>>280576151
Not at all. Your cope (and fear) is as plain as day. Here'a a reminder (that you HATE to see:
>Mugen Train
~$360M-$390M with Covid boost and zero competition
>Infinity Castle (proj)
~$150M~$200M (maybe) with gift padding, intense marketing, no global traction
That's a decline of 40-50%. And Infinity Castle is propped up by:
>artificial scarcity (freebies)
>limited-time IMAX boosts
>zero meaningful global release buzz
That's not growth, that's called milking. And don't go around twist the narrative with your
>Y-You said it'd do 120M tops!!
Cope. That prediction was based on:
>no marketing blitz
>no gift campaign
>a regular theatrical rollout
The moment they pulled out the same playbook from 2020 (freebies, overstuffed screenings, Aniplex marketing machine) and gave it a September dump slot internationally, they confirmed that the movie needed help to perform. You don't need six rounds of bribes when you're confident in your IP which Demon Slayer isn't. Just like how you're insecure, the franchise you love to dickride (in order to prop up your favorite dead, irrelevant manga Black Clover) is also insecure. Dragon Ball and Jujutsu Kaisen were far more braver, Broly dropped in one of the most intense months and went up against Into the Spider-Verse while JJK 0 went up against The Batman. Even MHA You're Next went up against Deadpool 3. Demon Slayer is just a coward who shits its pants at the idea of competition.

I'll post this again. Just because I can do whatever the FUCK I want, especially I'm a shitpost console war spic thread.
>>280527950
Wrong. Toho, the biggest distributor in Japan, takes around 50%+ of the box office gross in most anime deals. Anime studios (like Ufotable) only get a slice of the profits via the production committee system. For Demon Slayer, the committee includes Aniplex (the investors), Shueisha (the IP owner), and Ufotable (the animators) and the split isn't even. Ufotable, being the animation contractor, is not the main beneficiary. That's why they have all these cafés. They make money elsewhere BUT the animation.

If you're talking about "60%" going to the Japanese side collectively (i.e. Toho + committee), you'e still wrong. The studio doesn't get 60%. The distribution chain does and it’s split between many stakeholders.

Also, calling people "mongolids" (lol) while making fantasy accounting isn't a power move, it's an IQ test you just failed.
>He doesn't realize kny made ufotable open a global web shop
No one outside of your Discord echo chamber is buying Zenitsu plushies from the Ufotable shop at scale. Yes, Ufotable opened a shop. BUT...
>Target audience?
Hardcore collectors.
>Follower count on Twitter?
~100K.
>Meaningful global revenue?
Basically nothing.

Compare that to:
>Marvel merchandise revenue in 2023 = $3.2B
>Superman merchandise revenue in 2024 alone = estimated ~$700M across toy lines, licensed clothing, and promotional deals
Even Chainsaw Man outsold Demon Slayer in international merch spikes post-episode 1. Meanwhile, Demon Slayer's global toy sales are so poor, Bandai stopped expanding the Tamagotchi and sword toy lines overseas after 2021, lol.

>4th grade subtraction and fantasy accounting to argue Demon Slayer is more profitable than Superman
Lol. Reddit finance level cope, nice. Where weebs think box office = profit and ignore literally every other factor that studios use to calculate ROI, rofl.
>>280523324
>demon slayer cost $15M and will make $300M = $135M profit! superman cost $250M and will make $600M = only $50M profit!
demon slayer wins!!
Nah. You just divided two numbers, ignored all actual production, distribution, exhibitor cuts, backend deals, P&A costs, licensing, tax credits, and international splits, then called it a day. You don't know how movies make money and it shows. Films makes profit based on theater splits. Studios don't get 100% of ticket sales, so on average:
>domestic (US): studios get ~50–55%
>international: studios get 30–40%
>japan: usually 30% or less (some anime studios get even lower take-home because Toho takes a BIG cut)
Let's recalculate and see how much Demon Slayer will possibly make:
>Infinity Castle: "$300M" prediction (lmao)
Even if I bought into your cope and said it makes $300M globally (which it won’t, but okay):
>assume 80% of revenue comes from Japan (as with Mugen Train) = $240M
>take-home from Japan = 30% > $72M
>foreign = $60M x 40% > $24M
>total Revenue to studio: ~$96M
Now subtract your $15M budget. Even if you throw marketing in, say +$5M the total profit would be: ~$76M tops. And that's only if it somehow does $300M, which is already fantasy.
>Superman: $600M realistic global total
>domestic: ~$300M x 55% = $165M
>international: ~$300M x 40% = $120M
>total revenue to WB: ~$285M
Let's assume max expenses:
>$250M production
>$150M marketing
Total cost: $400M. Estimated loss? ~$115M? Nope. Because that’s not how tentpoles are judged.
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