>>149421539 (OP)
Did we really need a new movie about Smurfs going to the real world and bounding around downtown and coffee shops again? We did this twice already.
>This film shows yet again that there is something about the Smurfs, those little Belgian creatures with blue skin and floppy-protuberant hats, which is basically kryptonite to comedy and entertainment.
>>149421835
Simple answer
It will die as an IP if they donβt keep shilling our content no matter how bad it is
They saw what happened to Snorks, that will happen to them. And having America as a market makes a large chunk of their revenue
>>149422758
I knew there were a handful from the 90s and early 2000s but didn't know they kept making them. >Last one was released in October 2024
Damn.
>>149421539 (OP)
It'll make about as much as Elio, maybe slightly more. The live-action movies rendered the franchise box office poison and permanently associated it with cringe for everyone born after the 80s. People who watched the original show as kids don't give a shit about it anymore either, at least not enough to prioritize seeing the new movie over capeshit.