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Flop incoming

posted 9 months ago by Creamofdacrop884 (1680)
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Going off the teaser, this will be one of the biggest bombs of the year.

[–] sslssg (34211) 9 months ago

Maybe not. It's the second highest grossing Broadway musical of all time. It's earned over 1.5 billion dollars.

[–] Creamofdacrop884 (1680) 9 months ago

And Cats earned $3.5 billion and we saw how that turned out.

[–] sslssg (34211) 9 months ago

That was world wide revenue. I was just looking at the Broadway numbers. So yeah, Wicket is behind Cats, but it's also 20 younger than Cats.

Let's not ignore that Cats was a shit movie. I loved that musical and thought the movie was an abomination.

[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) 9 months ago

Probably, but I hope not. Musicals are a hard sell nowadays. The director isn't a household name and his last musical, In The Heights, bombed at the box office. There are some actors I like in the cast, but no huge stars.

[–] StrongRex (1319) 9 months ago

Too many film directors don’t know how to direct musicals and don’t even bother adding people to their team who do know how to work with musicals. We also have the issue of too many screen writers who don’t know how to write a good musical movie.

[–] ElSofoqueReturns (715) 9 months ago

Won't flop with Ariana Grande playing the lead.

[–] Creamofdacrop884 (1680) 9 months ago

She isn't a box office draw.

[–] strntz (12223) 4 months ago

As Daffy Duck might say - "she couldn't draw flies if she was covered in syrup!"

[–] JoWilli (19957) 7 months ago

thats my line...

[–] RoloTony (1284) 6 months ago

All I'm going to say is the odds are against it...that's for sure. I wish it the best of luck. But it was already perfect a dozen times over. Not sure this film is necessary.