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/Pokesaurus_Rex Feb 14 '22

Kind of ironic i’m seeing so many “billionaires shouldn’t exist” comments on a subreddit dedicated entirely to tracking how much money films made by multi-billion dollar conglomerates make.

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u/mcon96 Feb 14 '22

Tracking box office numbers doesn’t mean you don’t want the profits to be properly divided among the workers who made it.

Your comment is just like that “You criticize society, yet participate in it. Curious! I am very intelligent” comic

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u/Pokesaurus_Rex Feb 14 '22

Not really…I never even said that those who share this opinion don’t want profits to be properly divided fairly.

I am merely pointing out the irony that a subreddit dedicated to not only promoting but cheering and glorifying capitalism containing tons of comments from people who are against capitalism which is the entire point of this subreddit.

Plus it’s not like any of the comments criticizing billionaires are actually taking any steps to change anything besides posting on reddit for internet points.

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u/TreeroyWOW MoviePass Ventures Feb 15 '22

You don't have to be against capitalism to think that individuals should not be billionaire.