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From ‘Inside Out 2’ to ‘Madame Web,’ Grading the Box Office Winners and Losers of 2024 (So Far)
As the year reaches its halfway point, Variety is assessing the box office winners and losers of 2024 (so far).
But these ticket sales are a reminder that musical biopics don’t have to be great (“One Love” holds a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes) as long as they have songs that make audience members want to jam out. It’s hard to assess how much money IFC will net from the movie (the distributor didn’t release a budget), but a $12.3 million gross for an Australian horror film with no stars is very impressive. With Sony’s shaky track record of introducing new Marvel characters, promotional materials and a press tour that were meme-d for all the wrong reasons and some comically brutal reviews, it didn’t take a clairvoyant to predict that “Madame Web” would flame out.
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