Submitted 1 year ago by band_on_the_run@lemmy.world to moviesandtv@lemmy.film
I think this movie did well because like me, many people are also sick and tired of being so sick and tired of the world all the time, and so, a movie with a sincere message for jaded adults about accepting their own mortality and refinding their humanity really resonated. Because it is a message of hope, instead of despair.
In a way, it’s the anti-“Babylon”.
Maybe I’ll explain more one day when I have time, after the strike’s done.
I think the movie did well because IT WAS PLASTERED EVERYFUCKINGWHERE along with Oppenhimer. Literally couldn’t find a corner of the internet not talking about one or the other.
I really only saw it in threads specific to it, which were pretty scarce on Lemmy since I had stopped going to Reddit by that point except for one subreddit. Now there was chatter in that spot about the movie, but that was mostly about how one of the groups on the soundtrack was imploding themselves rather than the movie itself.
The only place I saw it in the wild was my local coffee shop made some drinks based on the movie. I’d also seen some advertisements prior, but that was months and months before release.
I guess you need a better adblocker?
I think the controversy between it's release alongside Oppenheimer and the people raging about it helped.
Not at all to say it's a bad movie. But a good movie with some controversy it going to draw more people than a good movie with no controversy.
What controversy has there been? Genuine question, I’ve only heard really positive things about the film.
Political provocateurs on the right claimed the film was an attack on masculinity as well as an attempt to make a children’s toy into ‘woke’ leftist extremism. It isn’t, but they make their living selling rage to their buyers so they made a big stink anyway.
I think it was the map incident no?
Barbie is still playing and selling well at my local movie theater
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Barbie has officially become the year’s biggest box office hit, after the doll’s big-screen earnings overtook the Super Mario Bros Movie’s total.
The Barbie movie, which sees Margot Robbie’s titular toy swap her pink fantasy home for the real world, has now made $1.38bn (£1.1bn) globally.
Analysts did not expect cinemas to reach that milestone, but the success of Barbenheimer - Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which were released on the same day in July - propelled takings past last year’s total of $3.4bn (£2.7bn).
Industry experts also predicted that the Super Mario Bros Movie would be the biggest film of 2023.
The Equalizer 3, starring Denzel Washington, proved to be another summer hit on its release this weekend, taking $34.5m (£27.3m) in its first three days at North American box offices.
However, there are concerns in Hollywood that there may be a drop-off for rest of the year after films including Dune: Part II, Kraven the Hunter and the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel moved their release dates to 2024, as the ongoing Hollywood strike prevents actors from promoting studio movies.
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Good, Barbie was a movie where things actually happened and characters actually did things.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s not crazy the margin is so small, but it’s reflective of disappointing brand loyalty versus progressive curiosity.
“Somehow, a movie about personal development and cultural introspection has earned more money in the United States than a movie about jumping on turtles. We aren’t sure what’s happening”.
Neato@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'd love it if the Super Mario Bros Movie was actually about jumping on turtles. But it's really just about brand recognition and easter eggs. It felt like everything was just there to be there and be seen. Not because it served the story.
Except Bowser and his song. That's oscar worthy.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m sorry I’m leaving my first ever third reply to I think any comment on the internet, but now I’m going to watch this movie because I just watched “peaches”
WindyRebel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Bullshit.
The Super Mario Bros Super Show theme needed to be heard by the world.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Jack Black sings? Welp, I’ll watch that part of the movie a little sooner than I was planning to.
Terevos@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It was. And yet I still liked it a lot
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Instead of a decade from now, I’m currently looking for that song hahha
demonquark@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think the only reason Super Mario bros earned that much is because … kids. People in general have grown tired of reboots, remakes, cinematic universes, you know, just the blatant milking of IP.
Then again, Barbie fits in that category. So I dunno.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I think maybe we want that to be true more than it is
finthechat@kbin.social 1 year ago
Mario also benefited from being the only theatrical release from that franchise in 30 years. It was a hugely popular franchise that had been untapped, as far as movies go.
moody@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Really? Is that why they’re so successful?
Don’t get me wrong, I am tired of reboots and remakes and rehashes, but people aren’t.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Both of them are just ad tie-ins for other products. Barbie is hardly “cultural introspection”…
girl@lemm.ee 1 year ago
tell me you didn’t watch the movie without telling me you didn’t watch the movie
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Evidence?
Terevos@lemm.ee 1 year ago
More like gaming brand vs. doll brand.
The doll brand won, which I’m not at all surprised by.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
But the gaming brand movie was nowhere as deep as the doll brand movie. No one talked about the themes and writing of Super Mario Bros. the way they are talking about Barbie.
lori@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if Barbie as a character is less popular with American kids than Mario in 2023. Hasn’t Barbie been struggling?