Movies: The Rhythm Section (Worst opening in history for 3k+ release)

[Blackhawkswincup]

Paramount expected to lose $30-35M on this after initial $31M investment + ads/release costs come into play

Already talk they will scrap most foreign releases and go straight to VOD/DVD-Blu Ray release

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[Jumptheshark]

this was predicted

There is an old english expression

Keep to your onions

or keep to what you know

Blake Lively has a very limited acting range and what she can and can not do. IF you want a new generation Meg Ryan--that would and could be in her wheel house but this movie here? Any actress would need real acting chops to pull it off and not many could.

 

[Osprey]

Perhaps a better title would've helped. It sounds more like a musical drama than a revenge thriller. Then again, the-numbers.com reports a $50M production budget (i.e. even higher than you gave) and it's hard to imagine it recouping that, anyways. It really makes you wonder why studios green light movies like this and Underwater with relatively high budgets and relatively low star power, i.e. movies with very little chance to actually turn a profit.

 

[Scouter]

Perhaps a better title would've helped. It sounds more like a musical drama than a revenge thriller. Then again, the-numbers.com reports a $50M production budget (i.e. even higher than you gave) and it's hard to imagine it recouping that, anyways. It really makes you wonder why studios green light movies like this and Underwater with relatively high budgets and relatively low star power, i.e. movies with very little chance to actually turn a profit.

Well actually nowadays I think quite a few big movies have made money without stars. You don't think Stewart is big enough anyhow?

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

I rarely lob this complaint against movies and have traditionally though it was a silly thing to cite as a negative, but the first time I saw this preview the title comes up ... and the only thing I could think of is that is an AWFUL AWFUL title.

 

[Osprey]

Well actually nowadays I think quite a few big movies have made money without stars. You don't think Stewart is big enough anyhow?

If it's an IP that moviegoers are already familiar with, yes, those can make money without star power (ex. Godzilla: King of the Monsters). Also, new IPs with lesser stars can make money if their budgets are low (ex. Crawl). I'm talking about new IPs with lesser stars that have decent budgets (around $50M), like this one. It's hard to make money on those because they have to gross over $100M to do so. It happens, but that's usually when the movies are really good and word of mouth gets around and not something that studio execs should count on.

 

[Scouter]

If it's an IP that moviegoers are already familiar with, yes, those can make money without star power (ex. Godzilla: King of the Monsters). Also, new IPs with lesser stars can make money if their budgets are low (ex. Crawl). I'm talking about new IPs with lesser stars that have decent budgets (around $50M), like this one. It's hard to make money on those because they have to gross over $100M to do so. It happens, but that's usually when the movies are really good and word of mouth gets around and not something that studio execs should count on.

That's pretty much the hollywood strategy nowadays.

Horror movies like Crawl usually have low budgets though.

You did not answer if you thought Stewart was a big enough star?

 

[Cloned]

It was poorly casted and poorly marketed.

 

[Osprey]

Horror movies like Crawl usually have low budgets though.

That's my point. They can be profitable and worth the risk in spite of having lesser stars if their budgets are only $10-25M. If they're $50M, though, then the movies need to gross over $100M, and that's just hard for movies with lesser stars to do, especially consistently.

You did not answer if you thought Stewart was a big enough star?

I don't think that she's a big enough star to make a $50M+ film profitable, and her last two films appear to back that up:

Charlie's Angels: $48-55M budget, $70M gross
Underwater: $50-80M budget , $37M gross

 

[Scouter]

This was filmed in 17-18, then the studio did not know what to do with it cause it was trying to do something "different", so it ended up getting dumped, not that it's apparently a good movie anyway.

 

[Scouter]

this was predicted

There is an old english expression

Keep to your onions

or keep to what you know

Blake Lively has a very limited acting range and what she can and can not do. IF you want a new generation Meg Ryan--that would and could be in her wheel house but this movie here? Any actress would need real acting chops to pull it off and not many could.

She's actually done this kind of thing before.

 

[Jumptheshark]

She's actually done this kind of thing before.

Please do not say you mean the Oliver stone movie

 

[Scouter]

Please do not say you mean the Oliver stone movie

Well kind of there, but more the Shallows, she can do action, was also in A Simple Favor.

 

[member 51464]

I can proudly report I saw a special Thursday evening showing of this, lol.

 

[Osprey]

I can proudly report I saw a special Thursday evening showing of this, lol.

We count on kihei to always be the first to see and review the best movies of the year. Can we expect the same from you when it comes to the worst movies?

 

[member 51464]

We count on kihei to always be the first to see and review the best movies of the year. Can we expect the same from you when it comes to the worst movies?

I sure hope not, haha.