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/MysteriousHat14 Jan 19 '25

I mean, this movie bombing in America is an absolute non story. The interesting thing is that it doesn't seem to be doing well overseas either.

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u/Optimism_Deficit Jan 19 '25

I think he has a slightly peculiar level of fame.

He's definitely a household name in the UK and a few other countries, but he's not a universally recognised global megastar.

His career sort of peaked in the late 90s and 00s. He can still pull in big crowds for his tours and gets booked to play big public events, where he invariably sings a few of his hits from 20 or so years ago. His career isn't doing badly, but he's not really in the public consciousness.

Other than this movie and the promotional tour for it, the most recent thing I can remember him doing is a cat food commercial.

I guess even in the UK, not many people felt they needed to see a movie of his life.

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u/CoreyH2P Jan 20 '25

An American comp I’ve kinda thought about is Alanis Morisette. Was huge a few decades ago, still around (she performed on our big New Years Eve show this year), but not a big enough star to get people to care about a biopic.