There’s an old expression in sports, one that’s often repeated by longtime ESPN anchor Chris Berman: “That’s why they play the game.” In other words: It doesn’t matter what the oddsmakers say, it doesn’t matter how things stack up on paper. On any given day, any team can beat another. That’s why they play the game. The … Read more
Disney CEO Bob Iger believes he knows why The Marvels failed at the box office and the reason isn’t what you expect. The Marvels has stumbled at the box office; Perhaps that’s putting it mildly, as the movie had the lowest opening of any film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But fear not, Disney CEO … Read more
When we separate successful movies from failures, we look at a few key factors. Sometimes the movie just isn’t very good. Sometimes it was a critical bomb but a hit with the everyman. Sometimes the box office take is enough to say whether a movie was worth its own budget. Plenty of cinema’s great classics … Read more
Arnold Schwarzenegger recalls how hurt he was when Last Action Hero flopped — “I didn’t want to see anyone for a week.” Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding high throughout the ’80s and early ’90s with hit after hit like PRedator, Twins, Total Recalland Terminator 2: Judgment Daybut he had his first big box office flop with … Read more