Superheroes Lagging at 2023 Box Office
This year more than ever the question of the interest of franchise films could arise. In 2023, in fact, the biggest box office successes are not just sequels or prequels, but “original” films. Obviously we’ll take care of it Barbie AND Oppenheimer, which grossed over $1.4 billion and over $950 million respectively at the worldwide box office. Or better than Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (845.6 million), Fast and furious (714 million) or even Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (690 million).
Also, regarding Barbie, Margot Robbie explained that, despite the success of the film, a sequel was not particularly expected by actress and director Greta Gerwig. However, Christopher Nolanthe man behind Oppenheimer and with whom he himself led a franchise the trilogy The dark Knight, isn’t all that critical of this type of production. Because if Martin Scorsese recently declared that it was necessary fight superhero productions based on comicsfor the British filmmaker it would rather be a question of balance.
Franchises remain important to Christopher Nolan
In fact, during an interview with Associated press (video at the end of the article), Christopher Nolan was asked about the criticisms made by Martin Scorsese. The director explained that, in his opinion, it still exists today a balance in Hollywood between “established films that can guarantee a strong audience presence and offers that correspond more closely to what people wantAnd it’s for him thanks to franchising which make a lot of money and you can make other types of films.
It has always been an important part of the Hollywood economy and helps finance the production and distribution of many other types of films.
Christopher Nolan, however, insists on this notion of balance and on the need to propose it to the public new things or who haven’t seen each other for a long time.
A healthy ecosystem in Hollywood is based on the balance between these two elements, and it always has been.
Finally, the director believes that variety is key. For him, it is not necessary to analyze the numbers too much to see the trend of what the public will like, but to think about the offer a wide range of filmswith comedies, horror films, documentaries, etc.
We all go to the cinema to see something different from what we saw the week before. (…) The greater the variety, the more interesting the films, the better it is for all of us as spectators and professionals in the sector.
You can find the interview below:
Source: Cine Serie
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