at the box office for the first time in nearly a decade with a string of mega-hits like"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and the Oscar-winning"Oppenheimer."
"It would have been easy enough to just sort of drop the mic after that one, right? But it's not enough for us," she said, before introducing a crop of new titles, including"Wicked."Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jeff Goldblum were brought on stage to promote the starry movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. The first of two films hits theaters in November.
But while rivals like Disney, Warner and Paramount have struggled for various reasons, these are heady times for Universal. Universal's international distribution president Veronika Kwan Vandenberg said it has become clear that the industry can't keep relying on the same films. Photo: VALERIE MACON / AFP"Oppenheimer" grossed nearly $1 billion. Nolan appeared via video on Wednesday to thank theater owners for their role.
That had been a stick to beat Universal with in years past. But as rivals' movies like"Madame Web" and"The Marvels" have flopped, a sense that audiences are tired of near-identical superhero fare has grown."All these sequels and franchises coming into the marketplace have done very well for a very long time. But we're in a place today where... the audience really wants to know, 'what's different about this?'" said Kwan Vandenberg.
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