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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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$225 Million “Valerian” Crashes With $17Mil Weekend, Biggest Loss for Most Expensive Indie Film
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:20PM (2 children)
When gun and automobile companies don't supply weapons cars for the production for some advertisement.
When it's all blue-screen instead of greasing a councilman's pocket to close down the street for shooting.
When the script isn't "reviewed and given feedback on" by an Army \ Navy \ Air-force funded company that keeps the scripts patriotic in-exchange for tanks, helicopters and aircraft carrier shots.
Or in short, when it's not being produced by Hollywood.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:40PM (1 child)
No wonder people think indie films are pretentious, can't have people applauding anything that doesn't fall under the big umbrella of propaganda.
I sure will miss seeing [newest_car_model] zooming around with great shots of its front grill... I also would like to feel reassured that the main characters enjoy the same beverages I do, or whether I should be changing my preference.
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