Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Just Barely Beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in Disastrous Memorial Day Weekend — the Worst in Decades
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In a box office nail biter, "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" emerged victorious over "The Garfield Movie" on North American charts.
  • aleph@lemm.eeEnglish
    16·
    1 month ago

    Furiosa has a few major challenges up against it, really:

    • Its running time is longer than the average Blockbuster
    • it’s R rated and violent
    • Mad Max is a fairly niche IP to begin with
    • It’s a backstory for a secondary (albeit important) character from Fury Road
    • People are feeling the pinch financially right now

    Having Tom Hardy playing Max as the main character might have bumped the opening weekend Box Office a bit, but not hugely IMO.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
      English
      82·
      1 month ago

      it’s R rated and violent

      You listed positive among the drawbacks.

      And yeah, even though it wasn’t constant action like Fury Road, it definitely felt gorier.

      • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 month ago

        R is typically a drawback financially because it can’t be marketed as a “family friendly outing”. Even a PG13 movie gets mom+dad+kids ticket sales, where rated R gets Mom this week and Dad next week.

    • delitomatoes@lemm.eeEnglish
      63·
      1 month ago

      I don’t get the part about the economy not doing well, stock market is at all time high and houses are selling for insane prices