2. Profit Can Still Be Made, Even If The Movie Isn't Done by Fox
There's a lesson here, learn it well. After 2003's "Hulk" was less than smashing at the box office (if that pun pissed you off, it's your problem and not mine) Universal dragged their feet long enough on getting a sequel off the ground that Eric Bana dropped out of the project and Marvel eventually got the rights back to the franchise (which is why Hulk was in Avengers at all). This wasn't a total loss for Universal though. They were able to work out an agreement with Marvel Studios to distribute the movie, 2008's "The Incredible Hulk". So not only did they make a good deal of money off of it, but they were also able to save themselves a lot of money by not having to film the movie themselves. If you don't think it'd be in Fox's financial interests to work on getting Daredevil sent back to Marvel Studios, re-read the above paragraph. To sum up, Universal got a cut of a movie that made a good bit of money in theaters and on DVD that they didn't actually make. In a normal situation where a movie that's in development gets scrapped, the studio has to eat the loss of a shit load of cash for all the pre-production that went into the project. Instead of having to mark that money in red on a balance sheet, Universal was able to weigh it against numbers in black for a movie that Marvel made. When faced with the terrifying notion of pouring millions more into a quickly and shoddily made Daredevil sequel that could end up flopping, Fox would likely be much better served by working out a lucrative deal to get distribution rights and a sweet cut of front end moolah while Marvel does all the leg work. Of crucial not worthiness is that Marvel is now owned by Disney, who have waaaaaaay deeper pockets to dole out some dosh. Even more importantly, money might not be the only thing to be gained from such a move...