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Supergirl is Now Officially DC's Biggest Flop Ever, Theatrical Losses Set to be Over $200 Million - TV Fandom Lounge Box Office (www.tvfandomlounge.com)
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[–] 31 points 3 months ago (14 children)

It wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't that bad either. The issue isn't the movie. The issue is that people, like myself, rarely go to the movie theater anymore. It has to be of significant quality of a movie (think: The Matrix, The Odyssey, Spaceballs 2 :D ) to even consider going to deal with the people, the high price, etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I had a free ticket to see a movie last weekend and I used it to watch the Hadestown musical cause literally everything else was a waste of time. It still cost me $25 for concessions BTW.

    Side note, I had already seen Supergirl and The Odyssey back when they came out.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    I think it's a mix of reasons, the biggest one obviously being the movie is mediocre. But I think the other big reason is that Supergirl just isn't a franchise most people care about. People would flock to the cinema for Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, maybe even Aquaman because he's better known. But a story about Superman's sister running around in space? Ehhhh...

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Yep, I think we're both correct. https://www.pewresearch.org/chart/domestic-ticket-sales-plunged-during-the-pandemic-and-still-havent-recovered/

    To add another reason, Hollywood producers seem quite keen to rehash the same movie or type of movie over and over. They remake movies literally multiple times. And they have nearly zero original movie ideas that they promote. Sure, superhero movies since Iron Man has done fairly well -- because the comic book nerds finally grew up and have their own money to spend. But that isn't going to last, especially in this post-pandemic, greed-ridden, unregulated economy.

    None of this should be a surprise to any studio exec or producer.

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  • [+] -8 points 3 months ago

    I think it is more base than that. The whole appeal of Superman is that he is the most powerful man not powerful human, so sharing the power with a woman delutes how the character make us feel. This is why not all female superheroe movies are a flop. She just needs to have different powers.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Myself and my wife go to the theater about once a month, sometimes twice depending on the release schedule to see all the new horror movies and things like The Odyssey and Disclosure Day and the theaters both opening weekend and later are mostly full every single time. I live in a small college town not even a big city. Sure numbers are down but it's not a ghost town people seem to think.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Im more surprised to hear theaters are even open during Covid times

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Covid times been over.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I mean idk I been holed up since covid began, so I'm not aware of whats going on outside.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    How do you not know anything from the last six years? You obviously have Internet.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    I just watch movies on streaming or PVOD. Why would I research if theaters are open if I cant go outside anyway?

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