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In response to "Wonder Woman $58.2 million. A 43% decline. Only Spider-Man had a better second weekend drop. -- (link)" by Inigo

Also, The Mummy is a bomb. Tom Cruise is fading as a box office star. -- nm

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Jun 12 '17, 08:38

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Counterpoint: Tom Cruise has only been a modest box office star over his career. "Movie Star" = yes. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 08:49 7
- He had five consecutive $100M grossers in the 90s when $100M meant something. - Roger More Jun 12, 09:48
- And as I said over the weekend, his HSX IPO is a formula for more failure. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 08:56 2
  - I read that concept and I'm intrigued at least. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:01 1
    - I just don't think *he* is the right type for it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:03
- His films never had huge openings, but adjusted for inflation, he has 9 films that have grossed over $200 million. -- nm - Inigo Jun 12, 08:54 1
  - But that means they've all run out legs-wise which gets to David's point about quality. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:03
- He lost three years in there to Eyes Wide Shut and maybe 4 to Oprah. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:53
Contra: this easily could have been a sub 20 film without him. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:48 5
- I guess? I think The Rock, Pratt, etc..probably would have opened it a bit higher, too. - Inigo Jun 12, 09:00 3
  - I'm not even sold Pratt would have -- he had a big time chance with Passengers with the biggest female star alive - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:02 2
    - That was largely a marketing fail. I mean, I understand why as it was not an easy movie to market. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:04 1
      - Maybe not, but if Pratt was a box-office star, you wouldn't need more than him and JLaw's faces doing Pratt and JLaw stuff to open notably. - Will Hunting Jun 12, 09:17
- I'd watch Cruise in a Contra vidya game movie. -- nm - Qale Jun 12, 08:50
I'm a tom cruise fan, mostly, except for the crazy. I wouldn't go near that movie no matter who was in it. - Beryllium Jun 12, 08:42
You could have given the role to Dwayne Johnson or Chris Pratt and I think people would have still identified it as a stinker. -- nm* - Max Jun 12, 08:39 3
- Reminder: Universal has *9* more films in the pipe they wanted to piggyback off this -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 08:54 1
  - I'm continually amazed by how little studios understand the value of a quality film. -- nm - David Jun 12, 08:57
- I agree with this completely. I feel like the advertising was all about the effects, not cruise. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 12, 08:46
All that international $. -- nm - Shaun Jun 12, 08:39 1
- $175 Worldwide -- nm - Remlik Jun 12, 08:50

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