The distinction between projected and guaranteed is irrelevant when you’re projected to make a billion dollars. The Barbie IP, paired with the cast and crew, was an absolute juggernaut from the beginning.

You’re correct in that everything ultimately stems from capitalism, but in this particular instance, certain producers could have made less greedy decisions and the film would have been better for it.

That’s what this discussion is supposed to be about. You’re kind of talking past OP.

Word. That’s rough that you can’t see the instance, on my phone I can almost see the entire @imaqtpie@lemmy.villa-straylight.social, except for the last two letters. I do have 20/20 vision and probably use a smaller font size. I also have a large screen.

TIL. When it comes to compound words, Germans really are the master race.