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Why did this movie fail in the Box Office?

posted 9 years ago by MrCharmingMan
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Why did this movie fail in the Box Office?

Is the NFL and its sponsors, fans, and corporate backing investors really that powerful?

Or has Will Smith really lost his Box Office draw?

I think it was a good movie and Smith did well in it. I think the only poor choice of casting went to Luke Wilson. I couldn't take Luke seriously at all especially being a powerful authoritative figure over the NFL?

[–] LeParas-1 9 years ago

I thought that at least in the relevant Football Nations like the USA or Canada the movie would do better.
Outside of North America, Japan, Mexico and maybe the UK i don't think that football is a big thing anyways. So why should the people watch a movie about it?

[–] nameOff 9 years ago

Very bad timing of the release date, releasing this on Christmas was a mistake. The competition was too much, so this film got overlooked. Also the subject matter obviously doesn't interest many people, some trailers made it look like a boring documentary piece.

[–] mel-holden 9 years ago

Who gives a damn if football players get concussions? It's just so ridiculously obvious that hitting your head, and other body parts, really hard, over and over, if going to have a negative impact on your body.

If you want to do something stupid, do it, just don't make my tax dollars pay for it.

[–] jim914109 8 years ago

Who gives a damn if football players get concussions? It's just so ridiculously obvious that hitting your head, and other body parts, really hard, over and over, if going to have a negative impact on your body.

If you want to do something stupid, do it, just don't make my tax dollars pay for it.

This movie was not about concussions - it was about CTE - Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, the long-term, irreparable damage caused to the brain by a lifetime of brain trauma in all forms that happens so often to professional football players.

Some examples of why we care:
- We don't want men living homeless and out of touch with their families
- We don't want large, very strong men showing up at a doctor's office (or anywhere else for that matter) and threatening people about their conditions
- We don't want ex-football players frightening their families, and inevitably their neighbors because of their afflictions
- We don't want men driving their vehicles off of cliffs after a domestic violence incident (like Junior Seau)
- We don't want men committing suicide with handguns in hotel rooms
- We don't want men driving the wrong way down a highway at 90 mph (as Justin Strzelczyk actually did) and causing a head-on collision

All of these incidents are societal issues in one way or another, and all would have some cost to taxpayers - in terms of response, cleanup, insurance, welfare of surviving family members, etc. That's why

[–] kara-mccollum1 8 years ago

Because it told the truth, and people don't want to hear the truth!

[–] town_night 8 years ago

Honestly I was interested in it when it was in development, but the trailer for me just felt so dull I did not want to pay to see it in theaters.

[–] rmontro 8 years ago

Honestly I was interested in it when it was in development, but the trailer for me just felt so dull I did not want to pay to see it in theaters.

I think you've hit on something here. It's an interesting subject, and a pretty good movie, but is this really something people want to pay money and go out to the theater to see? Some movies just have a "I'll wait for that to come out on video/cable/whatever" feel to them.

[–] MarkAntney 8 years ago

If the issue wasn't KNOWN prior to the movie,..maybe a little better box office but I don't believe much better.

Do folks REALLY want to see a Movie about the(ir) #1 Sport in the Country in a Negative Light? And not just negative, horrific irreversible damages to the players and their families.

That saying of "No One Wants to see how Sausage is Made" applies, I believe.

But I saw it and it was a very good movie. It was a lot better than I expected, for I knew all the names and the issue but it was well acted. Except I had a problem with one of my favorite actors (Morse) playing Mike Webster, he didn't look right, though (I guess) Webster looked that hazard in the later years of his life?

If they did a movie about Steroids in NFL (especially), MLB,..I don't think it would make a lot of $$s at the box office.

Did that movie about the Diocese Controversy make any real $$s at the box office and it was filled with star actors? I own the DVD, haven't watched it yet BTW.

Folks knew/know but (really) don't want to know.