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Bohemian Rhapsody was an adult drama and made nearly $900 million in 2018. Also Inception is a spectacle film. The truth is although spectacle dominated the highest reaches of the box office for years, right up until the pandemic there were loads of highly successful cinema release adult dramas that were not spectacle films. A Star is Born, Knives Out, Green Book, Parasite, Bohemian Rhapsody, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Ford v Ferrari, Little Women all made bank and released in the last three and bit years, along with others I didnt mention. It is only since the pandemic started that this has stopped, though even then House of Gucci is an exception (and neither it nor Bohemian Rhapsody are any good). So while it is true that adult dramas are struggling that is actually quite recent and not necessarily final. The issue is older audiences staying away for now.

With that said, streaming has made a lot of these films much more accessible than they were before. Dont Look Up is on track to become Netflixs biggest ever film and is getting billion dollar grosser viewership numbers. The Power of the Dog got the equivalent of about 13 million complete views when it launched on Netflix and I really doubt it gets that with a cinema-only release. Even a small film like The Lost Daughter got huge numbers on Netflix it never would in the cinema. So these films are doing better on streaming.

Its a shame though, the cinematic experience is a great and not replicable for most at home. Instead of all streaming aside from a very limited release I would like to see wide releases in cinemas for films launching on streaming. That would require cinema chains to be on board though and well, after the pandemic maybe theyll change their minds I hope.