Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 70% overall positive score.
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Cruise's pic takes second place behind Warner Bros/DC's Wonder Woman, which will own the top spot for a second consecutive weekend with $57.2M, -45% and with a running cume of $205M by Sunday. For the most recent weekend analysis of the box office as of Sunday, click here. 'Wonder Woman' Soars On Saturday; 'Mummy' Still Crummy - Late Night B.O. Update While we've pointed out recently how Rotten Tomatoes has been denting popcorn pics' ticket sales, The Mummy is detested by both critics (at 18% Rotten) and audiences alike, with a B- CinemaScore and 70% total positive score from Screen Engine/ComScore's PostTrak. This isn't a scenario where a popcorn pic was beloved by audiences and critics killed its chances at the domestic box office. That latter number is even lower than the 76% earned by Paramount's Baywatch. Though men at 54% were the majority at The Mummy to females' 46%, per PostTrak, they loathed it more than the ladies, 64% to 77%. On CinemaScore, 30% over 50 gave Mummy a C+, while 68% over 25 gave it a B-. By comparison, Cruise's Oblivion, also from Uni, earned a B- CinemaScore, opened to $37M and fell short of $100M with a final $89.1M stateside. Mummy's weekend is the lowest domestic opening in the Universal Mummy series when compared to the Brendon Fraser trilogy and even lower than the Dwayne Johnson spinoff The Scorpion King ($36M). So much for a reboot. Even with Cruise hitting his best global opening with $174M here, there's a question whether Mummy will leg out abroad and break even given the competition in coming weeks. Industry estimates (not Universal's) have Mummy's combined P&A and production costs ranging between $335M-$370M. On top of that, some industry sources say that Mummy's $142M start abroad has a lot to do with its massive day-and-date release pattern in 63 territories more than anything else. True, broken popcorn fare has a much better chance at succeeding abroad given the burgeoning cinematic markets, especially in China. Just look at last year's Independence Day: Resurgence which cost an estimated $165M before P&A, and generated 74% of its $390M worldwide. Some like to point out that Mummy's failure stems from being an antiquated property paired with an antiquated star, but if you remember, it wasn't that long ago that both audiences (A-) and critics (93% certified fresh) were having a blast at another aging Cruise franchise, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, which opened to $55.5M and held the top spot for two weeks in a row, becoming the second-highest title in the M:I series with $195M domestic. In addition, per CinemaScore, 40% bought tickets because of Cruise, a respectable number for a star. There are myriad reasons why Mummy isn't connecting stateside, but as critics and moviegoers concur – it's just a really bad, messy movie which can't decide which direction to take, with a complex mythology around a female mummy's soul trapped in Cruise's body. Universal Pictures The Mummy should also serve as a warning sign to other major studios: Here's another example of what can go severely wrong when there's so much emphasis put on a movie to launch a franchise, in this case Universal's monster Dark Universe. Warner Bros. nearly ran into this problem with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them back in October when they ambitiously announced a month before release that the Harry Potter spinoff series would span five titles. Fantastic Beasts put up the lowest opening of any Potter universe title ($74.4M) but wound up being profitable at the end of the day. When Marvel was adapting Iron Man, Captain America and Thor to the big screen, a franchise organically took place and eventually yielded The Avengers. That's the approach Universal should have taken with Dark Universe: just let it happen naturally. Now Dark Universe is off to a cockeyed start. Uni swears that one title isn't integral to the next, nor should Mummy serve as an indicator for the quality of Bill Condon's Bride of Frankenstein and other titles. But Mummy arguably blemishes a new brand that Universal is seeking to establish, and the last thing the studio needs is for that Dark Universe logo to scare off audiences. Mummy's fate stateside just puts more stress on Bride of Frankenstein to deliver. Much like there was a significant amount of strain at Warner Bros. to bring The Legend of King Arthur to the screen, so there was at Uni to reboot their monster movies and Mummy. Before blockbuster scribe Alex Kurtzman was selected to direct his first tentpole here (following the disastrous drama People Like Us at $12.4M), Mummy had been passed over by directors Len Wiseman and Andres Muschietti. Wiseman backed out due to scheduling, while Muschietti left due to creative differences, though word is the Jon Spaits script he was working from was much bolder. Muschietti was originally pursued due to his riveting horror film Mama, which earned $146.4M worldwide off a $15M budget. Many believe he made the right choice moving off Mummy and taking on Stephen King's It for New Line, which is already generating excitement (the online trailer earned close to 200M views in its first 24 hours). Muschietti left Mummy in May 2014 a matter of days after Kurtzman and his Transformers/Star Trek partner Roberto Orci parted ways to work on separate projects. The duo were originally brought to Uni in May 2012 under a two-year production deal. By July 2014, Kurtzman was paired with Fast and Furious scribe Chris Morgan to be the architects of the Dark Universe narrative. Amid Mummy's bombing, industry executives are clearly juxtaposing that creative combo to the previous pizzazz of Kurtzman/Orci. Deadline hears that Mummy was a problematic shoot, with Cruise in the end trying to save the movie in the editing room. Some even think that Kurtzman bit off more than he could chew in tackling The Mummy as director. Cruise brought on his Rogue Nation director/scribe Christopher McQuarrie to take a stab at the script. In the end, we're left with a mishmash of dull action scenes, sans that singular, vibrant auteur's vision that Jordan Peele brought to Uni/Blumhouse's Get Out. A studio such as Universal, which reaped a fortune from rebooting a classic movie like Jurassic Park with Jurassic World, should know better. Why lose what everybody loved about the older Mummys? Social media analyst RelishMix observes that social chatter has fans with "fond memories of Brendan Fraser's series of films" and reviewers fondly recall the campiness of those pics, gone now for a dark, broody, monotonous tone. Heading into the weekend, RelishMix noticed that The Mummy "had mixed conversation to be sure…Some moviegoers don't believe Cruise in this role, and conversation along these lines suggests a certain amount of wear-out related to the actor in these super-action roles." Also coming in lower than the industry expected especially after its glowing reviews at 86% fresh is A24's It Comes at Night which is opening to $6M. Some believed it had slightly better prospects between $8M-$10M. Typically with these low budget horror movies, and this one was only $5M before P&A, there's a heavy degree of social and digital marketing. But RelishMix noticed that the movie is impaired by a cast which isn't widely active on social with "less than 300K social media followers, which is light for a film opening during the competitive summer season." Furthermore the current conversation among horror fans for It Comes at Night is "dubious at best," says Relish Mix, "They are tired of the zombie film, and the 'stuck in a house' element." Those who've seen the Trey Edward Shults film give it a big D CinemaScore, a complete knife in the back to this pic's longevity. While PG-13 horror films pull in young girls, this one is rated R, so guys at 53% are the majority. Those over 25 at 56% gave It Comes at Night a D, while over 50 at 12% had zero patience for the movie, slamming it with a F. Bleecker Street's war drama Megan Leavey with 79% fresh from 27 reviews and an A CinemaScore is doing better than expected with $3.8M at 1,956 theaters, however, for a wide release that's still very low. Whenever you see an indie go wide like this versus a platform, it typically means the distributor has a certain amount of financial skin in the game, meaning that they have but no choice but to go wide, and make as much as they can theatrically so they can quickly segue to home entertainment. That versus a platform release which is much more of an investment over a longer period, and may not pan out successfully for a movie in the long run. Bleecker acquired the movie back in January from Liddel Entertainment. —Analysis updated as of Sunday 9:50AM. For Sunday morning's weekend analysis, click here. *********************************************************** Previous box updates for the weekend of June 9-11. Industry estimates as of Saturday AM: 1.). Wonder Woman (WB), 4,165 theaters / $15.8M Fri. (-59%)/3-day cume: $52.8M (-49%)/Total:$200.6M/ Wk 2 2.). The Mummy (Uni), 4.035 theaters / $12M Fri. (includes $2.66M) /3-day cume: $30.5M/Wk 1 3.). Captain Underpants (DWA/20TH), 3,529 theaters (+95)/ $3.5M Fri. (-56%) /3-day cume: $12.6M (-47%)/Total: $44.1M/Wk 2 4.). Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (DIS), 3,679 theaters (-597) / $2.97 M Fri. (-53%)/3-day cume: $10.4M (-53%)/Total:$135.5M/ Wk 3 5.). It Comes at Night (A24), 2,533 theaters / $2.4M Fri. (includes $700 previews) /3-day cume: $6.2M/ Total: Wk 1 6.). Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (DIS), 2,911 theaters (-596) / $1.68M Fri. (-37%)/3-day cume: $6.05M (-39%)/Total:$366.2m/ Wk 6 7.). Baywatch (FOX), 2,832 theaters (-815) / $1.3M Fri.(-50%)/ 3-day cume: $4.2M (-52%)/Total:$50.6M/ Wk 3 8.). Megan Leavey (BST), 1,956 theaters / $1.2M Fri /3-day cume: $3.8M / Wk 1 9.). Alien: Covenant (FOX), 1,814 theaters (-846) / $479k Fri. (-58%) /3-day cume: $1.6M (-61%)/Total: $71M/Wk 4 10.). Everything, Everything (WB/MGM), 1,546 theaters (-829) / $527K Fri. (-51%)/3-day cume: $1.59M (-52%) /Total:$31.6M/ Wk 4 11.). My Cousin Rachel (FSL), 523 theaters / $278K Fri. /3-day cume: $981k / Wk 1 Roadside Attractions/FilmNation Notables: Beatriz at Dinner (RSA), 5 theaters / $42K Fri. /PTA: $27,2k/3-day cume: $136k / Wk 1 UPDATE, Friday noon: Universal's The Mummy is looking pretty dingy at the domestic box office with an opening between $29.6 million-$32 million at 4,034 theaters, off a first day that's between $11.5M-$12.5M. Last night's previews of $2.66M are rolled into today's ticket sales. This is a horrible domestic start for Universal's Dark Universe monster franchise, with The Mummy on track to be the lowest opening among the studio's previous Mummy pics and spinoffs, i.e., The Mummy 1999's $43.3M opening, The Mummy Returns' $68.1M, The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor's $40.4M and even below the Dwayne Johnson spinoff The Scorpion King which opened to $36M. Per one rival marketing executive on The Mummy's cursed outcome, "Nobody wanted to see Tom Cruise in this movie." And we've heard that The Mummy in its production cost is substantially higher than the $125M-$130M reported before P&A; it's more in the $195M vicinity. Warner Bros This puts the Cruise movie in second place behind Warner Bros/DC's Wonder Woman, which will hold No. 1 with $48.5M-$51M in its second weekend at 4,165, an average ease of 52%. If these figures hold up on the high end, Wonder Woman will stand at $198.9M by EOD Sunday. 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Animation's Captain Underpants will take third with $4M today and $13.3M in weekend two at 3,529, -44% for a 10-day gross of $45.6M. Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will take fourth with an estimated $3.2M today, and $11.1M in its third outing, -49% for a running stateside total of $136.3M. Newcomer It Comes at Night from A24 will slot fifth with $3.7M today, and an opening of $9.1M at 2,533 locations. Bleecker Street's Megan Leavey at 1,956 is looking at $800K-$1.1M today and $2.5M-$3.2M in its debut. Again, all these figures could sway up or down by evening. PREVIOUS, 7:31 AM: Universal's The Mummy drew $2.66M in previews last night at 3,015 venues, a figure that's 34% less than the $4M Tom Cruise's summer hit Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation grossed on its preview night two years at 2,674 locations. Film reviewers have trashed The Mummy putting its Rotten Tomatoes score at 20% Rotten, and thus greatly impacting the pic's domestic weekend results which could be as low as $32M according to some tracking services (that's under the $35M-$42M we originally saw). Universal has a lot of skin riding on The Mummy as its the first title in their revamped monster Dark Universe series, and this is not an excellent start by any means. Some say the reported net production cost for Mummy is between $125M-$130M, while other finance sources say it's closer to $195M. If there's any hope of breakeven here, it will boil down to overseas for the Alex Kurtzman-directed film. At the same time, The Mummy's Thursday night is higher than Jack Reacher: Never Go Back ($1.325M at 2,850 venues), The Edge of Tomorrow ($1.8M) and Universal's Oblivion which grossed $1.1M from midnight shows. But if you want to know where the majority of America's moviegoers were yesterday, they were watching Warner Bros./DC's Wonder Woman which took in an estimated $9.2M, only 2% down from Wednesday's take. Current running cume stands at $147.8M, and should Wonder Woman on the low end make $52.2M in her second weekend (it could be as high $60M), she'll easily clock past the two century mark at the B.O. Also this weekend, A24 is opening their horror title It Comes at Night in 2,500 theaters. It made $700K last night at 2,000 theaters. The movie has been greatly embraced by critics at 85% certified fresh and could potentially hit $10M. The movie directed by Trey Edward Shults was financed by A24 for a cost of $5M. Bleecker Street has the Kate Mara war drama Megan Leavey which industry estimates figure will gross $2M at 1,944 locations. The Gabriela Cowperthwaite-directed title currently has a 78% Rotten Tomatoes fresh score. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy ### 281 Comments ### Cancel reply Comments On Deadline Hollywood are monitored. So don't go off topic, don't impersonate anyone, and don't get your facts wrong. Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (Address never made public) You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Google+ account. ( Log Out / Change ) Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. navtej singh • on Jun 9, 2017 7:51 am i think everyone knows that mummy is not going to do well in states but tom cruise has enough star power to ensure it will atleast make some money globally Jenn • on Jun 9, 2017 1:21 pm a bit of an embarrassment for Universal. Feels like a big money grab in the vein of The Huntsman – where there is no script or idea so they just sign some stars and throw a lot of Viz Effects, and money, at the screen. They may win the battle but will lose the war in the long run. Overall, there whole plan for the Dark Universe feels way dated. Do younger audiences really care about these titles, let alone Cruise, Depp and Crowe? Could't they bring in fresher talent? Don't movies like GET OUT teach them anything? • on Jun 9, 2017 2:15 pm Well said. They were desperate for their own AVENGERS and these were the only IPs in the library they could come up with. And hey, rebooting THE MUMMY as big-budget action worked before, so Ellieinto • on Jun 9, 2017 4:07 pm I'm puzzled as to why the studio didn't go with a continuation of their already popular Mummy franchise. I didn't care for that franchise myself — too cheesy IMO — but it did have a large fan base likely would have shown up even after all this time. Tom Cruise's character could have been a modern descendant of Brendan Fraser's character. That would have hooked in the former fans and maybe ensured a better first weekend. • on Jun 10, 2017 2:26 pm Wow, absolutely spot on. It's monsters and witchcraft and tuff so you could have even brought Brendan Frazier in as having been frozen by another monster, reintroducing Fraziers character and another monster. The truth is that they could still do that in another film. pirate7x • on Jun 11, 2017 4:32 pm Elleinto & Jenn, 'Dark Uni' should hire you. Yes they should have gone with newer talent and brought Fraser back for cameo and kept the camp. Cruise is great in M:I and other pics but I have no idea it was to to place him in this & pay his likely $20 mil + backend (probably non-existent now) for this. And I don't see why he took it, he's got more $$$ than Ft. Know and his profile ain't dead yet with M:I still surviving. Johnny Depp Fan • on Jun 9, 2017 5:29 pm Depp is hugely popular among younger audiences. His tag on Instagram currently has 1,529,313 posts, which I believe makes him the most popular actor on the youthful platform. • on Jun 9, 2017 9:58 pm Good for him. Clearly people would rather look at Johnny Depp on Instagram and Gal Gadot in movie theaters. • on Jun 10, 2017 8:54 am Gal gadot was great in keeping up with the jones movie. Samantha • on Jun 10, 2017 7:55 pm Selena Gomez is about the most popular celeb on social media but no one goes to her movies. One doesn't necessarily translate to the other. Also, we are learning, as in the case of Katy Perry and others, that up to half of those followers are fake. Anyway, where were those followers for Depp when it came to Mortdecai, Dark Shadows, Alice 2, Transcendence, The Tourist, Rum Diaries, etc.? Reality Check • on Jun 11, 2017 7:39 pm IMO, the same people that are claiming that Johnny Depp has not turned into a total cliché") are the haters against WW, and frankly, are the same people that think that the "DARK Universe" is a great concept, where a man with scars is a villain , frankly, WHO ON EARTH thinks calling someone with a congenital condition a monster is a good idea? ETL • on Jun 9, 2017 7:34 pm Script. First. Damnit. I'm not a writer, but I know too many studios have forgotten this in search of blockbusters. Plane crashes are a dime a dozen. It means nothing if you don't care about the characters. • on Jun 11, 2017 12:21 am This! After the failure of King Arthur & the Mummy, hopefully studios will stop believing the can create success by sticking a generic action movie around a known brand. Fresher talent? There is no fresher talent that is at the calibre of Crowe and Depp. Lucia • on Jun 11, 2017 1:41 pm I agree. But I think its not the stars – Hemsworth and Blunt play to a younger crowd, but can't seem to sell. Cruise sells but more overseas depending on the project. But its like none of them are acting anymore, only REacting to some green screen and 90% of the movie is cooked up in some VixFX work station. And you can only watch so much of that before they should just start billing it as an animated movie. • on Jun 9, 2017 2:41 pm Just like Depp and Pirates…Haha! CN • on Jun 9, 2017 8:03 pm I doubt Wonder Woman would outgross Pirates globally though. Not everyone in the world are Superhero fans. Just like when Doctor Strange failed to outgross Fantastic Beasts globally. Witness • on Jun 10, 2017 12:44 am True. POC5 is doing very well in the Foreign box office for some reason. It's pulled in almost three times as much foreign versus domestic, which is probably important as studios only keep a third of the foreign take anyway once the distributors and theaters themselves get a take. • on Jun 11, 2017 12:02 am I'm sure the fact that Fantastic Beasts showed in IMAX theaters twice as long as Doctor Strange got to had something to do with that. Did that little detail slip your mind on purpose or on accident? milo • on Jun 12, 2017 4:15 pm Did you forget that Harry Potter is a foreign property to start with, and has already made a billion worldwide. I should hope a spinoff would outgross the introduction of an obscure new comic book character. Dbro • on Jun 9, 2017 5:03 pm DRACULA UNTOLD in 2014 had a final score of 23% on Rotten Tomatoes. Final worldwide box office was $217 million. anon • on Jun 10, 2017 4:16 am Tom Cruise fatigue • on Jun 10, 2017 2:26 pm Lol, you must be young. Eric • on Jun 11, 2017 3:13 pm Well, it's a big hit overseas – in fact it's Tom Cruise's biggest international opening. Quite frankly, it lost some of its business to the juggernaut Wonder Woman that it would otherwise have gotten in a less crowded field. WMX • on Jun 11, 2017 3:55 pm Eric, it's not a big hit overseas. Plus, you need some perspective. Most of Tom Cruise's movies didn't open on the same day worldwide. So, it's an apples to oranges comparison. Bank on this: Mummy will not make more than 450 million worldwide. • on Jun 9, 2017 8:14 am No need to over-think it, Tom Cruise in a Mummy reboot is just a bad idea. It was a bad idea from the moment anyone heard of it. Tom needs to chill. He'll do anything that feels 'franchise' and just keep swinging away. Hard working fella, but he can't go a week without being on a movie set as the 'star' or god forbid, home alone for a week binge watching The Leftovers. Just chill dude. Millennial Griffith • on Jun 9, 2017 1:58 pm I would have gone to see the movie if Tom Cruise actually *played* the Mummy. I thought the point of the Universal monster universe was that you were going to have big stars in the title roles. The only reason any remembers the original Carl Laemmle production is because Boris Karloff played the title role. The monster needs to be the most important character on screen, not Tom Cruise as an umpteenth Ethan Hunt knockoff. So you think audiences want a major star to play The Creature from the Black Lagoon? Was Brendan Fraser the Mummy? I really doubt the reason the film is tanking is because Cruise isn't the Mummy. An Opinion • on Jun 10, 2017 3:37 am I say Steve Carell as The Creature! He's very versatile!! • on Jun 11, 2017 12:09 am I would love to see a new Creature From The Black Lagoon movie. Much better idea than The Mummy or another Dracula movie Dan • on Jun 9, 2017 9:47 pm You should have gone. • on Jun 9, 2017 2:07 pm Universal must now be reconsidering whether to go forward with THE MUMMY MOMMY and LOOK WHO'S MUMMY NOW? • on Jun 9, 2017 5:37 pm MUMMY DEAREST • on Jun 10, 2017 12:39 am SHOW ME THE MUMMY! • on Jun 10, 2017 7:44 am Throw Mummy From the Train! Brendan Fraser's Ghost • on Jun 10, 2017 9:14 am MUMMY MAGUIRE OK, I'll Jump In • on Jun 10, 2017 3:37 pm The Color of Mummy! RainMummy! Live. Die. Mummify. • on Jun 11, 2017 4:47 am Paramount is developing Mummy Impossible with Universal. Kevin Thunder • on Jun 10, 2017 9:56 pm Mummy On The Couch!! FrankE • on Jun 9, 2017 3:25 pm Why would he punish himself by watching Leftovers? • on Jun 9, 2017 9:33 pm no. Brie • on Jun 10, 2017 9:35 am I agree. In fact, when it was announced he was in talks to star in the reboot, I said, "There is no way Tom Cruise is doing this." I went on the record and had to eat crow. I don't know what he is thinking between this and Top Gun: Maverick…he's ruining his legacy. I used to say, "Tom Cruise doesn't make bad films," but his last two have been TERRIBLE. The worst of his career (and I have seen them all). Haz • on Jun 10, 2017 12:22 pm Don't forget the Edge of Tomorrow sequel. I honestly hope it falls apart, Edge of Tomorrow was a pretty good film but does not need a sequel and the title for the proposed sequel is awful. I don't understand why they plan all these films until after they finish their runs at the box office. The Fantastic Beasts sequels are going to end up bombing unless Rowling get off Twitter and tries to write something decent. The first film was not very exciting. The Fantastic Beasts sequels​ will more than likely be hugely successful like the first one was. The original was an excellent film that was very entertaining and was popular with critics and filngoers alike. • on Jun 11, 2017 12:11 am Harry Potter shill. Move out of Hogwarts already • on Jun 11, 2017 12:26 am The poster is right about Twitter though. Rowling has become a radical tweeter, weighing in on issues that simply don't concern her. Write a few books, star in some movies and suddenly you think everyone should listen to you about everything. Actors should act, writers write and bands just keep on playing. Keep tweeting long enough and you're guaranteed to alienate everyone. Kevin Thunder • on Jun 10, 2017 10:00 pm Fantastic Beasts was great. And hilarious too. Thank MERLIN that J.K. Rowling wrote it. She understands the universe. In fact, I wish she had written the Harry Potter movies. Half-Blood Prince still leaves a stench in my mouth. Steve Klove and David Yates turned a good, suspenseful book into a Rom-Com. Grr. professorhat • on Jun 11, 2017 3:34 am Fantastic Beasts was pretty good. Some of the humor was juvenile for my taste, but it had real heart. ✔️ Movie to avoid • on Jun 11, 2017 10:58 am Cruise needs to retire. But, I'm sure his Scientology "friends" won't let him. They make big bucks off of their cult leader, i.e., Tom Cruise. DangerS • on Jun 9, 2017 8:15 am Well, I saw The Mummy. Shouldn't have. It's so bad and lackluster and lifeless. Patrick • on Jun 9, 2017 6:44 pm This. The movie could have worked with someone besides Cruise. I thought it was supposed to be an epic film. And it wasn't. It was a generic action/suspense film with a powerful mummy rather than a terrorist as the villain. Just dumb. Movieman • on Jun 9, 2017 8:34 am Tom cruise and Russell Crowe in a mummy reboot was never going to work. Boris karloff is still king. Jay • on Jun 9, 2017 9:00 am We went to check out It Comes At Night, instead of The Mummy, and were very surprised. Not exactly the horror that was marketed as, but instead a very claustrophobic and suspenseful film full of dread. More than the generic action flick Tom's movie looked to be. Really enjoyed it! Eric • on Jun 11, 2017 3:18 pm I saw a clip of it and it seemed like it was mostly them talking exposition rather than the jump scares you see you horror movies. That's probably why I didn't see it – but if the reviews are good, I'd give it a second look. There was also the Megan Leaveny and Cousin Rachel that I was considering and probably will try to see since they look like a 1 week out type movies. Roger • on Jun 12, 2017 5:54 am Look Eric, we don't need to hear your life story. The Undecided Voter • on Jun 9, 2017 9:16 am A Tom Cruise movie these days are what they are. Action filled & little substance. I'm not going to see The Mummy & expect a storyline as great as The Godfather. Linda • on Jun 9, 2017 10:27 pm The leap there to The Godfather is too large. Few modern movies are as good as that, so a more apt bar would be a World War Z or even San Andreas, which weren't that well received but played their action beats well enough to avoid this kind of backwash. • on Jun 9, 2017 9:27 am I'm more curious if Guardians 2 will be able to cross 900mill at the end of its run, it should be around 830mill worldwide at the end of the weekend Spd • on Jun 9, 2017 1:01 pm Doubtful. Only a re-release here would do it. Should end around 850 global. A 10% bump for the sequel. Not as good percentage as Winter Soldier or Thor 2 but it made far more money so all evens out depending on what interests you more, and of course it didn't drop stateside like IM2 or Avengers 2. Key for part 3 will be if it goes up after they make their Avengers sighting because it seems to have maxed out its international appeal around the mid 400's number. James D Lail • on Jun 9, 2017 1:04 pm Sadly no. Its out of gas here in North America and was weaker than I would have guessed overseas. • on Jun 10, 2017 8:02 pm Overseas, Guardians not being pushed past $1B doesn't surprise me all that much. Return-wise, it was still a slight improvement over the first by a few tens of millions of dollars, but foreign audiences aren't quite as interested in the franchise as more traditional superhero fare. I think that the third one will get a big boost by the next two Avengers movies, because the Guardians will prominently appear there. Without Iron Man being involved, I think Marvel's box office ceiling is about $800M-$900M+ – which would also be consistent with similar hugely-successful superhero movies making $700M-$800M+. This makes me interested in seeing if Spider-Man: Homecoming is the fifth consecutive RDJ-involved Marvel movie to cross $1B or if the movie will come up a few tens of millions short of that – and I definitely think that it'll do better at the foreign box office because of Iron Man's involvement in a movie series that's already popular overseas. • on Jun 9, 2017 1:27 pm At the current rate it won't, since it's already opened pretty much everywhere internationally. Entity • on Jun 9, 2017 1:32 pm It won't make it to 900M. Right now 855-860M is most likely (385M DOM + 470-475 OS) Sammy. • on Jun 9, 2017 2:02 pm It doesn't have another $25 million domestic in it. $365-70 is more like it. Sammy. • on Jun 9, 2017 2:44 pm Sorry, typo – $370-375 million. milo • on Jun 12, 2017 4:25 pm Even that is low, it's at 366 already. ETL • on Jun 9, 2017 8:08 pm After 7 years Marvel seems to have their overseas audience fairly set. It's not growing much or shrinking much. Outside of films that are directly branded "Avengers" branded films they'll get in the mid $400's overseas. There may be some outliers but they will not be huge outliers, most likely. As an aside, I'm sure they are a little disappointed in the Japanese returns as "weird space team that becomes a family that includes a cute talking tree" seems perfect for that market, but they clearly didn't expect "Beauty and the Beast" to become the third highest grossing film of the last 5 years over there and still basically running the show. But when you've got a juggernaut, milk it. Annon • on Jun 10, 2017 7:23 pm Why wouldn't they expect BatB to be successful in Japan after Frozen was and massive hit over there? Japan likes Disney princesses. carolinaalvarennga • on Jun 10, 2017 8:00 pm "Even Warner doesn't know that." ETL • on Jun 10, 2017 10:04 pm Animated v. Live Action. The live action Cinderella hit $47m, Maleficant topped out at $63m. Beauty should end up around $110 when all is said and done. That's a significant increase. DangerS • on Jun 10, 2017 9:24 am Will most likely end with $375-380M in USA and between $860-880M worldwide. DE • on Jun 9, 2017 9:48 am This is Kurtzman's fault. He is not a good director and writer. He ruined Star Trek and he has a bad touch. I hope he never writes or directs again. Ever. He needs to leave town. jj • on Jun 9, 2017 11:08 am Oh, c'mon. He's a decent enough writer, at the very least. As a director, time will tell. Pedro • on Jun 9, 2017 1:23 pm It's funny that women and minorities, even when successful, have a hard time lining up a new gig, but white men get passes over and over. How many duds does he have to have before we decide perhaps he is not deserving of these projects and someone else should take charge? "From the director of People Like Us and 2017's The Mummy and the writer of The Amazing Spiderman 2 and Cowboys and Aliens" is not a recommendation that entices anyone. MG • on Jun 11, 2017 1:31 am Pedro you make an excellent point about the passes given out to white men in Hollywood, especially directors. When women and minorities achieve huge successes, it is certainly not a lock on future gigs. At all. And that needs to change. However, it won't because the heads of the studios are still older, white men who will continue to hire other white men (especially directors and producers) regardless of their track record because that is their comfort level. Eric • on Jun 11, 2017 3:21 pm Kurtzman is attached to at least a dozen or more tv and film projects. • on Jun 11, 2017 7:40 pm It's a club, not a business 5aiah • on Jun 9, 2017 2:08 pm Yeah except time shouldn't tell anymore because he's failed as a director so many times already to the point where he shouldn't be able to find work anymore. This is more evidence that Hollywood is as far from meritocratic as can be, giving the social justice types all the more ammo. Don't Mind Me Now • on Jun 9, 2017 1:01 pm He wrote a two Star Trek movies that were "meh" at worst. Anyone who says that there were no bad Star Trek series or movies before the Orci/Kurtzman installments is lying to themselves. Sammy. • on Jun 9, 2017 2:01 pm Star Trek fans turn a blind eye to what they want when it comes to pre Abrams era films and TV. There's much worse Trek out there than the three recent films (and Discovery does not look promising either). nerdrage • on Jun 9, 2017 2:32 pm I've never met a Star Trek fan who didn't agree that the one with Spock's brother where they go in search of God in the center of the galaxy (or whatever they were doing) was about as bad a movie as you could imagine. • on Jun 9, 2017 2:20 pm Exactly. Hell, William Shatner himself directed arguably the worst TREK movie ever. Jason • on Jun 9, 2017 6:46 pm WROTE and directed • on Jun 11, 2017 12:21 am I think Paramount should just sell Star Trek, preferably to Warner Bros. I'm not a "DC fan" per see, I prefer Marvel, but I know Warner Bros knows how to generate Audience Interest–unlike Paramount. That's the first step in "fixing" Star Trek Chris Stephenson • on Jun 9, 2017 3:20 pm Star Trek before Kurtzman and Abrams was a complete dumpster fire. Enterprise had been cancelled with horrid ratings, and both Insurrection and Nemesis were bombs and bad movies. The new movie was beloved by critics and fans, and made more money than the rest of the series combined. Into Darkness wasn't as good unfortunately but still did respectably. I'm not sure in what way Kurtzman ruined anything considering he wrote one of the most well-recieved entries and brought a dead franchise back to life. K • on Jun 10, 2017 7:12 am How could Star Trek be dead when the many series are still making millions in merchandising, syndication and streaming? I know "out of production" equates to "dead" in Hollywood, but Trek is still very much alive to the public, The box office from the 2009 didn't make more than the whole series — it's the top domestically but behind the 1979 movie internationally — and each reboot movie has made less than the one before. I enjoyed the reboot film, but I doubt its lasting impact on Star Trek in the long run. Prime • on Jun 10, 2017 8:04 am Star Trek is dead because the vast majority of its merchandise consumers are over 40. They aren't creating new fans like Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Disney, Warner Bros etc. Eric • on Jun 11, 2017 3:23 pm I kind of hope Star Trek goes away to leave room for other franchises or even original films. What more stories can they tell anyway? It's just an obvious moneygrab like a needless Hangover 3 or Police Academy 7. Kevin Thunder • on Jun 10, 2017 10:03 pm Don't forget Star Trek: Beyond, which was amazing. :) Although I can't remember if he had anything to do with that movie lol. Ray • on Jun 10, 2017 2:12 am But both Star Trek movies have received great reviews and created more fans worldwide; how exactly he ruined Star Trek? jedijones77 • on Jun 9, 2017 11:31 am Anyone who listens to the critics instead of their own eyes is a weak-minded fool. If you didn't know that before last year than the fresh rating for Girlbusters should've cemented it in your mind forever. john • on Jun 9, 2017 3:50 pm So – you have some skin in the mummy game or you're just a misogynist? Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 9, 2017 8:06 pm Interestingly even the no-weak minded fools who ignored the critics and went anyway in general agree that the Mummy is a bad movie. While most everyone agrees that Wonder Woman more than deserves what the critics said about her movie. milo • on Jun 12, 2017 4:27 pm Sure, I'll ignore the critics as soon as you tell me how to listen to my own eyes without pissing away ten bucks and two+ hours of my time. Disappointed • on Jun 9, 2017 11:37 am Saw this last night at the Chinese Theater Imax. Not even that glorious screen could save this turd. I just didn't care while sitting through it. About any of the characters. Tom Cruise felt oddly out of place it it. No chemistry with the lead woman. Just a big pile of who cares… aldine9 • on Jun 9, 2017 11:41 am So a midnight showing did not compare to a showing at Thursday evening. This write up seems like a hack job if you don't like Cruise i get it How many want to watch a midnight movie without it being a sequel i.e. star wars Chris Stephenson • on Jun 9, 2017 3:22 pm It's not a hack job saying nobody wanted to see this movie, it's a factual statement. aldine9 • on Jun 10, 2017 1:43 pm You misunderstand, To say a movie at midnight, compares to a movie that played all night, should be established movie BN • on Jun 9, 2017 12:11 pm I hope Wonder Woman makes +65M, please guys. Emmy • on Jun 9, 2017 12:11 pm Thank God, RT is a non-factor outside the USofA. It's nice to see people enjoying movies which they like, and not ones they are told to like. Riiiiiight... • on Jun 9, 2017 12:42 pm I went to this movie despite the bad rotten tomatoes score. I with I had listened to the score. It was just terrible. Everything about it. Jason_Sch • on Jun 9, 2017 1:19 pm It's not that "RT is a non factor" (there are hundreds of foreign movie critics), it's that overseas markets enjoy watching awful movies. john • on Jun 9, 2017 3:51 pm Star Power still seems to hold weight over seas a bit more than here – so people keep asking 'why did they make another X' because they don't pay attention to the IBO Patrick • on Jun 12, 2017 7:06 am Yup to Jason. Overseas audiences are where NA audiences were 10-20 years ago. Overseas audience will go see a move is Actor X is in the film, no matter how bad the film is. NA audiences bother to read reviews, both from professional sources and trusted amateur (friends/acquaintances) types. Pedro • on Jun 9, 2017 1:27 pm Anyone can see any film. And both have films with low RT scores made bank, while several acclaimed films at the aggregation failed to sizzle at the box-office. But I suppose, overall, people are exerting more discretion while picking what to watch and that is a good thing. Studios will have to work harder, just like WB had to, and actually deliver a coherent film with strong characters, something to say and a vision instead of just stacking up CGI set pieces. Britt • on Jun 9, 2017 3:04 pm If we're talking about The Mummy, you forget that Tom Cruise is box office poison in America. • on Jun 10, 2017 8:06 am Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation $195 million domestic. Edge of Tomorrow $100 million domestic. Just in the last couple years. Yeah, he's deadly. WMX • on Jun 11, 2017 3:56 pm That dude was exaggerating. But, Cruise is a falling star here in America. Patrick • on Jun 12, 2017 7:13 am A more accurate statement would be that Tom Cruise is a negative in the minds of the movie going public when considering whether or not to buy a ticket. He's not the dispositive factor, one way or the other. If the movie looks good I'll see it despite him. I won't go to see many bad movies because of him. I saw mummy, because I loved the previous reboots. But this was bad. Chris Stephenson • on Jun 9, 2017 3:24 pm In what way does a website laying flat how many critics liked a movie and how many didn't tell anyone to like a movie You're free to like whatever you like. RT just makes it easier to find what more people that know movies like. Jason • on Jun 9, 2017 6:52 pm They have RT in the U.K. and it matters there at least. Wocher • on Jun 9, 2017 6:52 pm I don't pay much attention to critic scores, but find audience scores on RT to be mostly reliable. Right now The Mummy is sitting at 47%, and frankly I find that generous given my impression of the film from a few days ago. I'm not sure if this is enough to kill the DU franchise given that the next two entries are already in pre-production, but it certainly sucks a lot of the air out of it. If anyone was excited for more monster movies, they certainly aren't now. Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 9, 2017 8:13 pm Plus RT blends the " want to see" scores in with the scores of people after the movie is released. So that tends to increase the audience score. Otherwise for some movies the audience score would be a lot lower. If they just used the score of people after the movie was released it would be a lot more accurate. Wocher • on Jun 10, 2017 2:01 pm Really? That makes a lot of sense as to why the score is higher than it deserves. I wasn't aware they mixed the two scores like that. That's ridiculous. If I recall, Want to See for this movie was 96% so that mean audience scores must have been in the toilet to bring that average down to 46%. Thanks for the info. prez babycakes • on Jun 9, 2017 12:20 pm This looked like straight to DVD fare… never seen a Tom Cruise trailer that looked so redbox-rental-ready. Not really. Dead On Arrival Universe • on Jun 9, 2017 12:21 pm Dark Universe was a stupid idea but they were so desperate to have their own Marvel universe they failed to realize they don't have the characters needed to do a cinematic universe. Donna Langley should be fired for wasting so much money not just on producing this crap fest but also the millions of dollars she spent on their writers room to develop this monster universe. None of their planned movies will work the way they want them to. Donna should be exiled to the Prodigium it's where she belongs there she can spend her time and energy trying to capture legendary monsters. john • on Jun 9, 2017 3:54 pm Universal seemed to think they could 'force' a universe by taking similar themes (hey look spooky human monsters) into what's interlocking. It's not like marvel created the universe for the movies – they have 50+ years of 'universe' extant to work with • on Jun 11, 2017 12:16 am Dark Universe is a stupid name. Couldn't they come up with something a little more clever? Or better yet, Creative? Deering24 • on Jun 11, 2017 8:10 pm As well, the DU has a major rooting/interesting-character problem here. Do you root for the Universal monsters? Do you root for the creepy corporation policing them partly by keeping the public ignorant of them? It's as if the X-Files had no Mulder/Scully and we had to root for the aliens/monsters. And this movie proves that star power is not going to compensate for shoe-horned-in, bland protagonists we have no reason to care about. Frankly, Universal would be smarter buying good contemporary horror novels and doing moderate, well-scripted adaptations instead of redoing these horror classics for the bazillionth time. There's a reason GET OUT did well–and why its director/writer was smart in optioning LOVECRAFT COUNTRY for the screen. kerzondax • on Jun 9, 2017 12:29 pm To steal a quote from "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel" (great movie btw): "Story is king. Always has, always will be." RC • on Jun 9, 2017 12:30 pm Man of Steel declined 64.6% from its first to second weekend. Batman vs. Superman declined 69% Suicide Squad declined 67% If Wonder Woman declines 52% (or less), that would be awesome (and would match The Dark Knight's second weekend decline). Pedro • on Jun 9, 2017 2:40 pm As far as superhero films go, 52% is an incredible hold, even better than most Marvel or Fox releases. The average, even for massively successful titles, is closer to 60% or even above it, because the genre tends to be front-loaded. • on Jun 9, 2017 8:57 pm True in some cases. The only reason that WW is holding out is because the other movies mentioned made way more money than she did. So its important that people stop making her seem like a great success cuz she's really not. I mean 10 days in and still not guaranteed to pass the $200 million mark? And the reason I say this is because everyone is treating her movie as if its an event movie. It's not. She'll max out at $280 probably. Next 3 weeks will be her end. Cars. Teansformers. DM3 and the true greatest superhero of all Spider-man will put an end to this upstart. Pedro • on Jun 9, 2017 10:22 pm Not true. Check holds for Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, or, actually, most Marvel titles. Lower opening than Wonder Woman and higher second week dips. • on Jun 10, 2017 8:04 am Nope, it will keep easing down and will make more than man of steel. • on Jun 10, 2017 8:18 am You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. 280 million max in the States? She's already nearing if not passing 200 mil this weekend. I mean, what the heck is an event movie? Did you just make that up yourself? This movie is a summer blockbuster as all movies are that are heavily advertise, highly budgeted and released during the summer blockbuster gauntlet. Also, you've failed to define and use examples of how the next three weeks will end her run. Listing a bunch of up coming movies doesn't say anything. Box Office Fan • on Jun 10, 2017 5:01 pm I think he was using Mockingjay Part 2 to base his predictions that Wonder Woman won't gross more than $280 million domestically. Mockingjay Part 2 had $102.7 million for the first weekend and grossed $52 million for the second weekend. By the end of the second weekend Mockingjay Part 2 had $198.5 million in the bank. If Wonder Woman ends up with $200.6 million by the end of the second weekend, Wonder Woman should end up with around $285 million at the end of its domestic run (versus $281.7 million for Mockingjay Part 2). Wonder Woman will still be below Man of Steel's $291 million. Pedro • on Jun 10, 2017 6:06 pm Wonder Woman is ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy domestically in every way measurable. Opening. Weekdays. Second Week Drop. Total. It will make at least as much. 330+ milo • on Jun 12, 2017 4:22 pm Which is what you'd hope for considering she's one of the best known superheroes of all time. agca hadvatydc • on Jun 10, 2017 9:00 am a marvel fanboy, potted and spotted! nonsensicalwhimsy • on Jun 10, 2017 9:54 am Sounds like you're desperate for it to not do well. I keep seeing posts similar to this, and I don't understand why. carolinaalvarennga • on Jun 10, 2017 3:11 pm Marvels fanboys carolinaalvarennga • on Jun 10, 2017 3:06 pm Marvels fanboy carolinaalvarennga • on Jun 10, 2017 2:57 pm Aeeeeee Go Wonder Go • on Jun 9, 2017 12:38 pm Hopefully Langley will finally be cut loose has terrible taste, this dark Universe crap she championed so hard is awful, nobody cares about this franchise or ever will. WMX • on Jun 9, 2017 4:24 pm Are you high? Universal had the best year in its history two years ago. There's no way that Universal's BoD is gonna let her go anytime soon. Tom • on Jun 9, 2017 12:46 pm If low critic ratings mean Hollywood has to tell better stories, then so be it. • on Jun 9, 2017 1:01 pm Such a bad idea. Why on earth did Tom Cruise agree to this? Sammy. • on Jun 9, 2017 3:19 pm I think it's because Cruise seems unsure of where to go and what to do. Think of it this way, in 1999 when the first Brendan Fraser film came out and what Cruise was doing that year, if you asked anybody (including him) if they thought 18 years later he would be rebooting that series, no one would have bought it. But he has limited time left on the Mission series, Jack Reacher is a bust and so he seems to be trying to find a way to stay relevant in action tentpoles What he should be doing is, while not yet giving up on popcorn yet, try to start mixing in proper acting roles in other types of movies, the way he flirted with in the past. He's already past his genuine box office domestic peak but he remains one of the few 'stars' of the 80's/90's who still can work on a global level, but not for very much longer at 54. • on Jun 10, 2017 9:04 am Would love to see Dwayne Johnson in a Jack Reacher role Rex the Wonder Dog • on Jun 9, 2017 8:15 pm Because he is Tom Cruise and he thinks every movie is better with Tom Cruise. Deering24 • on Jun 11, 2017 8:17 pm It sounds like he really wanted to do a classic horror piece–and he was slated to do del Toro's IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS Lovecraft adaptation. But when that got killed, this was the next best thing. Lu • on Jun 9, 2017 1:09 pm The Mummy started off fine, but became confused and lacklustre as the film progressed. What happened to having a proper story? I like Cruise but felt he was miscast and too old for the part. Red_Kal • on Jun 9, 2017 1:27 pm Wouldn't be surprised if Wonder Woman is closer to $55 million for the weekend. Mummy was a snoozefest and beneath the talent involved. The classic monsters need to be given a rest for a while. Courtlandpozzi@gmail.com • on Jun 9, 2017 1:51 pm Im really confused about the overwhelming amount of negative reviews this movie is receiving. Since when do summer blockbusters need to be critically acclaimed to be enjoyable? This movie was fun and worth the price of admission. It's an audience pleaser not a oscar contender. Im sure the studio also banked on the global performance of the movie and I don't think Universal ever really expected this to be a Monster hit in the US. They wanted to get this dark universe started quickly and they needed a safe bet so they enrolled Tom Cruise, gave him the some creative control on action sequences, marketed the crap out of it, and now have a starting ground. It'll make $400 million or more worldwide and they left plenty of room to lead the Dark Universe in any direction they want it to go. Yes, writing could have been better. I can't believe it took six guys to write that horrible dialogue. We read all the bad reviews right before we saw it and we still enjoyed it. nerdrage • on Jun 9, 2017 2:35 pm "Since when do summer blockbusters need to be critically acclaimed to be enjoyable?" There's a difference between the good, well-made sort of mindless franchise movie (GotG 1 and 2, the Captain America movies) and movies that are just inept and annoying (The Mummy, countless others). But bad movies do well overseas all the time. I'd say keep an eye on foreign BO before writing this one off. Dave • on Jun 9, 2017 6:57 pm You quote two Marvel films as examples, they should be exempted due to the he comic book film craze sweeping the world. I would rather see the new Pirates film as an example which I thought was very enjoyable. I think the US is heading down a one way street now with Marvel and DC driving the bus. All well and good if you love those films but the rest of the world prefer some variety in their heroes Bugs Meany (@BugsMeany) • on Jun 9, 2017 2:46 pm Really, who was asking for this to be rebooted? The Mummy needed to be good to justify its existence. St • on Jun 9, 2017 2:03 pm Well, everyone expect studio knew that "The Mummy" with Tom Cruise will flop on the day it was announced. Because no one was asking for new "Mummy franshice". But some people thought: "Well, if they invest so much money in it then I guess they have good plan for it and script. Maybe I will give it a try and wait for trailer. After all those Brendan Frasier ones were fun adventure ". And then trailer came and it showed that studio had no plan, it has no relation to previous Mummy franchise. It's some popcorn movie where Tom Cruise runs and saves the world, there is some ghost like evil woman and some cloud or something…. And that's about it. Do they really thought that 54 years old Tom Cruise still has the power to bring 150 millions to every blockbuster he stars in? Oblivion, EoT and Jack Reacher all underperformed. Yes, but Edge of Tomorrow wasn't one of the best sci-fi action films of the last decade and Cruise was perfectly cast. was one of the best. My dumbass phone decided to change it to wasn't. MG • on Jun 11, 2017 1:52 am "Edge of Tomorrow" was an excellent sci-fi/thriller/adventure film. It truly deserved to be a huge success. But I don't think it was marketed as well as it could have been. But let's face it, with a title like "Edge of Tomorrow," which sounds like a soap opera and doesn't describe what the film is really about, they weren't giving their marketing department much to work with. I think the title did undermine the film's success quite a bit. And perhaps, at the time, his religious beliefs and marital woes, put on blast by the tabloid media, may have dinged his ability to attract an audience as well. I'm not a huge Tom Cruise fan, at all, but this film was brilliant! Nelson • on Jun 9, 2017 2:16 pm There is no such thing as celerity pull anymore(and people are tired of too many British actors). Sorry Mummy, I'll pass. More diverse casting might have helped! Dave • on Jun 9, 2017 6:33 pm Diverse casting? Can you give some examples who you would have cast instead of just trolling? Milord • on Jun 9, 2017 7:31 pm People who appreciate superior acting are not tired of too many British actors; only xenophobe would say that. If what you say is true, you wouldn't keep seeing Hugh Laurie, Naomi Watts, Kim Catrall, Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Haley Atwell or a hundred other performers who are so talented you didn't even realize they are British. mla28ny • on Jun 9, 2017 9:27 pm When was the last hit movie any of those actors had in the US? Hollywood is ignoring the domestic box office by not employing more US actors like, African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian instead of foreigners. Jezza • on Jun 11, 2017 1:20 am Your argument falls apart Johnny Depp is Native American yet he's cast in movies all the time The movie business is a world wide business not an American one. Hidden Figures was only big in the States but nowhere else. Other movies like The Golden Compass underperformed in the States but were saved by European audiences My point is some movies are made more for Europeans than Americans WMX • on Jun 11, 2017 3:57 pm Johnny Depp is like 1 percent Native American, if that. milo • on Jun 12, 2017 4:11 pm And people are skeptical he is at all. Trying to single out Depp for the sake of diverse casting is laughable. MG • on Jun 11, 2017 2:01 am I didn't know that Kim Catrall was British. Thank you, I learned something new from your post. However, Gillian Anderson, is not British. She was born in Chicago, lived in England until she was 11, then moved to Michigan. What people? British actors, Australian actors, American actors, I could give a fiddler's damn. Good actors are always welcome. mla28ny • on Jun 9, 2017 9:25 pm Thank you. I've complaining about all these Brit actors for awhile now. Movies with them in it usually tank at the domestic box office. They are cheaper than Americans and no better. Dave • on Jun 10, 2017 3:13 am I think if Brit actors were all barred from US TV and Films you would notice a pretty big gap. Game Of Thrones would be gone completely. No Bond films, no big budget films made cheap with tax incentives in the UK (they require a quota of UK actors to qualify), recast Star Wars. Rogue One, 1 billion dollars WW with over 500 million domestic with 2 of the 6 main cast being British. Force Awakens both leads British. Beuaty And The Beast, over 1 billion dollars, both leads British, films in Britain. 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The Mummy (2017 film)
Reception.:Critical response.
"The Mummy" received generally negative reviews from critics, with criticism aimed at its narrative, tone, acting, and plot points setting up the "Dark Universe". On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 290 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Lacking the campy fun of the franchise's most recent entries and failing to deliver many monster-movie thrills, "The Mummy" suggests a speedy unraveling for the "Dark Universe"." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".