Alyssa: 2022 had better box office receipts than 2021 or 2020 for obvious reasons. But even the top grossing films weren't making as much as they might have in previous years. Can Avatar fix it? Is Avatar 2 like the Black Friday of cinema? Awe-Shy Artsy: Maybe we'll find ourselves back in that moment. We'll make a trailer for that world.
Movie trailers are misleading audiences. Vox’s Alissa Wilkinson says you should stop watching them.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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