| Trend | Example | |-------|---------| | | Top Gun: Maverick , Barbie , Oppenheimer proved event films thrive | | Streaming consolidation | Disney+, Hulu, Max bundling; Paramount+ may merge | | Video-game adaptations boom | Super Mario , Last of Us , Fallout , Arcane all critical/financial hits | | Anime mainstreaming | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 ($265M global) – no longer niche | | AI in production | Used in de-aging (Indiana Jones), voice synthesis (Marvel), but contested by unions | | Budget discipline | Netflix and Disney cutting overspend; Apple remains exception |