Harpo
Getting away with it
Today is the first Friday of the year, so not many new films are out yet. I’ll update this list now and then during the year.
Indeed, that’s why this thread is only about 2023 films.I'm a bit cynical about films using box-office takings as a measure of success
Let me explain using extreme numbers
Suppose 100 years ago it cost 1 penny to see a film.
1000 people go to see a certain 1923 film - it has made a grand total of 10 pounds
Fast forward 100 years and it now costs 10 pounds to see a film
3 people go to see a certain 2023 film - it has made a grand total of 30 pounds
Therefore, using the box-office takings measure, the 2023 film is more successful than the 1923 one!
Surely a better measure would be number of viewers
Rant over
Weak or not, they made the top 20 so they weren’t failures.There are some weak films in that top 20.
Amazing that a toy franchise and a computer games franchise started decades ago made the top 2. But I suppose they appealed to multi-generations.