Summer 2024 finally wrapped up. What started as a bleak movie season quickly morphed into a solid return for Hollywood
The summer 2024 box office finally wrapped up. What started as a bleak movie season quickly morphed into a solid return for Hollywood, with over $3.340 billion in the bank as of Aug. 19 . That number is far below last year’s $4.039B tally , cater to franchise fans, and provide a quality cinematic experience. Moreover, all three movies were relatively cheap by modern-day standards. Inside Out 2 and D&W cost $200M to produce, while Alien came in at a cool $80M.
Then again, star-driven pictures such as IF , The Fall Guy , Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , Horizon: An American Saga , Fly Me to the Moon , and the recent Borderlands failed to connect with audiences. Some, like Furiosa and Borderlands, were outright bombs. The Top 10 consists almost entirely of sequels, including Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes , with only IF and It Ends with Us standing out as original concepts. Smaller pictures such as Babes and Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot performed decently relative to their minuscule budgets, but other than Longlegs , no other original picture took flight this summer.Speaking of which, Longlegs’ improbable run proves low-budget horror is still the best way to make moola.
Now, I love Furiosa — it’s one of my favorite movies of the year! — but even I felt it was foolhardy for George Miller to produce a $168M sequel to his Mad Max: Fury Road. The 2015 Mad Max sequel earned a modest $380M and was more of a critical hit than an out-and-out blockbuster. A wiser studio would have given Miller an $80M budget and forced him to include Tom Hardy, if not Mel Gibson.
I’m tempted to place Twisters here. The storm-chasing pic ran off with a solid $333M worldwide, despite Universal Pictures pulling the plug and sending it to streaming far too quickly. By contrast, the original 1996 film earned $494.5M WW . Is the sequel a hit? You be the judge.Finally, never underestimate the power of the animated feature. Inside Out 2 blew past expectations to become 2024’s highest-grossing picture, while Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 cruised to an easy $848M.
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