Disney Has Now Turned A Profit On Its $4 Billion Purchase Of STAR WARS And INDIANA JONES Franchises

Disney Has Now Turned A Profit On Its $4 Billion Purchase Of STAR WARS And INDIANA JONES Franchises

It was way back in 2012 that Disney purchased Lucasfilm from George Lucas for a huge $4 billion and a new report confirms that the company has now turned a profit on that meaning it's all uphill from here.

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By JoshWilding - Nov 01, 2018 02:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: CNBC
Just six years after Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion and decided to resurrect the Star Wars franchise, it's been confirmed that the studio has now turned a profit on their acquisition. 

At the time, it was confirmed that a new Star Wars movie would be released in 2015 and that ended up being J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A number of new movies, animated TV shows, and merchandise followed that, while Disney is hard at work constructing "Star Wars Land" in a few of its theme parks. 

Revenue generated from the box office, home media sales, and merchandise is what's pushed Disney into the black and it's said that they've "more than made back" that initial $4 billion. That's an impressive feat and means that Star Wars will continue making Disney money for a long time to come now.

2019 promises to be a big year with the release of Star Wars Episode IX, The Mandalorian, and the aforementioned theme parks. Disney obviously hasn't made a whole lot of money from the Indiana Jones franchise but they no doubt have big plans for that somewhere down the line.

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Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 11/1/2018, 2:32 AM
Whattasteal.
CaptainElrond
CaptainElrond - 11/1/2018, 2:45 AM
What about the droid attack on the wookies?
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 11/1/2018, 4:20 AM
@SpookyCipher - He's right. It is a system we cannot afford to lose.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 11/1/2018, 3:22 AM
Is this calculated from star wars properties only? Because I dont think that makes sense, considering Disney makes atleast 40 billion a year. How do you rule star wars out of that?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/1/2018, 8:51 AM
@MalseMarcel - It makes perfect sense.

They paid 4 billion dollars for the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars alone has made them more than 4 billion since they bought it.

Disney owns all kinds of things and yeah, they probably do make more 40 billion each year when you combine it all. But when you have multiple franchises under you it's important to track what each one is earning you so you can decide if its worthwhile to keep making movies and merchandise of that property.

Just going from what you said, if Disney makes more than 40 billion a year, that's Disney as a whole, including all their Star Wars stuff. But they are talking about Star Wars itself. Believe me, they would want to know if Star Wars hasn't earned them what they paid for it.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 11/1/2018, 12:30 PM
@CorndogBurglar - Makes sense they keep track of all their properties. And I assume they already made double on Star Warsm if you count in the toys and merch
SimyJo
SimyJo - 11/1/2018, 3:37 AM
Why the F have they bothered with the Indiana Jones franchise?. That is utterly dead on arrival and the only way they could carry on is through video games with a tomb raider kinda treatment. The films are utterly dead being tied indelibly to Harrison Ford who is now way to old to carry on the role. Disney are utterly deluded and in the same way with thinking Pirates of the Caribbean can be rebooted without Johnny Depp. Some characters just utterly inhabit their roles and it is better to let the franchise go with some dignity than try to hang onto it and reboot just because Di$n€y is chasing the money.

Come up with some new original ideas ffs!. The Eighties was a creative tour de force for ideas that translated (unintentionally) into franchises.
There's no reason why we couldn't have a other creative age and with a little effort Hollywood could come up with new stuff. Chasing money and existing franchises and rebooting has made Hollywood lazy and the cinematic landscape all the poorer.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 11/1/2018, 3:38 AM
If there were people who argued that Disney was overpaying for Marvel or Lucasfilm back in the days those deal were announced, I hope they have their own versions of posters who dredge up their old comments constantly to make them look foolish.
Snotzo
Snotzo - 11/1/2018, 3:41 AM
How much profit are they making from toys and licensing though?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/1/2018, 9:00 AM
@Snotzo - This includes all of that. The article says revenue generated from the movies, home media, and merchandise pushed then over 4billion.
LaserKing
LaserKing - 11/1/2018, 4:02 AM
Great deal. I do think they have gone too far too fast with all the Star Wars stuff. Many too much or not done to my liking.
WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 11/1/2018, 4:06 AM
hartley07
hartley07 - 11/1/2018, 4:10 AM
lol congrats, more than half of that was from your first movie, and your fourth movie made nothing, and now you are not selling any toys. if you didnt spit in the face of your biggest fans, you almost couldve doubled your money already.
Matador
Matador - 11/1/2018, 5:00 AM
@hartley07 - The toys down right suck for the Star Wars franchise just the other day I saw an old Star Wars toys from the 70s or 80s a Tie Fighter at Wal-Mart for like $74 or $79 bucks. Crazy right?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/1/2018, 9:02 AM
@Matador - I can guarantee you didn't see a toy from the 70's or 80's at Walmart the other day
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