Nostalgia Drives Hollywood's Belated Sequels for Millennials
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Belated sequels like Practical Magic 2 and The Devil Wears Prada 2 show Hollywood courting aging millennials with nostalgia for pre-smartphone life; box office data suggest this strategy pays off, with Prada 2 earning about $693 million globally while Practical Magic 2 pulled around $30 million in the US, signaling a broader cultural longing for simpler times amid today’s tech-saturated world.
Topics:entertainment#arts-entertainment#box-office#hollywood#millennials#nostalgia#the-devil-wears-prada
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