Unlike most pandemic-era box office bombs, 'Death on the Nile' likely would have been a hit in pre-Covid circumstances.
Disney has announced that Kenneth Branagh’swill debut on Hulu on March 29. That’s actually a “normal” 45-day theatrical window , and honestly we’re talking about a movie that earned $280,000 on day 27, so it’s not like the film isn’t being given a chance in conventional theatrical existence. That said, the total box office failure of the $90 million, all-star murder mystery is a deeply disconcerting whiff.
which 20th Century Fox had been prioritizing just as Walt Disney began getting serious about buying Fox’s film and television divisions. So, understandably, we got a sequel in the form of. The picture was intended to open in December of 2019 but ended up being pushed to December 2020 in a move that made sense at the time. Alas, like, the pushed-to-2020 flick got kneecapped by a global pandemic.No, I don’t think off-screen controversies had much effect on the overall box office.
likely would have performed halfway decently under conventional circumstances. Would there have been some drop-off due to folks only being curious the first time? Sure. Would there have been less audience buzz for a cast headlined by Gadot, Hammer and Wright versus one headlined by Johnny Depp, Judi Dench and Michelle Pfeiffer? Quite possibly.
Conversely, has the pandemic and streaming push decimated the potential for crowdpleasing/commercial adult pictures to flourish to where there’s really no room for anything but kid-friendly IP, DC/Marvel movies and horror breakouts? It’s rotten luck that the deluge of “Can adult movies still succeed?” offerings were mostly courtesy of 20th Century Studios and Searchlight amid a period where Disney seemingly barely cared about actual Disney theatricals let along Fox holdovers.
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