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Indiana Jones and Flash flopped hard. Could this be the beginning of the end for franchise films? (lemmy.film)

submitted 1 year ago by chickenwing@lemmy.film to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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For the last few years franchise movies like star wars, marvel, etc. made money regardless of quality. However now it seems like audiences are being choosier when it comes to these kinds of tentpole releases. I've seen some people online say that the movie/theater industry is losing people in general but I don't think that's the case.

Super Mario and spiderverse made a lot of money. And Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Dune seem to be tracking well. I think the problem is that people are getting sick of the same old stuff and need more than just a brand name to go to the theater. What do you you think?

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[–] TruthButtCharioteer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

super mario is like 40 years old and spiderman is even older, so I'm not sure they really count as "something new" as far as franchises go.

[–] StoicSpork@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't think people are sick of the same old stuff. Indy flopped at the box office on the combination of a disappointing 4th movie and Disney's trend of virtue signalling over good characterization and storytelling.

The Flash has the baggage of an unlikeable lead actor, plus the DCU is still all over the place and constantly rebooted. I honestly have no idea what to expect from the Flash, given previous DCU movies.

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[–] TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sadly, no. However, it dose (hopefully) show that people are starting to show it has to be at least mediocre.

The state of creativity is so shit now. It feels like all they do is;

grab a random book or video game and hope it works out.

Make the 10000th in a series beating whatever dead horse they can.

"Live action"

Remake something less than 10 years old

I hope the writers strike does something to stop the death spiral.

[–] copium@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Genuine question, how do you know Indians jones flipped hard ?
I went on imdb and it is rated around 7 which isn’t bad at all.

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[–] realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt 1 points 1 year ago

No, but it means that mediocre cash grabs won't make as much money anymore.

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