It’s still dying, this year despite the successes of certain films, is projected to be $1B less than last year in revenue. Some of that may be less volume with the strikes so we’ll see with 2025.
Ummm, why is she using "apocalypse" in a positive sense? That isn't what it means...Something like "Moanamania" would be better.
I think I read somewhere that this would be a first, although it's been trending in this direction for awhile so it was inevitably going to happen one year.
It would be the first if it ended that way. It won’t with Wicked likely to take one of the 10 spots. The only remaining films with a chance at getting into the top 10 domestically are Sonic 3 and Mufasa.
I guess Wicked doesn’t count even though, well… eh, nevermind.
Yeah, you could put a film adaptation of a 21 year old musical, that’s an adaptation of a nearly 30 year old fan fiction based in the universe of a beloved 85 year old movie adaptation of a 124 year old book into whatever category you want to.
I would say the death of non-conventional theaters is greatly exaggerated. Our EPIC theaters, with the amenities, hold up pretty well in terms of attendance. There are some films that practically demand the EPIC XL experience, but we often go to the smaller theaters at EPIC on Tuesdays for $6 and still get the full recliners, etc.
The plural of anecdote is not data. That said:
What a wonderful idea!
I put a lot of the blame for theatres failing on all streaming services. They want their cake and to eat it too. Studios want the money from the theater but also want the subscriptions to their services. Due to that they have quick to put new films on their services that people now opt to wait til it's they can watch it at home.
Theater ticket sales have been diminishing long before the streaming wave. Ticket sales peaked in 2002 and have been reducing ever since. Streaming certainly added to the downward trend for sure.
