Hang in there, Todd Phillips.
That’s the message Francis Ford Coppola tried to convey in a social media post on Saturday. Just like his new film Megacity As box office continues to bomb, he praises Todd Phillips’ production Clown: Pas de deuxis also struggling.
this clown The sequel, which will open in theaters around the world this weekend and become the first Hollywood comic book movie in history to receive a D-rated movie, opened far below expectations. The backlash from audiences isn’t surprising considering the follow-up is a musical, an unusual mix that fans may not want.
Coppola said Phillips’ films always surprise and entertain him. He also said that moviegoers may not be ready to watch such a movie Clown: Pas de deux. “Since the wonderful the Hangoverhe is always one step ahead of the audience and never does what they expect. Congratulations Clown: Pas de deux“, Coppola wrote on Instagram.
This is only slightly worse than the D+ awarded Megacity when it hit theaters last weekend. Coppola’s dystopian epic debuted at just $4 million against a pre-marketing production budget of $120 million. No major studio wanted to get involved with the film, so Coppola raised the money, including some of his own money. Lionsgate started releasing the film at the 11th hour and is expected to take in just under $1 million this weekend.
Clown: Pas de deux — a hybrid antihero movie and musical starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga — had no trouble making it after Phillips clown It grossed $1 billion at the global box office in 2019, received multiple Oscar nominations, and won the Best Actor Award for “Phoenix.” first one clown The production cost before marketing was $55 million; the net cost of the sequel was $190 million to $200 million, raising the stakes significantly.
when pas de deux Tracking first began three weeks ago and looked on track to reach $70 million. While still behind the first film’s $96 million domestic debut, the numbers are respectable. However, as reviews began to come in and the film was filtered out for impact, interest waned and tracking dropped significantly. By the end of the week, the forecast is $50 million to $60 million.
However, based on Friday’s first-day box office take of $20 million, pas de deux The opening price is expected to be in the low to mid-$40 million range (one rival studio even pegged its opening price at the high $30 million mark).
It turns out that joining the D CinemaScore club isn’t the only thing Coppola and Phillips have in common.
Coppola said in his Instagram post that he was honored Joker 2 Photographer Lawrence Sher tells how Coppola’s infamous 1981 musical One from the heart – a critical and commercial failure that nearly bankrupted his Zoetrope studio – provided the inspiration for Folie à Deux. (In recent years, critics have revisited “One From the Heart,” turning it into a cult classic.)
Reviewers are unkind to both Megacity or Joker 2with critic scores of 46% and 33% respectively on Rotten Tomatoes.
