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It is Friday, April 3rd. Why do movies seem to be getting longer and longer?

It's an issue, Craig and I talk about a lot, and I often get asked by people outside the business.

It does feel that way, right? Project Hail Mary, the current hit.

It's two hours and 36 minutes, a length that would probably be unthinkable for a family film a decade or two ago.

One battle after another, the best picture winner. That one's

242. You don't hear too many people complaining when they like the movie. And those are just two

examples. Question is, what does the data say about movie length? The film researcher, Stephen

follows, has crunched the runtime numbers on more than 36,000 films from 1980 to 2025.

Turns out the average movie has actually not gotten longer.

It's remained about 102 minutes for decades now.

It's pretty interesting, right?

Not what I would have thought.

But, and there is a big but here, the movies that get wide releases in movie theaters,

that's defined here as movies that gross more than $10 million at the box office.

Those have gotten longer, about 15 minutes longer, over the past 20 years.

So you're not crazy.

By genre, it's largely action movies that have gotten longer, not comedies or horror.

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