What a shame.....
Posted on 10/28/2017 6:52:09 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Harveywood Backlash Sinks George Clooney: ‘Suburbicon’ Opens to Humiliating $3 Million
Even the estimates of a $7 million to $10 million opening weekend for Suburbicon felt generous. And were they ever. Despite a ton of publicity and placement on over 2,000 screens, George Clooney’s embarrassing attempt at being a third Coen brother went down in flames. Placing in ninth(!) place, Deadline projects a devastating opening weekend of just $3 million.
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The news, however, is especially bad for Clooney. Prior to Suburbicon, the director’s 2011 The Ides of March was his worst wide-opening ($10 million) as a director. This $3 million opening is also the worst opening ever (in over 2,000 theaters) for star Matt Damon.
Working against Clooney is his politically divisive personality and his track record. In this age of an ever empowered new media, the Hollywood bubble and mainstream media no longer have the power to con American moviegoers into believing he’s a modern-day Cary Grant and genius auteur. The movies he directs are just not very good. Fans of 2002’s Confession of a Dangerous Mind should be reminded that Clooney did not write that script.
Also working against Suburbicon is its Harveywood problem. Both Clooney and Damon got their start with Harvey Weinstein. Damon’s affiliation with the alleged serial-predator is so strong it is impossible to think of one without the other.
Although both men were close Weinstein colleagues at the height of his power during the golden age of Miramax, their protestations of knowing nothing were widely met with social media skepticism. Damon certainly did not help himself or Suburbicon with his conflicting statements.
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What a shame.....
One good movie. Millions wasted on this turd.
Think “The Producers”
He made a mint of the sale off his company. He can retire
Better name—— fondlewood.
Doesn’t help that the movie looks like utter leftist shiite.
What kind of idiots keep pumping money behind this loser Clooney?
I liked “Ides of March.” This one looks terrible.
Its a good thing he sold that tequila company when he did..the fall of weinstein has a snowball effect
And, we wish he would.
My heart bleeds....
From Dusk Til Dawn and O Brother, Where Art Thou? were two good movies for Clooney.
George Clooney is a legend in his own mind. He’s the kind of man who is always looking at himself whenever he passes a mirror.
He’s barely a mediocre actor and a total failure as a director. Bwah hah hah, enjoying the schadenfreuda.
I kind of liked The Descendants, probably because it mirrored a few things from my life.
He does not seem willing to put his own money behind his work.
Only other people’s money.
Another Obama bootlicker fizzles. Boo hoo.
He looks like he has “the skinnies”, now.
Pretty big postule on his right cheek. Tisk, tisk.
my guess is that the failure of suburbicon has very little to do with harveywood and everything to do with the fact that it is a REALLY SHITTY movie. Even though it’s a leftist propaganda piece, the critics savaged it, which in and of itself is pretty unusual as critics usually will promote a movie, no matter how bad it is, if the movie is PC.
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