I am posting this as a discussion to whether or not the disney/fox merger will be profitable by 2040. Ill include relevant information and my own conclusion below.

In short Disney bought 20th Century Fox for $71.3 Billion (alongside accruing over $14 billion of Fox's debt) for a grand total of $85.3 Billion - a deal which closed in 2019.

That being said Disney sold off many of fox's assets since then including Sky for $15 billion, Fox Sports Networks for $9.6 billion, YES network for $3.5 billion and Endemole Shine for $2.2 billion leaving only $41 billion left (+$15 billion in debt which I will address separately).

(Note: Disney also sold off a few smaller fox assets for undisclosed amounts meaning the number is somewhat smaller than that above - lets just say $40 billion left to pay off)

In addressing profitability there are a few aspects to look at - the first being the film industry

When it comes to the assets Disny acquired the main one was the 20th Century Fox film studio which Disney quickly rebranded as 20th Century Studios. Since late 2019 - all films that have grossed over $100 million and that have been produced by fox (or marvel films based solely off of fox properties) have made around $6.1 billion by the end of this year and will make between $9.6 billion and $10 billion by 2026 assuming Avatar: Fire and Ash makes over 2 billion, Ice Age 6 and Fantastic Four: First Steps make between $500 million and $700 million each and Predator Badlands makes around $200 million.

I estimate that by 2040 Disney will make another $15 billion from Fox produced films (an average of 1.5 films per year or $1 billion from fox films) - $4 billion for Avatar (2 films), $1 billion for Alien/Predator (4 films), $1.5 billion for F4 (2 films), $1 billion for Apes (2 films), $2 billion for Deadpool (2 films), $2 billion for Wolverine (2 films), $2 billion for X-Force/X-Men (2 films), $1.5 for miscellaneous films (10 films). This would be a grand total of 24 films in 14 years - a realistic number.

The box office gross of those films plus the $10 billion accrued by 2026 would result in a $25 billion grand total estimated revenue by 2040... HOWEVER, That does not account for their budget, marketing, or the 50% average movie theaters take off of those films. On the plus side it also does not account for home video revenue of those films. Thus out of the $25 billion Disney would only see probably around $10 billion in profit - and that is being generous.

So... $40 billion-$10 billion leaves around $30 billion left to pay off before becoming profitable... + $14 billion in Fox's accrued debt.

Speaking of debt this leads to the second most important aspect to look at - the total long term debt of Disney

In 2020 I have found two conflicting sources related to Disney's debt - one says Disney had around $64.4 billion in long term debt, another said Disney had $117.2 billion in long term debt. Both of which are very significant numbers... however there is a huge positive.

As of 2024 both sources say Disney's debt has gone way down - to either $47.6 billion or $90.7 billion respectively - a drop of either $16.8 billion or $26.5 billion in four years time. This shows that Disney's debt is going consistently down. As far as their yearly annual revenue - it reached a record high of $91.4 billion in 2024 and shows no signs of stopping. This total debt does take into account the $14 billion of Fox debt so I believe this should be looked at separately from the costs of the purchase. If Disney continues on this trend I see the debt dropping by at least 50% if not more in ten years time - assuming their revenue and profit margins continue to increase and they dont take on any more debt or acquisitions. That being said there still is around $30 billion left in the Fox purchase that will not be made up for through selling off assets or theatrical releases by 2040.

This leads to the third most important aspect to look at... the purchases impact on streaming

One of the biggest motivating factors for the Fox deal was the streaming impact for bolstering Hulu and Disney+ numbers and streaming profit. While there is no way of determining how many people signed up for these services solely due to Fox properties, there are a few things that can be looked at. As of right now Disney+ has around 158.6 million subscribers worldwide with Hulu bringing in 50.2 million and ESPN+ bringing in 25.2 million for over 234 million people across all three services. That being said numbers of subscribers is only part of the picture. Since the launch of Disney+, the Disney company has spent and lost over $11.4 billion on development, content and programming costs - each quarter bringing in a bigger loss... until this last quarter where for the first time Disney streaming was profitable with $321 million. It is estimated from this amount Disney will bring over a billion in profit next year and around 2-4 billion in profit for the next three years after that.

At this rate Disney streaming will make up for all its losses by the end of 2028. At 3 billion a year or more in profit Disney streaming will make at least 36 billion by 2040 - a profit that will definetely bolstered by Fox properties due to the Fox Marvel catalog, Avatar films, Ice Age saga, Planet of the Apes films, Maze Runner trilogy, and the complete ownership of the original six Star Wars films which Disney originally had to pay money for. That being said, this alone hardly makes the fox deal profitable as Fox properties are only a very small portion of Disney's overall content.

Also... another thing to consider is Disney has paid over $10 billion since 2019 to acquire a complete stake in Hulu, which would lower this estimated profit to only $26 billion assuming Disney does not sell it off, an important fact to consider. Even if the impact of having Fox properties is worth a some of this $26 billion in streaming revenue by 2040 - it still would not be enough to make a major dent in the $30 billion left in costs Disney has left to justify in buying fox. Lets assume Fox properties are worth $6 billion out of the $26 billion... leaving $24 billion of costs Disney spent on Fox.

This leads to the final aspect to look at... the overall impact and bolstering of impact Fox has on the greater Disney (Entertainment, Sports and Experiences)

In buying Fox, Disney acquired a number of miscellaneous assets, some of which have a bigger value. For example, as far as Entertainment and Experiences the introduction of Fox characters to the MCU is bigger than just their individual films box office numbers - having Doctor Doom as the main villain of Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars may bulster numbers and merchandise sales then an Avengers film without him, and the impact of other Fox characters such as the X-Men appearing throughout different Marvel films or Kang in the Loki series, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and the upcoming Champions (Young Avengers) series may have a profound impact in keeping both movie revenue, audience interest and merchandise sales up - merchandise which can generate hundreds of millions for Disney each year - the fox aspect worth potentially a few billion by 2040 between Avatar and X-Men/F4/Doctor Doom/Exiles etc.

On top of that there are other assets Disney acquired such as National Geographic which brings in around half a billion in revenue each year (which would be around $10 billion by 2040 since Disney's acquisition in 2019) - lowering costs to $14 billion.

It is also important to mention Disney acquired Hotstar from the purchase of Fox - something they tied to their streaming service as Disney+ Hotstar in India (and the Star streaming service). They then entered into a deal with Reliance valued at $8.5 billion. This would only lower the costs to around $5.5 billion.

Additionally, Disney plans to expand California Adventure with an Avatar Park based on the Way of Water and Fire and Ash - an expansion which will easily cost over a billion and thus will take many years to recoup the cost - but eventually may make hundreds of millions for Disney if it is as big of a success as Pandora: The World of Avatar.

Disney also acquired the FX networks which bring in hundreds of millions from ads and revenue deals. FX also works in association with many sports agencies and Disney's own ESPN network - another huge area of revenue. By 2040 this revenue will be worth at least a few hundred million, or even a few billion counting sports associated revenue.

This leads to my conclusion...

Assuming these additional areas I mentioned chip away at the remaining debt each year, I can easily see Disney breaking even on their debt by 2040... All that being said - breaking even in a whopping 20 years does not make a deal worth it, especially with the risk involved in such a venture. However, potential profits beyond 2040 could justify the deal as another 20 years could bring in over $20 billion or more in profit. All this goes to say I think it was a risky choice, one that has yet to pay out, but assuming Disney stays their current course it could be a good one.

What do you all think? Are there areas I didnt consider, costs and expenses I didnt weigh or assets I missed? Feel free to leave your comments below!

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld is an upcoming American animated supernatural-action romantic-drama television series created by Echo Wu. Produced by 20th Century Animation, FX Networks, FXToons, Titmouse, Inc., and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Apple Studios through Apple Original Films. The series stars the voices of Ali Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Lori Tan Chinn, Bowen Yang, Lucy Liu, Sheng Wang, A.J. Beckles, Woosung Kim, Henry Golding, and Jackie Chan. the series is scheduled for release on December 5, 2024 on FOX+ and Apple TV+.

Cast:

• Ali Wong as Jentry Chau, the titular protagonist
• Jimmy O. Yang as Spencer, Jentry's love interest/boyfriend
• Bowen Yang as Ed, Jentry's sidekick
• Lori Tan Chinn as Gugu, Jentry's aunt
• Lucy Liu as TBA
• Sheng Wang as TBA
• Woosung Kim as TBA
• Henry Golding as TBA
• Jackie Chan as TBA

Production:

• The series was first unveiled by FX Network and Apple Studios through their 20th Century Studios banner in March 2023, along with a first look and voice cast with Echo Wu as showrunner. Wong and Aron Eli Coleite will serve as executive producers, with Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina, also serving as exec producers from Titmouse. The cast includes Ali Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Lori Tan Chinn, Bowen Yang, Lucy Liu, Sheng Wang, A.J. Beckles, Woosung Kim, Henry Golding, and Jackie Chan.

Music:

• A double disc soundtrack is also slated to release alongside the show on December 5.The soundtrack features the series' score by Brian Kim and original songs from various music acts such as Jessi and Katseye, with the latter performing its theme song "Flame"

Release:

• Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld will be released on Netflix and Apple TV+ and aired on FX Networks through FXToons on December 5, 2024 by Apple Studios through 20th Century Studios. The first 5 episodes were leaked beforehand in August

The Wiggles Movie is owned by 20th Century Fox and has yet to come on Disney+. And it got me thinking, if The Wiggles Movie had a scene selection similar to Toy Story's with the name of the scene underneath the scene picture, what would the scenes be called. There should be about 28-32 scenes. And don't worry about spoilers, I've seen the end already.

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Beach Days is an upcoming 2026 adult-animated/computer-animated romantic-drama teen-comedy film, produced by Apple Original Films, 20th Century Animation, Good Universe, TSG Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, MTV Entertainment Studios, Point Grey Pictures, and distributed by 20th Century Studios (through Apple Studios and FOX Entertainment Group Studios Motion Picture), Directed by Jeanne McCarthy Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, co-directed and produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldburg and James Weaver, written by Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and based on a story by Rogen, Goldberg and Jonah Hill. and from a screenplay by Jeanne McCarthy. and inspired by Judd Apatow

Premise:

• The film follows two beach girls named Jess and Sadie (the girl who is wearing green swimming bikini suit and the brown girl who is wearing pink bikini) who is usually popular in this beach until they met two teen (nearly adult) boys came along to party, and to have a crush on girls and to find sex with women they love.

Rating:

• The film's animation was handled by the Vancouver-based Nitrogen Studios. It is the seventh computer-animated film in the United States to be rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America
• Rated R: "some brief crude humor, sexual content, uncensored nudity, and mild language throughout, some drug use, sex scenes, and violence"

Production:

• Seth Rogen has said that he worked for eight years to get the film made but the content worried most film studios. Noting that the film came from "an innocent place", Rogen stated that "'What would it be like if our food had feelings?' We very quickly realized that it would be fucked up." Goldberg revealed the project to Indiewire in July 2022, stating it was a "top secret super project". Initially, Indiewire was skeptical that the project was real and not a hoax on Goldberg's part, but after vetting, it did confirm that it was in the works. In November 2022, Hill independently confirmed to MTV News that he was working on an R-rated 3D animated film.
• The film was formally announced in May 2023 as a partnership between 20th Century Studios, Apple Original Films, Regency Enterprises, and MTV Entertainment Studios and Rogen, Goldberg and Weaver's Point Grey Pictures. On May 29, 2024, it was announced that the film would be released on June 3, 2026.
• When Rogen originally submitted the film to the Motion Picture Association of America, they gave it an NC-17 rating due to the visibility of pubic hair on Lavash's scrotum during the climactic food orgy scene. Once said pubic hair was removed, the film received its final R rating for ""some brief crude humor, sexual content, uncensored nudity, and mild language throughout, some drug use, sex scenes, and violence"

X-Men: Rise of The New Mutants is an upcoming 2025 action-adventure science-fiction superhero film, produced by TSG Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry, Marvel Enterprises, 21 Laps Entertainment, Point Grey Pictures Weed Road Pictures, and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Apple Original Films (through FOX Entertainment Group and Apple Studios), a reboot to the X-Men franchise and the next installment, Directed by Bryan Singer and Shawn Levy, Produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldburg, and James Weaver, from a screenplay by David Hayter, a story by Singer and Tom DeSanto, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The film features a new reboot ensemble cast consisting of Finn Wolfhard, Dafne Keen, Henry Cavill, Jennifer Garner, Timothee Chalamet, Wesley Snipes, Gago Munoz, Lewis Tan, Jade Lye, Chloe Kibble, Nilly Cetin, Anya-Taylor Joy, Dev Patel, Idris Elba, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, with Hugo Weaving, and Jon Stewart who are join the film.

Premise:

• After the death of Wolverine, Laura/X-23 became the next Wolverine, but just then, a 21-year old boy named Scott Howlett, and his father Cavillrine who became the next Wolverine, and with the help of new mutants, It is officially became the New Mutants of the X-Men.

Sid The Sloth is a 2013 computer-animated action-adventure comedy-drama film produced by TSG Entertainment (under TSG's secondary animated film since Epic), Blue Sky Studios, Gary Sanchez Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, Rideback Entertainment, and distributed by 20th Century FOX,  It is the sequel to the 2010 and 2012 film Manny The Mammoth and Ice Age: Continental Drift and the fifth installment in the Ice Age film series. The film was directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier, co-directed by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, produced by Justin Lin, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, from a screenplay written by Michael Berg and Jason Fuchs, based on a story conceived by Berg and co-producer Lori Forte. John Leguizamo reprise his role as the titular character from previous Ice Age films and shows, and lead into the cast. Others include Will Ferrell, Jessie J, Abigail Breslin, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, Michael Keaton, Bill Nighy, Craig Robinson, Chris Wedge, Dave Foley, Drake, Seth Green, Jeff Foxworthy, George Lopez, Abbi Jacobson, Liam Nesson, Maya Rudolph, With James Arnold Taylor, And Kingsley Ben-Adir. The plot focuses on a lazy, but caring ground sloth named Sid who accidentally ends up in the town of Dirt, an outpost that is in desperate need of a new sheriff to find water, food, shelter, and to survive each other on an-all new adventure.

Sid The Sloth premiered at Westwood on February 14, 2011, and was released in the United States on September 21st, 2013, as the third Ice Age film to be presented in the 2.40:1 aspect ratio since Manny The Mammoth and Ice Age: Continental Drift. The film received mixed reviews with praise for its performances, animation, score, heart and humor The film was both a major critical and commercial success, grossing $245.7 million against a budget of $135 million. And the highest-grossing film produced by Blue Sky Studios. At the 84th Academy Awards, the film won Best Animated Feature. It was Blue Sky Studios first Best Animated Feature Film.

Sid The Sloth (2017) - Working on Storyboard - January 7, 2009-October 28, 2011 and Working on CGI - January 13, 2012-November 28, 2013

Theater release: September 20th, 2013
DVD release: December 16th, 2013
Blu-ray release: December 6th 2013
FOX+ and Apple TV+ Availability Content: February 23, 2021-present

Genres: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy

Rated PG for: some action/peril, mild language, and brief violence, some smoking images, sensuality, rude humor, suggestive content, and thematic elements (USA)
Rated U (UK)
Rated G (Australia)
Rated AA (Mexico)

Runtime: 1 hour and 46 minutes
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Language: English
Country: United States

© 2013 20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios . All rights reserved.
© 2014 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (now 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment). All rights reserved.

i'm thinking about making a dead space and doom 3 inspired alien game. what is 20cs's policy on fan games? do i have to make it free? are they OK with fan games?

My Life as a Beagle Dog is an upcoming 2025 live-action/animated-hybird action comedy adventure romantic film produced by 20th Century Animation, TSG Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, Gary and Gloria Sanchez Productions, and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Apple Original Films (through FOX Entertainment Group Motion Picture and Apple Studios) Inspired by The Secret Life of Pets, Cats and Dogs, and Son of The Mask, and a rip-off to Strays. Directed by Lawrence Guterman and John Krainski, co-directed by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Jessica Elbaum, produced by Adam Mckay and Jessica Elbaum, and written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, It stars the voice of Will Ferrell who plays as the main protagonist and leads into the cast, others include Keegan-Michael Key, Jacob Tremblay, Cailey Flemming, Nicholas Hoult, Tracy Morgan, Jessie J, Rashida Jones, Jace Norman, Peter Dinklage, Ying Rames, Ariel Winter, Albert Brooks, Tony Hale, George Clooney, Drake, Sebastin Stan, and Snoop Dogg

Premise:

• The film focuses on a businessman named Chris Jackson who runs the company and built a beautiful life with family, even a dog. But one day, as Chris accidentally ate a magical dog bone biscuit, despite dogs causing a lot of trouble, He accidentally became a beagle dog. In order to get back as a human, he must team up with his son Jake, and Sarah Patterson to find the cure.

The reason Disney changed 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures' name to 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures' was to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation which kind of makes sense and I don't understand at the same time.

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Independence Day(4th of July)! 🇺🇸

The movie was released on July 1, 2024 and grossed $886 million worldwide, which made it at the time the 15th highest-grossing movie in the world and the 2nd highest-grossing animated movie in the world (behind Shrek 2). It's now the 76th highest-grossing movie in the world* and the 17th highest-grossing animated movie in the world**. It's also the 3rd highest-grossing movie of 2009 (behind Avatar 1 and Harry Potter 6), the highest-grossing animated movie of 2009 and the highest-grossing animated movie ever distributed by Fox (surpassing Ice Age 2). It was also the 23rd movie in history to gross $800 million, the 5th movie distributed by Fox to do so (after Independence Day 1, Titanic, The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith), the 4th animated movie in history to do so (after Finding Nemo, Shrek 2 and Shrek 3), the 3rd 2009 movie to do so (after Harry Potter 6 and Transformers 2) and the 1st animated movie ever distributed by Fox to do so. I really loved the movie. It was the 1st Ice Age movie I watched in theatres

*It would rank 73rd if The Lion King (1994), Finding Nemo (2003) and The Lord of the Rings 1 (2001) had never been re-released

**It would rank 15th if The Lion King (1994) and Finding Nemo (2003) had never been re-released

Do you think 20th Century Fox should’ve merged with Verizon instead of Disney,it would’ve been a lesser of two evils?

Ice Age: Returning World is a 2022 American computer-animated adventure-comedy film, produced by Blue Sky Studios, Lord Miller Productions and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Apple Original Films (though 21st Century Fox, FOX Communications Corporation, and Apple Studios. It is the sequel to the 2019 film Ice Age: Atlantic Quest and the seventh installment in the Ice Age film series. The film was directed by Michael Thurmeier and co-directed by Galen T. Chu (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay written by Michael Wilson, Michael Berg, and Yoni Brenner, based on a story conceived by Aubrey Solomon. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Chris Wedge, Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah, Adam DeVine, Max Greenfield, Jessie J and Nick Offerman reprise their roles from previous films, others include Carmon Seely, Michael J. Fox, Florence Pugh, Keegan-Michael Key, Ellie Kemper, Eric Bauza, Armie Hammer, Dee Bradley Baker, Patton Oswalt, Finn Wolfhard, Hugo Weaving, J.K Simmons, and many new cast are voicing new characters.

After millions of years of the Ice Age castrophies and adventures, we thought they were extinct, but they've came too our world. As Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, Louis, Peaches, Julian, Ellie, and Crash and Eddie (The Scrat Pack) might have discovered that the world has changed, they've entered the world of humans, As known as Los Angeles. The pack encounters new friends and humans, and to witness the new adventure of Ice Age.