With box-office revenue in the U.S. and Canada expected to
come in at only $3.9 billion for the summer of 2014, or 15% lower than the year
before, and no film hitting $300 million domestically,[1]
the question is whether the dip could be explained by a cycle or some larger, irreversible
trend. I contend that two factors push the answer past the typical response
that most of the movie franchises would be out in force in the summer of 2015.
The complete essay is
at “Behind
the 2014 Summer Movie Flops”
