Jennifer Lopez plays a mother with extraordinary skills in the Netflix original Mother, and it just became the streamer’s top opener.
Jennifer Lopez Paints a Crown
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Mother becomes Netflix’s biggest opening for a movie in 2023; so far, that’s a big deal, given that streaming giants have been playing a give-and-take game with their customers. The thriller/action film garnered 83.71 million viewing hours during the May 8-14 viewing window and ranked No.
It also became number one in 82 countries with nearly 43 million views. The film was released on May 12. It stars Lopez as a mother of a man with a bad past because of his job.
He must use his skills to protect the daughter he left behind all those years ago. Lopez should feel a sense of accomplishment because many Netflix movies released in recent months have not received the views they were hoping for.
Jennifer Lopez Is Doing Better Than Ben Affleck
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Could this be the reason why Lopez’s husband, Ben Affleck, knocked on her door over the weekend? Both sides had major movie drops this weekend, but Affleck’s movie didn’t do well. Thriller/sci-fi movie titled Hypnotic is being called director Robert Rodriguez’s “worst opening.”
The film cost $65 million to make, and Rodriguez to make opened to a paltry $2.4 million from 2,118 theaters; it will continue to lose millions, according to Hollywood Reporter.
The low numbers were blamed on a lack of marketing. Affleck hasn’t done press for the film, which has been delayed to 2021 after a production company dilemma. They hope to fall on the coattails of Affleck’s other cinema, Air. That didn’t happen.
Affleck hasn’t had a bad opening like this since ghost in 1998, and later Gigi comes in a close second, another film linked to Lopez.
Is Hypnotic Worth the Hype?
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The film focuses on Affleck, who is a detective named Danny Rourke. Her daughter has been kidnapped and possibly killed, which drives her focus and career when she reveals the terrible story of her daughter’s disappearance.
The film also stars Alice Braga and William Fichtner. At first, it attracted significant attention, and distribution companies were eager to snap up the Affleck-directed film. Interest eventually slowed, and the film was said to have been lost for a while.
Now that it’s finally out, it’s underperforming in a big way. There is still hope for the film. It was screened in South by Southwest earlier this year to rave reviews. Next, it will be held at the Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight slot.
The financier for the film, according THR, hoping that international interest will help sell the film to foreign markets. It’s already been released in over 2,000 theaters, but only in the United States, so maybe there’s hope!
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