The 2024 box office is a franchise frenzy — at a time when audiences are feeling IP fatigue
Mean girls, Spider-Women and sandworms will headline the 2024 box office — and they’ll have to do some heavy lifting.
Mean girls, Spider-Women and sandworms will headline the 2024 box office — and they’ll have to do some heavy lifting.
The March 1 release of “Dune: Part Two,” the delayed and much-anticipated follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 science fiction epic is expected to attract hordes of moviegoers.
It’s arguably the most notable release in what’s slated to be a franchise frenzy this year, as studios like Warner Bros., Disney, Universal (which shares a parent company with NBC News) and Paramount lean on familiar titles to entice audiences back into theaters. But moviegoers may be tiring of these IP-driven films: Some of 2023′s standouts had fresh ideas and unique appeal.
“Dune: Part Two” is followed by a slew of sequels, prequels and spinoffs from franchises like "Ghostbusters," "Gladiator," "Bad Boys," "A Quiet Place," "Planet of the Apes," "Transformers," "Alien," "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Saw."
Yet, it’s unclear if a return to these stories will lure in audiences in the new year.
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