"Richard Jewell" flops at the box office its opening weekend following controversy

CBS News ^ | DECEMBER 16, 2019 | CAITLIN O'KANE

[ConservativeMind]

The weekend box office numbers are in, and one particular film flopped after facing controversy ahead of its debut. Clint Eastwood's "Richard Jewell" raked in only $5 million its opening weekend, about half of what was expected, according to IMDB's Box Office Mojo. The film faced criticism over its depiction of a real-life female reporter, Kathy Scruggs, who is played by actress Olivia Wilde.

"Richard Jewell" follows the story of the titular character, a security guard who was initially hailed as a hero but then suspected of planting a bomb at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Jewell was later exonerated. The movie depicts Scruggs, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reporter, offering sex for confidential information from an FBI source about the case.

[PghBaldy]

It has to make $80 million to break even, if it cost $40 million. Probably not going to make a lot overseas, so it will probably be a bomb.

[rlmorel]

I heard the left was upset that a conservative producer implied that there are female reporters who use sexual favors to advance their careers.

I guess they never heard of Ali Watkins.

From the “EVERY BONE IN MY BODY WANTS TO DEFEND ALI WATKINS”: SEX, PRESS FREEDOM, AND THE COMPLICATED CASE OF A TIMES REPORTER

“...As a woman journalist who spent her career trying to puncture the notion that all of us sleep with our sources and that’s how we get stories,” former Times executive editor Jill Abramson told me, “I hate the whole situation more than I can say...”

I found this hilarious from plagiarist Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor of the New York Times...granted, she is more unattractive than roadkill so she could never trade sexual favors for information.

Of course, Jill Abramson just used the fact that she had female genitals and all the legal protections and power of negative sexual innuendo against her male superiors to plow her way all the way up to Chief Editor of the NYT.

Jill Abramson and women like her may not have actively allowed men to use them as sex toys to get what they want, but make no mistake, they use every tool in that feminist toolbar to climb to the top.

And like other affirmative action executives, she taints those who did get to the top on their own hard work and talent with the stain that they may have acted like she and so many of her feminist cohorts did and do.

[Old Man From WV]

I saw and really enjoyed the movie. I’ve not seen mentioned anywhere that Eastwood also includes a little dig at academia and their “contribution” to our society. I was a little disappointed that he also portrayed Scruggs as humanly remorseful at the end. I don’t see our news media as contrite in any way.

[digger48]

You’re kidding, right?

The Academy won’t give this movie any consideration.

They’ll toe the liberal line and ignore it completely

[null and void]

The authorities (police, FBI) can LIE to you.

God help you if they even THINK you MIGHT have lied right back to them!

[Pearls Before Swine]

Re Jill Abramson being “more unattractive than roadkill”

Yeah, I’d rather hug me some days-old dead possum.

[rockrr]

You stole my line, LoL. I think the last time I was in a theater was when a girlfriend dragged me to see Titanic.

[Robert DeLong]

It’s what I used to secure my chef? 8>)

[FreedomPoster]

I’d really love to see some things happening on those cases.

[Karma_Sherab]

I would give it a two thumbs up.

Out of how many?

;^)

[TexasGator]

Dude, don’t jump in without following the chain.

[karnage]

I took my kids ages 12-20 to see this movie on Friday in the afternoon. Theater was full.

Good film.

Gave me the chance to tell my children about the dangers of the fake news media and the FBI.

[TexasGator]

“I hope you do better when you calculate your taxes this year...LOL”

I have been doing my taxes for about 50 years.

[karnage]

The guy who played Jewell gives a superb performance.

[rlmorel]

When I say a woman like her is unattractive, I am often referring to the person on the inside coupled with the physical exterior.

I have known plenty of borderline physically plain women who I found attractive because of the vivacious woman inside.

About the most I can say for nearly all Lefist (not ‘Liberal’...but ‘Leftist’) women is that even the most attractive ones might be fun to look at from a safe distance...os an object.

The harpies lose to dead possums.

[BurgessKoch]

I agree. Saw it. Loved it. The actor who played Jewell was outstanding. And the story line reinforces corrupt media and FBI ... Clint is an American Jewell. Go see it!

[JBW1949]

I looked through the other posts...What did I miss???

[j.argese]

“I didn’t sleep with no source to get the story”
Ali Watkins

[TexasGator]

I looked through the other posts...What did I miss???”

OPENING WEEKEND!

[Jumper]

Clint’s next release will be called “MSM”, a movie known for calling out the libtards on the News Channels and in Hollyweird, by name, will actual video clips of them making Arse’s of themselves.