This summer, there will be no Barbenheimer to save Hollywood. Facing a lack of buzzy blockbusters and a weak start with the disappointing opening of Universal’s The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling, the summer of 2024 looks like it will be a long, difficult slog at the box office. After three years of steady gains since the pandemic — thanks to titles like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Top Gun: Maverick — Hollywood could experience a summer retrenchment.

The Fall Guy, a comedy about Hollywood stunt performers, debuted last weekend to $28.5 million, falling short of the expected opening of $30 million to $40 million.

Hollywood’s summer line-up is once again top-heavy with sequels — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, as well as the animated Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4. The only superhero movie on the summer calendar is Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine — a crossover between the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman franchises.

While surprises do happen — Top Gun: Maverick outperformed just about all expectations in 2022 — the aforementioned sequels aren’t expected to gross more than their predecessors. None of them is generating the same kind of pre-release buzz that lifted Barbie and Oppenheimer to the stratosphere.

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