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...

https://x.com/ERCboxoffice/status/1881013947526226016?t=JWxhq4eskqF88W_JotOs4w&s=19
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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.