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Coining the Flopbuster


Barbie and Oppenheimer are the big movie news at the moment, having opened to record numbers.


And both are originals! Although, of course, Barbie is based on a world-famous brand. And Oppenheimer has the Christopher Nolan “brand”—almost like what a new Kubrick film used to be. I guess Tarantino is still that way, too.


I read this article a few weeks ago about the “flopbuster,” specifically referring to Indiana Jones and the Dial of the Destiny: a movie which opened to numbers that used to be considered big, but cost so much that it’s nonetheless a financial disappointment.


Weird times!

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