s
an incredible. Impressions from watched were holding after cinema visiting. A merciless
story in gritty darkness to which own gloom brings the main character. Touchable
acting, where performers could express themselves in faces. I acclaim to
everything of watched and listened. It’s the rare present of the art, which I
like it and what is only excellent I can write about films of 2019.
