This Thursday, the August 17, 2023shows Vox at 10:05 p.m an action thriller that could have had James Bond potential but failed in a notable way: Because The Rhythm Section with Blake Lively set a negative record that has not been touched to this day.
Today on TV: action revenge campaign by James Bond producer
Even James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli was on board to bring Stephanie Patrick’s (Blake Lively) story to life: After her family dies in a plane crash, the average woman embarks on a self-destructive path. It is only when she realizes three years later that the crash was actually not an accident that she regains her purpose in life and begins to plan her revenge.
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The Rhythm Section
While Netflix recently started its own James Bond attempt again, the television program also delivers action with a combative heroine. Yet this heroine, despite famous co-stars like Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown, only earned a surprising minus record.
Blake Lively’s The Rhythm Section set this negative record
Even before The Rhythm Section hit theaters in the United States in 2020, the film had been postponed several times. According to Deadline, his test performance was said to be one of the worst in Paramount’s history. The studio then canceled in advance to minimize losses the advertising budget and lowered the release’s cinemas.
The Rhythm Section opened in 3,049 theaters in the US and grossed just 2.8 million in its opening weekend and 1 million in its second week, after which the film was pulled from 2,955 theaters on its third weekend. That set The Rhythm Section on #1 Biggest Theater Dropsi.e. the cinemas that removed a film that had started in more than 3000 cinemas from the program within a very short time.
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A bleak outlook for Blake Lively at The Rhythm Section
The movie with $50 million budget was predicted to gross 9 to 12 million. In the end it wasn’t worldwide once 6 million in cinema revenues. The Rhythm Section is said to have caused his studio Paramount to lose a total of 30 to 40 million dollars.
How bad the James Bond replacement really is, you can now see for yourself on television. If you missed The Rhythm Section on Thursday, there’s that too Rerun on Vox on Saturday 19 August 2023 at 10:05 p.m. In the stream, the action thriller can only be rented or bought *.
Podcast: Why is German TV so boring?
70 times CSI per week and Germany’s next top model at prime time: German free TV is at its lowest point and still can’t be killed. We discuss why this is the case in the Moviepilot podcast:
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We explain why German television found itself in a downward spiral of cheap TV and a lack of ideas even before Netflix & Co. and why so many are still tuning in. While Andrea sets herself up as a TV hangman, TV lawyer Hendrik passionately defends television.
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