Timothee Chalamet’s “A Complete Unknown” likely won’t turn a profit in theatrical run

[Teletubby 143,654]

“A Complete Unknown,” a musical biopic starring Timothée Chalamet as  Bob Dylan, has cemented a box office milestone, notching $100 million in global ticket sales.

After seven weeks on the big screen, “A Complete Unknown” has grossed $70 million in North America and $30 million internationally for a grand total of $100 million.

James Mangold (“Walk the Line”) directed the movie, which reportedly cost between $60 million to $70 million to produce. Since movie theater owners get to keep roughly half of ticket sales, “A Complete Unknown” likely won’t turn a profit in its theatrical run. 
 

 

[Brainiac 10,791]

Everybody's gotta flop at some point.

[Murakami27 3,697]

I like Timmy and have seen many of his films. But I just have zero desire to watch a Bob Dylan biopic, no matter how good it is. 

[skaxboy 5,161]

I want to watch it but this doesn’t look like a movie I need to spend $15 to watch in theaters. I’ll wait for a streaming service release. 

[Roughhouse Dandy 10,487]

I wish budget and revenue info on art was less accessible. 

[SlowLoris 1,036]

Like a pendulum swinging, I constantly go between appreciating him and not being able to stand him

[BUtterfield 8 41,272]

1 hour ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

I wish budget and revenue info on art was less accessible. 

Why? 

[BUtterfield 8 41,272]

What was the last box office biopic smash? 

[LateToCult 40,655]

He looks like he plays around in Kylie’s closet like Caitlyn played in Kris’s.

[Ladle Ghoulash 19,474]

Ngl I feel like we already have enough movies abt Bob Dylan, so I can kinda see why there wasn’t as much of a market for it 

[Roughhouse Dandy 10,487]

26 minutes ago, BUtterfield 8 said:

Why? 

Not for this movie specifically, but the way I've seen so many people measure success and quality solely by how well theatrical runs are is annoying. Using the info for stan wars and political arguments. It's weird behavior imo

[RAMROD 107,438]

Well, he got acting nom for this role from Oscars, though he might not win it, so that is okay. Movie studios & actors agencies want only two things, 1.) huge grossings or 2.) huge accolades, doesn't have to win it but so long it got important awards noms, it is good enough.

[The Wolf 4,048]

The biopic format is so tired and predictable at this point that I had no desire to watch it and this is coming from a Dylan fan

[Anderson123 37,498]

I wanted to watch this but several other Oscar movies started coming out around the same time and wasn’t my priority but hope I can still watch it before they remove it. 

[Teletubby 143,654]

6 hours ago, BUtterfield 8 said:

What was the last box office biopic smash? 

Oppenheimer (2023), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)