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Firestarter opened with $3.8M. That’s horrendous. -- (edited)

Posted by MDH May 15 '22, 08:28

That peacock strategy really paid off huh? These studios are being convinced of streaming and need to cut the tether now. Not saying the movie would have been huge by any means. Or even bigger. But consistent messaging is needed.

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My guess is that they dumped it direct to streaming and the theatrical was only done contractually with little to no promotion -- nm - Dano May 15, 08:50 4
- I honestly was surprised when I saw it on the AMC site and thought I had mis-remebered it was going to be streaming. -- nm - Spawn May 15, 11:18
- Bout sums it up -- nm - budice May 15, 08:50 2
  - Just looked up the reported budget: $12M so this was never a big play. When it turned out bad, I assume it was better to just dump it. -- nm - Dano May 15, 08:57 1
    - Also, we can't blame streaming since it made less overseas than it did domestically. Just a bomb from the beginning. -- nm - Inigo May 15, 09:19
I'm not sure how or why a sequel to a bad King movie got made. It was going to bomb no matter what. -- nm* - Inigo May 15, 08:48

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Firestarter opened with $3.8M. That’s horrendous. -- (edited)

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