Moviegoers Want More Comedies, Thrillers and Action Titles, Global Cinema Study Finds
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/moviegoers-comedies-thrillers-global-cinema-study-1236340585/
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/moviegoers-comedies-thrillers-global-cinema-study-1236340585/
16 Comments
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
I find most of the numbers from this survey to be dubious, but this one is insane. I would love to know just how leading these questions were.
teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu · 21 pts · 1y
They do say they surveyed moviegoers. That's a lot of self selection right there. I think movie theaters are a terrible value so I hardly ever go to theaters.
Zentron@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Here you can find movies that are priced around 1 hr of min wage at fairly decent theaters , so lots of ppl go to a theater for a big release. And i support 1/3 of the title , we kinda need more good comedies that arent slapstic humour but some good comedic social commentairy told trough humour and not another "dystopian vibes" action movie
saltesc@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Remember the results are global. In my country it's good value. There's a lot of competition because it's not lucrative enough for monopolising franchises anymore.
Do I still go? No, not really. Great big-screen movies aren't as frequent as they once were and it doesn't cost much to get a good display and sound in a lounge room. It doesn't help that the "experience" of going isn't there anymore. Cinemas give off strip mall vibes,
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Thank you for the reminder.
keyez@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Most theaters nowadays have discount days. $7 Tuesdays in several cities I've visited this year.
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
And I remember $8 being considered expensive. Of course, there's been inflation, but not enough to make up for the increase in ticket and food prices. There are people spending 10 bucks for a bag of popcorn.
keyez@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Fair, though $7 doesn't go far anymore it's only half a burrito at most places. I usually don't get popcorn and other stuff so for a family I understand that is still pricey. At my local Alamo I'd combine the ticket as dinner so it was a pricey dinner and drink or two with a full experience.
Syntha@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
In the US average ticket price has actually stayed in line with inflation
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y
It's like $18 for a single ticket now. That doesn't seem right.
tacofox@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Alternately “72% of patrons interviewed live outside of the U.S.”
Drusas@fedia.io · 15 pts · 1y
Practically everything is action these days. How can they want more of it?
endeavor@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 1y
MelonYellow@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
I want more pure comedies for sure. Feels like comedies are dead. Too much tip toeing around and playing safe due to "cancel culture"
xyzzy@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
I saw a non-horror movie yesterday, and 3 out of the 4 previews were for horror movies, including one entire scene from one.
Studios are creatively bankrupt.
dontbelasagne@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Horror can be done on a low budget which in turn makes the genre extremely profitable so movie studios just see "People want more horror" rather than making different movies on a low budget.
steeznson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Comedies seem to bomb at the box office which is why we have seen fewer recently. Horror is the only pure "genre" that seems to have consistently good profits.