Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
It feels like a lot of the smaller movies these days like Brightburn and Booksmart just get plowed over by the bigger movies like Aladdin.
Saw Aladdin last night to a packed house. Out of curiosity clicked on a prime time showing of Booksmart and there were maybe 3-4 tickets sold.
Seems like most people just do a “wait for Netflix” for the smaller movies now.
That’s pretty much where I’m at. I’ll go to the theater for spectacle films but that’s pretty much it. [Reply]
At the very end of the movie during the TV broadcast video montage of the kid wreaking wide-spread havoc, the conspiracy theorist shows a pic of what seemed to be other 'evil super people' that have been sighted along with the Breyer boy. I could be wrong but it seemed like Gunn was leaving the door open for his own dark metahuman universe. I'm all-in if that's the case.
I really enjoyed it but the wife thought it wasn't that great. The wife seen something about Marvel Studio in the credits. I can't imagine this was associated with Marvel Studios. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRichard:
I really enjoyed it but the wife thought it wasn't that great. The wife seen something about Marvel Studio in the credits. I can't imagine this was associated with Marvel Studios.
I saw that too. It was just a "Special Thanks" shout out (the film credit equivalent of the Memo field on your check). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
It feels like a lot of the smaller movies these days like Brightburn and Booksmart just get plowed over by the bigger movies like Aladdin.
Saw Aladdin last night to a packed house. Out of curiosity clicked on a prime time showing of Booksmart and there were maybe 3-4 tickets sold.
Seems like most people just do a “wait for Netflix” for the smaller movies now.
“We know what's going on here. It's not that audiences are choosing to see Aladdin, John Wick 3 or Avengers: Endgame over Booksmart. It's that the audiences who have no interest in (or have already seen) those tentpoles/event movies are staying home instead of seeking out a different kind of movie. The general moviegoing audience that once saw both the big movies and the smaller movies (relatively speaking) has now turned to various at-home options (Netflix, cable, VOD, etc.) for their filmed entertainment needs. They see the biggest stuff in theaters, and everything else either waits for post-theatrical or gets ignored in favor of the next Netflix binge.”
Originally Posted by vailpass:
Do you write for Forbes?:-)
“We know what's going on here. It's not that audiences are choosing to see Aladdin, John Wick 3 or Avengers: Endgame over Booksmart. It's that the audiences who have no interest in (or have already seen) those tentpoles/event movies are staying home instead of seeking out a different kind of movie. The general moviegoing audience that once saw both the big movies and the smaller movies (relatively speaking) has now turned to various at-home options (Netflix, cable, VOD, etc.) for their filmed entertainment needs. They see the biggest stuff in theaters, and everything else either waits for post-theatrical or gets ignored in favor of the next Netflix binge.”