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Who says movie stars no longer matter in Hollywood?

Theaters and box offices got a much-needed boost this weekend thanks to superhero flick “Black Adam” and romantic comedy “Ticket to Paradise” — two films led by big stars. Let’s start with the winner of the weekend: “Black Adam.” The Warner Bros. film, which stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a powerful superhero, took the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office with an estimated $67 million. That is the largest domestic opening ever for Johnson in a leading role.

3 million may not seem like the biggest total in the world, but it’s notable since romantic comedies have become a mostly dead genre at the box office. In fact, Universal suffered a set back just a few weeks ago when “Bros.,” another romantic comedy, flopped at the box office. Billy Eichner, the star of “Bros.,” said following the film’s disappointing debut that “straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros.

 

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$67M isnt that huge. for comic book blockbuster its actually wweak CNN clueless as ever. It has $200M budget so needs about $500M to break even

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Mostly people involved in trying to create some minor star whose would be career they can leach off. That’s who says that. Too many people whining as if it’s their the sweat off the backs of people who really deal with societies problems being bums hoping the can perform trickery

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Maverick and Bullet Train are proofs that stars like Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt still attract people to cinema.

If you're talking about the Rock, he's a star in a movie, but he's not exactly a movie star. That would imply that he's not a terrible actor and he is.

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