Theatrical Comedies Are Dying At The Box Office

On a large scale, the box office has been on a shaky land over a hand of a handful of recent years. Since the theaters have closed all over the world for several consecutive months in 2020, the industry was on a continuous flow. The broadcast has raised all traditional logic, and Hollywood is increasingly trying to hit a smaller moving target. One of the largest species that has become a question mark in the modern era is comedy, specifically from theatrical diversity. The question is, can “The Naked Gun”, which is new to Leslie Nielsen Classic, helps save comedy at the box office?

As of this writing, director Eveva Shafir, “The Day Gun”, which was produced by the “Family Guy” Seth MacFarlane, is looking at the emergence of between $ 23 and $ 32 million upon arrival at the theaters at the end of next week, for each ticket office theory. In order to deserve, even in the low end, this would be more than twice the total seizure of the “Popstar: Never Stoping”, who failed to break $ 10 million worldwide in 2016. However, with the “star” that took “the” Liam Neeson star “, Paramount Pictures has greater ambitions here.

The big question mark is the amount of importance you spend on the restart/old. If its cost is $ 50 million or less, then the first local appearance will be more than $ 25 million in good start, especially if this juice has any juice abroad. To clarify how much things changed, the original “Naked Gun” achieved $ 78 million in North America alone in 1988. Even with a strong opening, this could be a very difficult number for this new input in the franchise for beating, even without the inflation account.

“The Naked Gunn” focuses on Schaffer on Frank Darbin Junior (Nisson), son of Frank Darbin (Nielsen), who follows his father’s footsteps on the police force. The group also includes Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Paul Walter Hoser (“I, Tonya”), Kevin Durand (“” Abigail “), Cody Rhodes (” Arrow “), and Danny Huston (” Crow “).

What interests in recent years is that, in some way, comedy is more important than ever for the largest theatrical visits. “Barbie” achieved $ 1.4 billion, and shattered records of comedy. Many Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have a strong comic component, with “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” to the mind. Family and friendly films that are constantly crushing financially tend to rely on humor as a major component.

The problem is that anything described as a comedy first, instead of something else with a comedy component, struggled strongly. ROM-Coms has been able to find success here and there, as “anyone but you” became the first in this type has received 200 million dollars or more since “Crazy Rich Asians” ($ 239 million) in 2018. Other examples during the past few years are a ticket to heaven “($ 168 million) and” The Lost City “($ 192 million).

But when we look at the projects that are sold as a comedy first? “Strays” ($ 36 million worldwide), “Joy Ride” ($ 15 million worldwide), and many people failed to penetrate. Even things like Billy Eichner “Bros” (BROS “($ 15 million worldwide) failed to penetrate them. For this reason it was a pleasant surprise when” one day of their days “achieved approximately $ 52 million earlier this year. But even that was a somewhat eligible blow thanks to the lack of competition and a small budget worth $ 14 million. Be reassured, cost” Naked ” GUN “more than 14 million dollars.

It may tell us that “Happy Gilmore 2” is going to Netflix, where Adam Sandler has lived largely over the past decade. What are Sandler’s movies in the end to theaters these days? More dangerous affairs such as “uninterrupted gemstones”. Comedy was largely to rely on broadcasting for existence. This is not an isolated case.

Success in the modern theatrical market is largely about converting movies into events. For this reason, Universal began selling IMAX tickets to “The Odyssey” by Early Nollan. So the biggest question is, can you become a comedy for comedy a cinematic event worth leaving the house in 2025?

In this way, the “naked gun” is somewhat fairly burdened with great expectations. If this does not work, it may reduce the possibility of Paramount and other studios in investing heavily in theatrical comedy. Chaveer and McFarlin and all of them only wanted to make a good and funny movie that was supposed to be enjoyed in theaters. They did not intend to take much weight. McFarlin manufactured “TED”, which achieved nearly $ 550 million worldwide in 2012. This is not worth the concept now, but if a little of this magic can rub this …

Part of the problem is that the film opens against “The Bad Guys 2”, which is a steal/animated and family friendly. It also ascends against “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” in Marvel on the weekend, with the opening of “weapons” from Disney “weapons” in Disney on the next weekend. “Freakier Friday” is the ideal example of the type of comedy that can work in today’s market. Will this be eaten in the audience of this movie? maybe.

The relatively good news is that the August list is not full of giant films. If this film is able to obtain critics beside him and earn a good oral word from the cinema pioneers, it will contain a snapshot. The “NACED GUN” privilege does not mean much from anything to the younger generation, but if it is funny enough, this may be an apparently original thing in which Gen Z wears, while getting older fans. This is hope, anyway. We will see where the chips will fall.

The “abstract gun” strikes theaters on August 1, 2025.