r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jan 19 '25

Domestic Paramount's BETTER MAN was an extinction-level event in its 2nd weekend, dropping a whopping -76% w/ just $255k, $1.8M total. This will likely go down as the lowest-grossing, wide studio release of 2025...

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u/JJoanOfArkJameson Paramount Jan 19 '25

A total mistake on many levels, but understandable ones: should've cost less, should've gone wide on or before Christmas for better dailies and attention, should've came out with more space between Robbie's other projects, should've had at least one other star attached to this for a draw. 

Still, I loved it. It plays phenomenally in a theater too. 

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u/Corgi_Koala Jan 20 '25

Should have not had a stupid fucking CGI monkey for no reason.

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u/JJoanOfArkJameson Paramount Jan 20 '25

Idk, I loved it. It wouldn't be nearly as visually interesting without it. Sure, they would've saved 25M+, but I'm glad they took a swing.

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u/Skyblacker Jan 22 '25

That's only 20% of the budget anyway.

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u/aresef Jan 24 '25

The monkey totally works and there's a line late in the film that makes the monkey make sense in the story.

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u/TheRealCabbageJack Jan 20 '25

Should have had 1 less cgi monkey