Hi guys, first of all I would like to say that I am new here and this is my first post. But to my question, I saw The Nice Guys yesterday and I thought it was fantastic! It was a little slow at the beginning and lacked a truly compelling villain IMO but they are very small nit picks, The Nice Guys is near perfect and is the best film of 2016 so far for me.
But it saddens me that it's opening weekend was very weak. I know it is rated R in the U.S so that limits the audience, but I just don't understand why it is not taking in a lot of cash? It is fun, well reviewed, fresh and has big name stars. Why is this not making half the money Deadpool did? I know Deadpool had better marketing and is a superhero film but going by the content of the film, the rating and the reception they are actually quite similar.
Maybe people don't like this kind of genre? I don't know but if somebody could give me an idea or just talk about it, that would be great. I am really hoping this is not a sign that the general public prefer dumb-cash grab movies like Angry Birds which smashed The Nice Guys box office wise (Haven't seen Angry Birds yet, just going by the reviews).
But it saddens me that it's opening weekend was very weak. I know it is rated R in the U.S so that limits the audience, but I just don't understand why it is not taking in a lot of cash? It is fun, well reviewed, fresh and has big name stars. Why is this not making half the money Deadpool did? I know Deadpool had better marketing and is a superhero film but going by the content of the film, the rating and the reception they are actually quite similar.
Maybe people don't like this kind of genre? I don't know but if somebody could give me an idea or just talk about it, that would be great. I am really hoping this is not a sign that the general public prefer dumb-cash grab movies like Angry Birds which smashed The Nice Guys box office wise (Haven't seen Angry Birds yet, just going by the reviews).