Let’s not take this too flippantly. There have solely been 46 movies to gross a billion {dollars} in all the historical past of the flicks. And annually, due to inflation, it will get rather less spectacular. It used to by no means occur, however today, a handful of films safe the coveted billion-dollar mark yearly, together with 4 in 2019 (The Lion King, Frozen II, Joker, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker). Blockbusters have turn into the brand new regular on the movie show as folks flock to see what’s standard as an alternative of caring about what’s price seeing. Generally, in the very best circumstances, they’re one and identical however not usually. Nonetheless, billion-dollar motion pictures are what hold all the trade afloat. As increasingly followers reject the theater in favor of kicking it at residence with Netflix, the specter of cinemas closing for good will increase. So we’d like you to go to the flicks. And these are the longer term releases everybody goes to see — the potential blockbusters with billion-dollar field workplace potential.