Elizabeth Banks responds to ‘Charlie’s Angels’ being a box office “flop.”
Continue on to get the inside word from directed, produced and star of the film Elizabeth Banks who plays Rebekah Bosley in the reboot of the female crime-fighting franchise. Read on for more from Elizabeth Banks on Charlie’s Angels…
CelebNMovies247.com reports that Elizabeth Banks has offered a response after the movie pulled in just $27.6 million for its opening weekend.
According to BoxOfficeMojo, Charlie’s Angels pulled in $8.4M in the first weekend. Elizabeth Banks begs to differ stating that the film has pulled in $27.6 million for its opening weekend, made off a budget of between $48-55 million.
Banks took to social media to address the poor return, Banks quipped on Twitter:
Well, if you’re going to have a flop, make sure you’re name is on it at least 4x.
Well, if you’re going to have a flop, make sure your name is on it at least 4x. I’m proud of #CharliesAngels and happy it’s in the world.
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) November 18, 2019
She adds:
I’m proud of #CharliesAngels and happy it’s in the world.
Thankful for the badass women who came together for #CharliesAngels ? Thanks @latimes https://t.co/m0QNuvnkY3
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) November 18, 2019
Despite the disappointing launch of Charlie’s Angels film comes after Banks admitted she was hoping to convince studio bosses to back more female directors.
Elizabeth said
The main thing I want is to convince executives that they can trust women. If I deliver a good movie with this amazing cast, we made something really fun that people really want to see, I just hope I can convince more executives to trust us – just trust women with the job.
She hoped audiences who see the action movie will love it and she will get the chance to continue the franchise with a sequel.
Banks added:
It’s always a good time to have a female-fronted action franchise out there. It’s never a bad time for that. I want people to leave just feeling super hopeful about the sh***y world we’re living in.
The ‘Twilight’ star, Kristen Stewart, 29, said she was all in.
She told Elizabeth that she would do it before the movie was in production. She praised the fact she was able to work with a female director since its rare.
K-Stew said:
I have to say though, it is remarkable. On a smaller movie? Sure. But on a big-budget huge movie that really aspires to be a franchise, not normal. So that fact that she kick-started this and made it happen and everyone trusted her, including the studio, it’s wild. It’s really special.
Charlie’s Angels is the latest in a string of rebooted franchises that have flopped at the box office. It joins Hellboy, Terminator: Dark Fate, Men in Black: International, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
