The U.S. movie industry is still struggling to adjust to rapidly-emerging demographic shifts that have change the makeup of movie theater audiences and the definition of once easy-to-define terms like “blockbuster” and “movie star.” Whereas years ago superheroes lived on low(er)-budget television and grownup dramas ruled the box office, that dynamic has now largely shifted – while the indie scene is increasingly buoyed by breakout hits often centered on (and produced by) filmmakers from diverse and/or marginalized backgrounds.
Now, “Old Hollywood” has received another confirmation that times have changed, as onetime megastar Tom Cruise saw his latest action film toppled by a low-budget family comedy aimed primarily at African-American audiences.
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