Should have ended in the cemetery scene
Spoilers , it should have ended with her dying in front of the tomb of her daughter and husband. Her job/goal was done,now she can rest with her family .
shareAgreed.
My guess is that they wanted to leave it open for a sequel but as you say, I don't think that was the right way to go. They should've just let it be a closed story with her going on to be with her family in death.
I just looked and saw that the film made $48 million on a $25 million budget. I'm not sure if that was enough to get them in the profit zone or not, but if it isn't, it will probably be profitable once home video rentals and sales are added in. For some reason I thought this film was a big financial failure but I guess not. Maybe the idea of a sequel isn't too outlandish, though I don't really feel like it's needed.
That box office would definitely be considered a failure. You need to, at the very least, double the budget and even then that wouldn't be enough to ensure a sequel. Marketing costs aren't factored into that budget and marketing costs millions. This would have needed to make more like 100 million for them to consider continuing the character.
shareI took a film distribution class a little while back and one thing it talked about was that studios typically do not expect--or depend on--a film being profitable at the box office for it to be considered a success. Studios have a process they usually refer to as "windowing," which refers to the roll out schedule of a film, including its theatrical distribution, followed by home video release, and then its release to premium cable, and finally its release to basic cable.
Each of these windows is a profit source. You have to think of it like a marathon, not a sprint.
Considering that the film seems to be fairly well received by moviegoers, it might do well on home video--I actually paid to rent it from Redbox just last night--and if it does then I could see them greenlighting a sequel. $25 million is really not a lot of money at all when talking about film budgets.
I liked this film. However the general consensus by both critics and fans was negative. It hasn't been well received.
10% on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.5 on IMDb, 29% on metacritic. 2.6 on Letterboxd.
It hasn't done well at the cinemas and considering the all around poor reception it's highly unlikely to pick up any traction on home media and streaming.
6.5 is a decent enough IMDB score. That's the score I gave it and I say that as someone who generally liked the film.
As for RT, the critics' score is abysmal, but it has a 74% audience score with an average 3.9/5 (or 7.8/10) rating. That's pretty good.