Yeah, that reminds me, I’m actually a bit surprised that barely anyone is commenting on it bombing, either on FreeRepublic or anywhere else. Other than your post, the only time it was addressed as being a box office bomb was on Breitbart.
There's a thread on FR about Rocketman bombing, along with Dark Phoenix and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (good news, IMO, since all three movies sound lousy)
After FReepers clued me in that Rocketman was mostly about Elton John having gay sex and doing drugs instead of focusing on his music career, I removed the film from my Netflix queue.
In any case, the thread about it bombing is here: