News culture “People aren’t leaving their homes anymore” Will Smith is convinced that this is the reason for the recent box office failures
Will Smith is worried about recent box office failures, including those of mega-productions. According to the actor, this is because the public is no longer traveling.
The Flop and the Flop
Even mega-productions are not spared from criticism and box office flops. Even if their failures are never truly catastrophic, their numbers are very often too disappointing. Recently, Furiosa has paid the price for this. At the beginning of the month, we learned that he had earned nothing that’s 90 million dollars worldwidefor a budget of 160 million dollars. A real disappointment for the Mad Max series.
In another area we can also cite Argyle, with Henry Cavillwhich only grossed $18 million, while Apple bought the feature film for $200 million. Even Marvel is struggling to stay afloat. However, according to Will Smith (Bad Boys, I Am Legend), these failures are due to the public no longer leaving their homes. The culprit is in your house.
Is streaming still a problem?
In recent years, the film industry has been hit by major waves of change such as artificial intelligence. If today everyone calls it the enemy of dubbing and intellectual property, it is not the only one that poses a problem. Streaming services have also greatly disrupted habits. The choice of films has become more extensive at lower prices.
At the same time, cinema has become obsolete, and According to Will Smith, people no longer waste their time traveling. The actor is worried while he is busy promoting “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” If it has a promising startr with 56.5 million US dollars in the United StatesIt did not fare as well as Bad Boys 3 (62.5 million), which nevertheless received a lot of criticism. As he explains on the show “Hot Ones”, television offers more and more advantages.
“It used to be that you could put a few explosions and two or three good jokes in the trailer and people would come. Television does such good things that there are things that people don’t leave the house for anymore. “There is clearly a demand for a certain kind of film to get people out of the house,” explains Will Smith Name is.
In his commentary, he does not specify which film he is referring to. However, we can assume that he is talking about sequels like Bad Boys 4 or remakes. Arthouse films and certain oddities will continue to be marketed to ensure that audiences come. Christopher Nolan and his cast kept urging audiences to go to the cinema because of the Imax experience‘Oppenheimer. Unfortunately for Will Smith, there is little chance of this trend being reversed, especially if production studios don’t do their part. Some, notably Disney, are increasingly bypassing theaters to release their productions directly on streaming services. Result : Excursions are no longer events.
