In addition to the casting controversy, the movie has also received negative reviews, with a writer for RollingStone.com stating, “Some movies are so effing bad they’re hilarious”.
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A group of ancient Egyptian deities couldn’t take down the merch with a mouth. In it’s 11 week domestic run, it has notched up a staggering $926 million to be become the biggest movie in U.S. box office history. The movie now has a 23 Metascore rating on IMDB, one of the lowest ever for such a high-budget film. It cost $23 million to make.
With a $140 million price tag, plus at least a $30 million promo budget, Gods of Egypt is going to have to, well, pray to the gods that a massive worldwide haul can rescue it from becoming the biggest box office flop of 2016 thus far.
“It’s hard to rise above the noise”, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore.
Deadpool, made for only $58 million, stars Ryan Reynolds as the title character alongside T.J. Miller as Weasel, Gina Carano as Angel Dust, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Morena Baccarin as Copycat, and Ed Skrein as Ajax.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda 3”, distributed by Fox, landed in third place with $9 million in ticket sales and $128.5 million to date in domestic ticket sales, according to comScore.
“Eddie the Eagle”, a Fox produced story about an unlikely Olympic athlete (Taron Egerton) face-planted to a paltry $6.3 million from 2,038 locations for a fifth place finish.
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The survival epic has earned almost 70 percent of its gross following the Academy Awards nominations – a sign of what a little Oscar attention can do for a challenging film that includes crowd-pleasing moments involving horse disembowelment and raw bison eating.
