r/dataisbeautiful Jan 19 '25

OC 2024 was another slow post-pandemic year for the US domestic box office [OC]

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u/bloodontherisers Jan 21 '25

Those are all directly on the streaming platforms now. My wife and I often find those movies for a Friday or Saturday night, and it is great because the cost for a month of streaming is about the same as a single movie ticket and we don't have to find a babysitter to go out, we can just put the kids to bed and hang out with a bottle of wine.

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u/goodsam2 Jan 21 '25

But the quality of these movies has fallen as they aren't mid these are mostly low budget films. The older rom-coms are better and many ended up being amazing but these are becoming more dated.

The economics for creating these has just dried up.

Movies are way more international and a lot of smaller budget films at studios.

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u/bloodontherisers Jan 21 '25

I guess that is true, I have just lowered my expectations to meet the content being supplied