Smashing Machine and One Battle After Another- Box Office and Oscars

The Rock and DiCaprio will still get in. Box office helps but it's not necessary these days for arthouse films to have successful award season runs.

I can't stand that cunt Emily Blunt so I'm thrilled that Smashing Machine flopped hard. Take note Hollywood, we've never been interested in her and never will be so stop shoving her down our throats.

Smashing Machine also had lousy Cinemascore...(exit poll)

SHMASHING MASHCHINE!!

The only trollsh who never get oldsch is Lischa. LOL

I hear Daniel Day Lewis' film directed by his nepo son is a real snoozefest.

Anemone? And that was considered a contender for awhile..

If the academy ends up loving Hamnet- that one could take it all-- I just don't see that one being mainstream enough. However, Parasite was not mainstream either-

Everything about The Smashing Machine looks like Oscar bait to me. Not interested. I am pleasantly surprised to see that the micro-budget indie horror movie "Good Boy" (about a dog who moves with his owner into a haunted house) made nearly a million bucks over the weekend.

OBAA has grossed$100M WW in one week. Not saying it will make back its cost, but it's definitely not a flop. The Smashing Machine, however, is clearly DOA. Another flop for Emily Blunt after The Fall Guy.

OP, your ranting made it hard to follow you. Calm down, have a drink.

[Quote] Take note Hollywood, we've never been interested in her and never will be so stop shoving her down our throats.

Do you honestly think no one went to see it because Emily Blunt is in it?

Whose dick did she get that you hate her so much?

People don't want to see The Rock in a dramatic role. I personally don't (and won't) see him in anything. MAGA idiot.

If I had to go to the movies, I would see either one of those before whatever that Taylor Swift thing is.

The Rock is way too old to be playing Mark Kerr, and it showed in the trailers. The wig looked ridiculous, and the entire film came across as blatant Oscar bait.

R2 = The I Hate Emily Blunt Troll, his white-hot, inane hatred more evidence that mental illness cannot be cured.

Leo has definitely lost his star power. He was one of the only actors that could still draw people to the box office but he’s only done 5 films in the last 10 years.

You can’t demand the salary he demands and wait every few years to make a critically acclaimed box office bomb and expect to continue that way.

The one film I want so badly to flop Is the new Tron. Can't fucking stand Jared Leto

I'm not crazy and I also have a strong dislike for Emily Blunt. Some people avoid cunty, box office poop like her.

R16: Nobody is hot forever.

The hatred for Blunt is as pointless to me as that for Paltrow or Hathaway.

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has an IP appeal but I think that will flop as well.

Also for Taylor Swift and Britney Spears.

[quote]The hatred for Blunt is as pointless to me as that for Paltrow or Hathaway.

What are DL threads from 2008, Alex!

[quote] The one film I want so badly to flop Is the new Tron. Can't fucking stand Jared Leto

So all the other performers and creative participants in this project should suffer due to your irrational hatred of one performer?

That’s not childish or unhinged at all. 🙄

Or Jennifer Lawrence.

Ms Roberts returns to the box office this Friday in limited release and goes wide a week later.

R26: Cunt, your film will flop harder than a pancake and even the biased, agenda driven idiots at GoldDerby universally agree you're not getting a nomination.

The trailer for Smashing Machine made me almost physically ill when I was forced to endure it in the movie theater.

Since when does box office have anything to do with the Oscars?

Anora, last year's winner, grossed like $50m. Which is an art house hit and it made a profit but....not exactly a blockbuster.

One Battle After Another is going to get some awards attention. PT Anderson is ripe for a win.

Smashing Machine...eh. There's a lot of arthouse movies still to be released including films with much bigger buzz.

One Battle After Another was Leo’s 11th film to open at over $20 million. He deserves his salary.

Thought “One Battle After Another” was okay but grossly overrated by the critics, so an inevitable drop in box office will not be a surprise.

Have no interest in an Oscar vehicle for The Rock, the idea that he is adored or that everyone is pulling for him is ridiculous.

Thought the trailer for the Springsteen film with Jeremy Allen White is the dullest trailer I’ve been this year so far (rivaling the boring trailer for “History of Sound”). White sits around looking tense in a recording studio, angsting about writing his drastic departure Nebraska. Not exactly a commercial album, not exactly a commercial film idea.

Very interested in “Good Boy.” Can someone tell me if the dog dies? If he does I’m not going. Does the dog owner die? I gather the plot turns on a terminally ill man moving into an isolated house with his dog.

The dog doesn't die, R31.

I love Emily Blunt.

Taytay looks like she's wearing Carroll Baker's outfit from The Carpetbaggers.

[quote] frankly I am glad as its well known that The fucking Rock is late as fuck all the time to every fucking set he works on- Doesn't give a FUCK about anyone and is overindulged. So fuck him.

With that language you must be a character from "House of Guinness," like one of the aristocratic debutantes.

Tron movies have always flopped, so the new one won't be an exception.

The Springsteen movie will probably flop, too. "Nebraska" is a great album, but no one cares how Bruce made it.

Love Bruce, but only diehard Springsteen fans will be interested in seeing this movie. Nebraska isn't one of his "commercial" albums, was very much a moody, independent release between The River and BitUSA.

At least A Complete Unknown was about a well-known phase of Dylan's career. And included strong sub-stories about other artists like Baez and Pete Seeger.

PTA will win Best Director, but I don't see it winning for Best Picture, because Warners will lose a lot of money on it. Watch the Oscar hype fade once Hollywood realizes how much money it lost. Same with The Rock's Oscar hopes.

The budget for One Battle After Another is reported to range from $140M to $175M. Let’s assume it’s at the lower end, a figure the trade seems to be accepting. That would put the film’s break-even point at roughly $350M—a target it is unlikely to reach. Current projections estimate its total box office will finish around $200–$210M.

Early word on the Springsteen film is NOT good- at all. Sounds like a fucking Lifetime film.

I don’t think Oscar voters care about box office. Give it a rest.

However, box office is a huge factor in the all-important People's Choice Awards.

And I should no, as I was nominated.

And I need to know that I'm being heard.

Am I being heard?

R38, PTA is well on his way to becoming the Susan Lucci of the film world: he's won ZERO Oscars, out of 11 nominations total. (His films' actors have generally fared better.) He should've won, well, everything for "There Will Be Blood," but OBAA is already his second most acclaimed film, and acting noms are a shoo-in for Leo, Benicio, Sean Penn and the child actor whose parents must hate her: Chase Infiniti. ("The Other Two" called, and ChaseDreams would like his schtick back.) I'm sure OBAA will get a ton of nominations, but let's see how the upcoming Cannes/TIFF Oscar bait performs at the BO.

As per usual, I don't get DLer hate for Emily Blunt aside from the all-too-obvious jealous-bitches angle – yes, we all know you wanna fuck John Krasinski, but she's the only one riding THAT cock – and all the assholes whining that "a wrestling movie" is too "lightweight" for Academy considerations: yes, that's what they used to say about boxing movies. Or at least they did until "Rocky" – Stallone's acting AND screenwriting debut – scored 10 Oscar noms.

In other words: unclench, cunts. Even "dumb jocks" can make solid movies, plus most of them are *far* smarter than you think. (And likely smarter than you or I am.)

OBAA is on its way to being considered a hit, especially when you add in the global box office, and the longevity it's likely to have based on word-of-mouth. And it will absolutely be nominated for Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actor (Penn, though Del Toro may also sneak in).

Are you one of the naysayers who was claiming in week one or two that SINNERS was a flop and would soon be forgotten? I've not forgotten that stupidity, and the film hasn't been forgotten either. It will be nominated for a bevy of Oscars as well.

But from what I'm hearing, Hamnet is the forerunner, and Jessie Buckley an almost certain win for Best Actress.

Include Anemone, and Sinners, too. Sinners is going to be the one to beat. Michael B Jordan vs Leo. Isn't Kiss of the Spider Woman coming out soon? Blue Moon, the Lorenz Hart bio pic. Bruce Springsteen bio pic. Nuremberg with Russell Crowe, and The Wiz Part 2. All of this stuff is Oscar bait.

Just because The Rock is wearing prosthetics doesn’t mean he’s going to be any better at acting.

The Oscar hype was just PR for the movie, which didn’t even work!

Tron is like Fantastic Four. They keep making them like they make money when they never do.

Movies that male Hollywood executives will always greenlight:

Tron

Fantastic Four

Any movie about race cars. I think 'Cars', a cartoon, is the only one to actually be hugely successful. The rest all earn a buck or two then wither on the vine because only 40 to 75 year old rich men get a boner for race cars and they don't go to the movies.

Hopefully, this year's awards season will wake up and kill some annoying trends:

Bio-pics, especially musician/singer bio-pics as awards bait (the dumb Springsteen movie)

Pop corn actors getting "serious" and snagging noms/awards (the Rock)

Aging stars desperate for yet another nom/award (George Clooney/Julia Roberts)

Beating a dead horse to snag noms/awards (Wicked 2...if this gets much attention it's because Universal bribed people)

Trying to thrust certain rising stars into award winners even though no one has actually seen the film (Timotay in Marty Supreme)

Is Travis going on tour with ginourmous cock?

[quote] Jessie Buckley an almost certain win for Best Actress.

I want Cynthia to win and complete her EGOT. It would be the first true EGOT since Streisand.

Hamnet will likely flop too.

Sean Penn deserves the Oscar for his role in OBAA. Hands down the best thing he's done in years. I came close to feeling bad for him but his character got what he deserved. And that hair style, wow. He really milked it for its comedic appearance. I thought OBAA was an exceptional film and it leaned into 70's bold filmmaking. The chase sequence was a real nail biter (So glad I saw it at the IMAX). It really is a film for the moment and the theater was full on discount Tuesdays so I hope word of mouth gets more people to see it. Leo will not get a nom but Benecio will, he is one cool cat in this movie.

R52 It’s weird the Oscars hype movies no one wants to watch. I guess they do help make a profit for indie films but it’s also what’s killing their ratings and relevance.

And the other thing to add to my R54 post. A lot of these indie movies have already been bought by streaming services so for each year there’s getting less of a boost of revenue for these indie films.

Sinners has been the movie of the year, but the industry does not want to go out of its way to reward it because it made it's impact early in the year. It makes the industry look bad. So they bend over backwards for a bunch of late releases (mainly Caucasian fueled) so that they can pretend it's more of a contest.

Leo has peaked, and no one wants to watch a bloated closet case. He's the new Travolta.

The Taylor Swift thing is a weekend-long stunt, not a real movie. It played Friday to Sunday only as cross promotion for the album: OBAA will make far, far more money during its run.

All of these movies star people I don't like. Big pass for me.

R56, Sinners won't get the respect it deserves because it's a horror film even though it is profoundly excellent. The Exorcist broke through so maybe this will as well. I hope Warner Bros does a hard push for it at the end of the year.

[QUOTE] As per usual, I don't get DLer hate for Emily Blunt aside from the all-too-obvious jealous-bitches angle – yes, we all know you wanna fuck John Krasinski, but she's the only one riding THAT cock

You outed yourself as a frau with this part. Did a gay man call you unfuckable? I’m sure most of us think so.

R30 = Leo.

R9 How was The Fall Guy a flop? It made money and has good reviews by the critics

R53 Spoiler alert??!

Sinners needed to make a lot more than $366 million at the box-office to be taken seriously as a BP winner. They should be satisfied with a nomination.

[quote] One Battle After Another had its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 8, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 26. [bold]The film received critical acclaim, and has grossed $102 million worldwide, becoming Anderson's highest-grossing film.[/bold]

[bold]FAIL,[/bold] OP!!

[quote] It would be the first true EGOT since Streisand.

????????

You know very well Streisand never won the competitive Tony.

Instead, she won a "special" honorary Tony.

That's not a real Tony. She is not a true EGOT winner.

I think Sinners will get nominations but a vampire film is not winning best picture.

And whoever keeps saying that Leo won't be nominated ... he will and could win. He's great in the film and with all the nominations for OBAA, PTA and others he is a shoe-in.

I feel sorry for Julia. She does this giant press tour and her film is rotten on Rotten Tomatoes. It's going to be a huge bomb at the B.O.

George also -- read the room.

Everything and every star (Leo, The Rock, Julia) is flopping left and right.

Ok we have to admit.This bitch is the MJ of our generation as far as universal popularity. Everything she touches is not only successful but massively so. This shit made money the most movie debuts nowadays. And the last one was too. She just is, as dreadful as it sounds. I love Queen Bey, but Taylor Swift bodies her in nearly every commercial aspect.

Julia's performance has pretty much all around praise. Her problem is the film has become quite divisive. It sounds like it implies the girl is lying and it's not sitting right with a lot of critics.

R67 A lot of people thought SOL would never win because it’s partially a horror flick. Never say never.

What is SOL?

R72 are you a great big dumb person.

R69: The haters have to face reality and accept that this cunt is the music industry.

Don't forget about Frankenstein.

I’m what I love about Taylor Swift is she challenges the notion of what makes a successful popstar. I know most of her songs are middle brow but whoever thought the biggest singer, popstar on earth would be of the singer-songwriter variety playing a guitar. Not some choreograph dancer pop star with a thin voice. Can she even dance? I wouldn’t dare to pay see her live but she is defying what makes for popular entertainment to an extent.

Fish swim, birds fly, rats campaign for Oscars.

Next up …Matty Supreme

The Chalamet fanbots on Gold Derby are hyperventilating.

Kylie was there last night at the surprise screening and gee what a coincidence her makeup brush drops today.

A couple of weeks ago, The Rock was on CBS Sunday Morning for an interview and testicle licking from the blond woman who soft-ball interviewed him. He gave a very 'dramatic' interview to show his sensitive side. At the end, the journalist said she's already hearing 'Oscar buzz' for his new movie which put a smile on his face.

Sure, Jan.

R73 well, I was thrown off because the acronym was incorrect. The film is not titled Silence of Lambs.

R81 You theater queens swear you know the critical merit of every actor if they come from the blockbuster, mindless entertainment world. It’s sickening. Have you actually even seen the film?

What are the reactions to the Timotay surprise screening of Marty Supreme? Rapturous?

Here's Variety's roundup of the reactions, R84.

Ping-pong does not seem promising as a subject for a commercial film, but putting Chalamet in the lead was a shrewd choice after his recent success and Oscar nomination for “A Complete Unknown.”

A better fit for an offbeat film than trying to reinvent The Rock’s career and reputation in late middle age.

It's always unknown critics gushing.

[quote]A couple of weeks ago, The Rock was on CBS Sunday Morning for an interview and testicle licking from the blond woman who soft-ball interviewed him. He gave a very 'dramatic' interview to show his sensitive side. At the end, the journalist said she's already hearing 'Oscar buzz' for his new movie which put a smile on his face.

R81 YouTube's Critical Drinker recently posted a pretty good takedown of Dwayne Johnson:

R76 Taylor dances and does choreography.

I might indulgently lean into the ping pong movie out of curiosity but seeing that Safdie is the director is a hard pass. Not interested in his filmmaking, see also, The Smashing Machine by his brother. Their involvement supersedes the star power of whomever's cast as their leads.

Here we go again.

No matter how good the material, The Rock cannot act.

At best, all he does is play a version of himself passably well.

R91, I've grown to accept it when actors are shameless about wanting an Academy Award. Chalamet is going to do a bunch of ridiculous stunts this season, and instead of getting upset about it, might as well enjoy the entertainment value.

I'd rather have Chalamet's antics than suffer through the Joaquin Phoenix types who pretend to be above it all (yet still show up every time to collect their prizes).

I cannot stand Timothy, but his film( to me) looks excellent. I could not even sit through the Bob Dylan bio- I lasted 20 minutes.

Well I thought “A Complete Unknown” was surprisingly entertaining and Chalamet was good in it. But then I don’t have the very over-scaled hate for him so many DL show-offs seem to have. Try to save your ire for important things like America being flushed down the toilet by Republicans, and relax about whether stars are overrated. Believe me, you’ll live longer (unless Robert Kennedy Jr. gets you first).

I was listening to Matt Belloni’s podcast The Town, and he said the Safdie brothers are making separate movies because they’ve had a falling out and hate each other these days.

Paul Mescal is going supporting.

R20 and 22: Really? You don't understand why people don't like/hate Blunt/Paltrow/Hathaway/Swift/Spears?

Let's break it down...they are successful women. That's a lot of it.

But, also...

Blunt and Hathaway both come off as phony and disingenuous in interviews; Blunt especially has a problem with both having a bit of a cunt face and tone. Both have talent as actresses but limited range...Blunt is best at playing bitches and Hathaway is best a playing some variation of "princess".

Paltrow speaks for herself...I mean, GOOP. Very entitled and snotty. She can be a good actress given the right role but not a huge range other than "blonde" and "snide".

Taylor Swift also suffers from a serious case of Cunt Face. If she were only an actress, she'd only get cast as the Mean Girl in films. There's also the fact her music is derivitive and shallow and inexplicably popular, but it's mostly with the young and they have no taste. She's a highly manipulative artist and media presence.

Poor Britney is nuts. She needs locked up. She was a fun, totally manufactured pop star (who can't actually sing) with terrific pop songs, unlike Taylor and her dreadful dirges.

I think that about sums it up.

R54 "It’s weird the Oscars hype movies no one wants to watch. I guess they do help make a profit for indie films but it’s also what’s killing their ratings and relevance."

The Oscars, and most film awards in general, are about awarding excellence...not popularity. If that's what you want, then watch the People's Golden Global Choice Awards.

"Indie films" now is a term we use meaning "quality prestige films" and those actually used to be made by the major film studios. They mostly stopped making that kind of film in order to only make pop corn movies. And, there's nothing wrong with pop corn movies but they're mostly not very deep, if not quite shallow. But, both Sinners and One Battle After Another are, at heart, pop corn movies so you can have both. And, both of those films will get Oscar nominations and probably win some.

And, indie films that have an actual cinema release that then get awards attention will make more money long run...the cinema release/critical success is good marketing that gives a film a longer longevity. Even for bigger films...One Battle After Another may not make its money back on its original theatrical run but it's also going to do well in pay per view/rentals then streaming and will have legs for decades.

R62 The Fall Guy was a flop, at least in its original release. It probably did ok on pay per view/rentals but even if it grossed a $100m there, it would still be disappointing for Ryan Gosling action film.

From Wikipedia: "grossed $181 million worldwide against a $125–150 million production budget and losing the studio around $50 million."

[Quote] The fucking Rock is late as fuck all the time to every fucking set he works on- Doesn't give a FUCK about anyone and is overindulged. So fuck him.

So weird when people hold celebrities responsible for something that doesn’t affect them in the least. How does The Rock’s tardiness affect you at all?

R95- I will revisit it. I did not stop watching because of Timothy- (And one of my favorite films of all time is Inside Lllewyn Davis) I found it depressing I was not into it- it may have been my mood- and I have never been a major Dillon fan- minus is songwriting)

Whenever The Rock announced that he was presidential material and was serious about it, I knew we had lost him to Hollywood forever.

Not to derail the thread because I think Taylor Swift is just as bad in her own way.

All performers owe the public is a good performance. If they're miserable in real life who cares. You're not their friend and you will never be. Maybe if you served them in a restaurant and their tip was shit, I would understand the hatred. Otherwise, just judge them on their acting skills. Everybody doesn't have to be nice.

GOOP is a nepo baby who got lucky. There isn't a single performance of hers where I think another blonde actress couldn't have done it better.

R103 = Ellen.

I was over Dicaprio years ago. He phones in practically the same performance film after film.

Chalamet’s underdog narrative is annoying.

And, ridiculous since Timotay comes from a huge world of privilege. And, he broke through as a star by the time he was 20 so he didn't exactly toil away for years, scrambling for work.

[quote] Chalamet’s underdog narrative is annoying.

He deserves to exist!

R108: Another privileged, mediocre white boy complaining when he had an aunt and uncle in the biz and got repped by a powerhouse agent with basically no resume.

JLO was all but begging for awards recognition on The View today.

I saw a trailer for Roofman withChanning Tatum and it looks good. I don't suppose it's Oscar bait but I want to see it.

[quote]All performers owe the public is a good performance. If they're miserable in real life who cares. You're not their friend and you will never be. Maybe if you served them in a restaurant and their tip was shit, I would understand the hatred. Otherwise, just judge them on their acting skills. Everybody doesn't have to be nice.

Yes and no.

The reason that they pull crap in both professional and personal situations is that they have the power that comes from being successful. Whether it's The Rock always being late and holding up productions or JLo being, well, JLo, they can behave that way because their success prompts people in power to forgive their trespasses.

However, if audiences, i.e., the people who spend money to watch them, decide they're not worth supporting because of their behavior, then their power diminishes and they're forced to behave like decent people. Do you think The Rock was a jackass on the sets of his early films?

So the Oscars only hype movies that no one wants to watch? In the past three years, these wildly unpopular movies have all won Oscars:

Barbie

Dune (both parts)

Wicked (with more to come)

The Substance

Conclave

Oppenheimer

Godzilla Minus One

Poor Things

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Avatar: The Way of Water

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

And these are only the ones that actually WON an Oscar or two. Or more.

I am not a Leo fan, but I thought he was great in OBAA. I would not be surprised if he takes it, he is very good in the movie. Sean Penn might win but I would love for Benicio to win, he is perfection in the movie.

You couldn’t be more disingenuous, R114.

The Substance

Conclave

Godzilla Minus One

Poor Things

Everything Everywhere All At Once

None of these made much money. At all. These were not blockbusters are anything near that orbit.

And the Oscars, other than “EEAAO” and “Poor Things,” were mostly for technical categories that sadly receive little to no attention.

So the accusation made that movies that resonate strongly with the box office and audiences don’t win major Oscar’s still stands.

Last year’s “Anora” sweep aged poorly 10 minutes after the ceremony. Then there’s “Coda,” “Nomadland,” even “Parasite.” Even “Green Book” was instantly forgotten.

No one saw these films. Some are barely remembered a few years later. “Oppenheimer” was the exception, not the rule.

R116 "None of these made much money"

Godzilla Minus One and Everything Everywhere All At Once made 10x the money they cost. Conclave 5x, The Substance 4x, Poor Things 3x.

I guess you have a very unique definition of making a lot of money.

R117 Parasite is regarded as one of the best movies of the 21st century. Instantly forgotten? Wtf are you talking about?

R117 Parasite made $258.1 million on a $11.4 million budget. But you are right, no one saw these movies. Money just fell from the sky.

[QUOTE] Last year’s “Anora” sweep aged poorly 10 minutes after the ceremony. Then there’s “Coda,” “Nomadland,” even “Parasite.” Even “Green Book” was instantly forgotten.

Parasite!? Are you insane? You need to stop posting about things you clearly know nothing about.

I don't think I would ever watch it again, but Parasite was an amazing movie.

It seems in the last 25 years the Oscars didn't care about box office. Big budget bombs can still get noms but they will have a more difficult path for a win (i.e. Killers of the Flower Moon). Conversely, The Hurt Locker was a flop and it won over the biggest box office success of all time Avatar.

Maybe Bugonia will sneak in- I like how offbeat it seems and I am a Yorgos fan for life.

DiCaprio’s performance was nothing special in my view, and I was expecting to see something after the raves. Same with del Toro — he was sweet but drops out of the movie, which was stolen by Sean Penn and a fierce Teyana Taylor. That mitigates against Oscar noms for DiCaprio or del Toro unless it’s a weak year for performances.

Teyana Taylor was hand-picked by Dionne Warwick to play her in her upcoming biopic.

R125, I loved DiCaprio's performance, and I've never really gone crazy for him as an actor like many people do. The Revenant was an endurance test, not a performance, and he wasn't any good in Killers of the Flower Moon. He's very funny One Battle, especially the scenes where he gets frustrated over not remembering the time. If the movie is winning Best Picture, and I think it is, he should have no trouble getting nominated, especially considering the competition.

DiCaprio's competition this year is basically Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan and then after that, no one else has even a realistic shot at winning (Jesse Plemmons for Bugonoia, Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent, among others). Leo is not going to lose out to any of those, let alone the many flops this season like Dwayne Johnson and George Clooney.

[quote]All performers owe the public is a good performance. If they're miserable in real life who cares.

I feel the same way, unless they are bigots, or MAGA, which usually go hand in hand. Otherwise, I couldn't care less if they are divas, or difficult on set, or refuse to sign autographs, or beat their kids with wire hangars.

I don't care how difficult Streisand, Dunaway, Lucille Ball, Brando, Bette Davis, or Joan Crawford were in real life.

The early reviews are almost always positive. I’m not sold yet on Marty Supreme. I’ll wait until the review embargo lifts.

R6 "Daniel Day Lewis' film directed by his nepo son"

LOL

R6 "Daniel Day Lewis' film directed by his nepo son"

LOL

A film doesn't necessarily need box office but it does need great reviews to be in the running for Oscars.

Jennifer Lawrence's Die, My Love is looking DOA.