Posted on 06/15/2017 9:28:47 AM PDT by rktman
Hollywood may never forget the weekend of June 16, 2017. Tinseltown box office, already down, is heading to three sizable flops all opening at the same. Major stars and directors are involved, too.
I guess the biggest problem out there is “The Book of Henry,” from “Jurassic World” directed Colin Trevorrow. There have been few screenings and no reviews. (UPDATE Really bad ones are trickling in.) Star Naomi Watts did her publicity in May and won’t appear at Wednesday’s L.A. Film Festival premiere. (She’s filming in Prague.) “Room” prodigy Jacob Tremblay co-stars. “Henry” is from Focus Features’ old regime, so if it fails it won’t matter that much for them. They have a lot of hits coming this fall. But Trevorrow is scheduled to direct “Star Wars 9.”
Second on the list is “All Eyez on Me,” Lions Gate’s biography of rapper Tupac Shakur. This movie is also largely unscreened for critics. I’m told reviewers are embargoed from publishing their pieces until Saturday, so as not to warn away Tupac fans from opening night. “It’s like a Lifetime movie,” one observer told me. John Singleton quit this movie early on, if you remember, because of too much interference. Now music video director Benny Boom is making his feature debut.
Third is expected to be Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon in “Rough Night,” from Columbia Pictures. There’s an embargo until Wednesday noon for reviews, but the word is out. Things don’t look good.
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Saw “Interstellar” last night on tv. Maybe it loses something by not being on the big screen, but I didn’t think it was all that great b
People will quit going to movies..just like ESPN.,
These people can just go to there own movies..
Why spend 12 bucks when you can wait and get it for 2 bucks
It is really 48 if your a family of four..vs 2 bucks
This industry has destroyed itself with me.
The Leftist dogma drips from so many offerings these days.
Who go to a theater to be insulted from the opening credits on?
We’ll see how big and powerful the Left is when it can’t make a living any longer.
I don’t think any of them are big budget pictures. The promos I have seen for “Rough Night” are horrible, female version of “The Hangover”.
Change the title to “Skanks Night Out”, might help with the box office.
A movie about Dead-Pac ... Yeah, that’ll be a blockbuster.
But Hillary gave a strong endorsement to Wonder Woman. She likes movies about strong women who save the world. She apparently identities with Wonder Woman. Though I don’t think Hillary has special powers........
The only bad thing is the Movie industry will take this weekend’s failure and believe they need to make more reboots, sequels and comic book movies.
Hope they all bomb.
I saw “Wonder Woman” last night, first in-theater movie experience I’ve had in maybe a year. I was left indifferent. It was visually sensational, and Gal Gadot is certainly spectacular, but there were just too many irritants of stupid plot/dialogue and careless details that I found myself wanting to leave by the middle of the film.
I think she confused it with Wonderwear. Kinda like Grampers/Depends for folks who have bladder and bowel issues.
I saw Wonder Woman last night and it never ever never never made me think of Shrillary. Not for one instant....
She has the special power of turning anything she touches to crap.
Sorry, but I refuse to pay the enemy of my soul to indoctrinate me and my family.
Die, Hollywood, Die!
Feminism, leftism, multiculturalism, and political correctness permeate theater and particularly, television. I’ll be damned if I will pay for brainwashing and mind control any longer.
Rough reviews so far https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rough_night/
Went to see Baywatch last week and had to sit through an Al Gore Inconvenient Lies 2 ad.
I said loudly in the theater, didn’t he say the Artic was going to melt by now.
The movie on Tupac had a budget of $40 Million
Rough Night $20 Million Budget
The Book of Henry $10 Million Budget. This movie looks like a film comparable to one made years ago called “Radio Flyer” sad picture.
So pretty much what I thought, low budget. They may easily make their money back on these over time.
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