That $7 billion could easily turn out to be negative profit with that number of employees. Looking at the movies Lucasfilms puts out, 90% of their profits comes from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Its going to be very hard for them to continue sequels to these movies. Then you look at the growth of the market.
I understand Instagram doesn't have profits... but I'm still not convinced
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Lucasfilm:
$7 billion gross over the course of 41 years with 1,001-5,000 employees (http://www.linkedin.com/company/lucasfilm).
Instagram:
$0 over 2 years with 13 employees.
That $7 billion could easily turn out to be negative profit with that number of employees. Looking at the movies Lucasfilms puts out, 90% of their profits comes from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Its going to be very hard for them to continue sequels to these movies. Then you look at the growth of the market.
I understand Instagram doesn't have profits... but I'm still not convinced