Zombie Jon Snow said:
Movies since pandemic have not even recovered back to 2002 level. And considering how much more it costs to make them and to go to movies it is not changing any time soon.
2024 total domestic box office was $8.5B for 675 films the lowest total pre pandemic since 2001
2002 thru 2019 every year was at least $9B and was $11B+ from 2015-2019
2001 total domestic box office was $7.95B and that was only 420 films
2024 average gross $12.7M per film
2001 average gross $19.3M per film
I'm going to go on the record as saying that 2026 will come close to, if not surpass, 2019's box office total. It's going to be a massive, massive year, and movies will have never felt "so back."
Mark my words.
Genuinely, it's shaping up to potentially be the greatest slate of any single year I've ever seen, both in terms of blockbusters I can't wait to see personally, and family friendly blockbusters that are guaranteed to do insane numbers...
Blockbusters I can't wait to see:
- Disclosure (dir. Steven Spielberg)
- Dune: Messiah (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
- Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- The Odyssey (dir. Christopher Nolan)
- Project Hail Mary (Ryan Gosling)
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu
Family friendly blockbusters:
- Ice Age 6
- Jumanji 3
- Minions 3
- Moana (live action)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
- Shrek 5
- Toy Story 5
Other notable/potential money-makers:
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- DC's Clayface
- DC's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
- Flowervale Street
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
- Michael (Michael Jackson biopic)
- Scream 7
- Untitled J.J. Abrams Project
- Verity
- Werewolf (dir. Robert Eggers)
... with so many other titles not mentioned, and not counting any surprises that are sure to come along. Hell, this slate has an outside chance at breaking even 2018's all-time record.
Get ready.
