Ever the box office draw, Leonardo DiCaprio is concerned for the future of movie theaters amid the latest studio shakeups.
The Oscar winner recently commented on the state of cinema as he wondered if “people still have the appetite” to see movies on the big screen or if the venues will go the way of jazz bars and other cultural rarities.
“It’s changing at a lightning speed. We’re looking at a huge transition,” he explained to The Times. “First, documentaries disappeared from cinemas. Now, dramas only get finite time and people wait to see it on streamers. I don’t know. Do people still have the appetite? Or will cinemas become silos — like jazz bars?”
DiCaprio added, “I just hope enough people, who are real visionaries, get opportunities to do unique things in the future that are seen in the cinema. But that remains to be seen.”
The comments come after DiCaprio’s latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, grossed more than $205M worldwide.
Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘One Battle After Another’ (2025) (Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection)
Warner Bros./Everett Collection
Last month, DiCaprio told Deadline “it’s going to be a fight” to keep movies playing in theaters.
“This year seems like one of the most lightning-rod moments in cinema history,” he said. “We’re up against it — the future of the cinematic experience — more than ever, I feel. Getting people to come to the theaters seems like more and more of a challenge.”
