By Jacob Smith
So far, 2022 hasn’t been good to Disney.
Its stock is down about 35% since January. The company went to war with Florida Gov. Rob DeSantis, which led to the cancellation of Disney’s tax and governing exemptions in the state.
“Lightyear” bombed at the box office and after four weeks, the film has yet to recoup its $200 million production budget — making a potential loss of more than $150 million.
Disney needs a movie hit — and the initial results of “Thor: Love and Thunder” are promising. It made $29 million at the box office July 7 in its early preview screenings, according to The Wrap. It opens wide on 4,375 screens the weekend of July 8.
But is it worth seeing?
It has been almost five years since Thor had a solo movie and Oscar-winning...