Context is everything. When a movie comes out and grosses, let’s say, $345 million or $262 million worldwide, usually that’s good. It’s a lot of money. But when those movies are from franchises whose previous installments have made over $1 billion, $300 million or so starts to look much less impressive.
$345 million and $262 million, by the way, are the current global box office totals for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu and the live-action remake of Moana , both of which were released by Disney this summer. Neither has lived up to box office expectations and, on a recent earnings call, Variety reported that Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro…
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