Quote from: SiL on May 13, 2019, 12:07:22 AM
Disney still produces and releases smaller films under its other labels.
Of course they do. But the key word is smaller or movies having a production budget far below $100 million which are under $80 million.
So Disney companies will release small films like;
"Tini: The New Life of Violetta" (2016) / "Tini: El gran cambio de Violetta" (micro budget)
Or "The Finest Hours" (2016) ($70-80 million)
And "Pete's Dragon" (2016) ($65 million)
** Alien & Predator movies cost more than that.
- Disney has seen the box office performance of the Alien & Predator movies & from their POV, these films underperform and will not be approved.
Sequels to "Alien: Covenant" ($97 million) and "The Predator" ($88 million) would be too expensive for Disney to want to take a chance.
This explains why with Disney's announced plans for franchise sequels, there is no mention of Alien or Predator movies.
- Disney wants at least box office 3x the production budget. And Marvel constantly gives them well beyond that.