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Top Gun: Maverick, for instance, became a symbol of what a successful blockbuster looks like—respectful of legacy characters, straightforward in narrative, and delivering pure entertainment without political messaging or preachiness. It earned widespread acclaim, displaying that audiences crave genuine escapism, not self-serving political agendas.
Similarly, movies like Oppenheimer and high-performing titles like Barbie demonstrate that audiences are willing to support high-quality films—if they’re genuinely good—regardless of franchise affiliation.