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[ronaldthump]

'Blade Runner 2049' Is A Box Office Disaster With Poor $13M Friday

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...ombs-with-disastrous-13m-friday/#7f34b8ce4f15

And this is what I've feared the whole time. Despite rave reviews and white-hot buzz in the film twitter bubble, Blade Runner 2049 is turning into (at least) a domestic whiff because general audiences didn't care. The very expensive ($155 million, after rebates) sci-fi sequel to a film that was itself a (somewhat) acclaimed bomb is essentially playing like Ridley Scott's "for the fans" Alien: Covenant. The Ryan Gosling/Harrison Ford futuristic tone poem earned just $12.7m yesterday, including $4m (31%) in Thursday previews alone. Barring surprising legs akin to the far more crowd-pleasing Kong: Skull Island, we're looking at a $32m debut weekend, which is less than this May's botched Prometheus sequel/Alien prequel. At best, it'll tie Alien: Convenant's $36m debut. So much for the Rotten Tomatoes effect.

The lesson boils down to budget. It's not handwringing about audiences rejecting intelligent adult fare, and it's not quite a rant about Netflix and VOD gobbling up adult moviegoers. If you want to make a sequel to Blade Runner, don't make it so bloody expensive that it has to play like a sequel to Star Wars. That Blade Runner 2049 will outgross Blade Runner in the first weekend and still be a borderline flop says it all.

Long read. Didn't want to copy the whoel article.

hot take. should have been faster paced with a bit more whizbang maybe. :/

 

[Lifejumper]

'Blade Runner 2049' Is A Box Office Disaster With Poor $13M Friday

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...ombs-with-disastrous-13m-friday/#7f34b8ce4f15



hot take. should have been faster paced with a bit more whizbang maybe. :/

No it does not.

 

[TheDude108]

True to the original in more ways than one

 

[sphagnum]

It's my fault, I didn't see it yet because I have this annoying rash and I'm not sitting through a 3 hour movie until it's gone. Sorry guys.

 

[godhandiscen]

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

I enjoyed it, but I feel awful for asking friends to come see it with me.

 

[Maxey]

Not enough sentimentalism, I guess.

 

[Glass Shark]

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

ah, the hot takes have already begun

 

[Sectorseven]

I thought it had like record pre-sales?

 

[7DollarHagane]

I would have loved to go see it but i don't go to theaters anymore ever basically

 

[Saturnman]

Time to die.

 

[SoundofSilence]

hot take. should have been faster paced with a bit more whizbang maybe. :/

Absolutely not.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

It's Sunday. Just give the weekend total: $31.5 million.

 

[Robot Pants]

Such a shame.
It’s easily the best movie I’ve seen thats been released in the last few years

 

[Surfinn]

My show looked sold out yesterday.

Can it make some of it back with sat/today?

 

[Schucky Ducky]

The theater my brother and I saw it in this Friday night was practically empty. We were really surprised.

 

[Lord Fagan]

The original did shit at the box office, too.

And yet, that didn't actually matter.

 

[RipperGrim]

What a cruel world we live in. There was probably like 20-30 people max at the cinema I was in on Saturday watching it.

 

[mcfrank]

America just keeps making bad decisions.

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

The trailer was really bad. Probably hurt the move a lot.

 

[Kieli]

'Blade Runner 2049' Is A Box Office Disaster With Poor $13M Friday

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...ombs-with-disastrous-13m-friday/#7f34b8ce4f15



Long read. Didn't want to copy the whoel article.

hot take. should have been faster paced with a bit more whizbang maybe. :/

Dude, no.....

 

[Killer Queen]

I would have loved to go see it but i don't go to theaters anymore ever basically

Pretty much this for me tbh

 

[Ecotic]

The marketing has been incredibly poor. People hardly knew it was being released and the commercials have been sparse and last half as long as a regular commercial.

 

[Messofanego]

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

I enjoyed it, but I feel awful for asking friends to come see it with me.

So you enjoyed a bad movie, huh?

 

[Einchy]

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

I enjoyed it, but I feel awful for asking friends to come see it with me.

>Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh

>I enjoyed it

 

[Shaanyboi]

hot take. should have been faster paced with a bit more whizbang maybe. :/

That's a shitty hot take

 

[TheQueen'sOwn]

Looking forward to seeing this.
IT got my money last night (theatre was full).

 

[Kayo Police]

I hate people, we let this masterpiece fall by the wayside.

 

[N7.Angel]

No it does not.

Absolutely not.

Yup, The movie isn’t the problem at all here.

 

[ronaldthump]

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

I enjoyed it, but I feel awful for asking friends to come see it with me.

I have issues with its plot but I don't think it should have bombed. For me it's more 6/10. I feel like a lot of people are excusing its flabbiness because of visuals/mood/sound and the fact its a BR sequel

 

[djplaeskool]

True to the original in more ways than one

lol
Sad but true.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

My show looked sold out yesterday.

Can it make some of it back with sat/today?

Nope.

 

[SoundofSilence]

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

I enjoyed it, but I feel awful for asking friends to come see it with me.

Oh, yes, absolutely awful. Think of the things they could do with 2.5hrs on FB instead.

 

[NCSOFT]

That's unfortunate, and kind of unexpected too, I expected at least Mad Max level of box office, but I suppose the lack of action really makes a difference.
The film is superb, easily one of the best of the year.

 

[godhandiscen]

So you enjoyed a bad movie, huh?

Yes, it isn't a movie for everybody. It is a movie I should have gone watch alone. There isn't much of an audience for this nowadays.

Oh, yes, absolutely awful. Think of the things they could do with 2.5hrs on FB.

Are you insinuating my friends don't have anything better to do with their time than browsing Facebook? Did you type that while wearing your fedora?

 

[Xando]

I was pretty suprised about the big hype on Gaf and Twitter because i never thought the first was so memorable but i guess this was just a bubble.

Still gonna watch it at some point though.

 

[Slayven]

150 mill for a sequel to a movie that only the nerdiest of the nerds watched and uphold.

What could go wrong?

 

[MMarston]

All these ticket sales will be lost in time.



Like tears



In rain

 

[enzo_gt]

Damn I've only been hearing good things everywhere I look IRL and online. Guess that's just a bubble, but even $13M feels low.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

hot take. should have been faster paced with a bit more whizbang maybe. :/

Deserved. It was a bad movie tbh. I just cannot recommend a 2.5hrs movie like that to anybody but the biggest of cyberpunk fans.

I enjoyed it, but I feel awful for asking friends to come see it with me.

I don't know which post is worse lmao.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

I'm not surprised it's not done well - I'm amazed something like this even got made.

Like Fury Road, I think we just need to be thankful it exists.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

That's a headline I guess.

 

[GitarooMan]

Great movie that I'll happily watch for years to come. Not the kind of movie I'm worried about a sequel for so for me the box office is whatever. Just glad it was made and exists.

 

[ronaldthump]

That's a shitty hot take

might have saved it from being a disaster. It does move at a glacial pace

 

[Saturnman]

And they're actually considering pouring serious cash into a money pit like Dune.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

might have saved it from being a disaster. It does move at a glacial pace

Well that doesn't sound like Blade Runner, lol

 

[ronaldthump]

150 mill for a sequel to a movie that only the nerdiest of the nerds watched and uphold.

What could go wrong?

maybe the same nerds kept rebuying the blurays = wow there's so much interest in all the cuts!!!

Well that doesn't sound like Blade Runner, lol

lol

 

[elshoelace]

Sad to see this. This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Einchy]

I have issues with its plot but I don't think it should have bombed. For me it's more 6/10. I feel like a lot of people are excusing its flabbiness because of visuals/mood/sound and the fact its a BR sequel

The fact that it's a Blade Runner sequel is exactly the reason why people wouldn't excuse it. Since when do people excuse sequels to beloved films? Those are the ones that get the most scrutiny.

 

[robotrock]

Don't worry I'm going to save it. I've been buying a ticket to see it every day thanks to moviepass but haven't actually been going to see it because it's about six hours long

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

And they're actually considering pouring serious cash into a money pit like Dune.

Villeneuve should do it on tv. I think a new Dune show could have a chance. A movie? Nah.