With ticket sales down and newly released movies hitting streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) services in record time, it’s not surprising that films are struggling to make it big in theaters. For comparison, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road grossed a whopping $45 million over a non-holiday opening weekend, which ultimately led to an impressive $380 million global box office draw. Meanwhile, Furiosa, which is equally well-received, earned just $32 million over the four days that make up Memorial Day weekend. Sadly, Hollywood’s slump is becoming much more of a pattern, and there are clear-cut reasons why.
They are:
- The Movie Theater Experience Isn’t Always Great
- Movie Theaters Are Expensive
- Bigger Budgets Puts Greater Box Office Expectations On Some Movies
- The COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Moviegoing Habit
- Audiences Have Been Conditioned That New Theatrical Releases Will Quickly Go To VOD
- Streaming Means There’s More Choice At Home Than In Theaters
My mother used to whine so much when watching a movie and a character shares a romantic moment with someone of the same sex.
Like, to the point where weeks after the movie,any time someone brings it up or references it, she will roll her eyes and go “they just HAD to ruin it by being gay”
She also used to insist that she only complained because “it’s not like that happens in other movies, it’s just with gay people”
So I made a point from the on, any time someone is watching something around her, and a straight couple share a moment, I go way over the top acting like it’s gross PDA and complain that they ruined a perfectly good movie by adding heterosexual relationships into it for no reason.
First of all, it’s true. Romance subplot are way too common and it detracts from many movies because of it. More movies need to choose won’t they
Second, it got my point across, and she even did the exasperated fine I get it it’s not just gay people grumbling.
And then just kept complaining, she just stopped saying it never happens with straight couples.