The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’
of 2024, reports noted that, with December looming, the 10 highest-grossing titles of the year were all sequels. By then, healthy US opening figures forsuggested this unhappy situation would not, for the first time since records began, prevail at year’s end. But 90 per cent follow-ups is still a depressing figure.is not a second entry to the Jurorverse.) The most creative film-makers are still finding new stories – or new ways of telling the old ones.
Are there any trends to be discerned from the selection? Well, we are a long way from the glory days of the 1970s, when critics’ lists and the end-of-year box-office top 10 frequently overlapped. There is no going back to that. Nonetheless, audiences did turn out in numbers for “cultural cinema” such asThe Oscars aren’t fair. Just look at what’s happening to Cillian MurphySpeaking of festivals, the venerable European events once again proved their indestructibility.
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