Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Will Smith addresses why so many Hollywood blockbusters are struggling at the box office these days. Smith is one of the best-known actors working in Hollywood today, and has starred in hits like the Men in Black franchise, I Am Legend, Bad Boys, I, Robot, and Hitch, among many others. While Smith has starred in his fair share of hits over the course of his career, the box office has been struggling for a number of years now.
According to the actor, one big issue facing Hollywood is that it's harder to convince audiences to go to the movies when a TV show at home can now deliver content with a similar level of spectacle. Check out Smith's comment below: Is Will Smith Right About The Struggles Facing Hollywood? There's More To The Story In recent decades, TV shows have certainly become grander in scale and scope, and some have sported truly gargantuan budgets. Shows like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, and 3 Body Problem, for example, are all wildly expensive.
COVID also had a big impact. During the pandemic, some movies were released day-and-date on streaming and in theaters simultaneously. Other movies did get exclusive theatrical windows, but these windows were far shorter than the 90 days that used to be the industry standard. Now, movies are lucky to get 45-day windows. All of this means that audiences were trained to wait to watch things at home.