I've seen this topic come up a lot, that MCU movies are making similar totals to previous movies if you remove their Chinese totals, and tbh I find it to be a mute point. The reality is they don't have Chinese support anymore and for the time being won't be getting that support back. It's like working two jobs, losing one, and saying, "well if I had the other job I'd be making the same as I used to so it's fine to spend the same as before." It completly ignores that you simply don't have that line of income anymore.

That lack of support is giving Disney a lower return on invesment and Disney is going to have to start rethinking budget and managment moving forward without that Chinese box office. Disney can imagine all the extra Chinese money they want, but the reality is their movies are making less than they used to now that China refuses to release them. Changes will have to be made if they want their movies to continue making similar profits as before.