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John Nolte explains why "Birds of Prey," was a flop, while the 3rd Bad Boys film....released 17 years after the sequel with 50 year old stars wasn't....
Nolte: Why 'Bad Boys for Life' Trounced 'Birds of Prey' at the Box Office
What should really wake the studios up is the success of Bad Boys for Life, which, in its seventh(!) weekend of release, earned more money than Birds of Prey, which is in only its fourth ā $4.1 million compared to $3.9 million.
Good grief, Bad Boys for Life is the third chapter in a 25-year-old franchise arriving 17 years after the second chapter, and it features two aging stars in their fifties.
Birds of Prey stars Robbie, one of the hottest (or so weāre told) stars around today, and itās a comic-book movie released into a movie world where everything comic-book sets the box office on fire. Itās not only part of the DC Universe, itās part of the freakinā Batman universe.
But of course, the Bad Boys are kicking Harley Quinnās skinny ass ($197 to $80 million domestic). Sorry, but those Bad Boys are more fun and, at times, the movie actually dares to be sexy and politically incorrect. Never in a million years did I expect Bad Boys for Life to do this well. Itās an okay movie. But I think audiences are desperate for some lecture-free entertainment, some old-school action and sex appeal (male and female), and Bad Boys 3 is the first to dare to deliver that in a while.
Birds of Prey is a sexless, preachy, and sometimes shrill slog. Bad Boys for Life is far from perfect, but at least itās fun and funny and eager to entertain everyone ā not just dried-up harpies whose only life partner choices come down to a Pajama Beta-Boy or Ben & Jerryās.
Nolte: Why 'Bad Boys for Life' Trounced 'Birds of Prey' at the Box Office
What should really wake the studios up is the success of Bad Boys for Life, which, in its seventh(!) weekend of release, earned more money than Birds of Prey, which is in only its fourth ā $4.1 million compared to $3.9 million.
Good grief, Bad Boys for Life is the third chapter in a 25-year-old franchise arriving 17 years after the second chapter, and it features two aging stars in their fifties.
Birds of Prey stars Robbie, one of the hottest (or so weāre told) stars around today, and itās a comic-book movie released into a movie world where everything comic-book sets the box office on fire. Itās not only part of the DC Universe, itās part of the freakinā Batman universe.
But of course, the Bad Boys are kicking Harley Quinnās skinny ass ($197 to $80 million domestic). Sorry, but those Bad Boys are more fun and, at times, the movie actually dares to be sexy and politically incorrect. Never in a million years did I expect Bad Boys for Life to do this well. Itās an okay movie. But I think audiences are desperate for some lecture-free entertainment, some old-school action and sex appeal (male and female), and Bad Boys 3 is the first to dare to deliver that in a while.
Birds of Prey is a sexless, preachy, and sometimes shrill slog. Bad Boys for Life is far from perfect, but at least itās fun and funny and eager to entertain everyone ā not just dried-up harpies whose only life partner choices come down to a Pajama Beta-Boy or Ben & Jerryās.
