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'Men in Black: International' has the worst opening ever for the franchise with just $28.5 million
Business Insider ^ | June 16, 2019 | Jason Guerrasio

Posted on 06/16/2019 8:42:18 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Studios are learning this summer that audiences have no time for their tired franchises.

This weekend it's Sony that's taking the lumps as "Men in Black: International," the first "MIB" movie in seven years, opened with a franchise-low $28.5 million at the domestic box office.

The first "Men in Black" in 1997 previously had the lowest opening with $51 million, but back then that was really good. In fact, if you count inflation, that would be a $100 million opening today.

The $28.5 million performance, though number one at the domestic box office for the weekend, is below Sony's $30 million opening weekend projection, which most felt was a little too ambitious seeing how the weekend was shaping out.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; boxofficeflop; chrishemsworth; hemsworth; hollywood; meninblack; mib; mibinternational; sequelitis; tessthompson; thompson; thor; valkyrie; woke
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To: EdnaMode
Hollywood has put too much PC BS in all of their latest films. It's ridiculous...

You now see women as action heros, using spinning back kicks to knock out burly white men - all while taking punches to the face that would dislodge their skull from their spine were it real life.

Just look at what they did to the Terminator heros and villains:



Who wants to watch that crap?

61 posted on 06/16/2019 9:42:18 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: CincyRichieRich

It was stupid, but entertaining. It was fresh and original. Now? Its a rehashed idea. Not fresh, not original. All we are left with is stupid.


62 posted on 06/16/2019 9:42:29 AM PDT by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: Skywise

“He’s also emasculated in the last Avengers movie.”

He beheaded Thanos.


63 posted on 06/16/2019 9:44:19 AM PDT by be-baw
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To: LibertarianLiz

......”Hollywood taking old franchises and putting females in roles that were meant for a male actor”......

And they are hysterical to watch if you can even get past the first 15 minutes.


64 posted on 06/16/2019 9:45:18 AM PDT by caww
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To: Richard Kimball

Yeah - MiB, like the Addams Family movies were both directed by Barry Sonnenfield and were both early “woke” movies.


65 posted on 06/16/2019 9:45:47 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Michael.SF.

According to Deadline they are separate. Here is a sample breakdown of Black Panther’s profitability:

https://deadline.com/2019/04/black-panther-goes-from-tentpole-to-cultural-milestone-no-2-in-2018-most-valuable-blockbuster-tournament-1202587563/amp/


66 posted on 06/16/2019 9:45:54 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: be-baw

I thought it was “In Controversial Conclusion To ‘Avengers’ Saga, Captain Marvel Slays Thanos With Incredibly Irritating Gender Inequality Lecture” - https://babylonbee.com/news/avengers-endgame-viewers-disappointed-as-thanos-killed-by-captain-marvels-gender-inequality-lecture


67 posted on 06/16/2019 9:46:32 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: BenLurkin
....."The actress starring in it is a spectacularly vile individual".....LOLOLOL


68 posted on 06/16/2019 9:49:54 AM PDT by caww
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To: hanamizu
A couple of years ago there was criticism that Midsommer Murders was just too white

The show's producer caused that dust-up when he said this:

"We just don't have ethnic minorities involved. Because it wouldn't be the English village with them. It just wouldn't work," he said.

He was being candid, and was quickly fired, after he produced 14 series and made the show an institution.

After that the new folks added a dash or two of woke to keep the pee-cee police at bay.
69 posted on 06/16/2019 9:50:15 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: 4yearlurker

“when I pay good money to see a movie it better have plenty of racial equality. “

And the white guy had better be a goofy idiot.


70 posted on 06/16/2019 9:57:00 AM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!.)
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To: EdnaMode
Mark my words, the usually apolitical Toy Story will KILL next weekend when Toy Story 4 comes out.


71 posted on 06/16/2019 9:59:58 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: EdnaMode; SoCal Pubbie

Thanks for the comments and corrections!


72 posted on 06/16/2019 10:07:36 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: Michael.SF.

“The 28 million is domestic receipts only. International receipts are over 100 million.

The movie cost $110 million to make, so the movie is already profitable”

It may well be profitable at some point, but not yet. Rule of thumb add 50% of the production cost for dist/marketing. Also the movie theaters get their cut although not a great amount hence $8 popcorn.


73 posted on 06/16/2019 10:07:52 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Skywise
......"He’s also emasculated in the last Avengers movie"....

well considering the feminist rag hoe he married he's well groomed to be "emasculated ".


74 posted on 06/16/2019 10:11:24 AM PDT by caww
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To: EdnaMode

28.5 seems fairly respectable to me. After all its Father’s Day weekend, and the Shaft film only booked $9 mil.


75 posted on 06/16/2019 10:14:40 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Michael.SF.

You’re welcome. :D


76 posted on 06/16/2019 10:16:02 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: caww

She’s not a bad looking woman, but those Tats...ewwww.


77 posted on 06/16/2019 10:16:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: samadams2000

You and I both know that they will be given another 200 million bucks to make another sack of crap.

Hollywood is about propaganda - they don’t care about making good films anymore


78 posted on 06/16/2019 10:23:08 AM PDT by WashingtonFire (We stand for God, For Country and for Trump)
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To: EdnaMode

Should have stopped after MIB2


79 posted on 06/16/2019 10:30:35 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

I agree about the new detective, and yes, between Midsommer and Oxford with Inspector Morse, small-town England is a very dangerous place.


80 posted on 06/16/2019 10:42:56 AM PDT by hanamizu
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