10 Reasons Why Disney's Fox Takeover Is Terrifying

2. It Gives Them Too Much Power

With the release of The Last Jedi, Disney started to more openly embrace the Dark Side by negotiating (a term used pretty loosely here) very unfavourable terms with cinemas for its release, including dictating when and where in a cinema the film gets screened, and an above average box office take of 65%. And if you don’t like it, fine. They’ll just take the biggest film of the year elsewhere.

Sorry cinemas, but if you want to stay in business, you have to do what the mouse says. And if you think that’s an exaggeration, the combined share of cinema takings in the US for Disney and Fox in the week that The Last Jedi was released was a pants-wetting 90%. We’re at a stage in the game where cinemas can’t survive without Disney, which allows them to run roughshod over the entire industry.

As well as forcing cinemas to bend over backwards for them, Disney also banned the LA Times from future movie screenings after the newspaper started allegedly looking into the company’s business dealings in Anaheim.

Disney eventually backed down after boycotts from other media outlets like the New York Times, but it’s a clear indicator that Disney is not above using its corporate might to force its will on other companies. And with the increased revenue and box office share coming from the Fox deal, you can expect a lot more of this kind of thing in the future.