American Ultra Max Landis Ticked Over Low Ticket Sales!!!
With Straight Outta Compton reigning supreme at the box office it’s no wonder American Ultra Max Landis Ticked Over Low Ticket Sales.
When it comes to the weed smoking hipster action movie American Ultra, it kind of bombed at the box office this weekend, so the flick’s screenwriter, Max Landis sounded off.
Landis took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about American Ultra, since it didn’t make the top 5 in the box office.
Which proves big name stars like Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg aren’t box office draws. You would think that the two high paid actors could have a success in August, since this is the month for the studios weakest films to be released.
Coming in at number 1 for a second week, via BoxOfficeMojo was Straight Outta Compton at $26,364,020, followed by Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation at $11,451,746, Focus Films horror film Sinister 2 at $10,542,116, FOX’s reboot Hitman: Agent 47 at $8,326,530 and Warner Bros. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at $7,317,374. Ultra came is 6th place at an upsetting $5.5 million.
The results of the box office infuriated Landis who wrote on his Twitter page:
“American Ultra finished dead last at the box office, behind even Mission Impossible and Man From Uncle… American Ultra was also beaten by the critically reviled Hitman Agent 47 and Sinister, despite being a better reviewed film than either… which leads me to a bit of a conundrum: Why?”
Landis continued:
“good ads, big stars, a fun idea, and honestly, it’s a good movie.”
“Certainly better, in the internet’s opinion, than other things released the same day. If you saw it, you probably didn’t hate it.”
The writer theorized:
“American Ultra lost to a sequel, a sequel reboot, a biopic, a sequel and a reboot.”
Landis, who emotions were ragging out of control, pointed out the film was not bad quality:
“It isn’t [bad].”
His self-doubt about his writing took over as Landis argued:
“Divisive, sure. But better than others this week.”
By the end of his emotional RANT, Landis pulled it back and concluded, by saying:
“Go see American Ultra, it’s really good.”
We understand his frustration, but maybe Ultra will become a word of mouth film and grow in attendance. It looks great and we bet the film is awesome, but just because big names are attached doesn’t mean it’s a hit. It’s the names that draw the audience no matter how great the script it.
This is why studios are sticking to franchises and sequels these days. The money is consistent and its a sure bet. New films are always a risk unless they hit big.
Kristen and Eisenberg are NOT the strongest leads despite their film catalogs.
