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Nolte: China Snubs ‘Space Jam’ Despite LeBron’s Pathetic Pandering
Breitbart ^ | 18 Jul 2021 | JOHN NOLTE

Posted on 07/19/2021 4:39:00 AM PDT by conservative98

LeBron James’ disgusting China pandering is not going to save his Space Jam: A New Legacy, which is looking like a box office flop.

LeBron James’ Space Jam: A New Legacy died at the domestic box office this weekend with a pathetic $32 million opening (if that even holds). By comparison, all the way back in 1996, Michael Jordan’s original cleared $27.5 million on more than a thousand fewer theaters.

LeBron’s Space Jam sequel also cost $150 million just to produce, and that doesn’t include promotional costs, which easily puts it closer to $250 million.

Plenty of movies die a domestic death at the box office. However, they can still become profitable and declare themselves a worldwide hit, thanks mainly to China’s mammoth box office market, which has saved many Hollywood blockbusters from financial catastrophe.

Well, so far, the communist Chinese have said “no” to LeBron’s Space Jam sequel, and with it currently available on HBO Max, which makes top-shelf pirated copies easy to create, it’s highly unlikely a China opening can save it. But, of course, thanks to pirating, my guess is that everyone in China who wants to see Space Jam: A New Legacy already has.

China’s snub has to really sting social justice warrior LeBron James, the movie’s star and the NBA player who made a public fool of himself defending China’s Nazis back in 2019 after Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted out his support for Hong Kong protesters.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: blacksupremacy; china; hollywood; lebron; movies; spacejam; whoops
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1 posted on 07/19/2021 4:39:00 AM PDT by conservative98
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2 posted on 07/19/2021 4:40:30 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: conservative98
LeBron’s Space Jam sequel ... Plenty of movies die a domestic death at the box office.

Just awful when Space gets jammed, especially when in a sequel at the box office.


3 posted on 07/19/2021 4:45:09 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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To: conservative98

Why did they make a movie with the most hated player in the NBA?


4 posted on 07/19/2021 4:45:11 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: conservative98

Lebron has earned his “Meh” from all of us.

An active “Meh”, as opposed to a meh in passing, but nonetheless deserved.


5 posted on 07/19/2021 4:46:24 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: conservative98

Hey, LaBron, Take your woke ass and go f your self.
You clown ass.


6 posted on 07/19/2021 4:50:38 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (You Go Donald.)
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To: drSteve78

Meh implies ambivalence. I have a stronger feeling than that. It is like walking through a cow pasture. I will step around the Lebron patties.


7 posted on 07/19/2021 4:52:39 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: aynrandfreak

He’s also the most recognizable player in the NBA.


8 posted on 07/19/2021 4:54:48 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: aynrandfreak

They are deluded into thinking LeBron is well liked.


9 posted on 07/19/2021 5:02:37 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: conservative98

Oh, the Communists will get him cash through non-official channels. They take care of their useful idiots while they are useful.


10 posted on 07/19/2021 5:19:47 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: aynrandfreak

May as well have starred Colin Kaepernick. Would get the same result. /spit.


11 posted on 07/19/2021 5:21:04 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: conservative98

LeBron James is the kiss of death for anything he touches. Last year, with James in the NBA finals, it experienced a massive drop and ratings with its lowest TV ratings ever. And now this.


12 posted on 07/19/2021 5:24:27 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: JonPreston
Yup. The Trumpster strikes again
13 posted on 07/19/2021 5:25:24 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: IgnorerOfLiberals
They are deluded into thinking LeBron is well liked.

Study Finds LeBron James Most Hated Player in the NBA

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3965864/posts

14 posted on 07/19/2021 5:29:46 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: conservative98

The Chinese consumer hates woketards like LeBron just like Americans.

Probably more so.

Pandering to the dictatorship is not going to help sell tickets.


15 posted on 07/19/2021 5:30:19 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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16 posted on 07/19/2021 5:30:56 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: conservative98

This is truly a feel good story. Anything that hurts the NBA and Hollyweird is a good thing for America. The financial losses on this movie will be massive.


17 posted on 07/19/2021 5:34:32 AM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: SmokingJoe

I was (emphasis “was”) a Heat fan. I hated LeBron when he was on the Heat. I remember in one of the Finals, a guy came off the bench when they were down like 20 points, and he was sinking 3 pointers like they were nothing. He got the heat within 4 points, LeBron screamed at him from the sideline to get out so he can go in and “win” the game.

Heat lost the momentum and lost by 9 or so. They also lost the Finals.

He was such an arrogant jerk.


18 posted on 07/19/2021 5:35:42 AM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: aynrandfreak

Pathetic Jordan wannabe


19 posted on 07/19/2021 5:35:52 AM PDT by CheneyClone
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To: IgnorerOfLiberals
LeBron James has always been an arrogant jerk. It was humiliating for him when one of his teammates at The Cavs started sleeping with LeBron’s mom.
20 posted on 07/19/2021 5:43:55 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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