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Elizabeth Banks suggests her 'Charlie's Angels' box office bomb is because men 'don't go see'...
Fox ^ | 11/18/2019

Posted on 11/18/2019 6:48:28 PM PST by BenLurkin

Charlie's Angels" lost its wings over the weekend, earning just $8.6 million while the racing drama "Ford v Ferarri" topped the box office with a $31 million debut and the war film "Midway" came in second earning $8.75 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

Banks -- who wrote, produced, directed, and starred as Bosley in the reboot -- hinted to the Herald Sun prior to the film's release that a form of sexism from a male-dominated audience may be to blame for its current lack of financial success.

“Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie too. This movie has to make money,” Banks told the Sun. “If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”

The "Hunger Games" actress seemed to dismiss the box office success of "Captain Marvel," the Brie Larson-led Marvel film that earned $1.1 billion worldwide earlier this year, as well as "Wonder Woman," which grossed $821 million in 2017, because they belonged to a "male genre."

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxofficepoison; brielarson; captainmarvel; charliesangels; elizabethbanks; fakenews; hungergames; insulttheaudience; marvel; wonderwoman
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To: BenLurkin

Why would men want to go to a movie which will more than likely preach at them. Give people the movies the y want to see and they will go.


101 posted on 11/18/2019 9:43:59 PM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: asinclair

She was JJ Jamensons secretary in the first 3 Spiderman movies.


102 posted on 11/18/2019 9:50:21 PM PST by Fledermaus (I don't trust Barr, Durham, Horowitz or McConnell.)
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To: BenLurkin

The first Charlie’s Angles, Kill Bill 1 and 2, action movies starring women, were very good. The new Charlie’s Angels was made into crap by Elizabeth Banks. Men don’t go see crap.


103 posted on 11/18/2019 9:54:53 PM PST by conservative98
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To: BenLurkin

How about the fact that Hollywood is so mediocre and incompetent it can’t come up with any good ideas, and has to make remakes of remakes.


104 posted on 11/18/2019 10:21:52 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: chris37

They all look like lesbians.


105 posted on 11/18/2019 10:25:57 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: LIConFem
The original Charlies show had about an 80% male viewership and guys had entire rooms wall papered with Angels posters

Young guys are the target demographic for the Charlies Angels franchise.

So of course it makes total sense to recast the show as a modern feminist parable on bashing men

And these gals are so woke they cant figure this out?

106 posted on 11/18/2019 10:27:26 PM PST by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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To: BenLurkin

Author: “By Joseph A. Wulfsohn”

On the movie flop, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!


107 posted on 11/18/2019 10:32:52 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: chris37

No “angel” can match Kate Jackson. Alhough Lucy Liu comes close.


108 posted on 11/18/2019 10:34:01 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: BradyLS

“Why did have to be called Charlie’s Angels?”

Most of the youngens weren’t even born when the original series was out.
They could care less and won’t spend a nickel on this woke garbage.


109 posted on 11/18/2019 10:34:39 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t understand her problem. I understand that her movie was basically a 2 hour public service announcement that “women don’t need no man” so I assume she wouldn’t need men for it to succeed.


110 posted on 11/18/2019 10:38:30 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: BenLurkin

We’re sexist, we’re racist, we’re capitalist and are climate change deniers.

Plead guilty to all of the above. Have zero interest in remodeling ourselves to become one with the woke crowd.

So there.


111 posted on 11/18/2019 10:52:57 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: chuckee

Jacyln Smith is in her 70s and still a knockout! I think it has to do with a woman’s attitude to life.

When you’re a victim, its all to due to Trump, the patriarchy or whatever.

And then some people will never be happy with life.


112 posted on 11/18/2019 10:57:20 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ETCM

Salt with A. Jolie also made money.

Star Wars had a princess grab a blaster and save herself.

Terminator 2 had Sarah Conner kicking ass.

Tedious lefttards confuse lecturing SJW garbage with entertainment we will actually pay money to see. They insult their potential audience before the film is even in production. Then they act surprised when it loses a bundle of money. Whole thing is very odd.

Like Gillette making an ad insulting men.

Wby crap on your customers?

The SJW is such a religion to them it must be preached at all time to all people. Likely the bs they spun to get the job in the first place was filled with making it relevant and up to date for today and they have to stick with that.

It’s also annoying to hear how things that have to do with Nazis are relevant to leftists in “this the era orb Trump.” Because, you know, free press has been ended, political opponents are being arrested, Jews are being gassed in mass genocide. So all perfectly relevant for today.


113 posted on 11/18/2019 11:28:32 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: BenLurkin
Banks addressed the movie's flop, tweeting: "Well, if you’re going to have a flop, make sure your name is on it at least 4x. I’m proud of #CharliesAngels and happy it’s in the world."

Well, Honeybunches, I hope that every executive producer in Hollywood sees your little tweet, because your career will officially be over. You see, it's not about you and your name in the credits. It's CALLED "show BUSINESS" and the BUSINESS part of it doesn't like to knowingly invest in 'no talent', garden variety narcissists.

114 posted on 11/19/2019 2:26:21 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LIConFem

Not to mention a cast completely devoid of any star power. Kristen Stewart is not, never was, and certainly never will be a box office draw.


115 posted on 11/19/2019 2:36:48 AM PST by Atticus
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To: neverevergiveup

Wonder Woman seemed to do ok.


116 posted on 11/19/2019 3:51:36 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: BenLurkin

“Look, people have to buy tickets to this movie too.“

SWJ entitlement mentality.


117 posted on 11/19/2019 4:08:08 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: BenLurkin

If the movie is as bad as the trailer, it deserves to die at the box office.


118 posted on 11/19/2019 4:13:09 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: rlmorel

unfortunately no, and i prolly won’t be able to till it’s on disk... 8^(


119 posted on 11/19/2019 4:35:50 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: kaehurowing

That’s funny you should mention her.

I had such a crush on Kate Jackson when I was around say 9-10 or so.

Man, she was good lookin’!


120 posted on 11/19/2019 4:55:06 AM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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