few other reasons I'd say 2023 was possibly the worst in recent history: 2020-2022 were years with less expectations, ESPECIALLY 2021... Covid hit hard, so aside from maybe an argument for 2022, I think 23's expectation VS reality was worse 9 movies cost more than 200 million. NINE. That's more than ANY OTHER YEAR (from the 5 seconds of research I did on that point, feel free to prove me wrong if I am), and only 1 was a guaranteed success. That's... incredibly bad. also 2023 was easily Disney's worst year since ever, and since they're probably the number 1 studio in terms of overall influence, a bad year for them is a bad year for the box office. I dunno, food for thought ;) background credit: Upklyak on Freepik song credit: Patch Castle from Kirby's Epic Yarn #movie #2023 #2024 #boxoffice #opinion #movies #barbie #oppenheimer #mario #marvel #moana #despicableme #insideout2 #deadpool #themarvels #theflash #aquaman #antman #indianajones #missionimpossible #fastandfurious #guardiansofthegalaxy #littlemermaid #baconguy #opinionatedbacon