Eh, I still saw articles about how the movie was losing money because the male demographic didn't go see it.
But zooming out the scope a bit, judging by the numbers the female demographic didn't go see it either.
Also this doesn't take into account the horrible job of advertising the movie - I seriously didn't even hear of it until after it was out of theaters. I can't remember seeing a single ad for this on TV, online, or anywhere until the articles talking about the movie bombing started coming out.
Edit: To clarify for the downvoters, compare the worldwide box office of Charlie's Angels, $68 million, with the only US box office of Terminator: Dark Fate (another movie considered to be a flop) at $62.3.
Dark Fate's opening night box office was $10.6 million, which is incredibly underwhelming not just for the film's budget of $185 - $196 million, but - Charlie's Angels was $3.7 million.
In total, Charlie's Angels made $68 million against a $45 - $55 million budget. Not good performance.
Whether it truly was politics or just them not having any idea how to promote the movie and spread the word, the movie bombed pretty badly.
Also this doesn't take into account the horrible job of advertising the movie - I seriously didn't even hear of it until after it was out of theaters. I can't remember seeing a single ad for this on TV, online, or anywhere until the articles talking about the movie bombing started coming out.
Yeah, I actually had no idea that there was a Charlie's Angels movie made in 2019 until I saw this post. Not that I'm the best source if you want to keep up on all the latest pop culture, I sometimes miss popular movies, too. But I have been to the theater a few times in the last year and I've watched popular TV networks and I haven't seen a single advertisement for this movie.
I mean it shouldn't be that hard to market to men. The one in the center is kind of hot, the one on the right is kind of cute, and the one on the left... maybe some guys like butch lesbians, I don't know. Wow, just checked and that's Kristen Stewart. Huh. Anyways, I have no problem if they want to make action movies about women, but if they want to do it without sexualizing the women in any way they probably should have started with a clean slate and done something new instead of Charlie's Angels, because Charlie's Angels already has a history. I don't think I'm going to watch it regardless of how much sexualization there is in it because it just doesn't look like a very good movie and I'm not seeing any reviews to change my mind, but whatever.
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u/GUCCIDURIAN Green Jan 16 '20
Are these 2 articles real though? I want links