Comment on With a budget of $120 million, Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" grossed only $4 million on its opening weekend, making it one of the worst box office openings for a $100M+ movie to date.

SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Idk, bc he’s Francis Fordckin Coppola, it’s his money, he’s 800yo, & wanted to just do a giant crazy flight of fancy on his own terms on his way out?

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  • thebigslime@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And can you blame him?

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• TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is crazy-making and it’s one of the reasons 2022 to 2024 had such enormous flops. They just don’t have any control over budgets at all, and apparently thought the era of superhero billion dollar box offices was never gonna end. I’m picking on capeshit unfairly because even the supposed auteur movies had way too big of a budget - and you don’t even see it on screen, the effects look so bad lol (unless it’s an Avatar, like you said)

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