• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Not even 3 weekends in. It looks like, now follow me here, it looks like people are willing to pay for spectacle they can’t duplicate at home.

    (Source: boxofficemojo.com)

    Compared to this entire 13 week run:

    Nothing against the latter, but I saw the trailers and was like “Yeah, I can watch that at home.”

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      4 months ago

      I would argue that seeing One Battle After Another in IMAX 70MM definitely is an experience I can’t reproduce at home and was amazing btw. Unfortunately most people don’t have the opportunity to see it that way.

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        4 months ago

        Remove the 1st hour and I agree. It was way too long and the mom’s story i feel like could’ve been told as dialogue.

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      4 months ago

      of course he knows that, big action movies have always sold more tickets.

      “We’re looking at a huge transition. First, documentaries disappeared from cinemas. Now, dramas only get finite time and people wait to see it on streamers.