AMERICANS are officially over marathon movies.
According to new research, the perfect movie length is just 92 minutes.
The poll of 2,000 Americans, conducted by Talker Research, found that the average person wants to spend far less time at the movie theater going forward.
While 92 minutes came out as the ideal average length, only 2% of the 2,000 US adults polled thought a movie should be longer than two and a half hours.
And just 15% want to sit through a movie that’s two hours or longer.
In the past 60 days, the average respondent feels they’ve watched two movies that they felt were too long, with 23% having reluctantly sat through three or more.
The poll also aimed to uncover how the average person feels about subtitles.
According to the results, 15% say whether subtitles should be on or off is a hotly debated topic in their household. Though 77% say it’s a total non-issue.
A third of those polled say they “never” use subtitles when they watch TV at home, while just 16% say they “always” do.
Interestingly, this figure was vastly different among different age groups, as younger Americans were found to be huge fans of the concept.
Thirty percent of Gen Z respondents “always” watch with subtitles, with 23% of millennials saying the same.
Meanwhile, just 13% of Gen X and 12% of boomers agreed.
DARK TURN
While three iconic kids’ movies are being praised for their length, another children’s movie is under scrutiny for its deviation from light-heartedness.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are reportedly undergoing a harsh makeover for their next movie.
Paramount Pictures announced that development of the new movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, began in 2022.
A poll of 2,000 Americans conducted by Talker Research revealed that 92 minutes is the ideal average movie length.
These five movies fit the bill:
- Dodgeball
- Kung Fu Panda
- Beetlejuice
- Monsters Inc
- Toy Story 2
However, the movie will take a darker tone than its predecessors according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie, whose launch date remains unknown, will be R-rated.
Moviegoers will need to be over 17 or accompanied by an adult.
The new movie follows last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which generated $118.6 million in revenue across the US and Canada.
The Mutant Mayhem rendition was rated PG and featured limited violent scenes.
The TMNT comics debuted in 1984, and shortly afterward, its creators granted production companies the rights to adapt the graphic novels into a vibrant animated TV series in the late 1980s.
The stories have always remained lighthearted, which is set to change with the launch of the upcoming film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin.