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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: 1) by Arik on Monday July 24 2017, @06:40PM (2 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Monday July 24 2017, @06:40PM (#543822) Journal
    But that's just awful writing.

    "US Weekend total is $17 million, not even a multiple of Friday's $6 million."

    Yeah it is even a multiple. 17 well over twice and just a bit shy of three times 6. R U 2 STOOPID 2 MATHS?!?!

    Now get off my lawn.
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    If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @06:57PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @06:57PM (#543830)

    "not even an even multiple of Friday's $6 million."

    FTFY, but really it is already too late, and the original point stands.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:58PM (#543863)

      Don't you mean an integer multiple? The $17 million appears to be somewhere between twice and treble $6 million, but is closer to treble. However, I would accept that 2 is an even number and also the highest integer multiple less than $17 million.