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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

Actually I think it’s a bad sign if the director’s name is in a larger font and printed more often than the movie title.


21 posted on 11/18/2019 7:04:58 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: BenLurkin
“If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”

No, Miss Banks. It won't make money because it's a bad movie. Don't blame customers for your failure.

22 posted on 11/18/2019 7:06:04 PM PST by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: DakotaGator

Get woke, go broke


23 posted on 11/18/2019 7:07:33 PM PST by Starcitizen (American. No hypenation necessary. Send the H1B and H4EAD slime home. American jobs for Americans)
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To: BenLurkin
So Banks doesn't know how to write an action movie. Or, perhaps she doesn't know how to direct an action movie. Or both. I don't recall Banks being in action movies, as part of the action. (Hunger Games Effie was a social butterfly, not a fighter. Gail was a blogger in the Pitch Perfect franchise. Dunno about the rest of her filmography.)
24 posted on 11/18/2019 7:08:54 PM PST by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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To: Lurker
Men don’t go to movies to watch ugly chicks act poorly.

I don't go to movies as a rule, but I made an exception this weekend for Ford v Ferrari. Movies like Charlies Angels is why the rule exists.

25 posted on 11/18/2019 7:09:07 PM PST by Poison Pill
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To: PilotDave
Anybody who’s ever been married already knows that everything is the man’s fault.

welp, time for another beer.

26 posted on 11/18/2019 7:09:37 PM PST by onona (Just tell me where to muster, I'll bring my shit)
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To: chris37

“All three of them look like they forgot their glasses.”

True!


27 posted on 11/18/2019 7:10:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Banks is an idiot.

There are tons of movies that did well and have a female protagonist kicking butt.

Maybe if she would come up with an original idea and focus on a good story and plot instead of this social justice crap, people would go see it. But right now people are sick and tired of hollywood remaking old franchises with SJW themes forced on them. It is not entertaining and it’s not helping women at all.


28 posted on 11/18/2019 7:10:18 PM PST by david1292
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To: david1292

“There are tons of movies that did well and have a female protagonist kicking butt.”

Correct. Case point, and a fine movie at that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpeLsI7yJVA (re-edit)


29 posted on 11/18/2019 7:13:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: chris37

I totally agree with you. Really liked the diesel dyke discription. lol


30 posted on 11/18/2019 7:13:40 PM PST by willk (A bias news media is not a free press.)
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To: chris37

“...who farted sneer...” LOL!

Dude, that made me blow snot into my beer. You owe me another one.


31 posted on 11/18/2019 7:13:47 PM PST by Liberal Anti Venom (In a free society, the last refuge of a moron is tyranny. ~Jeremy Egerer~)
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To: BenLurkin
"If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


32 posted on 11/18/2019 7:17:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: BenLurkin

“If this movie doesn’t make money it reinforces a stereotype in Hollywood that men don’t go see women do action movies.”


HELLO, McFLY! Wanna make money? Make movies people want to see, not political or fashion statements.


33 posted on 11/18/2019 7:17:16 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Charlie is a womyn in this version, no joke.


34 posted on 11/18/2019 7:18:18 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: BenLurkin

“If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”

Yogi Berra


35 posted on 11/18/2019 7:19:35 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: a fool in paradise

And audiences appreciate technical prowess

Kill Bill, long tracking shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCb-iYTSg0


36 posted on 11/18/2019 7:25:20 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Larry Lucido

The man is a genius.


37 posted on 11/18/2019 7:25:45 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Arrival of O-Ren Ishii at “The House of Blue Leaves”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlu_xo79k8


38 posted on 11/18/2019 7:27:22 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

typical leftist: blames the consumers for the failure of their product ...


39 posted on 11/18/2019 7:27:44 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: albie

I bet there was no jiggle.
Men want jiggle.


40 posted on 11/18/2019 7:30:57 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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