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During a weekend with three major new releases, holdovers “Suicide Squad,” from Warner Bros., and “Sausage Party,” from Sony, maintained their top spots at the box office. This means the big-budget reimagining of “Ben-Hur,” from Paramount Pictures and MGM, is one of the biggest flops of the summer.

The third version of Lew Wallace’s 19th century novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” took in an estimated $11.4 million in the U.S and Canada, which was only good enough for fifth place. It met analyst projections of $10 million to $15 million, though the studio was aiming for an opening of $20 million in ticket sales. Such a performance is an unequivocal poor result for a movie that cost about $100 million to make (after rebates). The film brought in $10.7 million internationally.
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Maybe if the name were Ben Him. Or Ben There. Dun That. Or even Ben Hurt. Or Ben a Long Time Commin.

Think any of that would help?


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From the 1959 version:




"Roman warship rowers were not slaves but a paid part of the ship's crew."

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People of the current generation could care less about Ben Hur.
THEIR version of Ben Hur is "The 300" and that already got made.


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Originally Posted by Golem
Tre'vell Anderson
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During a weekend with three major new releases, holdovers “Suicide Squad,” from Warner Bros., and “Sausage Party,” from Sony, maintained their top spots at the box office. This means the big-budget reimagining of “Ben-Hur,” from Paramount Pictures and MGM, is one of the biggest flops of the summer.

The third version of Lew Wallace’s 19th century novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” took in an estimated $11.4 million in the U.S and Canada, which was only good enough for fifth place. It met analyst projections of $10 million to $15 million, though the studio was aiming for an opening of $20 million in ticket sales. Such a performance is an unequivocal poor result for a movie that cost about $100 million to make (after rebates). The film brought in $10.7 million internationally.
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It has to be a dsapointment to be beat by a movie titled "sausage party"

It could be that people are waiting for the re_make of gone with the wind


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Originally Posted by Jeffery J. Haas
People of the current generation could care less about Ben Hur.
THEIR version of Ben Hur is "The 300" and that already got made.

Really. I imagine the overall response was "Ben who? It aint DC or Marvel comics so it's off the radar of millenials.


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Originally Posted by Ardy
the re_make of gone with the wind

Already on the air several times a week:

With just enough Ayn Rand to make it viral.


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