It says a lot when it takes someone with Jennifer Lawrence’s star power to get financing and distribution for a true R-rated comedy, as she did earlier this year with “No Hard Feelings.” And even still, that film only earned $50 million domestically.
There was a point in time when films like that were released almost weekly and could make $100 million or more. And according to comedy veteran Adam DeVine, the biggest reason for the film industry (and the general public) shying away from traditional comedy films nowadays is because Marvel killed the genre.
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