The Ledger

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Opinion
Nintendo's intellectual property rivals Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm combined
“Nintendo is like Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm combined. I mean, they have some of the very best IP in the entire world. They've got three franchises that can stand toe to toe with anything at Disney in Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon.”
David Rosenthal Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 4:17:29 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
Opinion
Gilbert: Disney should have paid far less for Lucasfilm than Marvel
“Turns out they should have paid well less than whatever they were willing to pay for Marvel, too. Because Star Wars just didn't turn out to have that much more exploitation ahead of it.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 2:54:10 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ESPN's cash flow fully funded Disney's Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm acquisitions
“If you go line up those three acquisitions, which sound ludicrous on their price tags, especially when you didn't know how they were gonna pay off, Pixar at 7.4 billion, let's even include the cash in there, that's about two and a half years of cable's then pr…”
Ben Gilbert Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 2:56:59 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
Insight
Rosenthal: Major entertainment franchises are unkillable like luxury brands
“I think these franchises, whether it's core Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, are just like luxury brands. You cannot kill them. They will have uptimes and they will have downtimes, but they will always come back.”
David Rosenthal Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 4:12:52 Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Sony retains perpetual Spider-Man rights by releasing movies every 5.75 years
“Sony has the right to produce Spider-Man movies forever. Yes, in perpetuity, as long as they release one every five years and nine months.”
Ben Gilbert Mar 7, 2022 ▶ 2:25:08 SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired
Assertion Partly supported
Sony retained 95% of revenue from $1.7B-grossing Spider-Man: No Way Home
“And if you look at the performance of Spider-Man No Way Home, the one that just came out, that already grossed worldwide 1.7 billion in revenue. Remember, Sony is keeping 95% of that.”
Ben Gilbert Mar 7, 2022 ▶ 2:28:14 SONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours) · Acquired
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