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[wellboy]

What about licences for when the movies come out on dvd and are shown on the numerous tv channels in 100+ countries. I can imagine then this figure amounts to a multiple, maybe $40B?

That's a large industry definitely and a powerful one.

[FanaHOVA → wellboy]

And streaming rights for Netflix/Hulu/Whatever other platform there is (lots of them). TV royalties are also paid every time the movie is aired.

[wellboy → FanaHOVA]

Indeed and this per year. So, you're looking at $700B over ten years?