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Lula Loses to 'Chipmunks' as Brazilians Snub 'Propaganda' Film |
2010-02-18 |
(Bloomberg) -- A new movie about Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, one of the most expensive ever produced in Brazil, is falling short of its blockbuster expectations as the president's record popularity fails to bring box-office profits. Ticket sales for "Lula: the Son of Brazil" totaled 6.93 million reais ($3.7 million), representing 818,337 spectators, from its Jan. 1 debut through Feb. 7, according to Filme B, which tracks movie sales. That trails the 5 million viewers the film's producers said they hoped to attract and the 4.4 million spectators who paid 34 million reais to see Twentieth Century Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" since Jan. 8. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Sequels usually do worse compared to the originals. Personally, I loved "Brazil". but I can see how the Brasilians might not get into a movie about a socialist dystopia starring their President. I'm sure that Lumpy Riefenstahl's film "Obama: son of Stalin" will suffer a similar fate when it eventually gets made. |
Posted by: SteveS 2010-02-18 10:12 |
#3 I'm sorry I missed that. But then I missed "Avatar" too which was another propaganda film. |
Posted by: Solomon 2010-02-18 06:20 |
#2 ...and foreign marketing. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-02-18 05:14 |
#1 They'll make up the shortfall on the "Son of Brazil" video game. |
Posted by: gromky 2010-02-18 00:55 |