I'm not saying superhero movies are directly attributable, just that their decline might be a moment for a shakeup. I'm not particularly convinced it will happe

I'm not saying superhero movies are directly attributable, just that their decline might be a moment for a shakeup. I'm not particularly convinced it will happen because I think streaming and prestige TV have also had a strong effect on what the movie industry does and doesn't do. In terms of the kind of movies I'm thinking of, looking back through past best picture winners I'm thinking of things like A Beautiful Mind, No Country for Old Men, American Beauty. But also "frat pack" type comedies like Knocked Up, Dodgeball etc etc, they were their own mini industry for a time! Obviously it's difficult to say which of those would be affected today (effectively asking which movies do we not know about that haven't been made today) but the mid-budget decline is a well documented thing.