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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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This trailers of the new version of "The Mummy" looked like a CGI overloaded mess. The Fraser/Weitz version appears much better and more human.
1 posted on 06/12/2017 9:02:25 AM PDT by C19fan
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What is this, the SECOND remake of the Boris Karloff original??

The Fraser one was mediocre. I expect this one to bomb miserably.


2 posted on 06/12/2017 9:05:31 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: C19fan

Tom Cruise is now box-office poison because of his nutty religion.


3 posted on 06/12/2017 9:06:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

Aren’t all new adventure movies a CGI mess?


4 posted on 06/12/2017 9:06:51 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 haven’t been to the movies in I-don’t-know-how-long. And I haven’t Redbox’d a movie in months. There’s just nothing I want to see. Jason Statham’s Mechanic movie was the last one....


5 posted on 06/12/2017 9:09:27 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: raybbr

Many are. I’d like to see movies with real people and real places that don’t have a politically correct theme. I can’t be the only one.


6 posted on 06/12/2017 9:10:02 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: raybbr
Aren’t all new adventure movies a CGI mess?

AMEN ! That's why I never watched any of the Transformer movies - Special effects overdose !

7 posted on 06/12/2017 9:10:16 AM PDT by Mopp4
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Let make a movie that has already been done several times!! that should really sell well!!


8 posted on 06/12/2017 9:11:18 AM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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>> What is this, the SECOND remake of the Boris Karloff original?? <<

Third.

The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1959)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy (2017)

Ironically, the 1959 version was the only non-Universal one, but it was more of a faithful homage to Universal's classic Mummy movies than any of the other remakes.

9 posted on 06/12/2017 9:11:49 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: C19fan

I don’t think “The Mummy” was the best choice to start the “Dark Universe.” Never saw a mummy movie I liked. Re-booted Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman are more interesting to me.


10 posted on 06/12/2017 9:12:33 AM PDT by be-baw (still http://www.mynbc5.com/article/flynn-to-provide-some-documents-under-subpoena-to-senate-intelli)
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Wow, lookit the creativity, the ORIGINALITY of today’s Hollyweird /x

They can’t be “imaginative” unless it involves sex, dirty talk, politics, and a “diverse” cast


11 posted on 06/12/2017 9:13:55 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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I watched the 70s campy Wonder Woman on Saturday night.

As cheesy as Aschluss 77 was, it was more watchable than most of the newer stuff.

We saw “Some Like It Hot” on the big screen last night. It’s aged well.


12 posted on 06/12/2017 9:14:31 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

13 posted on 06/12/2017 9:17:05 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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“Tom Cruise is now box-office poison because of his nutty religion.”

Plus isn’t he eight hundred and eleventy billion years old? Shirley, there must be some new up and comer by now.


14 posted on 06/12/2017 9:17:38 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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Warner Bros. superhero tentpole Wonder Woman

LOL. I always had a "tentpole" when watching Linda Carter as Wonder Woman.

15 posted on 06/12/2017 9:17:55 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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The only decent stuff now if old movies and documentaries. Most other stuff is crap with unlikable personalities and PC madness


16 posted on 06/12/2017 9:19:40 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: be-baw

Frankenstein is overdue for another remake


17 posted on 06/12/2017 9:23:50 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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Summary description of the movie:

Nick Morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. When Nick and his partner come under attack in the Middle East, the ensuing battle accidentally unearths Ahmanet, a betrayed Egyptian princess who was entombed under the desert for thousands of years. With her powers constantly evolving, Morton must now stop the resurrected monster as she embarks on a furious rampage through the streets of London.

Sounds sorta like Hillary.

Who would pay good money to see that?

18 posted on 06/12/2017 9:25:44 AM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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I think we are due for the chick-flick horror movie remake:

“Bride of Frankenstein.” The title has “Bride” in it; that should draw the ladies.


19 posted on 06/12/2017 9:27:08 AM PDT by henkster (Orwell, Rand and Huxley would not be proud of our society, but they'd have no trouble recognizing it)
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To: dsrtsage

Was just going to say the same thing. He is too old for these roles.

Aren’t they doing a Top Gun sequel with him in it as well? I predict another flop.


20 posted on 06/12/2017 9:30:05 AM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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