Earlier this summer, an Oscar-nominated actress starred in a film about hunting ghosts. The film was highly-anticipated and earned slightly more than 100 million at the domestic box office. It was considered a huge success. Five weeks later, another highly-anticipated movie starring an Oscar-nominated actress and featuring a story about hunting ghosts opened and earned slightly over $100 million. It was considered a major failure.
The difference: economic responsibility.
The former film was The Conjuring 2, a sequel that starred Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga as a religious paranormal investigator who worked alongside her husband. The latter film was Ghostbusters, the 2016 female-led reboot that starred Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy alongside Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. Both...