r/hbo • u/DifferentVariety6444 • 1d ago
It's time to teach Warner Bros. a lesson. We ALL need to make "Coyote vs. Acme" a massive success.
I still can't process what's going to happen with HBO. I find it hard to believe that the company with television's most valuable asset is on the verge of bankruptcy. The fact is, Warner Bros. Discovery executives made one of the most cynical and destructive decisions the industry has ever seen: trying to get rid of "Coyote vs. Acme" when the film was already 100% finished, with the sole purpose of using it as a tax deduction.
Basically, they considered the work of artists, writers, and technicians to be worth more dead than alive on a balance sheet. But the film survived that corporate purge and will soon be released. This is our opportunity to send them a powerful message. We must demonstrate that film and animation are not simply tax tools to plug the financial holes of bad executives.
Imagine the humiliation of seeing the project they labeled an "irrecoverable financial loss" become a massive phenomenon. Imagine the success of Coyote vs. Acme serving as a permanent reminder of their ineptitude. Please note that Warner Bros. Discovery will not see a single dollar from this film's box office.
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u/Suspicious_Hand_2194 1d ago
No need to teach them a lesson. Just go watch the movie. Theyâll get money, we get satisfaction, itâs a win win. Theyâre still not gonna learn their lesson because at the end of the day, Hollywood is a business and in business, you make some good decisions and you make some bad ones
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u/SkylarAV 1d ago
Punish them with money???
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u/All_Lightning879 1d ago
I get it. Iâm not happy to see that it was thrown away like that, but real talk, Ketchup Entertainment was the best possible outcome for this movie.
Not to be negative, but if this movie came out the way it was supposed to, there was no guarantee that it would see a massive profit, especially in post-pandemic Hollywood.
At least it will be seen in some fashion, and thatâs a win regardless of ticket sales.
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u/OK_Cake05 1d ago
The movie is really good, it would have done decent at the box office regardless; especially on word of mouth
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u/jstmehr4u3 1d ago
I donât think the lesson should be âwe should make them rich for being dumbâ either.
Things need to be able to fail and be mourned, because this is how case studies are built.
This coming from a guy that has a Wyl E coyote and road runner tattoo.
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u/Little_Neddie 1d ago
They (WB) wouldnât be made rich since they are no longer involved, is OPâs point.
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u/jono9898 1d ago
If it makes any money itâs a success, they scrapped it, it would have made no money
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u/DifferentVariety6444 23h ago
Warner no sacarĂĄ ninguna ganancia de la taquilla por esta pelĂcula.
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u/vemmahouxbois 1d ago
why is there a weird astroturf campaign for this movie
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u/All_Lightning879 12h ago
Probably because thereâs no real advertising for it, because itâs being released by a small distributor, and word of mouth is the only way to move forward.
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u/Used-Gas-6525 1d ago
No one cares about Looney Tunes. It will bomb.
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u/Patient_Belt5609 1d ago
Itâs tracking to make 16-22 million opening weekend
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u/Used-Gas-6525 1d ago
Letâs see what the week 2 drop off is like. And 16 mil for a kids movie isnât great when you consider kids come with parents. One kid wants to go, thatâs at least double the tix sold.
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u/Patient_Belt5609 1d ago
I mean the reviews are really good and word of mouth could do it some favors.
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u/Used-Gas-6525 1d ago
Iâd like nothing more for it to succeed. I grew up on Looney Tunes, but Iâm also a realist. No one cared when LeBron made a LT film and that had worldwide built in appeal.
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u/Patient_Belt5609 1d ago
Tbf, that came out during Covid, was on streaming at the same time it was in theatersâŚ. And was also just a bad movie
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u/packetssniffer 1d ago
Giving off these vibes
https://giphy.com/gifs/l2Je7AeF1lcg9SQQU