James Cameron's threequel achieved the milestone Saturday at the New Year weekend box office. Other holiday victors include sleeper hit 'The Housemaid' and Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme.'
They’re sci-fi movies for people who aren’t sci-fi nerds. Most people go see it in theaters, have a good time, and then move on with their lives. The kind of people these movies appeal to aren’t the type to get caught up in fandoms and Comic-Con.
This is it. I had this conversation on Bluesky the other day; they make a fortune in theaters because everyone knows you MUST see them on the biggest possible screen and then nobody watches them on home media because it looks like dog shit on most TVs.
They’re sci-fi movies for people who aren’t sci-fi nerds. Most people go see it in theaters, have a good time, and then move on with their lives. The kind of people these movies appeal to aren’t the type to get caught up in fandoms and Comic-Con.
And apparently, Avatar is REALLY huge in China.
This is it. I had this conversation on Bluesky the other day; they make a fortune in theaters because everyone knows you MUST see them on the biggest possible screen and then nobody watches them on home media because it looks like dog shit on most TVs.
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