As a result, the money generated by the industry has seen a
remarkably noticeable drop. The rise of the term “flop buster”
(in response to so many films like Indiana Jones and the
Dial of Destiny underperforming at the box office) seems to
be directly related to mainstream audiences’ wholesale rejection
of the over-messaging they see hijacking entertainment.
addresses your "it's just nature of Box Office" flopping argument
"Earnings per share (“EPS”) in the most recent fiscal year were lower than the EPS generated by Disney a decade ago"
is not the same as "underpeforming for a decade".
all that says is that EPS is currently low, not that it has been low and reducing/stagnant for a decade.