‘Ford v Ferrari’ Jumps To $30M As ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Is Kicked Out Of Heaven With $8M+ Start

Deadline ^ | 11/16/2019 | Anthony D'Allesandro

[Drew68]

Wave a flag for original movies at the box office, as Disney’s release of 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford v. Ferrari is racing to a $30M win after a $11M Friday (including $2.1M Thursday previews). That buried Sony’s franchise reboot of Elizabeth Banks’s Charlie’s Angels, which dropped well below $12M-$14M expectations with a $8.2M debut in 3rd place.

James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari gets an A+ CinemaScore, and 4 1/2 stars and a 68% definite recommend on PostTrak. With a boost like that, it’s a great blast off for FvF in a fierce awards season and Thanksgiving holiday, which is about to get swallowed up by Disney’s Frozen 2 with a $100M-$120m opening next weekend. Lionsgate’s Midway is also beating Charlie’s Angels in second place with a second weekend take of $8.8M, -51% for a 10-day of $35.1M.

[Drew68]

OK FReeper movie fans, get past Matt Damon playing Carroll Shelby. He's a lib. I get it.

If you can do this, FvF is old-school Hollywood. I saw it last night and was pleasantly entertained. It's a man's movie the way they used to make 'em.

No "wokeness". No SJW nonsense. No token pandering. Just real men being real men driving really fast cars in the mid 1960s. Real men who love their sons and are married to loyal wives who support them (hats off to Outlander 's Caitriona Balfe for her portrayal of Ken Miles' strong but supportive wife Mollie).

And to the surprise of no one here, FvF looks to be doing pretty well this opening weekend at the box office.

FORD v FERRARI | Official Trailer 2 [HD] | 20th Century FOX

And again to the surprise of no one here, another old-school man's movie, Midway remains strong in second place.

And finally, to the surprise of no one here, uber-woke Charlies Angels is bombing, as discussed in this thread:

How ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Fell From Grace At The Box Office With An $8M+ Opening

Will Hollywood get the message?

They might if movie-goers tell them with their wallets.

[jonascord]

"If you can do this, FvF is old-school Hollywood. I saw it last night and was pleasantly entertained. It's a man's movie the way they used to make 'em."

I agree. I also saw it, last night. When was the last time we saw friendship, loyalty, honesty displayed in a movie, without sneering condemnation as a counterpoint?

It's almost as if friendship, loyalty, honesty were GOOD things...

[Rummyfan]

That buried Sony’s franchise reboot of Elizabeth Banks’s Charlie’s Angels...

A reboot of Charlie's Angels... who thought that was a good idea?

[Dilbert San Diego]

I heard that they made Charlie’s Angels politically correct.

I am surprised that Hollywood apparently would rather make a political statement, than make a movie which people will want to see.

[Rummyfan]

OK FReeper movie fans, get past Matt Damon playing Carroll Shelby. He's a lib. I get it.

I really want to see this flick. But it rankles me... Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, who was a true American original. I guess I'll swallow my misgivings and stomach Matt Damon...

[Drew68]

The Latest Woke Complaint Out of Hollywood: Too Many Men are in Movies

Those who keep an eye on film festivals and release schedules could see the weather buoys bobbing months ago. Still, it was a jolt to spot that Ford v Ferrari billboard on Lincoln Blvd. the other day, with its tanned, taut images of Matt Damon and Christian Bale, jaws set, dark glasses in place, staring down from a place that not so long ago was inhabited by Brie Larson and her Unicorn Store.

[Drew68]

A reboot of Charlie's Angels... who thought that was a good idea?

That's the problem when you listen to a small but very vocal contingent of angry SJWs on Twitter.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Best review of C.A. that I saw: “Woketard Manhatefest”.

[cincinnati65]

Anyone who mentioned ‘Kristen Stewart’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ in the same sentence should have been shot......

[painter]

I’m headed off in a half an hour to see it!

[Deplorable American1776]

Im going to see FvF, because my dream car is a GT. Since they stopped selling GTs, I guess it will be a dream.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Just saw it, good movie and V8 sound porn.

[Bullish]

I can’t stand Matt Damon but I will be seeing this movie.

[Zathras]

I saw it last night.
It was fantastic and mostly historically accurate.
Ken Miles wife (Caitriona Balfe) probably deserves an academy award nomination.

[butlerweave]

Make Charlie’s Angels Men , Real Men ,LOl

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

The way 'Ford V Ferrari' undermines its main female character is frustratingly predictable This is a trap that so many movies that revolve around adventure-seeking men with big dreams have fallen into.

Snort. But they give Balfe a pass cuz she's woke.

[MrEdd]

The original television series was a bad T&A show with terrible writing to back the jiggling.

I think that a case could be made that Charlie’s Angles was a predecessor of Twerking.

Glad it bombed.

[Deplorable American1776]

The remake of Charlie’s Angels with Drew Barrymore was bad...now another reboot?

[bewildered]

Charlies Angels 2019 review. Woketards. love it.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/11/15/charlies-angels-2019-review-man-hating-woketards-kill-another-franchise/

[taildragger]

I saw it last night.It was fantastic and mostly historically accurate. Ken Miles wife (Caitriona Balfe) probably deserves an academy

In the aftn for me, but I am not crazy, Caitriona stole the show, the station wagon driving scene, her emotions in other scenes stole me away from the V8/Shelby overdose of which goes back to having a GT350 matchbox as a kid, that is saying something. I'll opine more later, but this is a must see in a high tech movie house w/ the small block & FE's vibrating through your every pore via the sound systems...