• wilberfan@lemmy.film
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    1 year ago

    Why are box office numbers always framed as a competition in the USA? Did I read once that, for example, movies in France report the number of people that attended--not how much money was spent?

    • Margot Robbie@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      First Oppenheimer, now Blue Beetle.

      I still don't get what my movie has to do with either one of these movies.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      It has become an easy way to create a narrative in American movies, especially after Covid cleared the slate on how movies used to perform.