Comedyis back;Super Mario Broshas proved that laughs are good for a half billion dollars.
BothGuardians of the Galaxy Vol 3andJohn Wick: Chapter 4hit their marks.
This is beginning to look like something more than a minor mood swing.
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I dont pretend to know why.
Sleepless in Seattlethat is not.
Its not evenGnomeo & Juliet.
This is remarkable given the powerful historic presence of love in the movies.
As recently as 2018,A Star Is Borntopped $200 million.
Intimacy, apparently, is more dangerous than guns.
Its as if the audience is developing an aversion to the deepest of human relationships.
Maybe the anti-love trend is rooted in the lockdowns.
Maybe the obsession with digital devices has taken its toll.
And the #MeToo movement might have something to do with it.
But for the moment, its safer to make ahorror flick.
According to NATO, 42 percent of the audience would like to see more of those.
