Post by Anthony on Jul 7, 2016 18:51:55 GMT
at the US Box Office: Drowned by Finding Dory. STEVEN SPIELBERG’S adaption of Roald Dahl’s The BFG starring Mark Rylance has bombed at the US box office, as Finding Dory retains the No 1 top spot.
The domestic opening of the fantasy classic made a shockingly bad $7 million (£5.2 million) on Friday evening.
The BFG cost a whopping $140 million (£105 million), and was predicted to make $21 million (£15.8 million) over the fourth of July weekend.
The film’s failure comes as a surprise with positive reviews and a good reaction at the Cannes Film Festival.
With the Roald Dahl label, Spielberg as director and Oscar-winner Rylance starring, Disney didn’t make such an effort to market the film.
In an age of superheroes and sequels, The BFG’s traditional storytelling has been dubbed something of an anachronism for young children, which is likely the reason they weren’t drawn to it.
Finding Dory, the House of Mouse’s other property, has continued to reign at the No 1 spot.
It’s made $49.7 million (£37 million) through to Independence Day, despite already having been out a week.
The Legend of Tarzan came second, beating its $30 million (£22.5 million) prediction with $48 million (£36.1 million) predicted.
The poor reception from critics branding the film "racist" and "sexist" in the awful first reviews, were clearly not enough to stop audiences seeing the 49th Tarzan movie.
The BFG sees a British girl befriend a Big Friendly Giant as they set off together on an adventure to stop a group of man-eating giants.
This is the first live action film adaption of Roald Dahl’s classic tale.
Spielberg is now working on an adaption of Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, in which Rylance also stars.
The domestic opening of the fantasy classic made a shockingly bad $7 million (£5.2 million) on Friday evening.
The BFG cost a whopping $140 million (£105 million), and was predicted to make $21 million (£15.8 million) over the fourth of July weekend.
The film’s failure comes as a surprise with positive reviews and a good reaction at the Cannes Film Festival.
With the Roald Dahl label, Spielberg as director and Oscar-winner Rylance starring, Disney didn’t make such an effort to market the film.
In an age of superheroes and sequels, The BFG’s traditional storytelling has been dubbed something of an anachronism for young children, which is likely the reason they weren’t drawn to it.
Finding Dory, the House of Mouse’s other property, has continued to reign at the No 1 spot.
It’s made $49.7 million (£37 million) through to Independence Day, despite already having been out a week.
The Legend of Tarzan came second, beating its $30 million (£22.5 million) prediction with $48 million (£36.1 million) predicted.
The poor reception from critics branding the film "racist" and "sexist" in the awful first reviews, were clearly not enough to stop audiences seeing the 49th Tarzan movie.
The BFG sees a British girl befriend a Big Friendly Giant as they set off together on an adventure to stop a group of man-eating giants.
This is the first live action film adaption of Roald Dahl’s classic tale.
Spielberg is now working on an adaption of Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, in which Rylance also stars.
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