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$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 24 2017, @04:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the ouch dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

BOOM! That's the sound of Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets." US Weekend total is $17 million, not even a multiple of Friday's $6 million. Costing at least $225 million, "Valerian" is a domestic dud.

The only hope for STX Films on the most expensive indie film ever made is people in non English speaking countries not caring about the story or dialogue. This often the case, and dud films– see "The Mummy" — can find audiences who just want the visual flash.

"Valerian" will have to count on China, Russia, South Korea, and other out of the way locales to bail them out.

The previews looked visually amazing. Was the movie really that bad?

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 24 2017, @05:49PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday July 24 2017, @05:49PM (#543792) Homepage Journal

    Your inference was incorrect; I was speaking of my experiences rather than suppositions.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @06:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @06:02PM (#543796)

    And the loverly AC was referring to "operating", not cogitating. Look to what people do, not at what they say. (Confucius)

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:00PM (#543833)

    Ok then, what were the pretentious indie films you did not like?

    As an aside, if you want your comments to be considered within the confines of your personal experience then you should add such a qualifier instead of

    The only indie movie I ever thought wasn't pretentious bullshit was . . .

    Your wording makes it sound like you've seen many indie films and they were all "pretentious bullshit" and you expect the majority of indie films to be such. Stop getting upset when your shitty stereotyping wordplay is turned back on you.