“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.” The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that translates into about 5 million ticket buyers.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

non-franchise

Are you really saying that people might actually be fed up with recycled and reheated remakes or yet another addition to a superhero universe? Color me shocked...

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You're reading that wrong, they're saying franchise films make more money than non-franchise films. You might interpret that as franchise films are still more popular than non-franchise films. Alternatively you could say even though franchise films suck most non-franchise films suck even more.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

I didn't think there's any evidence that audience size has to correlate with quality.