While most big budget blockbusters would kill for a box office haul of almost $795 million,
Dead Men Tell No Tales was viewed internally as a disappointment by Disney after becoming the lowest-grossing installment since the original one fourteen years previously, and the profit margins were considerably thinner when you remember the fifth entry in the series cost over twice as much to make as the $140 million
Curse of the Black Pearl.
The diminishing critical reactions must have been a cause for consternation as well, with each new
Pirates movie scoring worse reviews than its predecessor, nosediving from the first film’s 79% Rotten Tomatoes score to
Box Office: The Biggest Blockbusters And Riskiest Releases Of Summer 2021
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Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Scarlett Johansson, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie and Idris Elba
Universal, Disney and Warner Bros.
I’m pretty comfortable predicting that this summer’s theatrical movie season will be the weirdest summer movie season since last summer’s movie season. No, theaters won’t be closed worldwide while the few open indie multiplexes and drive-ins try to subsist on nostalgic re-releases and arthouse horror flicks. However, the theatrical offerings are a set of mostly B-level franchise entries amid a few A-level tentpoles. Even with the emphasis on franchises and IP, that makes this summer feel like a distinctly early 1990’s season.