Where the Crawdads Sing | SONY | July 15, 2022 | Reese Witherspoon Producing | Profit of $74.7M

[Hatebox]

Was the book only big in the US? Never heard of it.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Hatebox said:

Was the book only big in the US? Never heard of it.

I guess so, I expect the overseas gross percentage will be smaller than Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train movie adaptations. Sold over 12 million copies. The book is now #1 again because of this movie.

[Krissykins]

Reviews are terrible now, not just mixed. 
 

 

I booked a UK preview for next Tuesday, but I think I might just cancel it. 

[grim22]

My wife has been excited for this and is going to watch it on Friday because she loved the book. Won't tell her about the reviews.

[Eric Atreides]

18 minutes ago, grim22 said:

My wife has been excited for this and is going to watch it on Friday because she loved the book. Won't tell her about the reviews.

Same but with my mom lol. Hope she likes it I guess

[cannastop]

Just now, Eric Odinson said:

Same but with my mom lol. Hope she likes it I guess

My mom only reads Janet Evanovich and hasn't heard of Crawdads. 🤷‍♂️

[FilmFincher]

10 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Reviews are terrible now, not just mixed. 
 

 

I booked a UK preview for next Tuesday, but I think I might just cancel it. 

 

I'm tempted to still go because we basically have nothing else until Bullet Train in August

[Ryan Reynolds]

it was ok, first half a bit boring , didn't feel like the 60s , cinemascore was polling on preview matinee

[cannastop]

 

[abracadabra1998]

Just caught up with this yesterday, it was fine not great. Surprisingly, my theater was half full for it. Revisiting this almost a month after release, can we call this a success? 4x legs at this point, will probably reach $150 million when it gets released in most international markets. Budget is only $24 million too

[Eric Atreides]

https://deadline.com/2023/04/most-profitable-movies-2022-highest-return-1235324425/

 

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When other studios zig, Sony zags and that was especially true this thrifty priced feature ($24M production cost) take of Delia Owens novel which sold 12M. 3000 Pictures, Sony and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine saw a movie in the story of a young Deep South woman, who becomes a suspect after a man she once had a romance with, is found murdered. In a summer where there wasn’t much for female moviegoers coming back to cinemas from the pandemic, Where the Crawdads Sing fit the bill, overcoming bad reviews (34% on Rotten Tomatoes) and winning over its core audience with an A- CinemaScore. After a $17.2M domestic opening, the movie played its way all the way to $90M+ stateside, $140M+ worldwide. Great TV deals around the globe for Sony and a Netflix output deal get the pic’s TV/streaming worldwide revenues to $95M. Hello Sunshine has a stake in the participations. Sony has dynamited female moviegoers before pre-pandemic with Greta Gerwig’s award lauded Little Women which netted $56M.