Some issues by no means exit of favor.
- Tuxedoes
- Flowers on a primary date
- Romantic motion pictures for budding {couples}
Hollywood has a golden alternative to assist on the latter entrance. Or, ought to we are saying had?
A fast take a look at the movie launch calendar for Feb. 14, 2025 reveals the trade forgot Saint Valentine.
Valentine’s Day weekend debuts “Captain America: Courageous New World,” a movie seemingly devoid of meet-cute moments or airport reunions. We’ll additionally see “Paddington in Peru,” the third movie in a saga recognized for its family-friendly yuks.
Two main releases. Zero makes an attempt to woo romantic film goers.
The indie movie “Once I’m Prepared” (opening Feb. 7 however increasing to VOD Feb. 14) hints at an advanced type of love. The story follows a pair striving to search out that means on what may very well be the final days of Earth.
Enjoyable date film, no?
The weekend’s most important holdovers are anti-romances. “Love Hurts” is a groaner of an motion comedy a few former murderer (Ke Huy Quan) lured again into the enterprise to defend an outdated flame (Ariana DeBose). You actually must squint to search out the love angle right here, and the celebs have zero chemistry.
After which there’s “Coronary heart Eyes.” The horror comedy follows a killer who stalks lovers on Valentine’s Day. The movie has the vacation in thoughts, a minimum of. Its grisly slayings aren’t catnip for the everyday lovestruck couple.
Why miss an enormous advertising and marketing alternative with new Valentine’s Day motion pictures? It’s difficult.
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Sure, the rom-com market has struggled over the previous decade. Some romances head straight to video or streaming. Others simply aren’t being made, and the duds assist clarify why.
“Fly Me to the Moon,” a star-studded affair with a bloated funds, earned simply $20 million final yr.
We have now seen some in style exceptions.
The 2022 charmer “Ticket to Paradise” with Julia Roberts and George Clooney earned $68 million domestically (and $100 million extra from worldwide theaters). Final yr’s “Anybody However You” opened modestly however ended its theatrical run with a formidable $88 million US {dollars}.
There’s one new rom-com out there this weekend, however you gained’t discover it in any theater.
The fourth movie within the “Bridget Jones’ Diary” sequence debuts completely on Peacock Feb. 13. “Bridget Jones: Mad Concerning the Boy” stars Renée Zellweger because the title character, now a widowed mother searching for a brand new chapter in life.
The final movie within the saga, “Bridget Jones’s’ Child,” earned a tepid $24 million on the US field workplace in 2016. That explains the movie’s straight-to-streaming trajectory.
How do you clarify Hollywood ignoring lovers on Valentine’s Day 2025?