how did The Fall Guy flop – and what does that mean for cinema?

I think it means that the movie-going experience is not quite back to normal, despite the industry hype around stuff like Barbenheimer or Avatar 2 or Dune 2.

People who heard about the movie or saw commercials for it probably do want to see it. But they decide to wait until it comes available on DVD or streaming.

Movie-going has gotten to be expensive now. That’s just the long-term consequences for the film business after the pandemic.

Also, these movies really need to trim down the production costs.

Cinema is doing just fine.

Cinemas on the other hand are dead, with 115"tvs nobody wants or needs to go there anymore and be forced to sit next to an asshole coughing for 2 hours.

Doesn't it prove once again that there is no such thing as star power? Instead of wasting gazillion on stars, maybe they should hire newbies who cost a tenth. How did stars become stars anyway? With a good movie, not with their name recognition because they had none.

The Fall Guy was a relative also ran next to big 80s TV show like A Team, Knight Rider, Chips, Magnum and even Dukes Of Hazard.

It's not a huge surprise that it's not drawing a big crowd, especially in the current downtrend of cinemagoing.

I think this was a case where social media thought this looked better than it actually was.. There was also a spoof horror movie not too long ago where the internet thought it was popular than it really was..

It means consumers have taste and won't shill out money on any old flick.

You can get movies like this via a Netflix subscription. If you want a movie to do well it'll likely need to be a Dune: Part Two or Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire type deal. A critically acclaimed epic or a cool blockbuster.

This movie was a generic action-comedy that has been done over and over again. On paper it should be a 'crowd pleaser' but it's exactly the sort of movie cinephiles claim to be against. Comic book movies have a similar formula only they at least have larger than life scenarios and cool concepts (not to mention famous characters that everyone knows!).