After all the talk of 2024's movies, which was full of sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes, 2025 will look even more familiar, with 50 to 70 percent of releases being franchise films.
“If you look at the current 2025 calendar, 50% to 70% of the films from the six major studios will be related to existing IP.” report CNBC. “Of course, the 2025 schedule is not completely set in stone, and studios may add more non-franchise titles in the coming months and next year.”
And why not, when all of this year's top 10 domestic box office grossers (so far) are sequels?
- inside out 2 — $652.9 million
- deadpool & wolverine — $631.3 million
- Despicable Me 4 — $360.7 million
- Dune: Part 2 — $282.1 million
- twisters — $267.5 million
- beetlejuice beetlejuice — $250.3 million
- Godzilla x Kong: New Empire — $196.3 million
- kung fu panda 4 — $193.59 million
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die — $193.57 million
- kingdom of the planet of the apes — $171.1 million
And let's see what still happens this year…
- smile 2
- Venom 3
- gladiator 2
- Moana 2
- sonic the hedgehog 3
- Mufasa: The Lion King
Next year brings us another batch of familiar IPs, sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes…
- wolfman
- bridge jones 3
- Megan 2.0
- jurassic world 7
- downton abbey 3
- black phone 2
- captain america 4
- avatar 3
- 28 years later
- saw 11
- Now You See Me 3
- mission: impossible 8
Beyond that horizon, get ready Toy Story 5, Shrek 5more hunger gamesmore batmanmore Superman…
People complain about the lack of original content, but no one goes to see original content.
This baffles me. When I was a kid, everything was new… new bands, new TV seasons, new car styles, new movies, Next That's a big deal… We were always looking over the shoulders of the “now” and seeing what was to come. Today, it seems like everyone wants only the warmth of nostalgia and the artificial comfort that nothing changes. As long as Eddie Murphy is still playing Axel Foley, that means I'm still young and will never die…
I'm so fed up with it that I don't even want to watch mainstream movies anymore. This is a rehash of the same content. It's all spectacle, a carnival ride that says absolutely nothing about anything. What can you do in the seventh place? jurassic park Maybe there's an offer you haven't seen yet? another Batman? As much as I admired the latest, mission: impossible, You can hardly tell those movies apart anymore. who asked for the third Now You See Me?or…
Maybe I'm just getting older.
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