Not that many people were complaining about Shazam's release date prior to release. The low key marketing had more to do with its modest performance more than anything IMO.
We also need to remember Endgame is a direct sequel to IW so it's playing like one (bigger OW, weaker legs).
IW had the novelty of uniting nearly every MCU franchise against a big bad the marketing hyped up as the ultimate villain of the MCU.
SJ2= Space Jam 2?
TAJ= ?
TLBM= The Lego Batman Movie?
But I agree with the broader point that seems like WB struggles with more kid friendly fare. Especially animation wise they haven't been able to gain a major foothold in that market.
1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2. Weathering with You
3. Spider-Man: Far From Home
4. John Wick Chapter 3
5. Frozen 2
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
8. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
9. The Lion King
10. Dark Phoenix
I'd assumed this was coming out in 2022 but if filming is really beginning in 2020 no reason why it can't be a 2021 release. Though now I think Marvel may have alot of films that could be potentially 2021 release so some are gonna have to be bumped to 2022.
Oh yeah I definitely don't expect it to drop 18% on Thursday. Drop should hopefully be good enough to get it on par or better with Infinity War's dailies again.
Maybe length affects repeat viewings when you're not on holiday and have other commitments to attend to? I wouldn't want to say the legs are just cause of running time of course. And don't want to make this another "Endgame review" thread again but IMO you absolutely need 95% of that first hour.
Wonder if this is a good case of why just because you have a set ending doesn't mean it's necessarily a good thing. Cause I imagine the main events of this episode would have been what GRMM set out for D&D.