Franchises and sequels dominated the 2024 box office. The only movie in the top 15 not based on an existing film was "Wicked," which was based on a Broadway musical.
People on the Internet often say that they want more original movies, but the box office proves that this isn’t always the case.
This is why Hollywood keeps making sequels, reboots, and adaptations, because they make more money than original movies.
And for that matter, original movies are still being made - they’ve just skipped theaters and moved to streaming (again, because they’re not as profitable as preexisting IP).
People have voted with their wallets. This is what the general public wants, whether we like it or not.
Nobody is saying original films don’t exist. People just want them to get the big budget treatment. We want Disney, Sony, and all the others to dump millions into high quality original content in addition to the plethora of smaller original films we currently consume.
Lol, no they don’t. If they did they would support original films at the theater. The reason those films don’t get the treatment is because when they do, people don’t buy tickets.
This is so weirdly adversarial. It can be true that the people that express their desire for original movies online do in fact go and see them in theaters, but that number is simply dwarfed by the number of people that only see movies with massive marketing budgets that only exist for established franchises.
The average person is tired from having to work themselves to exhaustion just to support themselves and their family. Often they just want something easy to watch, without the commitment of something with more depth.
It’s not an issue of intelligence or what people are entertained by, it’s an issue of what attracts people to a theater and pay lots of money before the film comes to streaming. Not everyone cares for or can afford a regular theater experience anymore, particularly for lower key films.
I tried my best to not believe this but the moment I’m watching alien romulus and when the the get away from her you bitch line came up and everyone cheered in the theater. Is the day my hope for other humans died when it came to film.
Unoriginal films have the benefit of having already paid a huge part of the marketing costs. When you hear “Super Mario Brothers: The Movie” or “Avengers: Some Multiverse” you already have an idea of what the movie is about.
Contrast this with the movie Megalopolis, where I had no idea what the movie was even about, and the trailer answered very few of my questions. It tried to sell the movie on the power/ego of the director and the cast. But that’s not gonna make people take a chance on it, especially when movie tickets are so expensive
But that’s not gonna make people take a chance on it, especially when movie tickets are so expensive
This is why original movies do better on streaming, where there is a low barrier for entry. Because if you don’t like it, at least it cost you nothing, and you can stop watching aat any time.
Because big budget films are not designed to be good, they’re designed to make money. And to do that that need to be inoffensive and easy to consume by the lowest common denominator. Which almost always makes then mediocre.
The Simpsons had this nailed down a long time ago with the Comic Book Guy. Chronically online grown-ass men disgusted that content not made for them had no appeal to them. And everyone must hear about the injustice.
Yes and we want more steak and fewer Big Macs. Yet people are out there still buying Big Macs. Is it because Big Macs are better than steak? Or is something else going on?
People on the Internet often say that they want more original movies, but the box office proves that this isn’t always the case.
This is why Hollywood keeps making sequels, reboots, and adaptations, because they make more money than original movies.
And for that matter, original movies are still being made - they’ve just skipped theaters and moved to streaming (again, because they’re not as profitable as preexisting IP).
People have voted with their wallets. This is what the general public wants, whether we like it or not.
I’m gonna sound like a dick and expect downvotes for this but the average person is dumb and easy to entertain
And the people who complain about wanting original films on the Internet are also dumb and refuse to seek them out or go see them in the theater.
Nobody is saying original films don’t exist. People just want them to get the big budget treatment. We want Disney, Sony, and all the others to dump millions into high quality original content in addition to the plethora of smaller original films we currently consume.
With corporate bankrolling comes corporate meddling.
Lol, no they don’t. If they did they would support original films at the theater. The reason those films don’t get the treatment is because when they do, people don’t buy tickets.
This is so weirdly adversarial. It can be true that the people that express their desire for original movies online do in fact go and see them in theaters, but that number is simply dwarfed by the number of people that only see movies with massive marketing budgets that only exist for established franchises.
The average person is tired from having to work themselves to exhaustion just to support themselves and their family. Often they just want something easy to watch, without the commitment of something with more depth.
It’s not an issue of intelligence or what people are entertained by, it’s an issue of what attracts people to a theater and pay lots of money before the film comes to streaming. Not everyone cares for or can afford a regular theater experience anymore, particularly for lower key films.
I mean, we re-elected a lying narcissist who’s going to destroy the country and hasn’t demonstrated otherwise. We’re a pretty dumb people
I tried my best to not believe this but the moment I’m watching alien romulus and when the the get away from her you bitch line came up and everyone cheered in the theater. Is the day my hope for other humans died when it came to film.
Yay! *clap* *clap* They said “dick”! Teehee…
Unoriginal films have the benefit of having already paid a huge part of the marketing costs. When you hear “Super Mario Brothers: The Movie” or “Avengers: Some Multiverse” you already have an idea of what the movie is about.
Contrast this with the movie Megalopolis, where I had no idea what the movie was even about, and the trailer answered very few of my questions. It tried to sell the movie on the power/ego of the director and the cast. But that’s not gonna make people take a chance on it, especially when movie tickets are so expensive
This is why original movies do better on streaming, where there is a low barrier for entry. Because if you don’t like it, at least it cost you nothing, and you can stop watching aat any time.
And you don’t have to put pants on
Is that why they kicked me out of the theater?
Because big budget films are not designed to be good, they’re designed to make money. And to do that that need to be inoffensive and easy to consume by the lowest common denominator. Which almost always makes then mediocre.
People on the Internet and people going to the box offices are very different demographics.
The Simpsons had this nailed down a long time ago with the Comic Book Guy. Chronically online grown-ass men disgusted that content not made for them had no appeal to them. And everyone must hear about the injustice.
How’s that?
What they meant is that people talking about movies online don’t represent the box office as a whole
If you want a long description, Film Theory discussed how twitter comments aren’t always representative of the general public because Twitter is an age-skewed, small subset of the population.
Yes and we want more steak and fewer Big Macs. Yet people are out there still buying Big Macs. Is it because Big Macs are better than steak? Or is something else going on?
People had the chance to see Megalopolis and really, really, did not. ;)
#111 - $7,629,085
Well that movie was not very good and unnecessarily long so…
But… but… “Original!” :)
(I enjoyed it, and it didn’t feel THAT long. 2 hours, 18 minutes.)
i still want to see it, all the people hating on it make me think it might just be ok!