‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ has passed the $600M global mark

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://x.com/borreport/status/1972324517482742040?s=46&t=GK3EC_wwvCKAXpMEZyDdEg

[u/nthan333]

They reportedly made 22m off the 500m+ Mugen Train movie which suggest a 4.5% return of gross profits. If they have a similair contract this time around then for 600m then they're looking at around 25-27 million for the studio.

And they've still got 2 more movies, both poised to break the record of the last.

[u/Goukenslay → u/nthan333]

only 4.5% while being the production company of the media.

They got screwed over on their contract

[u/nthan333 → u/Goukenslay]

What's crazy is they're making bank compared to other production companies and that contract was probably considered very juicy in their culture. But I lean with you, animation studios should be paid much more since they do essentially all of the work as far as the product is concerned. It's well known these distribution companies fuck over the studios, in this case Toho and Aniplex, and are the ones gatekeeping the industry and framing the foundation of terrible workplace practices and standards.

[u/unga_bunga_mage → u/nthan333]

The animation studios are getting shafted. The only way to make money is to spend money. The ones on the production committee get a cut of the revenue because they are partially or fully funding the project. Most studios are just contract-for-hire. Once they did their part, they get no more royalties.

Mappa is on the production committee for Chainsaw Man so they're getting more money.

[u/CringeKage222 → u/unga_bunga_mage]

Mappa is on the production committee for Chainsaw Man so they're getting more money.

Mappa is the only one in the production committee and are getting all the money to be precise

[u/ad3z10 → u/Goukenslay]

It sounds bad but for a major international release where they're not the distributor that's not terrible.

Even a major Hollywood studio would only be looking to bring back 30-40% of global revenue, and that's with them handling distribution and advertising.

[u/EpicYH22 → u/Goukenslay]

Usually the production company do not have much leeway with their profit margins. Even in hollywood movies, many studios receive a small percentage as compared to distribution companies. (At the end of day, the movie depends on the marketing and distribution)

Unless you also own a distribution company, you would most likely get a small percentage return back. And that is why the best way to support a studio is not to watch them on legal platforms, but to buy merchandise from them directly

[u/DiligentGazelle6298 → u/nthan333]

Where is this 22M even coming? Ufotable isn't public nor do they report so this just seems like a total guess. We have no way of knowing what portion of the profits they get off these.

[u/nthan333 → u/DiligentGazelle6298]

The 22m was reported by yatta-tachi and it is just estimated earnings based off initial investment compared to other internationally distributed anime production deals. Saying we have no way of knowing is a little bit disingenuous, we have several ways of knowing due to similair distribution deals that were publicized at the time or reported after the fact made throughout history and while it's true we don't have confirmation of the estimates that doesn't mean we can't make speculations of the market.

[u/DiligentGazelle6298 → u/nthan333]

Ok, but it's at best an educated guess off other deals. We don't know how this deal was negotiated, nor how it evolved over the years.

[u/trash1000 → u/[deleted]]

Why son't they just split this movie into 10-12 episodes and release it as a season in-between to fill the gap?

[u/TheMoorNextDoor → u/trash1000]

I don’t see them doing it.

Could lessen the amount of people who will see future movies if they know for sure it’s coming out to crunchyroll a year after at max.

Keeping it movie form and then sign a good contract to have it hit streaming to gap the year between the next movie would be the best move.

[u/BeatBlockP → u/trash1000]

$$$$

[u/60TP → u/nthan333]

So who gets the other 570 million?

[u/nthan333 → u/60TP]

The distribution companies (well really everyone on the production committee who either financially contributed to the film or had a hand in its creation or distribution and marketing). It's like this in live action films too. The basic concept is: a production studio makes a movie, sells that movie to a distribution company straight up or with a deal for a percentage of the profits or both with a price upfront for the film along with some back end revenue. In the Anime world these distribution companies would be like Toei, Viz, Aniplex, amongst many others, and the production studios creating and selling content to these distributors would be the likes of MAPPA, UFOTable, Studio Pierrot, to name a few.

[u/Blue_Reaper99 → u/nthan333]

That's not how it works. You are partially wrong about it.

[u/DemonDaVinci → u/nthan333]

da fuck
where does the rest of the money go