As the summer movie season closes out, it’s clear that 2023 wasn’t quite the blockbuster hub that Hollywood studios would have no doubt loved to lavish in. Which isn’t to say that successes were completely unaccounted for, as The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Barbie can fully attest. In its third week of release, Greta Gerwig’s thought-provoking comedy (read our review) drove its pink ‘Vette through the Billion Dollar Box Office ribbon, becoming the second film to earn that much this year following the mustachioed plumber’s mega-earnings. Astoundingly, sequel news has not been made official for either film, but one fan offered up a humdinger of an idea that would no doubt spark another two billion in ticket sales.
Now as far as this idea for sequels goes, we’re not necessarily concerned with what the stories should be, or what elements from the source material should be included in the potential follow-ups. Rather, this X user honed in on the marketing campaign that helped boost the shared release dates for Margot Robbie’s living doll film and Christopher Nolan’s historical journey in Oppenheimer. Here’s the idea:
