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Movie: Box Office Thread
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Originally posted by Яeo.
I am aware of what other people were saying, but Rihanna did take a huge part in promoting the movie worldwide. It was like a mini-concert, she went from Japan to Australia doing interviews and whatever. Other than attending the premiere in the US, she pretty much did nothing to promote the movie. So you can't say that Rihanna had absolutely nothing to do with the film's success (overseas).
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Well $200m overseas for a robot action movie isn't really much to write home about either.
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oh girls. It didnt flop because of Rihanna, not that many even knew she was in it, besides dedicated stans, and people who constantly use the internet.
It will be dragged, but I'm more excited for Katy's movie to come out.
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
OMG! I wonder how many people are disappointed now. Taylorrrrr
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Wait a minute, so now the blame is on Taylor?
But when it was making big money overseas no one mentioned his name.
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Originally posted by Nicole
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Girl, that was Christmas. Alvin was for all the young kids on break, Its Complicated for all the older people wanting to see a Christmas movie, and Sherlock and Avatar for families and others.
This is MAY.
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The backpedaling.
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Originally posted by kingsatellites.
Wait a minute, so now the blame is on Taylor?
But when it was making big money overseas no one mentioned his name.
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Rihanna help **** with the movie. She was barely even advertised on the posters. Anyone saying she created the buzz overseas is false. No movie can hardly attract people to come see it because of a pop star.
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Originally posted by kingsatellites.
Has made $750 million at the box office, been to the Oscars 5 times, nominated for three Golden Globe Awards including one for Best Actress and is set to win her first Oscar in 2014 for playing the iconic role in A Star Is Born.
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oops.
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
Well $200m overseas for a robot action movie isn't really much to write home about either.
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Yeah, but Rihanna did her job and the rest isn't her fault.
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Originally posted by Nicole
Yeah, we definitely have the sleeper smash of the Summer here:
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Last Friday: $672,210 on 178 screens, $3,776 average
This Friday: $872,000 on 178 screens, $4,899 average
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I love this movie! It's so nice.
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Originally posted by AnginaWilliams
Doubtful. This film shows the effect she has on moviegoers (very little), so studios may not be as eager to send her scripts, especially not starring roles.
This doesn't mean her film career is over. Maybe she could prove herself in a small indie film like Mariah or maybe Tyler Perry can cast her in Madea Gets a Pap Smear or something. Not every pop star was made to be a movie star.
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Originally posted by Яeo.
Actually, Battleship is an entertaining movie and I won't change my opinion about that know that it... Didn't match people's expectations.
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No. It's not. The best part of the movie is the burritos scene. However, the scene is stolen from a Youtube viral video, which shows how uninspired the director is. The movie is poorly scripted, overlong, without any explanation on the outer space species, and not even blowing things up in a inventive way! The only decent thing was Rihanna's one-liner, and that's it.
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Originally posted by RihMark
Girl, that was Christmas. Alvin was for all the young kids on break, Its Complicated for all the older people wanting to see a Christmas movie, and Sherlock and Avatar for families and others.
This is MAY.
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and Battleship was for all those people who love action movies. Every movie has a group it goes after
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Originally posted by kingsatellites.
Wait a minute, so now the blame is on Taylor?
But when it was making big money overseas no one mentioned his name.
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No. It's not like Rihanna is a lead role and she only has movie career. But flop after flop for Taylor. That sucks.
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Originally posted by RihMark
Rihanna help **** with the movie. She was barely even advertised on the posters. Anyone saying she created the buzz overseas is false. No movie can hardly attract people to come see it because of a pop star.
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The posters in my country have her instead of Brooklyn
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
For Rihanna's career? Yes, it doesn't mean anything. Just like its big openings overseas a few weeks ago (but mediocre total so far) had absolutely nothing to do with her either. But y'all were singing a different tune then.
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I still think it's in part because Rihanna's not as big of a deal in the US than she is worldwide. I'm not afraid to say that. I do, however, think that the part it played in underperforming in the US is incredibly slim.
I don't think she was the definitive reason she gave it international success (I'd say her name brought in a small amount of viewers to give it a little boost). On the flip side, I don't think she is able to be given "responsibility" for the under-performance of this movie domestically (but I will say that if she was bigger in America, it'd be doing a tad better).
If that makes any sense.
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Originally posted by Яeo.
Yeah, but Rihanna did her job and the rest isn't her fault.
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If the flop isn't her fault then neither was any of the success, which is what I said all along. You can't have it both ways.
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Originally posted by JasperX
No. It's not. The best part of the movie is the burritos scene. However, the scene stole from a Youtube viral video, which shows how uninspired the director is. The movie is poorly scripted, overlong, without any explanation on the outer space species, and not even blowing things up in a inventive way! Only decent thing was Rihanna's one-liner, and that's it.
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It's my opinion. I also heard many people say Avengers was boring and other than some of the funny parts, it sucked.
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Originally posted by RihMark
Girl, that was Christmas. Alvin was for all the young kids on break, Its Complicated for all the older people wanting to see a Christmas movie, and Sherlock and Avatar for families and others.
This is MAY.
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May is one of the biggest moviegoing months of the year. It's the month when the all-time opening weekend record is most often broken.
And again, this has nothing to do with Rihanna.
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Originally posted by kingsatellites.
Has made $750 million at the box office, been to the Oscars 5 times, nominated for three Golden Globe Awards including one for Best Actress and is set to win her first Oscar in 2014 for playing the iconic role in A Star Is Born.
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Beyoncé will never, EVER win an Oscar or the entertainment industry is the PITS. Beyoncé is one of the worst pop star turned actresses EVER. She is so talented, but dont EVER, EVER think you can praise her acting. It gets me fuming. She is TERRIBLE. And I have my NY Times reviews ready.
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