Posted on 04/17/2018 1:26:33 PM PDT by ethom
Amy Schumer's 'I Feel Pretty' Tracking to Open Behind 'Trainwreck,' 'Snatched'
The film is rated PG-13, compared with an R for Schumer's previous two feature comedies.
Will Amy Schumer get the last laugh and prove Hollywood tracking services wrong?
Schumer's new movie, I Feel Pretty, won't match the openings of her past two big-screen comedies, Trainwreck and Snatched, when it hits theaters this weekend, according to those with access to the surveys.
Forecasts show I Feel Pretty — about a woman who thinks she looks like a supermodel after she bumps her head during a spinning mishap — debuting in the $13 million-$15 million range domestically. The film is from STX Entertainment, home of the Bad Moms series.
In May 2017, Snatched, a two-hander starring Schumer opposite Goldie Hawn, opened to $19.5 million in North America. The film burned out quickly, grossing $45.9 million domestically and $60.8 million globally.
Snatched was Schumer's first feature film since Trainwreck, which launched to $30.1 million in summer 2015. Trainwreck, a water-cooler sensation that propelled Schumer to stardom, went on to earn $110.2 million in North America and $140.8 million globally. Judd Apatow directed the raunchy comedy from a script by Schumer.
Both Trainwreck (Universal) and Snatched (20th Century Fox) were rated R, while I Feel Pretty sports a friendlier PG-13 rating in hopes of enticing younger teen girls in addition to older women.
Schumer can be a polarizing figure because of her brash sense of humor. And some on social media have taken umbrage with the fact that her character in the new film is anything but fat or ugly, regardless of how she feels about herself before falling off of a cycle and hurting her noggin.
STX says the overall reaction to the first trailer was so strong that it moved up the film's release from summer to now.
And those with access to tracking say that unaided awareness is one just point behind Snatched and three points behind Trainwreck, meaning I Feel Pretty could overperform. In terms of definite interest, another key metric, I Feel Pretty is one point ahead of Trainwreck and two points behind Snatched.
Amy Schumer? Pretty?
Bharf!
Act is tired and stale. Sure it will do okay, relatively low budget to make.
Which Leftist is funding this dreck?
What’s a real turnoff is seeing her influence on JLaw. Ugh, those two together have to form a scary third personality.
I saw the trailer for this movie..just when you thought they could not make a bigger piece of crap they come up with this..I think taking cyanide pills is more appealing
shes just not that funny anymore..used up all of her good material a few movies ago
A different spin on “Shallow Hal”
And considering she is a joke thief, it probably wasn't even her material in the first place!
She gets screen theater slots because she’s a leftard and trashes conservatives and Trump every time she gets a shot. I wont even download this garbage even if it’s offered on the torrents..
Looks like a fat guy in the midst of a sex change.
“I Feel Pretty — about a woman who thinks she looks like a supermodel after she bumps her head during a spinning mishap...”
So she ripped off the Farrelly brothers’ “Shallow Hal”, but reversed it and made the hero a woman who becomes MORE narcissistic. Yeah that’s going to work. NOT.
maybe after this one tanks Hollywood will figure out she’s not a movie star...
She’s overweight, and that particular bikini is extremely unflattering to her.
“I feel pretty.”
She must have bumped her noggin pretty hard.
The scary third personality is Cameron Diaz.
Pretty skanky.
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