Comment on Sam Raimi to direct ‘Doctor Strange 3'
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoOkay, look, I didn’t think I was going to have to defend this position so hard, but here I am. I don’t know movie theatre prices in USD, so I converted US$200 million into my currency and divided it by a very conservatively expensive ticket price and got over 9 million people.
I cannot stress enough I am not trying to make an argument for or against its success. But 9 million people is a lot more than 0 people.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 month ago
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Okay, of domestic boxoffice records in 2023, two of those were in the top ten. Seem pretty popular to me.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Popularity is financial success.
These aren’t indie arthouse flicks, they’re enormous investment vehicles for the studios, and they’re failing.
They’re failing because they aren’t popular anymore, not enough people care about them to sustain the studios in the medium or long term.
When I said no one was watching them, you conveniently found that to be a very literal argument. When clearly in this context “no one’s watching them anymore”, refers to their box office receipts relative to their cost to produce.
So, to answer my own question in the appropriate context, no, no one’s watching them anymore. But to answer in terms you’ll understand, the audience has shrunk so much that they’re no longer consistent profitable investments. Which is why they’ve scrapped so many projects, including multiple shows that has already began production.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I disagree wholeheartedly with you that financial success is a direct measure of popularity, but I think we’ll just be talking past each other on that. If you were referring to their financial success, I think that’s what you should have said to make your point, as that’s not at all what I took from your original comment. I’m very done with this though, because I really don’t care anymore. Cheers.