This year has been the worst. 2020 has been awful and Iâm glad itâs behind us. While last year headlined a ton of negativities, there were still a few bits of positive sprinkled throughout the last 12 months.Â
At this point we all know that a novel, or maybe two, could be written on the horrible things that were featured in 2020. However, I wanted my first published story of 2021 to be a positive one, so I felt a look back at some of the awesome, cool, fun, joyful and amazing things I got to do and cover in 2020 would be both appropriate and refreshing.
Clearly, blockbuster filmmaking is reliant on audiences nostalgia for familiarity, with sequels both beginning and closing the calendar year. The action-comedy sequel
Bad Boys For Life was the last major blockbuster released before COVID-19 forced theaters to shut down, and the recent announcement that the comic book tentpole Wonder Woman 1984 is headed to HBO Max has signaled to many that the future of the theatrical experience is all but over.
However, just because it was a bad year for studios banking on these profits doesn’t mean it was a bad year for sequels. In fact, the eclectic mix of movie franchises that returned to audiences this year shows that Hollywood is turning toward pleasing a lot of different niche groups with sequels tailored to their interests.
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2020 saw a staggering loss across the world due to the global pandemic.
2020/12/31 23:13 This image released by Sony Pictures shows Martin Lawrence, right, and Will Smith in a scene from Bad Boys for Life. (Ben Rothstein/Columbia Picture. This image released by Sony Pictures shows Martin Lawrence, right, and Will Smith in a scene from Bad Boys for Life. (Ben Rothstein/Columbia Pictures-Sony via AP) This image released by Sony Pictures shows Martin Lawrence, left, and Will Smith in a scene from Bad Boys for Life. (Ben Rothstein/Columbia Pictures. This image released by Sony Pictures shows Martin Lawrence, left, and Will Smith in a scene from Bad Boys for Life. (Ben Rothstein/Columbia Pictures-Sony via AP)
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When the sun sets on the 2020 film box office, it’ll be difficult to look at the numbers as anything but disastrous.
After five consecutive years of North American revenues exceeding $11 billion, this year they’re expected to cap out at an almost 40-year low of around $2.3 billion. That’ll be down 80% from last year according to data firm Comscore. Globally, where markets have been able to recover more fully, ticket sales will likely end up somewhere between $11 and $12 billion. Last year, that total hit $42.5 billion. But of course, 2020 is a year with a big asterisk.