{"id":2249875,"date":"2024-05-21T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-makes-significant-layoffs-at-pixar-after-admitting-to-mistake\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:00:12","slug":"disney-makes-significant-layoffs-at-pixar-after-admitting-to-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-makes-significant-layoffs-at-pixar-after-admitting-to-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney enacts major layoffs at Pixar following admission of error"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-makes-significant-layoffs-at-pixar-after-admitting-to-mistake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Disney&#8217;s Pixar\u200b Animation Studios faced layoffs as cost-saving measures continue. \u2062Strategic errors, like releasing\u2064 movies directly\u200d to Disney+ during the pandemic, have backfired. Recent films like &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; \u200cunderperformed\u200c at the box office. The decline in revenue and audience dissatisfaction hint at a\u200c challenging period for Disney and \u2064Pixar. The shift towards\u2063 a different content strategy \u200bposes risks for their \u2062future success.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/%20\"><span>Anthony Altomari<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 21, 2024 at 3:49pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Disney\u2019s flagship animation studio was just hit with another round of layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/pixar-layoffs-175-staffers-cut-1236011766\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>, around 175 employees were let go from Disney\u2019s Pixar Animation Studios on Tuesday, amounting to 14 percent of Pixar\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs had been expected for the last few months. Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/pixar-layoffs-second-half-2024-1235870346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in January that Pixar was set to lay off up to 20 percent of its staff sometime in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The latest round of layoffs is in addition to the 75 Pixar employees that were let go in 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/walt-disneys-pixar-animation-eliminates-75-positions-2023-06-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>. Disney cut 3.6 percent of its total workforce last year as part of a cost-saving initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts are, in part, due to strategic mishaps on the part of Pixar. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/pixar-elemental-box-office-rebound-1235691248\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Variety last year, Pixar President Jim Morris noted that releasing movies directly to Disney+ during COVID was a misstep that Pixar is still trying to recover from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring COVID, we trained audiences to watch our movies on Disney+. I won\u2019t say there was a lot of choice. For periods of time, it was the only thing we could do. We have a little work to unring the bell and motivate families to go to the theater and not wait a few months to see it on Disney+,\u201d Morris said.<\/p>\n<p>But, its not all the fault of Disney+. The movies Pixar has put in the theaters after the pandemic have flopped, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLightyear,\u201d Pixar\u2019s latest installment in its iconic \u201cToy Story\u201d franchise, was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-spielbergs-woke-side-story-dives-68-at-box-office-in-week-two\/\" title=\"Nolte: Spielberg's 'Woke Side Story' Dives 68% at Box Office in Week Two\">box office bomb<\/a>, grossing around $218 million against a production budget of $200 million, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Lightyear-(2022)#tab=summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters noted that two of the employees let go in 2023 were the creative minds behind \u201cLightyear,\u201d including director Angus MacLane.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you still watch Disney movies?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cElemental,\u201d which released in 2023, did slightly better, netting $484 million against a $200 million production budget, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Elemental-(2023)#tab=summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Numbers<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Still, these figures pale in comparison to the successes of Pixar\u2019s pre-COVID movies. The Numbers reported that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Incredibles-2#tab=summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Incredibles 2\u2033<\/a> and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Toy-Story-4-(2019)#tab=summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toy Story 4\u2033<\/a> brought in $1.2 billion and $1 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>These failures have also been reflected in Disney\u2019s stock price, which has decreased nearly 50 percent since the beginning of March 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/DIS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very difficult to pinpoint exactly what\u2019s caused both Disney and Pixar\u2019s decline over the last few years. It\u2019s likely that a variety of factors have played a role.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to Pixar in particular, Morris is likely right that the company\u2019s streaming service, Disney+, has contributed to its box office woes.<\/p>\n<p>Practically speaking, if families can avoid spending $100 to make a trip the theaters and instead wait for the movie to be released on a streaming platform they pay significantly less for, they\u2019re going to avoid the theaters almost every time.<\/p>\n<p>Given the economic hardships that many families in the U.S. have faced since the onset of the pandemic, it\u2019s no wonder why many families are foregoing the theaters.<\/p>\n<p>But, Disney+ is not the only reason that Pixar has seen its revenue plummet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLightyear\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-woke-lightyear-tanks-us-box-office-mainstream-media-cant-seem-figure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notoriously<\/a> included a lesbian kiss scene that turned many parents away from the idea of showing the movie to their kids.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in 2022, a video from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-woke-lightyear-tanks-us-box-office-mainstream-media-cant-seem-figure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internal Disney meeting<\/a> surfaced in which a Disney executive admitted the company was pushing a \u201cnot-at-all-secret gay agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCOOP: I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marvel-studios-executive-victoria-alonso-blasts-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-at-glaad-media-awards\/\" title=\"Marvel Studios Executive Victoria Alonso Blasts Disney CEO Bob Chapek at GLAAD Media Awards\">\u2019ve obtained video<\/a> from inside Disney\u2019s all-hands meeting about the Florida parental rights bill, in which executive producer Latoya Raveneau says her team has implemented a \u201cnot-at-all-secret gay agenda\u201d and is regularly \u201cadding queerness\u201d to children\u2019s programming. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eJnZMpKIXT\">pic.twitter.com\/eJnZMpKIXT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508912865293619202?\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In effect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marvel-movie-star-blames-stan-lee-disneys-lack-creativity-ridiculous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney\u2019s<\/a> decision to cater to the LGBT community effectively alienated many of its most dedicated customers.<\/p>\n<p>Many parents are simply not comfortable with their young children being exposed to such content, a point that Disney has failed to recognize.<\/p>\n<p>When Disney, and Pixar in particular, was kid-first and focused on telling engaging and uplifting content, business was booming.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the company is more focused on making content that is inappropriate for, and not aimed at, its primary audience, Disney has suffered.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, Disney did generate nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/273555\/global-revenue-of-the-walt-disney-company\/#:~:text=In%20the%20fiscal%20year%20ended%20on%20September%2030%2C,%E2%80%93%20an%20annual%20growth%20of%20over%20seven%20percent.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$90 billion<\/a> in revenue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/193266\/operating-income-of-the-walt-disney-company-in-different-regions\/#:~:text=The%20Walt%20Disney%20Company%27s%20worldwide%20operating%20income%20amounted,came%20to%2010.78%20billion%20U.S.%20dollars%20that%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$12.86 billion<\/a> in operating income in 2023, according to Statista. So, it\u2019s not as if the company is going under anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>However, what\u2019s significant is that Pixar, Disney\u2019s leading animation studio, has rapidly declined in just the last four years and is apparently committed to furthering its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-inserts-lgbt-jedi-childrens-star-wars-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not-at-all-secret gay agenda<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Pixar can\u2019t get families excited to go to the theaters again and continues to forego producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kirk-cameron-announces-innovative-new-tv-show-aimed-combating-hollywoods-evil-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kid-first content<\/a>, it could be all downhill from here.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45807\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aaltomari\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45807\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45807\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45807\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45807\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anthony Altomari is a commentary writer for the Western Journal. He focuses his writing on culture and politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Anthony Altomari is a commentary writer for the Western Journal. He focuses his writing on culture and politics. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s premier animation studio, Pixar Animation Studios, saw a recent wave of layoffs. Approximately 175 employees, constituting 14% of Pixar&#8217;s workforce, were dismissed on Tuesday, as reported by Variety. The anticipated job cuts had been looming for months, signaling a challenging period for the renowned studio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2570,"featured_media":2249876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pixar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pixar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2570"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}