Bob Iger said during Disney's profit that the studio was not a priority when it comes to film sequels, remakes and original content, although the upcoming slate overwhelming by Franchise tariff such as “Freakier Friday”, “Predator: Badlands”, “Tron: Ares”, “Zootopia 2” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and Ash. “And Ash.” And Ash. Disney only tries to make great films, the CEO emphasized.
“We continue to focus on creating new IP,” said Iger. “Obviously, this is of great value for us in the long term. But we also know that the popularity of our older IP remains important and the possibilities of either producing continuations or converting what was previously an animation to live as we do with 'Moana' in 2026.
“The more we can find and develop the original property, the better,” Iger continued. “Of course we develop the original property as part of the banner of the 20th century and under the searchlight banner. And see that you could even argue that Marvel continues to take his character library for original property. Although, for example, fantastic four films have been given fantastic films, we take into account those that we have made in many ways in many ways because we are in many ways because we Characters that people in which we are not familiar with them are in no way familiar with them. ”
“Fantastic Four: First Steps” had a strong opening for Disney's Marvel Studios with 125 million US dollars last month, but despite strong reviews and word of mouth, it fell sharp 66%. Nevertheless, Iger said that Marvel's “Fantastic Four” Rove “successfully launched this important franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe”. He also bragged the progress of “Zootopia” and “Avatar”, who later arrived as a strong candidate for the cash register success this year, while he celebrated the success of $ 1 billion of the live action film “Lilo & Stitch”.
The “Fantastic Four” drop was one of Marvel's steeper decline of the second week. While it was better than “The Marvels” (Down 78%), it was alarming in the area of cash flops such as February “Captain America: Brave New World” (Down 68%) and 2023s “Ant Man And The Wasp: Quantumania” (Down 70%).
Elsewhere via the winning call, Iger put the upcoming association of Hulu and Disney+ in a single app at some point in 2026. While Disney's franchise company, from Marvel to “Star Wars”, Live on Disney+, relegated it and 20th century to 2026.
“By combining it, we hope to increase the commitment more,” said Iger, playing that such a step needs the studio to increase its content expenditure.
“Since it is related to content expenditure, I would say that from a domestic point of view you should not expect that we would have to significantly increase the expenses for content,” said Iger. “Where we believe that we should invest to expand our international business.
Next for Disney as a box office is the publication of “Freakier Friday”, which pursues a solid opening within the range of 27 to 30 million US dollars.