While tentpoles resuscitated moviegoing this past summer with pics like Top Gun: Maverick, it’s true that the more, adult-skewing fare is having a much harder time now. No where was this more…
/20th Century Studios, was twice as much at a reported $80M, that being the pic’s most piercing nail in its coffin. What should have been an awards season play in its originality, was quickly sandbagged by critics at 34% on Rotten Tomatoes. So much, critics, for celebrating that which is original on the big screen.
Yes, even by pre-pandemic standards, this post WWI 1930s comedy was expensive, so how did this come to be? Based on a projected global gross of $35M, an estimated $70M global P&A spend backstopped by Regency,Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ ended its run at $16M domestic, which is around where ‘Amsterdam’ will final.the cost forbecome so high? Certainly, we want to continue seeing original movies like this on the big screen, and not immediately jettisoned on streaming.
This type of situation where production costs would skyrocketed by tens of millions wasn’t abnormal during this point of the pandemic. Oncewas up and running, there were no Covid shutdowns, and no one tested positive with cases surging at 19k/daily and it was smooth sailing during a 49-day shoot.Despite all the star-power involved, I’m told that’s not the reason whywas so expensive. Actors showed up because they wanted to work with Russell, some even working for scale.
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