I think they put out too many sequels and remakes. The reason Barbie and Oppenheimer did so well is because nobody had seen them in a theater before. I liked Furiosa but was more mid on it. I hope theaters don’t close, maybe that’s because I work from home and it lets me get out of the house. Never miss your videos Sue!
Nobody is going to the movies because the average person can no longer afford the luxury of going to movie theaters. More worried about putting food on the table and paying the bills!
To me, expense is not really a reason because of monthly deals, discount days and matinee prices. If you take the time to research, you can find somewhere to go at a reasonable price.
My wife wanted to go see a movie in theaters this weekend but I told her let's watch something at home because I hadn't seen Fury Road yet. I did go to Walmart and look for a 4K version of Fury Road to watch at home but they did not have it. So I ordered it on Amazon and will watch Furiosa when it comes out on 4k. There was really no other movie that I would have wanted to see in theaters
@MoviesSue I ordered the Mad Max collection on Amazon, and it says it won't arrive until the end of June. I've invested a lot of money into my home theater, so in my opinion, it's more comfortable to watch movies from home and more affordable. It would have to be a very special movie for me to want to go to theaters. The last movie we saw in theaters was ninja turtles mutant Mayhem. We will go see inside out on the opening weekend and possibly Deadpool 3.
To this day, even after COVID I still go to see movies in the theaters, this past weekend I saw both Furiosa and Garfield and Furiosa was the better movie indefinitely. Even in April I saw every big movie such as Civil War, MOUW, Abigail, and Challengers, same with march, I saw every big movie from that month except for GVK. There was a span between September 29th and December 1st 2023 where I saw a movie each weekend for 10 weeks in a row. So yeah, I will still go see films in the theaters even tho the theater industry is still slimming short
Covid killed the theater business. People have learned that they can just wait a few weeks for whatever movie they want to see to be available on demand.
Covid did not, streaming did. Like you said, the timeline between theatrical release and availability at home is so short, the incentive to go out and see it is low Also, the cost of seeing a movie in theaters versus the price of watching at home is not something the theaters can compete with. Especially for families or groups.
The movie companies should change the theater experience to accommodate families by lowering the concessions and more matinee showings. Also, movies going streaming and physical should be 1-2 year wait.
Ticket and concession prices have to drop if theaters are going to survive. There is way too much working against them for them to continue to charge premium prices
It's how they pay the bills. Studios need to give the theaters more money for showing the films. They give them peanuts, hence theaters have to rely on concessions to pay for everything. And with less people going, the prices just keep going up. How do people still not know this stuff by now?
@@scottaudetat3090I know exactly how it works. Prices going up is only pushing people away, there are options now so they can either adjust or go out of business. Most of the movies are available on demand within a month.
I can remember a long time ago when Ebert and Roper were still with us I was watching their show and they were discussing DVDs and the difference between watching a movie at home and on the big screen. And one of them said something I’ll never forget they said when you’re watching a movie at home you’re controlling IT. You can pause it, go to the bathroom, go get popcorn , snacks etc. But he said when you watch a movie on the big screen the movie is controlling YOU. Once you sit in that seat the movie envelops you, you’re enveloped in it etc. you can’t get that experience at home. I always remembered that and I agree
It’s the ticket prices. I did go and see Furiosa and I did like it. But for $14.99 for 11:55am on a Saturday, it’s too much. Plus the timing between theater release, streaming release, and physical release is too quick. There are too many movies it seems. I don’t know. So to be honest, I had it preordered before I even seen the movie. The cost of physical media and ticket prices is too similar now. So I tend to opt for the physical media. Which do I support? Can’t really do both for most movies. Back when ticket prices were $5 - $6 for a Saturday matinee, I would see 2 movies back to back.
I enjoy my movies at home. I miss Drive in theaters, sure I’ll miss the theaters but a lot needs to change to bring back that great evening out at the movies.
We live in times where fast food is now considered a luxury for many families. Going to the movies is a terrible experience now as well. People just don't know how to behave anymore. A double whammy for theater chains. Everyone needs to take a step back and realize that we aren't going back to pre-covid audience numbers.
Ya know, pre-Covid, I remember the big "movie killer" was high movie budgets. Which I think is still an issue. At the moment you're either a micro budget indy project or a massive franchise movie. We need more moderate medium sized budget character driven pieces. Horror movies have also been showing us this for decades. If you're movie only cost $10million to make, guess what? $30 million is a massive success.
This situation is crazy all around. One person says streaming is dying, you and other people are saying theaters are in trouble (they are). Movies aren't going away, so somebody better think of something.
Streaming is just getting too pricey to have all these services, and to see everything, you need them all. I myself just stick to seeing bigger stuff in theaters, or renting from my library, and just using Tubi or the free sites to see the smaller films when they get there.
Please check out The First Omen, Sue, it's a decent horror film. As for the box office, I thought Furiosa would generate at least 50 million at the box office as, despite how popular Mad Max Fury Road was, it only made 381 million at the box office worldwide. Movie studios are getting fooled as Warner Brothers got greedy, thinking people were going to see a prequel about Furiosa. It would have better to release on Max instead.
Pandemic help killed it moving to movies to 50 different streaming services. Plus people have massive tvs so cheaper to watch at home. Cost of stuff so much. Also I bet these numbers not counting for overseas.
Hello Ms. Sue. I enjoy watching your videos. I think the main reason Furiosa didn't do well is that it wasn't a Mad Max movie. Do we really need the origin story of a secondary character? The movie should have moved forward, not back. 👍🏻
Wow rough box office and I hope movie theaters survive. I enjoy my Alist and usually use all 3 slots. Its been rough since am not really into horror so trying to skip those. Most of the movies lately have been ones like ok I saw it and don't need to buy it. I do want to see the smaller titles coming 5.31 except the horror one. Am curious about the Moviepass documentary. I used that for years and saw everything lol. I usually did Sunday-Thursday movies to avoid crowds I paid at most $45mo but got my moneyworth.
It's people's fault! People that makes these kinda videos in TH-cam and trash the movies when they come out of the movie theaters saying the movie is not good!! Don't go see it, just bc you didn't like it? That doesn't mean, I'm not gonna like it! If you don't have anything nice to say? Don't say it at all! Keep it to yourself! You all know who you are!
I hope you aren't including this video in your rant because I didn't say anything negative about the movie because I haven't seen it yet. When I talk about movies, I always tell people to judge for themselves.
Yes I agree here lately movies majorly of them has been flopping but I heard so many great things bout Furiosa planning to see this weekend it could have legs cuz so much good word of mouth
It was a really good movie! Actually preferred it to Fury Road because it had an interesting story. Anya did an amazing job and Chris was almost unrecognizable. Can't wait for Inside Out 2, Horizon, DP&W then Aliens.... it's gonna be a kick ass summer!
Are these figures based off the US only? In the UK this last weekend it’s been a 3 day weekend meaning everyone goes away and we had a rare weekend of nice weather meaning more people are outside instead of going to the cinema
Furious was really good. People say it's the quality but a lot of these movies are better than the average movie from any other decade. Streaming killed theaters. The internet killed most outings.
Furiosa is amazing it's a great prequel to fury road perfect match I was shocked that when I went there was only about 15 people in the movie at time I went
Sure begins pretty good then, second act found to be boring, last 3rd of movie picked up finished strong..thought movie was a little to long..but that's imo worth a watch go to see at least once for yourself
But I thought saw about Dune 2 orederd steelbook and after 2nd watch liked little more..So preorderd Furiosa steelbook after another watch I'm might like it more,.some movies require second watch and some dont..
Sue, thanks for keeping us updated with the box office each week! I think you’re spot on with the potential future of the movie theater business if the necessary adjustments aren’t made. The business model that worked pre- 2020 is no longer viable/sustainable so it will be interesting to see what the studios and the theater chains do. I hope they figure it out because I too would hate to see the multiplex go away. Fingers crossed. 😊
I don't think Joker 2 will make much money. You don't turn comic book movies into musicals. Lady Gaga isn't that great of an actress and will not be a good Harley Quinn in my opinion. I also didn't think the first Joker movie was really all the good. People don't go to the movies as much because you can get a similar\better experience at home with the giant tv's and amazing sound systems you can buy now, not to mention at home there are no idiots acting a fool while you are trying to watch the movie
With everything you said about Joker, I disagree with you. I think people will be very curious about the film and about Lady Gaga's performance. This is a movie about Joker and Harley that comic book fans have been waiting for. Focused on them. We'll see in October!
It the end of movies,it crap 💩 they making now no one wants to see,all good stuff is being made by Netflix and amazon,apple.and everybody has 60 -80 tv in their house now why go to theaters now when stay at home and watch something and not have to spend 20-30 dollars at theaters
@@MoviesSue thank you your opinion,but I grew up in the 1970-1980-1990s back then you go to theaters and see a wide variety of good movies ,now it just sad .you may have maybe 1-2 really good movies now and that it,I see it all theaters are died,plus there way to much woke crap being made people do not want to see
@@dalecarney2581 I grew up in the 80s and 90s same as you, so you really can't use that over me, plus not everything is woke. I'm sick of that excuse too.
I think the true test will be Deadpool and Twisters...sequels people actually seem to want to see. A Mad Max-less prequel and a Garfield reboot had next to know hype from anyone I know. People should get used to bad numbers this summer as the movie slate is very weak.
Studios pushed everyone towards streaming so hard it’s starting to backfire on them.
Absolutely. Streaming services were created, but also conditioned people to stay home. That's the problem.
Also actor and writer strike didn't help last year
I think they put out too many sequels and remakes. The reason Barbie and Oppenheimer did so well is because nobody had seen them in a theater before. I liked Furiosa but was more mid on it. I hope theaters don’t close, maybe that’s because I work from home and it lets me get out of the house. Never miss your videos Sue!
Well, that reason doesn't really apply because look at Dune 2 and Godzilla X Kong. Both sequels and both made money this year.
Nobody is going to the movies because the average person can no longer afford the luxury of going to movie theaters. More worried about putting food on the table and paying the bills!
To me, expense is not really a reason because of monthly deals, discount days and matinee prices. If you take the time to research, you can find somewhere to go at a reasonable price.
@@MoviesSue my closest theater is 35 miles away and there’s only one, next theater is 50 miles away, it’s not worth it at that point.
@@Sampson.entertainment absolutely I agree, if you have to drive that far, it's not worth it and I understand that.
Those same people had no issues seeing Oppenheimer and Barbie? 🤷♂️
@@simscollectables didn’t see either one!
Also merchandise clothing toys and such carry lots of these franchise types
My wife wanted to go see a movie in theaters this weekend but I told her let's watch something at home because I hadn't seen Fury Road yet. I did go to Walmart and look for a 4K version of Fury Road to watch at home but they did not have it. So I ordered it on Amazon and will watch Furiosa when it comes out on 4k. There was really no other movie that I would have wanted to see in theaters
Why wait to watch Furiosa at home? It will be in theatres for a bit, so why not watch after you see Fury Road? I'm just curious.
@MoviesSue I ordered the Mad Max collection on Amazon, and it says it won't arrive until the end of June. I've invested a lot of money into my home theater, so in my opinion, it's more comfortable to watch movies from home and more affordable. It would have to be a very special movie for me to want to go to theaters. The last movie we saw in theaters was ninja turtles mutant Mayhem. We will go see inside out on the opening weekend and possibly Deadpool 3.
'Specialty' cinemas (luxury seats, w/ toddlers only, et cetera) will assuredly survive - perhaps even thrive, but _general-audience_ theatres...🤔😟
To this day, even after COVID I still go to see movies in the theaters, this past weekend I saw both Furiosa and Garfield and Furiosa was the better movie indefinitely. Even in April I saw every big movie such as Civil War, MOUW, Abigail, and Challengers, same with march, I saw every big movie from that month except for GVK. There was a span between September 29th and December 1st 2023 where I saw a movie each weekend for 10 weeks in a row. So yeah, I will still go see films in the theaters even tho the theater industry is still slimming short
Covid killed the theater business. People have learned that they can just wait a few weeks for whatever movie they want to see to be available on demand.
Covid did not, streaming did. Like you said, the timeline between theatrical release and availability at home is so short, the incentive to go out and see it is low
Also, the cost of seeing a movie in theaters versus the price of watching at home is not something the theaters can compete with. Especially for families or groups.
The movie companies should change the theater experience to accommodate families by lowering the concessions and more matinee showings. Also, movies going streaming and physical should be 1-2 year wait.
@@fettmatic4106 You are aware that they only make any money off the food, hence why it's so high.
Yes, agreed.
Well this is bad Junes big release save us but yikes fall guy If and now Furiosa 😳😳😳
Ticket and concession prices have to drop if theaters are going to survive. There is way too much working against them for them to continue to charge premium prices
It's how they pay the bills. Studios need to give the theaters more money for showing the films. They give them peanuts, hence theaters have to rely on concessions to pay for everything. And with less people going, the prices just keep going up. How do people still not know this stuff by now?
@@scottaudetat3090I know exactly how it works. Prices going up is only pushing people away, there are options now so they can either adjust or go out of business. Most of the movies are available on demand within a month.
I love Mad Max movies but this one doesn’t have Mad Max and Hemsworth character looks goofy in the trailer.
So what? Fury Road wasn't about Max and literally every character in this franchise looks strange.
I can remember a long time ago when Ebert and Roper were still with us I was watching their show and they were discussing DVDs and the difference between watching a movie at home and on the big screen. And one of them said something I’ll never forget they said when you’re watching a movie at home you’re controlling IT. You can pause it, go to the bathroom, go get popcorn , snacks etc. But he said when you watch a movie on the big screen the movie is controlling YOU. Once you sit in that seat the movie envelops you, you’re enveloped in it etc. you can’t get that experience at home. I always remembered that and I agree
It’s the ticket prices. I did go and see Furiosa and I did like it. But for $14.99 for 11:55am on a Saturday, it’s too much. Plus the timing between theater release, streaming release, and physical release is too quick. There are too many movies it seems. I don’t know. So to be honest, I had it preordered before I even seen the movie. The cost of physical media and ticket prices is too similar now. So I tend to opt for the physical media. Which do I support? Can’t really do both for most movies. Back when ticket prices were $5 - $6 for a Saturday matinee, I would see 2 movies back to back.
Yeah, off course not everything needs to make a billion, I think Moana 2, Mufasa, and Wicked have the potential to make at least 700 million.
Streaming. Is the killer number one for theater and physical discs
i think movie theatre are going away and going to streaming only this is said
"The First Omen" was extraordinary.
Got to many people listening to movie critics instead watching it for themselves
I enjoy my movies at home. I miss Drive in theaters, sure I’ll miss the theaters but a lot needs to change to bring back that great evening out at the movies.
Despite the box office reports on Furiousa I still very much enjoyed granted still wasn’t as great as Fury road, but I had fun
watching it.
Happy you enjoyed it!
We live in times where fast food is now considered a luxury for many families. Going to the movies is a terrible experience now as well. People just don't know how to behave anymore. A double whammy for theater chains. Everyone needs to take a step back and realize that we aren't going back to pre-covid audience numbers.
I definitely know we aren't going to have numbers precovid, but these are just awful.
Ya know, pre-Covid, I remember the big "movie killer" was high movie budgets. Which I think is still an issue. At the moment you're either a micro budget indy project or a massive franchise movie. We need more moderate medium sized budget character driven pieces. Horror movies have also been showing us this for decades. If you're movie only cost $10million to make, guess what? $30 million is a massive success.
Definitely a reason I had forgotten about! Good one!
The only movie that's gonna make money this year is "Beetlejuice 2." -- A 36 year old IP.... just like "Top Gun: Maverick."
I fully predict Wicked and Twisters will be the top two movies of the year.
I love the optimism, but Beetlejuice 2 will not make that much money.
Theaters are to expensive to much to take all my family
Monthly pass, discount days, matinees.
😮the box office number is terrible 😅
😢 sorry it was supposed to be a sad face
I Believe Jason Could Make Money, If They Ever Bring Him Back!
Absolutely!!!!!!
This situation is crazy all around. One person says streaming is dying, you and other people are saying theaters are in trouble (they are). Movies aren't going away, so somebody better think of something.
Streaming is just getting too pricey to have all these services, and to see everything, you need them all. I myself just stick to seeing bigger stuff in theaters, or renting from my library, and just using Tubi or the free sites to see the smaller films when they get there.
Exactly, movies aren't going away. My fear is that everything will just automatically go to vod/streaming and movie theatres will shut down.
Theaters will live on but a lot more will close. Around here all theaters closed down about a year ago.😭
Please check out The First Omen, Sue, it's a decent horror film. As for the box office, I thought Furiosa would generate at least 50 million at the box office as, despite how popular Mad Max Fury Road was, it only made 381 million at the box office worldwide. Movie studios are getting fooled as Warner Brothers got greedy, thinking people were going to see a prequel about Furiosa. It would have better to release on Max instead.
I plan on it, but will watch the original Omen first!
Pandemic help killed it moving to movies to 50 different streaming services. Plus people have massive tvs so cheaper to watch at home. Cost of stuff so much. Also I bet these numbers not counting for overseas.
Easy fix....stop rushing movies to streaming.
@scottaudetat3090 yep for sure. My issue too is especially like new shows come out they all over the place lol.
Hello Ms. Sue. I enjoy watching your videos. I think the main reason Furiosa didn't do well is that it wasn't a Mad Max movie. Do we really need the origin story of a secondary character? The movie should have moved forward, not back. 👍🏻
Well, technically Fury Road wasn't about Max either and that made money.
Wow rough box office and I hope movie theaters survive. I enjoy my Alist and usually use all 3 slots. Its been rough since am not really into horror so trying to skip those. Most of the movies lately have been ones like ok I saw it and don't need to buy it. I do want to see the smaller titles coming 5.31 except the horror one. Am curious about the Moviepass documentary. I used that for years and saw everything lol. I usually did Sunday-Thursday movies to avoid crowds I paid at most $45mo but got my moneyworth.
Happy to hear you're using your AList to the fullest!!!
Hi Susan yes I agree girl
It's people's fault! People that makes these kinda videos in TH-cam and trash the movies when they come out of the movie theaters saying the movie is not good!! Don't go see it, just bc you didn't like it? That doesn't mean, I'm not gonna like it! If you don't have anything nice to say? Don't say it at all! Keep it to yourself! You all know who you are!
I hope you aren't including this video in your rant because I didn't say anything negative about the movie because I haven't seen it yet. When I talk about movies, I always tell people to judge for themselves.
Yes I agree here lately movies majorly of them has been flopping but I heard so many great things bout Furiosa planning to see this weekend it could have legs cuz so much good word of mouth
Hopefully it makes more money this weekend!
@@MoviesSue Yes I hope so too hope good word of mouth make this movie have amazing legs it deserves that
It was a really good movie! Actually preferred it to Fury Road because it had an interesting story. Anya did an amazing job and Chris was almost unrecognizable. Can't wait for Inside Out 2, Horizon, DP&W then Aliens.... it's gonna be a kick ass summer!
I'm so happy you had fun and looking forward to the Summer!
Happy Memorial Day
Hope you enjoyed your day yesterday!
Are these figures based off the US only? In the UK this last weekend it’s been a 3 day weekend meaning everyone goes away and we had a rare weekend of nice weather meaning more people are outside instead of going to the cinema
Yes, I report domestic numbers, unless a worldwide total is worth mentioning.
Furious was really good. People say it's the quality but a lot of these movies are better than the average movie from any other decade. Streaming killed theaters. The internet killed most outings.
It'll be fun to tally what did and didn't make money this summer. This is an existential movie season for Hollywood, and especially movie theaters
There have been slumps before and movie theaters always survived. Heck, television was supposed to mark the end of theaters in the 1950s.
Came here to make this point.
I hope you're right, but these days, you never know!
i met to say sad not said
Furiosa is amazing it's a great prequel to fury road perfect match I was shocked that when I went there was only about 15 people in the movie at time I went
I'm going today!!! Can't wait!
First
Saw furiosa was mid was ok
Can you explain why? Just wondering.
Sure begins pretty good then, second act found to be boring, last 3rd of movie picked up finished strong..thought movie was a little to long..but that's imo worth a watch go to see at least once for yourself
But I thought saw about Dune 2 orederd steelbook and after 2nd watch liked little more..So preorderd Furiosa steelbook after another watch I'm might like it more,.some movies require second watch and some dont..
Sue, thanks for keeping us updated with the box office each week! I think you’re spot on with the potential future of the movie theater business if the necessary adjustments aren’t made. The business model that worked pre- 2020 is no longer viable/sustainable so it will be interesting to see what the studios and the theater chains do. I hope they figure it out because I too would hate to see the multiplex go away. Fingers crossed. 😊
Thanks so much James!!! Hopefully something is figured out soon!
I don't think Joker 2 will make much money. You don't turn comic book movies into musicals. Lady Gaga isn't that great of an actress and will not be a good Harley Quinn in my opinion. I also didn't think the first Joker movie was really all the good. People don't go to the movies as much because you can get a similar\better experience at home with the giant tv's and amazing sound systems you can buy now, not to mention at home there are no idiots acting a fool while you are trying to watch the movie
With everything you said about Joker, I disagree with you. I think people will be very curious about the film and about Lady Gaga's performance. This is a movie about Joker and Harley that comic book fans have been waiting for. Focused on them. We'll see in October!
It the end of movies,it crap 💩 they making now no one wants to see,all good stuff is being made by Netflix and amazon,apple.and everybody has 60 -80 tv in their house now why go to theaters now when stay at home and watch something and not have to spend 20-30 dollars at theaters
Uh yeah Netflix is making great movies like… Atlas, also don’t I have an 80inch TV, don’t have the room because I can’t afford a house to put it in.
I highly disagree with that statement.
@@MoviesSue thank you your opinion,but I grew up in the 1970-1980-1990s back then you go to theaters and see a wide variety of good movies ,now it just sad .you may have maybe 1-2 really good movies now and that it,I see it all theaters are died,plus there way to much woke crap being made people do not want to see
@@dalecarney2581 I grew up in the 80s and 90s same as you, so you really can't use that over me, plus not everything is woke. I'm sick of that excuse too.
Inflation and we are tired of having woke films shoved down are throats.
"woke" films... the problem isn't the films, it's the lack of intelligence in the audience.
@@richardbaker183 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's hilarious no the public doesn't want that crap shoved down our throats and shown to our kids.
I'm so sick of the word "woke". Vague reason. Does that even apply to the movies we're talking about?
@@mediocrity25years68 it's sad to see that anyone using woke as an accusation has kids. That means the lack of comprehension is being passed on...
@@MoviesSue no, it's just a way of them throwing an insult at movies that they won't see because they'd need to think about them after.
I think the true test will be Deadpool and Twisters...sequels people actually seem to want to see. A Mad Max-less prequel and a Garfield reboot had next to know hype from anyone I know.
People should get used to bad numbers this summer as the movie slate is very weak.