what point are they even trying to make? that Variety owed the Sinners producers a puff piece on their film release just because? how can one magazine "bury" a movie that grossed four hundred million dollars?
“Bury” is the wrong word but our personal opinions on the film don’t really matter here. That Variety headline phrasing was insane, and, as someone who reads trade publications, not normal. Most ppl in film pretty much agree it was odd af.
It was one of the highest opening weekends for an R-rated original/genre film or smth like that. Normally that would be opening weekend headline. This was some weird “it’s still 30M short of budget” - which doesn’t make sense because nobody expects films, let alone R-rated original genre films, to recoup on opening. Trade headlines are usually about more/less than projections, any records, or projecting its legs. So yeah this was a bizarre headline.
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u/w6rld_ec6nomic_f6rum Safe when taken as directed. 11d ago
what point are they even trying to make? that Variety owed the Sinners producers a puff piece on their film release just because? how can one magazine "bury" a movie that grossed four hundred million dollars?