The massive box office success of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” provided a much-needed shot of adrenaline to the film industry, proving that there is still a large audience for original theatrical films.
Now, the question on everybody’s mind is whether the “Barbenheimer” cultural phenomenon was a fluke or a sign that Hollywood has found a new path towards sustained success.Count Francis Ford Coppola among the optimists.
The “Apocalypse Now” director took to his personal Instagram account over the weekend to answer questions from fans, and was quickly asked about the two films that are sweeping the nation.
While he hasn’t seen either film yet, Coppola celebrated the fact that audiences are turning out for original films.“I have yet to see them,” Coppola wrote.
“But the fact that people are filling big theaters to see them and that they are neither sequels nor prequels, no number attached to them,…
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