An X-Men movie entered the United States this week, grossing over કુલ 7 million in office fees. In any other context, this would be an unforeseen disaster, but this is no ordinary year – nor is this film about the usual X-Men entry. The country is still in the grip of a devastating epidemic, with the idea of returning to the movies Should It doesn’t matter how many security measures are taken by a large theater chain. (Screenings include limited capacity.) It’s hard to imagine a bank making any film right now, but New mutants A decent sacrifice is naive because it has zero expectations.
In the tragic story of New mutantsOne of the main goals is to be free easily. Originally coming in April 2018, the film has been bouncing around the release schedule for years. It’s also a kind of bounce around the studio, becoming a Disney movie in 2019 after the company acquired 20th Century Fox. New mutants Fox’s leading X-Men movie is the ultimate legacy of the era, as mutants will probably say will or thanos, inevitably – will gain entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the future. But the film made such a mess that, at one point, Fox reportedly considered the entire project void – and the reviews that came out appear to confirm it. This New mutants Is with Dark Phoenix. (Translation: Not very good.) But at least Macy Williams has fun with the whole ordeal.
If you are wondering why New mutants Disney-owned streaming service – live-action has not been quietly released Mulan Despite getting VOD treatment this week, it shows a lot more promise and costs 200 200 million – clearly signaling to director Josh Boone for the contract duty that the sculptural drama must take place. In that sense, despite being a dumpster fire of that screen non-screen product, This New mutants Opportunity to test the water of office fees to see how comfortable it is to return to American theaters: brought something of value to his parent company.
The answer, however, can also be a shrug emoji. The movie was projected to earn between -10 8-10 million, and was a million bucks shorter (acceptable lower) than expected. While the ખર્ચ 5 million cost would not be considered a victory for any film outside of micro-indie – let alone a superhero movie – the fact that This New mutants Only 7% of theaters opened, with limited capacity and made money without relying on big markets like New York or Los Angeles, showing that there are no American moviegoers. Quite Stopped thinking of hitting the multiplex.
Whether it is a good thing or not is a complete proposal. Epidemiologists have repeatedly stated that going to theaters for two hours in a dark room with recycled air and large groups of people dipping in popcorn and candy and slurping soda is one of the most dangerous activities you can participate in. A.M.C. And all Regal’s safety measures are put in place, there is no accountability for human error / right. I recently took a day trip to my local zoo, and saw numerous attendees remove their masks after getting initial security clearance. It was an uncomfortable experience, made a little less anxious by the fact that there is a tremendous rule being broken in the outdoor space, which reduces the risk of infection. I wouldn’t trust the Dark Theater full of strangers in America to continue their masks with my literal life.
Everyone’s risk in 2020 is a different level of endurance, and for some the theatrical experience is so missed and it’s not even good to go through months of solitude. But with all due respect This New mutants, The real test of American moving appetite – shaping what happens in theaters for the rest of the year – will arrive on Labor Day weekend with its expected release. Tenet. Christopher Nolan’s latest startup also launched this week, grossing over international 1 million in international markets, which Warner Bros. chairman Toby Emerrich called a “fantastic start.” Granted, other countries are in a better position from a public health perspective; The risk of going to a theater in France is not as bad as going to a multiplex in Texas or Florida. Even if Tenet While its home debut was supposed to make the same numbers on office x fees, other blockbusters are still aiming to come out this year – such as Black widow And Wonder Woman 1984The light can stick well to their release dates.
The whole ordeal is hard to swallow: it’s great that Nolan is this kind of champion of the theater experience and wants to save the multiplex, but while experts are warning Americans that going to the movies is about the worst thing you can avoid getting sick, A major early weekend Tenet So something in the roots may not be valuable. And when you look at corporate monoliths like Disney, AMC, and Regal to determine policy based on anything other than profit, it could mean that there are people who have failed. Really Supposed to be in charge.
In many ways, this is between next week’s show down Tenet And MulanMillion 200 million blockbusters receive theatrical releases and expensive VOD tags, respectively, which could represent the short-term (and possibly long-term) future of the industry. How closely the rent of these two movies will be watched and its serious effects will be Hollywood Hollywood and um, for human culture. It swallows any discourse around New mutants, A movie that will fade after its short moment in the spotlight. And after all that New mutants Neither screen nor screen goes through the screen, such a result seems to be the same thing that was intended for it.
