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In response to "were they unavailable for Barbie and Oppenheimer? or just all the other tired franchise retreads? -- nm" by hollywood big shot

I concede you know the industry way better than I do. But I don't think that either movie are fundamentally altering the overall movie-going audience.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Aug 16 '23, 13:53

If anything, the feedback I've heard from people is that Barbenheimer only re-enforced that they're more geared towards going to theatres only for the events while foregoing the "It's Friday, we've got nothing to do, want to see a movie?" activities.

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Right. It's the same as Top Gun: Maverick, and it's the point we're always making on the podcast. This system requires a thriving middle. -- nm - David Aug 16, 14:09 8
- "the system" gutted the thriving middle to chase IP Tentpole Franchises for the past 15 years because dipshits like the one in the Wrap article - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:13 7
  - if The System had had its way, Paramount would have dumped Maverick to P+ a year earlier - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 14:17 6
    - You aren't wrong about that, but I think you're downplaying that "movie going audiences" are a declining, not growing, pool. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 14:22 5
      - It’s been declining for 70 years. Studios just accelerated it in the last few years by conditioning people to wait a few weeks and catch whatever on - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:29 4
        
        I dunno. I think the 70s through 00s fundamentally expanded the number of people who considered going to the movies to be a normal casual activity. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 14:50
        
        That wasn't studios. That was people training their kids to second-screen. - David Aug 16, 14:36 2
        
        2019 had limited problems. Why bother going to pay 12 a ticket if I can wait 12 weeks? - Will Hunting Aug 16, 14:40 1
        
        That was four years ago, grandpa. - The Allfather Aug 16, 15:12
what is an "event"? there's nothing inherently more "event-y" about a toy movie and a biopic than any other typical summer movie - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 13:58

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I concede you know the industry way better than I do. But I don't think that either movie are fundamentally altering the overall movie-going audience.

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