GoAgs92 said:

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Btron said:

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TCTTS said:

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everyone on here acting like the movie is going to be soooo out there, or soooo weird, or sooo hard to sell to any kind of general audience, well, sorry, you're just wrong on this one. it's a straightforward father-daughter stoner crime thriller epic and it rocks

— evan romano (@EvanRomano) September 8, 2025

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I'm looking forward to this, but father/daughter, stoner, crime thriller does sound like it will NOT be for the general audience. So time will tell how it does. But I'm all in on PTA, all the time.

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Since when are PTA movies for a general audience?

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I loved the movie. I just saw this discourse, and response a mile away. At least for the last 10 years, what Hollywood and film critics think is cool is not usually what the rest of the world does. I'd say off the top of my head, Maverick and Horror movies are what Americans have gone to the theaters for. Not counting what led up to End Game.

FL_Ag1998 said:

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From that Variety article....

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Variety's Owen Gleiberman raved about the film in his review, calling it a "mesmerizing vision of a police-state America."

"'One Battle After Another' is a movie that taps into the fierce urgency of now; it gives you a chill that's also a wake-up call… while it speaks with a big vision to the danger and anxiety of our moment, it's also a drama that's totally grounded and relatable," Gleiberman wrote. "'One Battle After Another' is a vision of a society in captivity, but it's a movie that never loses the pulse of its humanity."

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Good Lord, I don't think I can roll my eyes any harder.

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What does that word salad even mean? I've seen this film and didn't get any of that sense while watching this. I did feel a bit of anxiety when Bob couldn't find a cell phone charger

TCTTS said:

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Even factoring in marketing (which is a way less consistent percentage from film to film), I still think it could potentially break even. I saw two projections yesterday both saying it could very well do over $200M worldwide theatrically now. Taylor Swift even pimped the hell out of it on Fallon last night, which could give it a small bump too, haha. Throw in all the other revenue streams in conjunction with its award prospects and Warner Bros will absolutely consider this movie a win.

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It was $250 million to make including advertising. The box office has to be double that to break even. It's at $140 worldwide right now.

It is a massive flop and won't come close to breaking even.

Hollywood is full of woke, leftist Marxist morons now.

I'm sure it'll win an Oscar.

those dang woke leftists

also when did people start adding advertising into calculations.
Production budget is all that was ever talked about until very recently
I only ever see it used to frame a narrative however the person using it wants it.