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Box Office Misfire: Big-Budget ‘Mickey 17’ Stumbles With $24 Million Overseas, $53 Million Globally
"Mickey 17" generated $53 million at the global box office, but the film cost too much to ever turn a profit in this lifetime.
Credit to Bong, known for acclaimed films like best picture winner “Parasite” and “Snowpiercer,” and Pattinson, the A-lister who has navigated blockbuster franchises like “Twilight,” “Harry Potter” and “The Batman” in between a smattering of indies, for opening “Mickey 17” above $50 million. Here’s the problem: Warner Bros. studio chiefs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca granted a head-scratching $118 million to spend on production (replicating Pattinson doesn’t come cheap!) The superhero sequel will end the weekend with $194.2 million domestically and 370.8 worldwide, a solid tally except — like “Mickey 17” — its outsized price tag will make it difficult to forge a path to profitability.
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