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I really have no idea why anyone expected anything higher for Challengers. It is a homoerotic, R-rated tennis-drama that has one noticeable star and two homely costars. The environment in which it is coming out is also one that has a culture war brewing regarding pushback against homosexuality. Who exactly is supposed to be the audience for this? Her young fans are not going to be able to see it. Straight guys are not going to see it. Straight women are probably not going to be compelled to see it. Tennis fans are not going to have any inclination to see it. If you abstract those elements from the budget, the result is not worthy of derision to be honest.
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It is hilarious seeing the pivoting from the earlier pages to now. You had people stating that this is going to be huge because it is giving Hispanic patrons. Even when people stated that Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans are not the same and do not see each other as the same, you had people pushing against that. Now they are essentially agreeing with that same sentiment
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Weekend Thread | July 7-9 | Weekend Estimates on Page 32
PenguinHyphy replied to baumer's topic in Numbers and Data
Raunchy comedy sucked during its heyday, and they probably still suck now. People have finally matured and are resolutely rejecting it, so studios need to stop trying to have it happen again. They went from Coming to America, Plane, Trains & Automobiles, Clueless, Mean Girls and other comedy that relied on characterization, cleverness, pointedness and timing to Step Brothers like crassness. America Pie and Judd Apatow are the two worst things that have ever happened to studio comedy because none of that was timeless, and you are seeing the effects now of what happens when you rely on gimmicky humor -
Weekend Thread | July 7-9 | Weekend Estimates on Page 32
PenguinHyphy replied to baumer's topic in Numbers and Data
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Those are projects are more so hurt by people not caring about the Oscars anymore than they are because of a change in consumer habits. All of those projects got boosts from nominations and wins at awards ceremonies. None of them set the box office ablaze from the jump. Air and The Woman King both grossed a higher total than Michael Clayton and have pretty comparable grosses to Moneyball, so streaming is not the biggest problem affecting those problems. By all accounts, the Oscar projects are not performing great on streaming either
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Weekend Thread | Transformers $25.6M FRI
PenguinHyphy replied to Issac Newton's topic in Numbers and Data
The Flash is supposed to be the story, but the Jennifer Lawrence opening to $10,000,000 is astonishing. The trailers are absolutely insufferable, but isn't star power supposed to be a thing still?