That's all well and good, but that is what most people are arguing on here. Films aren't successful unless they reach close to a billion or more. For 2023, I can see maybe Barbie, Mission Impossible, and the Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes getting close to or above the billion mark for the year.
I think for Disney, Elemental will flop, I was originally optimistic about Indy 5 (~$800M - $1B) but the early reviews have me skeptical, I think Wish will do pretty well, probably close to $700M+, the Marvels probably won't break $700-$800M (on the high end, either).
My point was, streaming and the pandemic have annihilated the box office (for the most part), with films like Mario being now the outlier and not the norm. People have been spoiled by the direct-to-streaming films, as well as the like 2-3 month max gap from release to streamer. I made a few examples of this throughout the thread, but I've seen Little Mermaid 3 times now. I wanted to see Air, but didn't want to waste the money, it went to streaming weeks after its release.
Movie tickets are ~$18, snacks can be up to another $18. I spent over $40 on just a movie and snacks for myself last week. It's hard for people to do that for a whole family right now. They can wait for it to drop on Disney+ or Max or what have you, pop a bag of popcorn and get some candy from the dollar store.