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‘Robin Hood': The Biggest Blockbuster Bomb of 2018
the wrap ^ | November25, 2018

Posted on 11/26/2018 11:40:17 AM PST by SMGFan

Lionsgate’s take on Sherwood Forest suffers worst opening of any film this year with a budget above $90 million

Lionsgate’s “Robin Hood” is turning out to be this year’s biggest blockbuster bomb, with a $14 million five-day opening against a budget of just under $100 million. This year’s Thanksgiving weekend has provided the most lucrative box office ever. But even with all the record-breaking success, there have been some failures in 2018.

Most of those bombs, like Paramount’s “Annihilation” and Fox’s “The Darkest Minds,” have had low-to-mid-level budgets that have reduced how much of a financial hit their studios have taken.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: annihilation; chat; clickbait; hollywood; lionsgate; miserablefailure; moviereview; movies; notnews; paramount; robinhood; sherwoodforest; thedarkestmind
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To: circlecity

All three of the previous Robin Hoods (1938, 1991 and 2010) I liked.

Didn’t much care for the 1922 and 1976 ones.

Saw the preview of this one where Robin Hood was shooting arrows like Legolas.

Nope, I’ll pass.


41 posted on 11/26/2018 12:09:24 PM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Public domain stories are way too attractive for lazy Hollywood.


42 posted on 11/26/2018 12:09:29 PM PST by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: SMGFan

Damn near all these failures are blatant SJW bullcrap. The comments at the linked article are quite interesting. At least I’m not the only one who is sick of that crap in movies and TV.


43 posted on 11/26/2018 12:09:51 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: onedoug

Ping


44 posted on 11/26/2018 12:10:41 PM PST by windcliff
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To: SMGFan

best 21st century robin hood:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Little


45 posted on 11/26/2018 12:12:42 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: max americana

As soon as I knew Jamie Foxx was in it the decision was decided. No way.


46 posted on 11/26/2018 12:12:45 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: carriage_hill

That was my first reaction when I saw the trailer for this on the telly: “Give me Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone any day. Still the best Robin Hood flick.


47 posted on 11/26/2018 12:13:15 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: treetopsandroofs

“Wish he’d been able to do William Tell.”

I recommend reading this, but it’s also about Tell’s son. Warning: the gore may be disturbing..

https://kissmanga.com/Manga/Ookami-no-Kuchi-Wolfsmund


48 posted on 11/26/2018 12:13:25 PM PST by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: organicchemist
If it ain’t Errol Flynn it ain’t Robin Hood

Although....

Men in Tights

49 posted on 11/26/2018 12:15:19 PM PST by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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To: EdnaMode

HUH? LOL! Some would think a “hole” new batch of libs would flock to see some ner-do-well taking from the rich and giving to the lay abouts, uh, I mean poor.


50 posted on 11/26/2018 12:15:22 PM PST by rktman ( #My2nd! Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: carriage_hill

No doubt about it, although the Costner version was entertaining. The one with Connery & Audrey Hepburn, “Robin & Marian,” was also quite good.


51 posted on 11/26/2018 12:15:56 PM PST by karnage
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
The comments at the linked article are quite interesting.

Very interesting indeed. The ones that made me giggle were the ones accusing the SJW revisionists of cultural appropriation.

52 posted on 11/26/2018 12:18:29 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: circlecity

I read that the original script Crowe’s “Robin Hood” was made from was called “Nottingham.” It followed the Sheriff of Nottingham investigating a series of murders based on 13th Century techniques (the writer was a history buff, apparently). The murders point to Robin Hood, but he eventually determines it was a setup. Robin Hood was even supposed to be portrayed as a scummy criminal. The film’s third act was woven into a real-life battle, too, where the Sheriff confronts the killer.

It sounded really interesting. Then it got picked up by Ridley Scott and he changed absolutely everything thus giving us the generic Crowe piece of crap.


53 posted on 11/26/2018 12:19:23 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Get a handle on vote fraud or we're likely finished in 2020.)
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To: SMGFan

...who is John Galt?

...who is Lars Anderson?

KYPD


54 posted on 11/26/2018 12:24:20 PM PST by petro45acp (All those disopian movies? applefacebookgoogletwitteryahooutoob....you are the bad guys!)
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To: SMGFan

In the Style of Sherlock Holmes (2009)


55 posted on 11/26/2018 12:28:19 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: max americana
... Rickman on the movie BOTTLE SHOCK and he was the nicest Brit on the set.

Uh, how many Brits were on a movie set set in France and Napa, in what, 1976?

At the end, there was a shot of the guy Rickman portrayed...

56 posted on 11/26/2018 12:33:23 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: max americana

Manga bookmark.


57 posted on 11/26/2018 12:33:24 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: max americana

Alan Rickman stole that whole movie. He was hilarious and vile and magnetic all at the same time.

It was several years before I realized he was the “Spock” character in Galaxy Quest.


58 posted on 11/26/2018 12:37:33 PM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: PeteB570

The one with Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery was the sadest and most memorable.


59 posted on 11/26/2018 12:38:11 PM PST by aloppoct (stucnsf)
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To: SMGFan
“Robin Hood Men in Tights” by Mel Brooks

"Unlike OTHER Robin Hood, I can speak with an English accent...."

60 posted on 11/26/2018 12:38:31 PM PST by wbill
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