7 Reasons Why Disney Owning All Marvel Film Franchises Is A Bad Idea
7. Far Too Expensive
Its important to note the financial aspect here. Fox and Sony basically hold the rights to these characters for as long as they can keep making movies about them. Though Marvel has regained a number of their propertiesDaredevil, Punisher, Blade, and Ghost Rider to name a fewthese properties are much riskier commodities on the big screen than the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man. Even as the lowest-performing Spider-Man movie yet, Amazing Spider-Man 2 still brought in $700 million worldwide. Days of Future Past also brought in about the same amount. The bottom line here is the X-Men and Spider-Man will always be money-makers for Fox and Sony, so they wont be parting with them unless the next films prove to be spectacular bombs. Which is not likely to happen. The only other way for Disney to get those properties back would be to cough up a LOT of money to convince Fox and Sony to walk away. Thats not in Disneys best interests either. With their ownership of Marvel alone, Disney already has more properties than they can ever exploit. And when a movie about an offbeat team of Z-list characters like Guardians of the Galaxy becomes one of the biggest films of the summer, its in Disneys best interests to work with what they have. Fantastic Four is another story, however. If the reboot fails, Fox could cut their losses with Marvels first family.
Percival Constantine is the author of several novels and short stories, including the Vanguard superhero series, and regularly writes and comments on movies, comics, and other pop culture. More information can be found at his website, PercivalConstantine.com
