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Box Office: ‘The Mummy’ Unravels as ‘Wonder Woman’ Holds On to Top Spot
Breitbart ^ | June 11, 2017 | Daniel Nussbaum

Posted on 06/12/2017 9:02:25 AM PDT by C19fan

Warner Bros. superhero tentpole Wonder Woman held on to the top spot at the box office while Universal’s Tom Cruise-starring The Mummy reboot failed to unwrap big gains domestically as Hollywood’s bleak summer continued this weekend. Wonder Woman — starring Gal Gadot as the Amazonian princess-turned World War I peacekeeper — raked in $16 million Friday for an estimated $57.2 million weekend total in its second week of release, according to Box Office Mojo. The well-reviewed Patty Jenkins-directed film, with a 93 percent “fresh” rating on reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, fell just 45 percent in its second weekend for a ten-day domestic total of $205 million. The film has fared even better overseas, with its international tally standing at $435 million.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies; mummies
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To: C19fan; All

Since top gun toms movie m/o has been almost 100%:

Solo hero

No female leads taller than him

His mission is to save the world, overcoming big odds

He can do anything

This is what he thinks scientology does for him in real life

Top Gun, Few Good men, MI series, Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, minority report...

The few exceptions were done for other goals. Eyes wide shut to quell gay rumors/divorce from Kidman, the vampire one to go with the big vampire trend and he still played a solo, supernatural powers hero-ish type, and with shorter actors too as normal. 4th of july was paralyzed solo counterculture hero.


41 posted on 06/12/2017 10:08:52 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: RooRoobird20

Its a theme that has kinda been worn out for a very long time.


42 posted on 06/12/2017 10:10:33 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Oh yeah war of the worlds too. Fits right in with lone hero doing it by himself (for his kids).


43 posted on 06/12/2017 10:12:42 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Even days of thunder fits the profile.


44 posted on 06/12/2017 10:13:24 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BillyBoy

I know. I just thought that it needed a mention. :-)


45 posted on 06/12/2017 10:21:47 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

There are alternative producers, like MainStay Productions, making good movies.


46 posted on 06/12/2017 10:24:41 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: mowowie
"What hollywood reallllly needs to do is make yet another Tarzan movie, i mean it’s already been a couple of years since the last one flopped."

Yeah! And then they can do another King Arthur movie, and...oh, wait.

Hmmmm...what have they not redone lately? Maybe a Look Who's Talking "reboot"?

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

47 posted on 06/12/2017 10:33:10 AM PDT by wku man (Just One Gun, the latest from 10 Pound Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6uFqQenIU4)
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To: wku man
"Home Alone III... The Revenge of a Meth Addict"


48 posted on 06/12/2017 10:37:19 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
The Fraser one was a fun, Indiana-Jones-style popcorn movie. Light entertainment and a fun way to kill a couple of hours.

This iteration looks like it can't decide if it's a horror movie, or an action movie, so it fails miserably at both. I think I'll miss it.

49 posted on 06/12/2017 10:37:46 AM PDT by wbill
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To: dfwgator

I will skip Top Gun 2 because of him.


50 posted on 06/12/2017 10:47:14 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: wally_bert

“””As cheesy as Aschluss 77 was...”””

Say what?


51 posted on 06/12/2017 10:53:06 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Mopp4; raybbr

Hubby and I spent a pleasant evening yesterday watching Beauty and the Beast. Yes, some CGI; but, it serves the story. Lovely music.


52 posted on 06/12/2017 10:59:28 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: C19fan

Universal is hoping to bring back it’s Monster Movies ?


53 posted on 06/12/2017 11:00:24 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: raybbr

The spelling might be off but that was the title of this past Saturday’s 70s Wonder Woman episode.

Unbelievably corny.

Adolf 2.0 didn’t survive.


54 posted on 06/12/2017 11:10:29 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: mowowie

Or another king kong. Sarc


55 posted on 06/12/2017 11:24:41 AM PDT by enraged
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To: wally_bert

It was probably “Anschluss 77”. Anschluss means annexation or a “connection” of some kind.


56 posted on 06/12/2017 11:28:34 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: C19fan
I chose “Meagan Leavy” over WW and Mummy. I wasn't disappointed and enjoyed a good story.
57 posted on 06/12/2017 11:33:42 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: raybbr

That looks like it and I know almost zero German and apparently neither does my spell check.


58 posted on 06/12/2017 11:33:46 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: C19fan

Too bad it didn’t do well. The critics hate it because of its... perhaps conservative message.

SPOILERS AHEAD: Lets just say, two straight white people vs a pro-choice minority woman... At least that is how my friends who saw it summed it up.


59 posted on 06/12/2017 11:35:53 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: C19fan

Simply put:

1. “The Mummy” can be seen as a further characterization of Hillary Clinton’s desire to rule the world, with elimiating all those, both individuals and countries, who stand in her way, and leaving a large ruined landscape without a care.

2. “Wonder Woman”, cast in the time period of “The War To End All Wars”, takes it upon herself to STOP/END all the senseless killing, thereby lending creedence to putting all wars to an end, or die in the attempt to do so.


60 posted on 06/12/2017 11:50:33 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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