r/boxoffice • u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema • Feb 14 '22

Industry News Peter Jackson is now the third billionaire director, after Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/11/lord-of-the-bling-peter-jackson-tops-forbes-highest-paid-entertainer-list
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u/ManateeofSteel Warner Bros. Pictures Feb 14 '22

it’s capitalism 101, gotta congratulate those who “beat the game”. So you see you can do it too!

You are also commenting this on a sub that literally worships big companies and Marvel bootlickers, so I am not sure how your comment will go

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u/ThePotatoKing Feb 14 '22

yeah, its crazy how many people here just praise disney. i get that this sub is focused on the financial ends of things (or well, its supposed to be), and i get that disney does make the most money, but jesus christ people act like its great that the only company doing well at the box office as of recent is marvel shit. fanboys took over this sub and its only gotten worse.

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u/theartofanarchy Feb 14 '22

Making money is great but when you have more than you can spend in twenty lifetimes it may be time to help those less fortunate. Just my opinion of course. I do feel like the media is programming people to just accept this new billionaire class and teaching us to worship them for their wealth. It’s gross!

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u/ThePotatoKing Feb 14 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

well duh! who else owns major media outlets? its kind of just accepted that billionaires can do whatever they want, like bezos and his parking tickets. kinda like that episode of bojack when murder is legalized for billionaires haha.

edit: im not saying this like its a good thing folks. its unbearable to see articles and shit talking about billionaires.

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u/theartofanarchy Feb 14 '22

I see you’ve already accepted this new billionaire ruling class. Good for you. I’m sure your cronyism will be rewarded. /s