Walt Disney Studios is X-Men and Fantastic Four.
Twentieth Century Fox is a studio known for taking risks, and those risks can pay off big-time. They've produced and distributed some of the highest-grossing films of all-time - George Lucas' Coco).
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Together, Walt Disney Studios (including Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, and Pixar Animation, among others) and Fox Entertainment Group (including 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Fox 2000, among others) will make up approximately 27 percent of the entire film industry. The number is made up of both studios' average market shares going back to 1995. But now that Hollywood's Big Six has been reduced to just five, that number stands out even more and is significantly higher than the nearest competition.
Based off the same formula going back to 1995, Warner Bros. Pictures (New Line Cinema and DC Films) retains 15.36 percent market share; Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Tri-Star) with 12.22 percent; Universal Pictures (DreamWorks, Focus Features) with 11.49 percent; and Paramount Pictures (Nickelodeon, Paramount Animation) with 10.89 percent. The rest of the industry is comprised of mini-majors and independent studios. What's interesting is that the last time a major film studio acquired another major was in 1982 when Kirk Kerkorian purchased United Artists and subsequently merged it with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - and their combined market share wasn't nearly as close as the Disney/Fox merger.
While some fans are excited about Marvel Studios' potential with the X-Men and Fantastic Four, the deal may have significant consequences for creativity and film distribution. After all, Disney did just recently try to strong-arm smaller theater chains across the United States with their absurd distribution agreements for Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We'll just have to wait and see what happens when/if the deal goes through.
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Source: The Numbers
