The days when the Walt Disney Company produced immediate classics precious by succeeding generations seem directly behind it, with just 16 percent of Americans stating Disney material is much better today than it remained in the past and almost half stating it is even worse.
A brand-new Rasmussen survey asked individuals if home entertainment from Disney is much better or even worse than they keep in mind from the past. Simply 16 percent stated it was much better, while a complete 47 percent stated even worse– a public relations catastrophe for the studio.
Twenty-nine percent stated Disney home entertainment has actually enhanced, while 8 percent were uncertain.
A complete 65 percent of Republicans think Disney's home entertainment has actually worsened, according to the survey.
The outcomes indicate an extensive image crisis for Disney.
With flops accumulating both at package workplace and on streaming media, the Disney brand name no longer signals quality for numerous American homes that have actually been pushed away by the studio's aggressive promo of woke identity politics, particularly transgenderism, which the studio has actually been promoting in its home entertainment targeted at kids.
In 2024, Disney's most significant flop was its Star Wars spin-off streaming series The Acolytewhich was canceled after simply one season. One price quote put the cost on the series at near a quarter of a billion dollars. The series included a transgender star, in addition to a coven of relatively lesbian witches.
Showrunner Leslye Headland didn't assist matters when she openly promoted the series as the “gayest” Star Wars ever, just to backtrack rather following an extreme promotion reaction.
In 2023, Disney acquired many box-office losers, consisting ofThe Marvels, Indiana Jones 5, The Little Mermaidlive-action remake, Dream,and the current Ant-Manfollow up
Other current flops consist of Odd WorldHaunted Mansion, A Haunting in Venice,and Pixar's Elemental.
The just recently launched Mufasa — a “live action” prequel to The Lion King — has actually underperformed at package workplace and got scathing evaluations from critics.
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