Will it flop?

>>89304741
No, it wont.
Its gonna be awful but it will make a lot of dough to get a sequel.

If it does, Sony Pictures is over

nypost.com/2017/01/19/sony-is-weighing-a-sale-of-film-tv-business/

>No wonder Sony Entertainment boss Michael Lynton is leaving.

>Tokyo’s Sony Corp. is listening to bank pitches about a potential sale of its film and TV operations, several sources told The Post.

>“Every bank is pushing pitches,” said one person familiar with the process. Another confirmed that banks have paid a flurry of visits to Tokyo to advise on a sale of Sony’s film and TV business.

>The Post was first to report (Dec. 18) that the Japanese owners were ready to listen to bid proposals if they had the right number attached.

>CBS CEO Leslie Moonves has long signaled interest in acquiring the asset, though several Chinese bidders could be in the wings.

>Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has denied any intent to sell the firm during the five years he’s been in the top slot at the company. Still, he has not appointed a successor to Lynton, despite knowing of his intention to depart for some time. That has sparked speculation that there may be no position to fill.

>Hirai isn’t interested in selling Sony Music, sources said. The company is in good shape and is a big cash cow for the firm.

>The film unit, however, is struggling. Sony/Columbia ended 2016 in fifth place with a market share of 8 percent, behind Disney, Warner, Fox and Universal, according to Box Office Mojo.

>A source said Sony hasn’t yet committed to a sale at this time, because the firm wants to see how Sony’s movies perform this summer.

>“They want to see how the “Emoji Movie” movie does because they think they have a franchise and it might help them get a better price,” said a source, the film, which features a poop emoji, comes out on August 4.

>Lynton said he was exiting to become chairman of Snap Inc., which owns Snapchat.

>Sony reps in Japan couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

>>89304741
There's as many people that like and indulge in emojis as there's people who hate them, so it'll probably do good. Unfortunately.

>>89304779

>Sony Pictures is over

And nothing of value would be lost.

>>89304741
It'll prolly break even, but be so nothing it'll be forgotten within a year.

Just ask Angry Birds Movie.

>>89304779
>Lynton said he was exiting to become chairman of Snap Inc., which owns Snapchat.
Yfw we get a Snapchat: the Motion Picture.

>>89304842
>it'll be forgotten within a year
>be so nothing

That's the problem with most movies today: they have no sentimental value to an extent where you feel like you'd watch it again and again over and over.

>Emoji
>Franchise

Star wars, batman , mlp is a franchise.
But a franchise out of colorful emoticons?!

Why is creativity dead?!

>>89304741
I feel like a lot of people who think it looks like garbage will go see it out of curiosity. Combine that will small children and people genuinely interested, it'll probably break even at least.

>>89304741
So much that made Sony sell their movie division.

>>89304973
Sony wants to franchise everything.

Spider-Man already is a franchise but they had fever dreams of Sinister Six and Aunt May spinoffs making billions apiece.

And don't forget the fucking Ghostbusters franchise that died on opening weekend.

WB's making a lot of the same mistakes on a smaller scale. But Sony is still king of the shitheap.

>>89304779
They're actually in the talks of merging their Film division and game division, their most profitable division

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/12/12/report-sony-considering-merging-film-and-gaming-divisions

If they do this and the movies keep flopping, Sony as we know them as a whole could die

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>>89304779
>>“They want to see how the “Emoji Movie” movie does because they think they have a franchise and it might help them get a better price,” said a source, the film, which features a poop emoji, comes out on August 4.