Despite an all-star cast that included Kevin Hart, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, and Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black’s Borderlands The box office took a nosedive on its opening weekend and any topping it would be a blessing. $10 million.
Borderlands is also a popular IP. This sci-fi space western is based on the best-selling video game series. The budget is $110 million to $120 million (Add another $20 or $30 million for promotions), Borderlands It’s already a disaster.
Poor reviews and a shaky production may have played a part in the disaster — the film reeked of commercial failure — but generally speaking, a cast like this should be able to make at least $20 million in opening weekend grosses. The scandal surrounding Jack Black may well have been part of the problem.
The day after former President Donald Trump was shot in the face in an assassination attempt, Black’s fellow bandmate Kyle Gass of Tenacious D took to the stage in Australia and said his birthday wish was for the next assassin to miss Trump. Black responded by laughing, and the show went on.
However, within days, the backlash was so great that Gass was forced to apologize and Black announced he was cancelling the remaining dates on Tenacious D’s tour.
At the box office, un-woke films made for regular people continue to make the big bucks.
On the third weekend, Deadpool and Wolverine is expected to remain in first place with $53 million in box office gross, bringing it to nearly $500 million domestically and $1 billion worldwide. Deadpool Tell a gay joke (that will likely be funny) and the theater will be empty.
The second place is expected to be Blake Lively ( dead pool Starring Ryan Reynolds. Based on a hit novel. It Ends With Us The film is expected to gross approximately $40 million at the box office upon release.
Two other Ordinary People films, Twister and Despicable Me 4would take third and fourth place. In the fourth weekend, Twister The film grossed $15.4 million, bringing its domestic gross to $223 million in its sixth weekend. Despicable Me 4 The film grossed $10 million at the box office, bringing its domestic total to $332 million.
Meanwhile, woke films obsessed with identity, homosexuality, sexless female bosses, and left-wing lectures over merit continue to fail almost 100% of the time.
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