R-Rated ‘Scary Movie’ Trounces Family-Friendly ‘Breadwinner’
Comedy box office battle suggests audiences want 'Hangover'-style antics
Woke killed the R-rated comedy.
It’s hard to deny. It’s even more challenging to bring them back, en masse, to movie theaters.
The recent “No Hard Feelings” was a good first effort, drawing a modest crowd and delivering a few adult laughs. The recent “Busboys,” released with zero fanfare, pushed the envelope but quickly disappeared from theaters.
Others, like “Ricky Stanicky” and “Balls Up” debuted on Prime Video, not in theaters. The former found some R-rated laughs while the latter proved unwatchable. (Full disclosure: This critic watched the first 25 minutes of “Balls Up” but bailed at that point – so not a full-throated review)
Now, we have our first R-rated comedy smash in a while, courtesy of the Wayans family.
“Scary Movie,” the sixth film in the parody franchise, is set to make an estimated $56 million this weekend in a very crowded, competitive marketplace. That’s gold, especially since the film’s budget came in around $30 million.
That’s just math.
Now, compare that to the reception for “The Breadwinner.” The squeaky-clean comedy gives Nate Bargatze his first major film role. He’s the most popular stand-up comedian in the country by a large margin.
Yet the film opened to a tepid $7+ million in its opening frame, and it’s expected to fall roughly 59 percent this weekend.
“The Breadwinner” will likely crush it on VOD and, later, a streaming service. The comic’s first film simply didn’t lure his legion of fans to theaters.
Audiences chose an R-rated comedy that vowed to offend and cross every line. The latter was literally in the film’s marketing materials.
We’ll need more data to draw more conclusions from this box office information, but it suggests we’re eager to see more bawdy comedies at our local cineplex.
Could “The Hangover: Part IV” be next?
Do you long for the return of R-rated comedies in theaters? Which ones are your personal favorites?
More fake news from Toto. Nate doesn’t even make the list.
“The most popular stand-up comedians currently dominating global tours, ticket sales, and cultural impact include Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Shane Gillis, Matt Rife, and Jim Gaffigan. Depending on whether you measure by arena attendance, streaming numbers, or critical influence, different names top the list.”
This one looked like it took every man-out-of-water watching the kids trope and strung them together. The Pacifier, Mr. Mom, Three Men and a Baby… cute and probably fun, but nowhere near the top of my watchlist. I 100% agree that this will find its stride once it streams. This one doesn’t seem worth spending a night out on, it’s more of a “let’s find something to watch” from home kind of thing.
not really,I blaming the dumbass aucience for this bs movie,no we don’t need the hangover pt 4, just let it alone, make something new, instead retreat same bs movies like this, that’s why aucience, celebrities, and others are failed and sucks for the start.