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It's saturation, Disney+, and the inflation/recession combo.
All it takes is a few misses and people will wait for streaming.
Me, I'll watch everything Marvel but I can wait, so when I was ready to go see a movie and it came down to Superman or Fantastic Four, the choice was easy. Superman delivered exactly what I wanted and needed.
I don't think this is superhero fatigue, or at least that's a lower issue on the list. It's Marvel (formula) fatigue especially, and I think they will right that ship soon.
People who make shitty movies like to blame fatigue or wokeness or racism instead of the root cause of poorly written stories.
Simplification that is not true. Thunderbolts was a better written superhero movie but no one went to see it.
Thunderbolts wasn't very good. Stupid Deus ex machinas and 60s timer on a burner what? The characters weren't really interesting and just cheaper versions of characters that have been churned to death by Marvel for years.