And while it has already played in much of the world, it also opened in the likes of Russia and the United Kingdom this weekend, with Japan set for April 14. The Zhang Yimou-directed film has already made $171 million in China and $224.5m worldwide over the last two months. It comes courtesy of Universal (who fronted 25% of the budget), Legendary, China Film Group and Le Vision Pictures, and it opened in China back in December of 2016. Except The Great Wall is technically a Chinese/American co-production. For a $150m-produced release, that's an unfortunate result. That means the Matt Damon/Tian Jing period-piece fantasy is probably going to make around $21m over the Fri-Mon frame. release is not breaking out in North America, with an $18 million weekend.

The bad news is that the Universal/Comcast Corp. As noted yesterday, The Great Wall is doing it backward. And 20th Century Fox still has the obscenely leggy Hidden Figures with the surefire smash Logan on the way.Īs a general rule, when a $150 million action fantasy opens with around $20m over a four-day weekend, we do the whole 'Well, it's a domestic disaster, but it may break out overseas' routine. has The LEGO Batman Movie (the weekend's top film for the second weekend in a row) with Kong: Skull Island earning solid buzz in advance of its March 10 debut. The actor also addressed the film's accusations of whitewashing and stated that he 'saw the movie as the exact same plot as 'Lawrence of Arabia'' where an 'outsider comes into a new culture, finds value in the culture, brings some skill from the outside that aids them in their fight against whatever and they're all changed forever.Univeral has Fifty Shades Darker, Split, A Dog's Purpose and Sing with Get Out coming next weekend. I hope to never have that feeling again,' said Damon. I am definitely going to die here, but I'm doing it.' That's as sh*tty as you can feel creatively, I think. It's the up-at-dawn siege on Hamburger Hill.

'I came to consider that the definition of a professional actor, knowing you're in a turkey and going: 'OK, I've got four more months. She calls the movie 'The Wall' and when Damon attempts to correct her, she responds by saying that 'there's nothing great about that movie.' In addition to the movie's critics, Damon's daughter also thinks it's terrible. ĭamon's thoughts: The award-winning actor told Maron that the film 'doesn't cohere' and 'doesn't work as a movie,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.ĭamon also stated that director Zhang Yimou was pressured by Hollywood producers to change the film and sacrifice his original ideas. Matt Damon appeared as a guest star on the 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast and acknowledged that 'The Great Wall' was a terrible movie.

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