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Soundwave on 05 September 2023
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KLXVER said:
Chicho said:

It was the top grossing movie of 2023 but Barbie surpassed it over the weekend. It has been knocked from 15 of all time to 16. Barbie is now at 15.

Box Office Mojo : https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW

Still crazy to me that Barbie and Mario are the two biggest movies of 2023. Who the hell wouldve guessed that a year ago? lol

Sea trend changes happen in popular culture quite quickly though. At one time musicals and Westerns were the no.1/2 genre in Hollywood and then basically in the 70s that changed rapidly. 

People are getting tired of superhero universe movies. They want something that is new, but is still an "event" movie. Oppenheimer is probably actually the biggest stunner in some ways. A 3 hour slow paced bio pic about a history class destroying Mission: Impossible and Indiana Jones and Guardians of the Galaxy and The Flash ... on one hand that is great news for filmmakers who want to make dramatic movies that are about something important and not just about "will superhero beat up supervillain". 

Barbie and Oppenheimer show there are still big audiences for comedy and drama, but it still has to feel like an "event" movie. That's the tricky part.