08-13-2019, 07:05 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49318170
Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is only the second original film of 2019 to break $100m (£82.9m) at the US box office.
The recently released film is largely fictional, although it does intertwine real people into the story and uses the Charles Manson murders as a backdrop.
Jordan Peel's horror movie Us is the only other original film so far this year to have made more than $100m.
All the other $100m films are sequels, spin-offs or franchises.
"This is more evidence that Leonardo DiCaprio is the last old-school movie star we've got," wrote Scott Mendelson in Forbes about One Upon a Time in Hollywood's success.
I have to admit, I'm not sure that the "or franchises" bit is entirely fair. The MCU has plenty of sub-series within that franchise, and I don't think the first film in a sub-series (e.g. Black Panther or the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie) should be counted as a 'sequel', which is effectively what this criteria does.
Either way, it's quite depressing . There's still a little four months left for another original movie to break through, but I'm not fancying their chances...
Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is only the second original film of 2019 to break $100m (£82.9m) at the US box office.
The recently released film is largely fictional, although it does intertwine real people into the story and uses the Charles Manson murders as a backdrop.
Jordan Peel's horror movie Us is the only other original film so far this year to have made more than $100m.
All the other $100m films are sequels, spin-offs or franchises.
"This is more evidence that Leonardo DiCaprio is the last old-school movie star we've got," wrote Scott Mendelson in Forbes about One Upon a Time in Hollywood's success.
I have to admit, I'm not sure that the "or franchises" bit is entirely fair. The MCU has plenty of sub-series within that franchise, and I don't think the first film in a sub-series (e.g. Black Panther or the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie) should be counted as a 'sequel', which is effectively what this criteria does.
Either way, it's quite depressing . There's still a little four months left for another original movie to break through, but I'm not fancying their chances...
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