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Megaflop!

posted 6 years ago by Satan2016 (24024)
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Opens with $6m, budget $34m. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thedarkestminds.htm

[–] Satan2016 (24024) 6 years ago

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4423

Outside the top five, it isn't until eighth position that we find Fox's new release The Darkest Minds. The YA adaptation debuted in 3,127 theaters and brought in a dismal $5.8 million, which ranks as the 11th worst opening all-time for a film opening in 3,000+ locations. Things weren't much better internationally for Darkest Minds where the $34 million production debuted in 37 markets and brought in an estimated $4.1 million led by Mexico with just over $1 million.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The film is incredibly uneventful and cliche ... it's not wonder.

[–] crawfish (57) 5 years ago

It's still a pretty good film though. I read somewhere that part of the reason it didn't do well was because of all these other sci-fi YA franchises that had already been successful (like The Maze Runner, the Hunger Games, and the Divergent series) and that since it came out on the tail end of all those films, audiences were getting tired of them by then. So it was just bad timing
for the film to come out, that's all. There was an expectation that if it had been successful, it would have started another franchise, but that didn't happen, unfortunately. I wouldn't call it a "megaflop", it made back part of its budget, but not enough to break even.

[–] Xcalat3 (3720) 6 years ago

$5.8 million out of an opening in 3,127 theaters.

Jesus Christ! LOL what a failure!