The $55 million opening for “Scary Movie” is sparking a debate over how Black-oriented spoof film properties — specifically those by the Wayans brothers — are received by film…
The latest installment of the"Scary Movie" franchise is enjoying a strong box office debut, proving doubters wrong. The $55 million opening for “Scary Movie” is sparking a debate over how Black-oriented spoof film properties — specifically those by the brothers — are received by film reviewers versus how they ultimately perform at the box office.
“Scary Movie” blew well past its $40 million tracking prediction, and yet received an anemic 25% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. That 25% rating is actually high compared to previous Wayans family films and the delta between what Rotten Tomatoes thinks of the Wayans and what the filmgoing public thinks is pretty consistent.
The 2004 comedy “White Chicks” grossed $113.1 million but received a 15% fresh rating, while their 2006 comedy “Little Man” grossed $104 million worldwide but received a 12% Tomatometer score. Their 1996 comedy “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juicein the Hood” grossed $21 million with a budget of just $3.8 million, but only got a 32% score.
“Yall don’t wanna open this can of worms on how critics perceive black led comedy film versus white led ones,” a 87% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes with the message, “I do NOT wanna hear the ‘critics hate fun’ debate. ”One exec told P6H of the success of “Scary Movie” last weekend: “I’m not saying these are great movies, but at a certain point you have to wonder whether the reviewers are actually in touch with what people are interested in going to see. ”
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