Would 2021 be the year the movie musical took its last bow?
Had movie tastes permanently changed for the worse after the pandemic?
Well admitthat even we entertained some of this, as didThe Last Duelstar and writer, Ben Affleck.
All of which might be a long way to say that nobody knows nothing still.
And both broke box office records.
MeanwhileGladiator IIjust outperformed every other R-rated movie to launch in November.
And Roman historical epics that hit have a tendency to do better abroad than musicals.
So there was a lot of nostalgia at play when these brands did as well as they did.
