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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why are box office numbers always framed as a competition in the USA? Did I read once that, for example, movies in France report the number of people that attended--not how much money was spent?

[–] HobbitFoot 2 points 1 year ago

It has become an easy way to create a narrative in American movies, especially after Covid cleared the slate on how movies used to perform.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

First Oppenheimer, now Blue Beetle.

I still don't get what my movie has to do with either one of these movies.