With 'Gladiator II' and the first part of 'Wicked' coming out, movie theatres are hoping that another 'Barbenheimer' drives audiences by the millions.
As most have by now picked up, two disparate, big-budget films are sharing a release date: One, an R-rated historical epic stacked with a starry cast of Oscar hopefuls. The other, a musical based on a beloved property with plenty of pink… and a second starry cast of Oscar hopefuls.
First things first:"Barbenheimer" had a killer portmanteau, and it remains to be seen whether"Glicked" will have even nearly the same impact after this weekend. The Columbia Journalism Review credits awards pundit Matt Neglia with using"Barbenheimer" first in April 2023, but it quickly spread across the internet wherever movie fans lurked.
But both films had been hyped for over a year before their releases, thanks to marketing that kept much of the secrets of both films but offered fans just enough to keep them excited. A well-timed trailer here and a smart social campaign there – like those"Barbie" headshots with the quippy captions or the ominous live countdown clocks used on billboards and in trailers for"Oppenheimer" –– only made fans more ravenous ahead of the release date, Nunan said.
The prolific Ridley Scott of"Gladiator II" has made classics like"Blade Runner,""Alien" and"Thelma and Louise." But his more recent films haven’t"moved the needle" like his earlier work, Nunan said.Directors aside, as with"Barbie" and"Oppenheimer" before them,"Gladiator II" and"Wicked" both have star power in spades.
It’s possible, however, that star power alone doesn’t play as large a role as it once did in getting butts in seats, Nunan said. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, who played crucial supporting roles in"Barbenheimer," starred in"" earlier this spring, which faltered at the box office and was sent to VOD just weeks after it hit theatres.
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