a year in which the company will take more risks than ever

What would be a competent collection for any other film, in the case of ‘Mickey 17’ has become Judgment of a dark future: 19 million dollars in the United States compared to 118 (not counting marketing and distribution expenses) it has cost. The Bong Joon Ho Oscar for ‘Parasitos’ has not encouraged an audience to which nothing is not to interest a sequel or a franchise delivery. ‘Mickey 17’ thus opens a hairy year for a company, Warner, who is not for many shocks.

Warner, the one who awaits you. The company remains The second one that spends the most in production after Disneyalthough it is very far from matching its income (even in a year without ‘Star Wars’ in Cinemas and with only a Marvel movie -‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘-, Disney did not stop chaining successes in 2024, with’ Vaiana 2 ‘,’Upside down 2‘and’ mufasa ‘). However, in its 2025 calendar there are three films with a confirmed budget higher than that of ‘Mickey 17’, a unveiled budget but will undoubtedly exceed it (‘Superman‘, for July) and another that will approach him a lot (‘ Mortal Kombat 2 ‘, in October).

Other blockbusters. Those other films that are already confirmed that they will exceed the budget of ‘Mickey 17’ are ‘a Minecraft movie’, of premiere in April and with no less than 150 million budget; The adaptation of Thomas Pynchon directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean ‘One Battle After Another’, for August and with 140 million budget; And, above all, the mastodontic formula 1 epic with Brad Pitt ‘F1’, directed by Joseph Kosinski, signatory of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, with some overwhelming 300 million budget. To round, bets such as the horror movie ‘Sinners’, with 90 million budget for April.

Few franchises … We must praise this Warner plan that almost none of them belong to franchises or sequelae or REBOOTS (Let’s compare with Disney’s 2025 plan: ‘Snow White’, ‘Thunderbolts‘,’ Lilo and Stitch ‘,’Fantastic four‘,’ Freakier Friday ‘,’ Tron: Ares ‘,’ Predator: Badlands ‘,’ Zootropolis 2 ‘,’Avatar: fire and ash‘…). But the knocker of ‘Mickey 17’ makes perhaps, precisely that is not the most flattering of the perspectives for Warner. That, in addition, he is thinking of shooting a franchise with ‘Minecraft’ …. just the one that has some first advances that They have been lousy received.

… But there is. But we are talking about a Majorand as such you have to fold the rules of the mainstream. That at this time, they impose that franchises reign. Warner has many and very profitable (and, above all, somewhat cheaper than ‘Dune‘ either ‘Godzilla‘, that do not go out to dance this year), and that they can surprise with blockbusters in exchange for very discreet investments. To the most expensive of all of them, ‘Mortal Kombat’ (the first installment cost a little less than 100 million) adds the recovery of ‘final destination’ and ‘Warren file’. The first one comes from a saga two decades ago, and it is still an enigma if it is a good idea to recover it. The second is a guaranteed success, and although it has been in fallow for years, we must not forget the very profitable war.

Before all this was a field. There is a lot of talk about how Warner has cut expenses in recent yearsespecially in his television faction, but we must not forget that around him other producers have been falling. Apple had claims to become a Major and has produced films like ‘Napoleon’ or ‘Argylle’, blockbusters at the height of any rival, and has had to reculate. And with the post-pandemic netflix we have seen very high investments that have not set in products such as’Rebel Moon‘, And a bet this week,’Electric status‘, that if it does not work (and the first impressions are very negative) can start with a stage of radical cuts on the platform.

From that perspective, Warner is not doing so bad. A project like ‘F1’, of 300 million budget plus what they are left in marketing, is only available to one of the last great studies of Hollywood. As much as it staggers.

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