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Insidb on 04 April 2018
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TranceformerFX said:
Insidb said:

How sad must it be that they're part of one of the most discriminated against demographics of all time, and one of the only things that keeps them from being successful is their skin color?

MAYBE, if not for rampant and ignorant racism, such movies wouldn't be so rare and the audience starved for them.

Okay, I'm gonna ignore the "they're part of one of the most descriminated against" part because I REALLY don't wanna derail this thread. (Spoiler: black people aren't discriminated NEARLY as much as Asians)

 

BUT ANYWAY

 

If audiences "starved" for an all black cast movie - then how come Moonlight wasn't a box office phenomenon? I'm just going by your logic bro. 

Asians are discriminated against, as well, and many of the same issues we are discussing here also hold true for them. Just swap black for Asian in film, and you see many of the same trends.

 

Big budget movies with predominantly black casts, especially superhero films, are extremely rare. On the topic of Moonlight, it was an indie film that brought in $65MM against a budget of $4MM, which ranks as #1 ALL-TIME (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=moonlightcomps.htm) against comparable films. That's also good for #98 is 2016, #86 in 2017, and #19 in the early goings of 2018. Let's also not forget that another predominantly black, indie film, Get Out, brought in $255M against a budget of $4.5MM, which puts it at and #11, #37, #6, in the same years.