Box office blues: why are so many films bombing this season?

Stills from She Said, The Fabelmans, Glass Onion and Strange World

She Said, The Fabelmans, Glass Onion and Strange World. Composite: Paramount/Netflix/Universal Pictures

A poor Thanksgiving showing is the latest sign that Hollywood is struggling to lure consumers back to the multiplex

The unavoidable glumness that seeps into almost every frame of Marvel’s grief-stricken tentpole sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was offset upon release by the warmth with which it was received. Critics might have been just a tad damper this time around (a solid 84% vs a sterling 96% for the original on Rotten Tomatoes) but global audiences turned out en masse, the film already edging toward the $700m mark after less than a month in cinemas.

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