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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 25 2017, @03:45AM
I'm sure they're showing it. I just think it's a bit strange that the trailer took so long to come out. The release date also kept getting pushed back recently.
Maybe it will be a horrible movie, and those things are the signs of that. I'm hoping that Idris Elba can carry the whole damned thing himself if he needs to.