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  • The 10 Biggest Box Office Flops Of 2018

    The 10 Biggest Box Office Flops Of 2018

    Audiences can be a fickle bunch, but it’s not always their fault.

    Sometimes the timing of a film’s release is wrong, or lands at a moment where people fail to see it. Sometimes the marketing of a movie misses its mark and fails to connect. Sometimes reviews reinforce moviegoer skepticism and they decide to stay away. But sometimes, a movie is just bad, and no silk hat is going to make that pig any prettier. But that doesn’t mean those movies aren’t good — or even great. In many cases, it merely means that their time to shine is yet to come – be it internationally, on home video, or on streaming services.

    As we assemble a list of the year’s biggest box office flops,  look at the titles below as a reminder to support the films and filmmakers you love so they get to make more of them and continue to explore the cinematic universes that become indelible parts of popular culture now and in the future.

    “A Wrinkle in Time”

    Domestic Gross: $100,478,608

    Worldwide Gross: $132,675,864

    “Action Point”

    Domestic/ Worldwide Gross: $5,059,608

    “Early Man”

    Domestic Gross: $8,267,544

    Worldwide Gross: $54,622,814

    “First Man”

    Domestic Gross: $44,790,010

    Worldwide Gross: $100,490,010

    “The Girl in the Spider’s Web”

    Domestic Gross: $14,777,868

    Worldwide Gross: $33,891,747

    “The Happytime Murders”

    Domestic Gross: $20,706,452

    Worldwide Gross: $27,506,452

    “Life Itself”

    Domestic Gross: $4,102,648

    Worldwide Gross: $5,634,912

    Disney

    “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”

    Domestic Gross: $52,909,258

    Worldwide Gross: $140,357,413

    “Robin Hood”

    Domestic Gross: $28,052,736

    Worldwide Gross: $65,789,193

    “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

    Domestic Gross: $213,767,512

    Worldwide Gross: $392,924,807

  • Box Office: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Rocks With $50 Million

    Box Office: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Rocks With $50 Million

    20th Century Fox

    Mixed reviews and a notoriously troubled production couldn’t stop Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” from blasting to the top of the box office.

    Its $50 million first weekend take is even better than that of Oscar hopeful  “A Star Is Born,”  which debuted last month with  $42 million. But it couldn’t top another music biopic, 2015’s “Straight Outta Compton,” which bowed with $60.2 million.

    Rami Malek drew unanimous praise as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, but many critics unfavorably compared it to parody music biopic “Walk Hard.” Ouch. Audiences, however, gave it an “A” CinemaScore and a glowing 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    Disney: “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”

    Disney’s family film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” landed in second place with a disappointing  $20 million from 3,766 venues. The  movie reportedly cost $125 million to make.

    Paramount: “Nobody’s Fool”

    Also coming in under expectations: “Nobody’s Fool,” starring Tiffany Haddish. Tyler Perry‘s first R-rated comedy only generated $13.7 million from 2,468 screens.

    Focus: “Boy Erased”

    Playing in limited release, gay conversion drama “Boy Erased” racked up an impressive $220,000  at only five theaters in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. It boasted the best screen average of the weekend: $44,000 per location. Lucas Hedges stars in the film, which expands to 75 theaters next weekend.

     Here are the top 10 weekend estimates for November  2-4

    1. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” $50,000,000
    2. “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” $20,000,000
    3. “Nobody’s Fool,” $14,000,000
    4. “A Star is Born” (2018), $11,100,000
    5. “Halloween” (2018), $11,015,000
    6. “Venom” (2018), $7,850,000
    7. “Smallfoot,” $3,805,000
    8. “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween,” $3,700,000
    9. “Hunter Killer,” $3,525,000
    10. “The Hate U Give,” $3,400,000

    [Via Variety, Box Office Mojo]

  • Kristen Bell Defends Teaching Kids ‘Critical Thinking’ to Question Disney Princesses

    Kristen Bell Defends Teaching Kids ‘Critical Thinking’ to Question Disney Princesses

    Frozen
    Disney

    Kristen Bell is a Disney princess. She voices Princess Anna in “Frozen.” But she’s not a yes woman, and she’s not afraid to challenge the Disney tropes as she raises her daughters Lincoln, 5, and Delta, 3.

    Bell recently talked to Parents about reading “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to her daughters. Bell said, once she reads a story to her kids, they talk about and question the message:

    “Every time we close ‘Snow White’ I look at my girls and ask, ‘Don’t you think it’s weird that Snow White didn’t ask the old witch why she needed to eat the apple? Or where she got that apple?’ I say, ‘I would never take food from a stranger, would you?’ And my kids are like, ‘No!’ And I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m doing something right.’”

    Also…

    “Don’t you think that it’s weird that the prince kisses Snow White without her permission?” Bell says she has asked her daughters. “Because you can not kiss someone if they’re sleeping!”

    Bell’s interview happened to be posted around the same time that new Disney star Keira Knightley was talking to Ellen about banning her kids from watching certain Disney princess films.

    Veronica Mars
    Warner Bros.

    This is not the first time anyone has challenged Disney princesses, but it’s kind of new for high-profile Disney stars to do it in interviews. That said, they weren’t bashing all Disney movies, just speaking for themselves and appreciating evolution away from the early “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “Cinderella” passive-damsel-in-distress storylines.

    Of course, there was blowback — even though neither actress was suggesting other fans follow their lead. Conservative Ben Shapiro jumped on Bell’s comments, and she defended herself in the replies:

    https://twitter.com/IMKristenBell/status/1052966069655105536

    https://twitter.com/IMKristenBell/status/1052999300182028288

    https://twitter.com/IMKristenBell/status/1052962021321236480

    Kristen Bell is still working on “Frozen 2” for next year. She’s also busy with NBC’s “The Good Place” and bringing back “Veronica Mars” to Hulu. Meanwhile, Keira Knightley stars in Disney’s “Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” which opens in theaters November 2.

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  • Disney Debuts Bewitching New ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Trailer and Poster

    Disney Debuts Bewitching New ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Trailer and Poster

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
    Disney

    “The Nutcracker and The Four Realms” trailer is worth watching on repeat for the haunting “Just a Girl” cover alone. (The cover is by the artist Brix, and it just came out.)

    The magical fantasy arrives in theaters in November, and Disney just dropped a new trailer and a new poster.

    Here’s the poster:

    Here’s the new trailer:

    This may not be the intended focus, but both Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadyen in the same trailer marks another “Pride and Prejudice” reunion, and that has bewitched us body and soul.

    Anyway, here’s the official movie synopsis:

    “All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world.

    It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets.

    Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Dame Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.

    Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale.”

    “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” dances into theaters November 2nd, 2018.

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