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[–] [deleted] 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

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[–] TheTrigger 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I thought the trick was to obfuscate obscene profits by artificially raising the costs of production, by "paying themselves" through shell companies— to imply it's more than the total revenue, then bankrupting those companies with further costs as they funnel the money back to their main accounts.

Thus avoids pesky things like taxes, and further increases profits by shorting stocks and other neat accounting wizardry. Think: the Harry Potter movies; on paper they lost money, but we all know they've made billions.

They have nothing to gain by intentionally tanking a movie; aside from extending their trademark rights and maintaining licencing arrangements, or something like that. Which, actually, could totally be it.

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[–] fricknmaniac 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They have nothing to gain by intentionally tanking a movie; aside from extending their trademark rights and maintaining licencing arrangements, or something like that. Which, actually, could totally be it.

While I don't necessarily think it was intentionally tanked, I'd say that Fantastic Four (2015) happened because 20th Century Fox just wanted to extend their ownership of the rights and didn't care about the quality of the movie at all.