Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Just Barely Beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in Disastrous Memorial Day Weekend — the Worst in Decades
Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Just Barely Beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in Disastrous Memorial Day Weekend — the Worst in Decades
In a box office nail biter, "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" emerged victorious over "The Garfield Movie" on North American charts.
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Shame, i thought Furiosa was awesome, although there were only about 5 people in the cinema. The critics seem to be giving pretty favourable reviews too, would definitely recommend going and checking it out. Hope this isnt the nail in the coffin of Mad Max.
40 0 ReplyFuriosa has a few major challenges up against it, really:
- Its running time is longer than the average Blockbuster
- it's R rated and violent
- Mad Max is a fairly niche IP to begin with
- It's a backstory for a secondary (albeit important) character from Fury Road
- People are feeling the pinch financially right now
Having Tom Hardy playing Max as the main character might have bumped the opening weekend Box Office a bit, but not hugely IMO.
15 0 Replyit's R rated and violent
You listed positive among the drawbacks.
And yeah, even though it wasn't constant action like Fury Road, it definitely felt gorier.
7 0 ReplyR is typically a drawback financially because it can't be marketed as a "family friendly outing". Even a PG13 movie gets mom+dad+kids ticket sales, where rated R gets Mom this week and Dad next week.
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I don't get the part about the economy not doing well, stock market is at all time high and houses are selling for insane prices
5 0 ReplyGood joke mate. I laughed.
7 0 ReplySure, but how many theatergoers benefit from either of those?
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It exceeded my expectations. Fucking awesome movie!
4 0 ReplyIm not paying to see ATJ
2 0 ReplyMay I ask why?
In genuinely curious because there seems to be some people that have an issue with her.
Even so, I still watch Tom Cruise movies even though I think the guy is a psycho. Most actors are a little off if you dig into their personal lives.
Edit to add: I ended up down a rabbit hole of interviews with her and I only like her more.
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