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Sucks it flopped because this was great

posted a month ago by Creamofdacrop884 (2383)
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One of the better music biopics I've seen in a while. Had no idea who Robbie Williams was, but found it to be super entertaining.

[–] willjbeau (885) a month ago

But...What's with the CGI ape? Is there a purpose to that?

[–] Creamofdacrop884 (2383) a month ago

It represents how Robbie sees himself. Makes sense when you see.

[–] BKB (11275) a month ago

Paramount spent a ridiculous amount of $$$$$$ on this and lost. This sort of thing will never happen again for such an unknown property here in the U.S

[–] Kringle (18) 15 days ago

Yep, it was actually better than Rocket Man biopic... only problem was they use the CGI monkey instead of an actual person. If they had use a real actor it probably could have turned a profit.

[–] Creamofdacrop884 (2383) 15 days ago

While I can see why the monkey turned people off, Robbie still isn't well known in the United States. I think it was a film that was doomed from the start.

[–] capuchin (3362) 15 days ago

I think it was a film that was doomed from the start.

Yes. Almost certainly. Good film or not, from a marketing angle it's horribly misconceived.

$19m worldwide. Only $2m of that from the US market. I'm sure it'll do fine on streaming in Europe and other places where people know who Mr Williams is. But it's never going to make the $110m they've spent on it back.

Financially, they'd have been better off making a smaller budget film -- say, $30m -- with an actor instead of an expensive CGI chimp and more or less ignoring the USA.

[–] Kringle (18) 14 days ago

I suspect that a majority of the budget was all for the monkey. Not only does it involved extensive CGI. Probably could have easily cut it to 30 million by simply using an actor in place fo the CGI.

[–] Zinger (2439) 15 days ago

110 million on a British singer very few people outside of Britain have heard of.

Plus, the fact that he's a smug twat.

A crazy financial decision.

[–] BKB (11275) 14 days ago

Based on the look of the movie, I think the studio was relying on Gen Z to put it over and it failed