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Box office flatlines as everyone ignores the multiplex this Memorial Day weekend
Business Insider ^ | May 28, 2017 | Jason Guerrasio

Posted on 05/28/2017 11:49:41 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Memorial Day weekend would seem like the best time for a big summer blockbuster to hit the theaters, but in recent years audiences have been focusing more on their tans and grillmaster skills over the holiday than going to a movie theater.

Past Memorial Day holiday weekend openings that were instant fails at the box office include: "Tomorrowland" ($33 million opening weekend), "Alice Through the Looking Glass" ($26.8 million), and "X-Men: Apocalypse" ($65.7 million). Now you can add two new releases from this year to that list.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: box; boxoffice; boycott; culturewars; hollywood; office; trends
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Most excellent news! I love watching Hollywood crash and burn. We should be getting close to my goal of no one wanting to invest and lose money on them. Hahaha ROFLMAO


21 posted on 05/28/2017 12:08:34 PM PDT by ssfromla
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To: dp0622

I read an article some years ago where they are losing money even with overseas sales because of the amount they’re using to make the movies.


22 posted on 05/28/2017 12:10:39 PM PDT by ssfromla
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To: grania

Young people go out to get out of the house and be entertained. Now, though, if you have a decent house and tv, there are better and longer stories to watch at home. Series are better than films usually now, and even films can be watched at home if you don’t care to be the first to watch it. Better food, better bathrooms.


23 posted on 05/28/2017 12:10:48 PM PDT by Yaelle (#IstandwithHannity)
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To: Bratch

The trailer for WW was painfully stupid.


24 posted on 05/28/2017 12:10:53 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: EdnaMode

Blinders falling off...HELLywood is evvvvvil and anti America!!! Not one red cent!!! Husband was given a movie theater gift card...it’s still sitting in a drawer!!


25 posted on 05/28/2017 12:11:10 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: ssfromla

Good.


26 posted on 05/28/2017 12:11:47 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Bratch

I like Gal Gadot and the fact that she is an Israeli Defense Force Veteran and the fact she drives the “Sharia Blue” Dems insane makes me smile

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/29/wonder-woman-gal-gadot-israel-facebook_n_5630150.html


27 posted on 05/28/2017 12:13:52 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: EdnaMode
Memorial Day weekend would seem like the best time for a big summer blockbuster to hit the theaters, but in recent years audiences have been focusing more on their tans and grillmaster skills over the holiday than going to a movie theater.

What drivel! Hollywood is not making movies people wish to see. Don't blame the customer for poor quality product!

28 posted on 05/28/2017 12:15:04 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: EdnaMode

Click the Pic

29 posted on 05/28/2017 12:16:50 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: GraceG

Yeah I read how liberals were upset that an Israeli woman was playing the lead role..kind of makes me want to see the movie :-) Also they were upset she didnt have armpit hair..seriously liberals are NUTS but we already knew that


30 posted on 05/28/2017 12:17:41 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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31 posted on 05/28/2017 12:18:23 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: dowcaet

This is one of the ways to fight back against the left. Hit the lefties in Hollyweird in the pocketbook. Don’t waste any more of your hard earned money on the filth and crap they put on the big screen!

My only fealty to hollyweed is ten bucks to netflix. cut the cable. watch antenna tv, but everything is recorded so commercials are vanished.


32 posted on 05/28/2017 12:20:42 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: EdnaMode

Alien Covenant. Nowhere near as good as Prometheus. If you didn’t like Prometheus, you’ll hate this sequel.

Not deserving of the mantel of “Alien”. BY FAR, the worst “Alien” movie.


33 posted on 05/28/2017 12:21:04 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Bratch

you couldn’t pay me to watch that pap.


34 posted on 05/28/2017 12:21:23 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: EdnaMode

Precisely


35 posted on 05/28/2017 12:22:04 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dowcaet

Agreed. I’ve seen only 2 movies in the theaters in the last 2 years. Used to go at least once a month.


36 posted on 05/28/2017 12:22:13 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Looks like Samuel has gotten a bit darker and slightly angrier.


37 posted on 05/28/2017 12:22:40 PM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: fishtank

Same for Bay Watch...what a barker


38 posted on 05/28/2017 12:25:38 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: GraceG

I wonder how they called her Wonder Woman in an article from 3 years ago when the movie still isn’t out yet even today. How did they have a picture of her in the WW get up 3 years ago unless they filmed out that long ago?


39 posted on 05/28/2017 12:26:16 PM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: Bratch

[I suspect that will change next weekend.]

A possible DISASTER waiting to happen. HOLLYWOOD alienated non-metrosexuals with their “women only” WONDER WOMAN premier.


40 posted on 05/28/2017 12:26:47 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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