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I get why people are very invested in Zendaya as a movie star, mainly cause she seems to be one of the few hopes of a return to movie stars of past generations. It's just not going to happen the same way it did back in the 90s though and no amount of social media hype is going to return us to Julia Roberts.

There's also a million other things to do these days that aren't movies. You have to prioritize what you feel is more important when everything's more expensive.

It's not like Holland or Chalamet have ever led a box office hit that wasn't based on some pre-existing IP though. You can definitely account some of Wonka and Uncharted's success to their presence but nothing they've done in the Challengers realm has done gangbusters either.

Luca should be operating in the $10-20m budget area.

The thing is Air wasn't even going to get a theatrical release until something like January of that year and most people would not consider that film a financial success theatrically at all. Challengers delayed its release from 2023 so it could allow its stars to do a large scale international press tour so I do think they had some expectation it would benefit at the box office. DWD number I think would've been a reasonable target.

Letterboxd is just film twitter. Not the GA.

I mean they've gotta be looking at Anyone but You (also an R-rated star vehicle for a Euphoria actress) and hoping...

MI7's release date is so confusing. So its doing like a limited true 7pm previews on Monday and the full opening day is a Tuesday???

Obviously none of these people are real movie stars of yesteryear but they definitely could've utilized a younger star that actually got some buzz going w/ Gen Z & millennials. Maybe they still wouldn't have turned out in large numbers cause the reviews were meh but large swaths of the internet clearly take note of what actors like Tom Holland, Anya Taylor Joy, Florence Pugh, Zendaya, etc do. A lot of their red carpet appearances and interviews go viral. PWB does not have that kind of appeal right now cause she didn't really take advantage of her Fleabag fame well imo. I mean look at Margot on the Barbie press tour! Every single outfit she's worn gets her trending in the 10s of thousands.

I'm a big fan of her TV work but she hasn't done anything of note in film (her writing credit on Bond is probably not known to many). Maverick was smart to put Miles Teller and Glenn Powell in there. The Mission Impossible movies add younger actors constantly to mix things up with Cruise and the older crew like Kirby, Atwell, etc.

That just shows you the terrible missed potential. Of course Superman is way bigger than Thor and Captain America who got springboarded off Avengers to have more successful solo films. There's no reason WB should've let Marvel turn their B-listers into bigger box office stars than their A-lister. Its criminal mismanagement.

What I don't get is why they didn't get an appealing younger actor to pair with Harrison Ford. A Tom Holland type would've made so much sense and could've helped bridge the generation gap. Phoebe Waller Bridge is now several years removed from Fleabag (an acclaimed but kind of niche show) and she really hasn't done anything of note since.

Mangold is not making his SW movie thats for sure.

I'm not sure people hate it so much as the narrow pool of people who actually care about the DCEU at this point are pretty over it (given its been announced its over anyways) and this does nothing to change that. The GA just doesn't give a shit.

What's the deal with the Authority? Seems like a crowded ass movie.

70% drop next week incoming

who knew that 70m tracking number was actually too generous.

Its very stupid cause like honestly if you're old enough to buy cigarettes and alcohol then you can date leondaro dicaprio.

Its almost like kids don't care about Michael Keaton Batman.

So... sub-60m OW?

People have much more serious reasons for wanting this to flop than just hating DC lol

Is this why WB basically publicized that cameo? LOL

Weird not to release this right after Qatar but whatever, guess they know about as much about the sport as Todd Boehly.

54 on MC already. Flop year for Searchlight.

Lord, Olivia, the last thing you need is the incels attacking you in addition to the Harry Styles/Larry stans.