Edgar Wright’s action comedy “Baby Driver” (Sony) opened Tuesday night to a strong $2.1 preview gross, a promising start with a shot at spreading word of mouth going into the pre-holiday weekend. All of that is standard operating procedure for an offbeat film, but that’s also reason to hope it could be one of most significant and gratifying results of the 2017 movie year. Here’s why.
It Could Be the Rare Original Film to Succeed
In a year full of franchises, sequels, and variations thereof, domestic audience reactions this summer range from lowered interest (“Transformers – The Last Knight”) to disdain (“The Mummy,” “Baywatch”). However, one of the year’s stellar hits has been Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” with its $175 million domestic gross on a production cost of just $5 million.
Read More: ‘Baby Driver’: How Edgar Wright Is Saving the Action Film
Similarly, “Baby Driver” has three strikes...
It Could Be the Rare Original Film to Succeed
In a year full of franchises, sequels, and variations thereof, domestic audience reactions this summer range from lowered interest (“Transformers – The Last Knight”) to disdain (“The Mummy,” “Baywatch”). However, one of the year’s stellar hits has been Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” with its $175 million domestic gross on a production cost of just $5 million.
Read More: ‘Baby Driver’: How Edgar Wright Is Saving the Action Film
Similarly, “Baby Driver” has three strikes...
- 6/28/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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