After Barbie because a billion-dollar box office success last summer, Judd Apatow believes the comedy genre still has a bright future.
was a summer hit would be an understatement. It accomplished a spectacular box office feat of $1.446 billion, making itmovie also got a ton of nominations during award season including a Best Picture nom. With all of the triumphs Barbie achieved,interview that he doesn’t believe the comedy genre is dead with last year’s 14th highest-grossing movie as proof.
“I would say that’s wrong because the highest-grossing comedy last year made over a billion dollars. Barbie was a comedy, you know?” Barbie may have been a political satire towards patriarchal/matriarchal societies, but it’s still a comedy nonetheless. Judd Apatow continued to talk about what the future looks like for theatrically released comedy films.
“I assume it’ll swing back. The industry does follow the leader. That’s why in the monologue I had a joke about all the different toy movies that will come out next, like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots by Lars von Trier. But for comedy, it just requires another hit or two,” said Apatow. “If a movie likeJudd Apatow continues to contribute to the comedy genre with a couple of projects in development that he’ll produce.
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