Hollywood's Abysmal 2024 in Numbers
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UPDATED: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 01:06
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Beetlejuice remake it seems to have tried but it failed to advertise overseas and ‘Nosfetatu’ WHY THE HECK...the Hollyweird types release it AFTER HALLOWEEN...its like Hollywood delayed everything, nothing in sync and it wants to fail
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moving away from Hollywood entertainment products
a Japanese Robo Mecha military science fiction media franchise.
‘Gundam’ live-action movie set at Legendary and taps ‘Sweet Tooth’ showrunner Jim Mickle to direct - production starts in early 2025
https://deadline.com/2024/10/gundam-movie-sweet-tooth-jim-mickle-12361
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maybe not moving away since Sony is backing Marvel
Venom 3 is doing ok in China and wins Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing
overseas earnings rank just just below Deadpool & Wolverine's and Guardians of the Galaxy 3
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Oct 23, 2024 11:45am PT
Lionsgate’s Losing Streak: What’s Behind the Studio’s Seven Consecutive Box Office Flops
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lionsgate-box-office-flops-borderla
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Lionsgate’s genre-spanning 2024 slate of heist comedies, weepy coming-of-age tales, cheeky video game adaptations and horror stories was aiming to fill a void. Most of these were the kinds of movies that major Hollywood studios have either stopped making entirely or largely relegated to streaming services.
And yet, instead of packing seats at multiplexes due to pent-up demand, everything from director Eli Roth’s irreverent console-to-screen adventure “Borderlands” ($32 million globally), the “Crow” reboot ($23.7 million) and historical crime drama “1992” ($2.9 million) to Halle Berry’s post-apocalyptic horror story “Never Let Go” ($16.2 million), Dave Bautista-led action-comedy “The Killer’s Game” ($5.9 million), Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi epic “Megalopolis” ($11.2 million) and “Wonder” prequel “White Bird” ($6.8 million) has sputtered at the box office. That’s a string of seven consecutive flops — each with paltry single-digit debuts — in the nine weeks between early August and mid-October.
“It was a pretty diverse slate and certainly wasn’t cannibalization of films,” says Matthew Harrigan, a senior analyst at Benchmark Co. “It was more that nothing really worked.”
Lionsgate tends to keep budgets in check and sells foreign rights to its theatrical titles, which helps recoup losses for underperforming movies. In the case of “Megalopolis,” Coppola fronted the $120 million production costs and other fees. So, as a distributor for hire, the studio will actually make money despite the film’s poor box office showing. The $100 million-budgeted “Borderlands,” a rare big-budget tentpole for Lionsgate, is expected to result in a $30 million write-down. Yet for the most part, none of the studio’s misses is damaging enough to force heads in the C-suite to roll.
“Lionsgate does a good job at mitigating risk on their releases. Nonetheless, you can’t hedge that bad of a run,” Harrigan says. “The cumulative loss from mid-budget films can be as bad as a tentpole.”
The downturn is striking when compared with the studio’s streak last year of “John Wick: Chapter 4” ($440 million worldwide), “Saw X” ($111 million) and “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” ($348 million). Those films, as well as most of 2024’s lineup, were greenlit by then-motion picture group chair Joe Drake, who was replaced by Adam Fogelson in January.
Industry experts commend Lionsgate for catering to underserved demographics, such as faith-based crowds and Black audiences. Low-budget Christian drama “Unsung Hero” powered to $21 million in August, while horror satire “The Blackening” amassed $18 million in 2022 and justified a sequel.
“Part of their strategy is filling the gaps. Strategically it’s a smart thing to do,” says Jason Squire, professor emeritus of USC School of Cinematic Arts. “But this is the ancient struggle of the movie business: You just don’t know if audiences will show up.”
Wall Street has been skeptical of Lionsgate’s ability to compete in a media business dominated by tech giants and studios that exist within sprawling conglomerates. Shares are trading at $7.84, falling more than 30% from the prior year. Lionsgate Studios is spinning off from the premium cable network Starz, to cleanly separate the two businesses and pave the way for potential M&A deals.
Upcoming releases like King of Pop biopic “Michael,” Ana de Armas-led “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina,” another “Hunger Games” prequel and “Now You See Me 3” could spark a rebound in fortunes in 2025 and beyond. And Lionsgate is turning to its vast library to expand the life of movies beyond the screen, with planned stage adaptations of “La La Land,” “Dirty Dancing” and “The Hunger Games.”
Lionsgate is far from the only studio that’s endured challenges in 2024 — just ask Warner Bros., Universal or
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Industry experts commend Lionsgate for catering to underserved demographics, such as faith-based crowds and Black audiences. Low-budget Christian drama “Unsung Hero” powered to $21 million in August, while horror satire “The Blackening” amassed $18 million in 2022 and justified a sequel.
“Part of their strategy is filling the gaps. Strategically it’s a smart thing to do,” says Jason Squire, professor emeritus of USC School of Cinematic Arts. “But this is the ancient struggle of the movie business: You just don’t know if audiences will show up.”
This is why he's "professor emritus". If you can't do something, you teach it.
No. It is not a smart thing to do at all, strategically.
It's why Lionsgate has a 7-flop chain right now.
You already know that NOBODY is going to show up for this crap.
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Stomps Back Into Theaters
https://deadline.com/2024/11/godzilla-minus-one-stomps-back-into-theat
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Quote:The outdoor drive-in movie theater business is going extinct for obvious reasons. The indoor movie theater industry is following the same path. Former movie ticket purchasers are now seeing movies for free from the comfort of home.
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Industry experts commend Lionsgate for catering to underserved demographics, such as faith-based crowds and Black audiences. Low-budget Christian drama “Unsung Hero” powered to $21 million in August, while horror satire “The Blackening” amassed $18 million in 2022 and justified a sequel.
“Part of their strategy is filling the gaps. Strategically it’s a smart thing to do,” says Jason Squire, professor emeritus of USC School of Cinematic Arts. “But this is the ancient struggle of the movie business: You just don’t know if audiences will show up.”
This is why he's "professor emritus". If you can't do something, you teach it.
No. It is not a smart thing to do at all, strategically.
It's why Lionsgate has a 7-flop chain right now.
You already know that NOBODY is going to show up for this crap.
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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.
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Incorrect.
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Quote:The Hollywood Reporter has its explanation for why ticket sales are down:
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Quote:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-wor
“You get to a point where you’re living in your beautiful house in the hills, you’re meeting only other wealthy people and you’re not connecting to the audience,” adds Galloway. “And the moviegoing audience is primarily young, so at a certain point you become really detached from them.”
Which explains why so much of what Hollywood is producing these days feels so familiar. For instance, there are currently remakes or sequels in development for ’80s classics like An Officer and a Gentleman, Ghost and Dirty Dancing — projects that have little or no emotional resonance to anyone under 50. Obviously, remakes have long been a studio staple. But a War of the Roses redo? A new Running Man offering? It’s unclear whether these nostalgia plays will be all that appealing even to people over 50.
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Personally, Hollywood has always made crap, but the big difference today is that you don't have to pay $20 for popcorn, drinks and a ticket when the same crap is available on your home TV for free.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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An alternate explanation:
Quote:https://www.fastcompany.com/91220089/hollywood-is-dead-according-to-ju
So, how did Hollywood die?
This shouldn’t have happened. But the fear, the love-of-money-above-all-else, and the abandonment of that singular goal of making outstanding art, no matter the emotional or financial cost, caused the whole magic web of scaffolding to fall.
When you have something this special, you should know better. You should know to protect it, to support the structures that make it possible for it to breathe and exhale beautiful pieces of filmed movement that change people’s lives.
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These are pretty words to describe Hollywood's death: "the abandonment of that singular goal of making outstanding art, no matter the emotional or financial cost, caused the whole magic web of scaffolding to fall." The truth isn't pretty: "Why in hell pay to see a movie in the theater when you can see it for free at home?"
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Joker 2 dead over seas
Looks as if Italians see Venom take first place again, Italy Box Office Venom 3 returns to first place
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