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Originally posted by Vin
Which one of you bumped this?
The bottom line is that both Forbes and I were correct... "Maleficent" was terrible. It made money,
but that doesn't make "Maleficent" not terrible. "Maleficent" is basically "Cars 2" -- a very bad
Disney film that made money because Disney poured $100 million into its promotion.
...Vin
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Disney never needed Cars 2 to be successful at the box office, they wouldn't waste $100M to promote it. Cars is the most valuable merchandising brand the company owns (excluding Star Wars now), they'd never sink $100M on a movie they never needed any more from than to just exist to further branding.
OT: Maleficent is a bad movie, but made stellar bank.