I think people are just bored with remakes. This is Hollywood being lazy. Instead of spending 100 million dollars on a remake, why not spend 10 million dollars on a original story? Make a nice little profit, let’s say 50 million dollars and call it a day?
Christmas with The Chosen, which was shown in significantly fewer theaters grossed over $10mil in one week.
From people who knew they could watch it for free the following week.
Covid Schmovid. Find another excuse.