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First 3 months of 2025 lowest box office since 1996
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:24 pm
Obviously excluding the Covid bs.
Last weekends disappointing releases will probably dissuade further investment in original movies.
Drop made $7.5 million, The Amateur made $15 million.
Original movies disappoint at box office
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Box-office revenue in the first three months of this year in the U.S. and Canada was the lowest it has been, excluding the pandemic, since 1996.
Last weekends disappointing releases will probably dissuade further investment in original movies.
Drop made $7.5 million, The Amateur made $15 million.
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After years of gripes from average moviegoers and Hollywood insiders alike about the seemingly nonstop barrage of sequels, spin offs and adaptations of comic books and toys, the film industry placed more bets on original ideas.
The results have been ugly.
Nearly every movie released by a major studio in the past year based on an original script or a little-known book has been a box-office disappointment. Before this weekend’s flops were Warner Bros. Discovery’s “Mickey 17” and “The Alto Knights,” Paramount’s “Novocaine,” Apple’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” Amazon’s “Red One,” and the independently financed “Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1” and “Megalopolis.”
Original movies disappoint at box office
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Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:30 pm to Corinthians420
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:33 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Instead or “original movies” it should be labeled “modern crap without popular IP labels to mask them”
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:34 pm to Corinthians420
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Nearly every movie released by a major studio in the past year based on an original script or a little-known book has been a box-office disappointment.
As always, they land on the wrong conclusion.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:35 pm to Corinthians420
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Drop made $7.5 million, The Amateur made $15 million.
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s “Mickey 17
I looked for all of these to go see in the theatre and none of them were in theatres where I'm at. Regal in Shreveport will have a bollywood movie and some movies that have been out for a year over some newer original movies.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:40 pm to imjustafatkid
They’re not original though. The characters are all exactly the same in almost every modern movie. They’re all “Message” approved garbage. The public is on to it, doesn’t trust it and won’t go see it.
This post was edited on 4/17/25 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:55 pm to Corinthians420
That surprises me. I would have thought '96 would kick '25's arse. I bet '96 in general kicks '25's arse though as the big ones (Independence Day, Twister, Mission Impossible were released in the summer). The first three months of '96 saw From Dusk Till Dawn, Dead Man Walking, White Squall (saw it in a theater, wasn't that great), Happy Gilmour, Bottle Rocket, Mary Reilly, Down Periscope, The Bird Cage, Fargo, Executive Decision, and Flirting With Disaster (hilarious) so it was vastly superior to the first three months of '25.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:01 pm to rebelrouser
Is it adjusted for inflation? They really should go by ticket sales to judge this stuff.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:05 pm to Madking
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They’re not original though. The characters are all exactly the same in almost every modern movie. They’re all “Message” approved garbage. The public is on to it, doesn’t trust it and won’t go see it.
You're not wrong.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:06 pm to Corinthians420
Pricing of tickets is always a partial explanation. I do the amc A list thing or I probably wouldn't go.
Right now there are a handful of movies I may see: the amateur and the ugly stepsister. Maybe John and Yoko if the reviews are good.
Streaming is also crushing theaters when the window between release and streaming is so tight
ETA: this coming weekend is as promising as anything in a while:
The Shrouds
Accountant 2
Cheech and Chong
Until Dawn
Granted there have been a fair number of movies released recently I wonder about getting greenlighted. Is there a major cry for the Wedding Party or On Swift Horses movies? Just based on the number of targeted viewers I am skeptical
Right now there are a handful of movies I may see: the amateur and the ugly stepsister. Maybe John and Yoko if the reviews are good.
Streaming is also crushing theaters when the window between release and streaming is so tight
ETA: this coming weekend is as promising as anything in a while:
The Shrouds
Accountant 2
Cheech and Chong
Until Dawn
Granted there have been a fair number of movies released recently I wonder about getting greenlighted. Is there a major cry for the Wedding Party or On Swift Horses movies? Just based on the number of targeted viewers I am skeptical
This post was edited on 4/17/25 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:10 pm to imjustafatkid
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They’re not original though. The characters are all exactly the same in almost every modern movie. They’re all “Message” approved garbage. The public is on to it, doesn’t trust it and won’t go see it.
You're not wrong.
so the public doesn't trust these "original" movies and decided to go see the "message"-free Captain America: Brave New World instead?
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:12 pm to Corinthians420
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so the public doesn't trust these "original" movies and decided to go see the "message"-free Captain America: Brave New World instead?
Which one of these movies you want us to believe are the reason for box office decline a huge blockbuster with the type of push Disney gave Brave New World?
This post was edited on 4/17/25 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:14 pm to imjustafatkid
you are the one that said people aren't going to watch movies anymore that have "the message"
Brave New World is gonna pass $200 million domestic this weekend so I guess you are admitting it doesn't have any "message"
Brave New World is gonna pass $200 million domestic this weekend so I guess you are admitting it doesn't have any "message"
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:14 pm to imjustafatkid
That movie bombed so not sure why he’s holding it up as an example of the opposite. It’s also a perfect example of an altered IP using its title to sucker people into seeing it.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:15 pm to Corinthians420
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Brave New World is gonna pass $200 million domestic this weekend so I guess you are admitting it doesn't have any "message"
Haven't seen it, but from what I've been told by others it is not woke like the TV show was.
This post was edited on 4/17/25 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:15 pm to Madking
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That movie bombed so not sure why he’s holding it up as an example of the opposite. It’s also a perfect example of an altered IP using its title to sucker people into seeing it.
Yeah I wasn't aware it was a huge success.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:17 pm to imjustafatkid
It is the 2nd highest grossing movie of the year. If people were avoiding the message would think they would start with Disney movies.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:18 pm to imjustafatkid
It’s a massive flop, might not even recoup its budget.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:20 pm to Madking
What does budget have to do with what movies people are avoiding?
You stated people are avoiding the "message". Now you need to explain how Brave New World sold way more tickets than the original movies released. Did it not have the message people were avoiding? Or are people not avoiding the message?
You stated people are avoiding the "message". Now you need to explain how Brave New World sold way more tickets than the original movies released. Did it not have the message people were avoiding? Or are people not avoiding the message?
This post was edited on 4/17/25 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 4:24 pm to Corinthians420
i've been to probably 3-4 movies since covid. used to go to 10-15 a year.
This post was edited on 4/17/25 at 4:24 pm
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