Saw Midway Last night ....

[slam]

they keep out doing themselves with these war movies with the effects...

this is not my genre but i had shit else to do n I`m an AMC stubs member so the shit was free...

Definitely go see this one in Dolby ... made the shit 10 times better....

ur seat was shaking for 15-20 mins at time during some of those battle sequences...sound was amazing...

only thing not one single black person was in this movie....not even an extra got killed or blew up...

Hollywood got stop this fuck shit....Japan surrendered 1945...look at some of these dates..

also when u watch the movie look at some of the historical dates...smh..

not trying to derail my own thread but come on H-wood...shit gotta stop...




"Enlisted men aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga (CV-14) hear the news of Japan's surrender." August 14, 1945. Lt. B. Gallagher.

. "Group of recently appointed Negro officers." Left to right, front row: Ensigns George Clinton Cooper, Graham Edward Martin, Jesse Walter Arbor, John Walter Reagan, Reginald Ernest Goodwin. Back row, left to right, Ensigns Phillip George Barnes, Samuel Edward Barnes, Dalton Louis Baugh, James Edward Hare, Frank Ellis Sublett, and WO Charles Byrd Lear. February 1944.

. "Lt. Cmdr. Grady Avent, USNR, Commanding Officer at the Navy's largest Negro base, Manana Barracks, Hawaii, inspects plans presented by Public Works Officer, Lt. Edward S. Hope, USNR,

Navy's highest ranking Negro officer."

"A gun crew of six Negroes who were given the Navy Cross for standing by their gun when their ship was damaged by enemy attack in the Philippine area." Crew members: Jonell Copeland, AtM2/c; Que Gant, StM; Harold Clark, Jr., StM; James Eddie Dockery, StM; Alonzo Alexander Swann, StM; and Eli Benjamin, StM. Ca. 1945. 80-G-334029.

"Negro sailors of the U.S.S. Mason (DE 529) commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 20 Mar. 1944 proudly look over their ship which is the first to have [a] predominately Negro crew." March 20, 1944. 80-G-218861.

"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right." July 10, 1942. 80-G-21743.

"Capt. H. W. Taylor making award presentations aboard U.S.S. Cowpens (CVL 25). Fred Magee, Jr., St3/c USN, receiving commendation of the Secretary of the Navy." The commendation was for attempting to rescue, at a risk to his own life, a shipmate from drowning. October 1944.

"Coxswain William Green observes safety precautions in checking his pistol while Albert S. Herbert, Quartermaster first class..., stands by with a clip of ammunition and holster belt, ready to complete the formalities."

"Enlisted men serving on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides...placing 6-inch shells in magazines at the Naval Ammunition Depot." From left to right: S1/c Dodson B. Samples, S1/c Raymond Wynn, S1/c Edward L. Clavo, and S1/c Jesse Davis.

"... entrance to the U.S. Navy Base Camp Annex, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides." Guards on duty: S1/c Dook Bland and S1/c Taft Gray.

"A dispensary at a Naval ammunition depot in the Marianas. Prevention against a case of sore throat. Patient--Dan Kennedy, S1/c, `Dr.' Stanton B. Shaw, PhM2/c, who is in charge." June 8, 1945.

"Leading petty officers of one of the Navy's new Logistics Support Companies... This company is undergoing combat training by Service Force Advance Base Section at a station on Oahu Island prior to their departure for duty in a combat area." Left to right, front row: Boatswain Mate Second Class James W. Chase and Coxswain John D. Perry. Left to right, back row: Coxswains Raymond C. Vaultz, Elmer Williams, Darrel M. Beech, and Jimmie Cook. May 10, 1945.

"E. Perry, Seaman 1/c, is splicing steel cable... This is a highly specialized naval activity. Some of the most constructive work at any naval command is performed by the `riggers.'" May 17, 1945.

"Looking to sea from the signal bridge is Napoleon Reid, Seaman 2/c., USNR, shown standing on lookout watch on a ship somewhere in the Pacific." March 19, 1945.

"Crewmen aboard U.S.S. Tulagi (CVE-72) en route to southern France for Aug. 15th invasion. Miles Davis King, StM 2/c, carrying a loaded magazine to his 20mm gun." August 1944.

"Negro mechanics work on PBY at NAS Seattle, WA, Alvin V. Morrison, AMM 3/c, doing overhaul." April 27, 1944.

"... [The] tug YTM 466, operating out of the Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, VA. Her captain is T. Perdue, Boatswain Mate 1/c..." May 17, 1945.

n this is just the Navy ....​

 

[Mo-Better]

I hear you but since they found it unnecessary to include to include a single black person (not even a cook), I find it unnecessary to support this movie.

I can wait until it hits cable, then maybe I'll watch but as of right now fuck em!

 

[blackbull1970]

Black men were in the military at the time, but did not serve in front line units, even as support personnel in the early part of WW2.

At the time of Pearl Harbor attack and shortly after with Midway, majority of Black servicemen were still stationed in the USA and sitting around training.

Shit was like that all the way up to D-Day. What you don’t see in movies like “Saving Private Ryan”, is after the Beach was secure, they brought in Black troops to clear up the dead bodies.

That’s why after WW2, there was a big boom in the Black Mortuary business in black communities because that was a job majority of Black folks did in the war.

The US only started bringing in Black troops around 1944 because they were running out of White Boys.

General George Patton wanted Black troops early on, but was advised not to use them. That changed when Patton made a trip to the US and went to review the Black troops and demanded they be sent to deploy with him.

There also is a rumor that early in the war, Joseph Stalin wanted US and British support in fighting the Eastern Front against the Germans. The US/Britain refused cuz they were tied up in Western Europe. The rumor is that Stalin requested Black troops, but Roosevelt and his advisors were scared that Black folks might switch sides and stay with Russia who were planning on treating them like equals.

 

[clitsational]

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[praetor]

​

Was this who Cuba Gooding Jr played in Ben Affleck's Pearl Harbor movie?

 

[clitsational]

Was this who Cuba Gooding Jr played in Ben Affleck's Pearl Harbor movie?

​

 

[lightbright]

Yet another remake of a war movie? Even if they made it a live action ride ..... PASS


.

 

[moblack]

Who is Hollywood’s current version of Cuba Gooding for that kind of role ?

 

[slam]

Black men were in the military at the time, but did not serve in front line units, even as support personnel in the early part of WW2.

At the time of Pearl Harbor attack and shortly after with Midway, majority of Black servicemen were still stationed in the USA and sitting around training.

Shit was like that all the way up to D-Day. What you don’t see in movies like “Saving Private Ryan”, is after the Beach was secure, they brought in Black troops to clear up the dead bodies.

That’s why after WW2, there was a big boom in the Black Mortuary business in black communities because that was a job majority of Black folks did in the war.

The US only started bringing in Black troops around 1944 because they were running out of White Boys.

General George Patton wanted Black troops early on, but was advised not to use them. That changed when Patton made a trip to the US and went to review the Black troops and demanded they be sent to deploy with him.

There also is a rumor that early in the war, Joseph Stalin wanted US and British support in fighting the Eastern Front against the Germans. The US/Britain refused cuz they were tied up in Western Europe. The rumor is that Stalin requested Black troops, but Roosevelt and his advisors were scared that Black folks might switch sides and stay with Russia who were planning on treating them like equals.

​

again fuck Hollywood for that ....

not one single dam extra was black ....n it clearly says right there dude was there during the attack n we are to believe only one black man was there ...?


smh ...

 

[Wobble Wobble]

Was this who Cuba Gooding Jr played in Ben Affleck's Pearl Harbor movie?

Yes.

 

[yureeka9]

Thanks for the review. I totally expected everything you said and of course I won't be putting one thin dime into the movie. I am interested from a historical perspective though. I'll be waiting for the link to drop!

 

[Wobble Wobble]

The US only started bringing in Black troops around 1944 because they were running out of White Boys.
General George Patton wanted Black troops early on, but was advised not to use them. That changed when Patton made a trip to the US and went to review the Black troops and demanded they be sent to deploy with him.

You are right, but:

By the summer of 1944, the 761st Tank Battalion, The Black Panthers, motto "Come Out Fighting!" had spent three years as OPFOR, or opposing force, for white units destined for combat. Their job was to be target practice, not learn anything. But by September 1944 - three months after D Day - George Patton had run out of white boys. He had his staff find out gunnery accuracy records of tank battalions stateside and discovered that the US Army's most accurate tank gunners were "Negro". The 761st had gotten that good.

The grandson of a Confederate general, Patton then fought to get them to Europe (he did not return to the US to get them). By October he had them and had the unit assembled and told them he "only has the best" in his units and their job is to go and "kill those Kraut sons of bitches before they kill you" and that the US was watching, he was watching and "by God, your people are watching". They didn't dissapoint the United States, Georgie or God - or their people.

By the way: Jackie Robinson was a Lieutenant in The Black Panthers on a base in Texas when he refused an illegal order to move to the back of a government bus due to his race. Have no doubt, Branch Rickey knew of Number 42's restraint in a sticky, hostile racial situation and so chose him two years later to break into the Major Leauges. He was court-martialed out of the Army.

And Laker great Kareem Abdul Jabbar's Trinidadian father, Lew Alcindor Sr, also was in the 761st as was Medal of Honor winner, Reuven Rivers. Kareem wrote a book about them and there have been plans for a movie for the past 20 years.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Speaking of war movies ... anyone planning on seeing this one next month?

 

[JTIMMY]

This turned into a great thread......

 

[Knuckles666]

OP your historical review is worth the price of a movie ticket. BZ!

 

[Mo-Better]

Black men were in the military at the time, but did not serve in front line units, even as support personnel in the early part of WW2.

At the time of Pearl Harbor attack and shortly after with Midway, majority of Black servicemen were still stationed in the USA and sitting around training.

Shit was like that all the way up to D-Day. What you don’t see in movies like “Saving Private Ryan”, is after the Beach was secure, they brought in Black troops to clear up the dead bodies.

That’s why after WW2, there was a big boom in the Black Mortuary business in black communities because that was a job majority of Black folks did in the war.

The US only started bringing in Black troops around 1944 because they were running out of White Boys.

General George Patton wanted Black troops early on, but was advised not to use them. That changed when Patton made a trip to the US and went to review the Black troops and demanded they be sent to deploy with him.

There also is a rumor that early in the war, Joseph Stalin wanted US and British support in fighting the Eastern Front against the Germans. The US/Britain refused cuz they were tied up in Western Europe. The rumor is that Stalin requested Black troops, but Roosevelt and his advisors were scared that Black folks might switch sides and stay with Russia who were planning on treating them like equals.

It never fails when it comes to WWII movies and how little attention and credit black men receive for their efforts. The old black and white movies I tend to ignore but these more current movies can't be ignored. The choice made to not include us is as consistent today as those movies from the 40s and 50s.

The facts on our involvement are documented just not acknowledged by Hollywood. Black men were instrumental on D-Day. Ever seen a movie addressing what they did that day?

My thing is this until Hollywood starts producing realistic war movies that include all the people and races that contributed I won't spend another dime to see one. Because these are not oversights.

What movies and or accurate recognition do we have? Miracle at St Ana, Red Tails (which IMO was horrible) but did acknowledge their value, Windtalkers and A Soldiers Story.

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

At the time of Pearl Harbor attack and shortly after with Midway, majority of Black servicemen were still stationed in the USA and sitting around training.

Had there been some way to include them as fictional characters,they probably wouldve all been murked in like the first 45 minutes

 

[clitsational]

Speaking of war movies ... anyone planning on seeing this one next month?

​

 

[TheBigOne]

The original "Midway" was a good movie. Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda and James Coburn. I don't think it had any black people in it either, but it is credited as a good representation of the real history. From a book written by George Gay who's plane was shot down early in the battle and had a ring side seat while he tred water during the first day. I guess the only thing missing was modern pyro

 

[An RnB Thug]

The Harlem Hellfighters (WWI Though)

 

[playahaitian]

they keep out doing themselves with these war movies with the effects...

this is not my genre but i had shit else to do n I`m an AMC stubs member so the shit was free...

Definitely go see this one in Dolby ... made the shit 10 times better....

ur seat was shaking for 15-20 mins at time during some of those battle sequences...sound was amazing...

only thing not one single black person was in this movie....not even an extra got killed or blew up...

Hollywood got stop this fuck shit....Japan surrendered 1945...look at some of these dates..

also when u watch the movie look at some of the historical dates...smh..

not trying to derail my own thread but come on H-wood...shit gotta stop...




"Enlisted men aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga (CV-14) hear the news of Japan's surrender." August 14, 1945. Lt. B. Gallagher.

. "Group of recently appointed Negro officers." Left to right, front row: Ensigns George Clinton Cooper, Graham Edward Martin, Jesse Walter Arbor, John Walter Reagan, Reginald Ernest Goodwin. Back row, left to right, Ensigns Phillip George Barnes, Samuel Edward Barnes, Dalton Louis Baugh, James Edward Hare, Frank Ellis Sublett, and WO Charles Byrd Lear. February 1944.

. "Lt. Cmdr. Grady Avent, USNR, Commanding Officer at the Navy's largest Negro base, Manana Barracks, Hawaii, inspects plans presented by Public Works Officer, Lt. Edward S. Hope, USNR,

Navy's highest ranking Negro officer."

"A gun crew of six Negroes who were given the Navy Cross for standing by their gun when their ship was damaged by enemy attack in the Philippine area." Crew members: Jonell Copeland, AtM2/c; Que Gant, StM; Harold Clark, Jr., StM; James Eddie Dockery, StM; Alonzo Alexander Swann, StM; and Eli Benjamin, StM. Ca. 1945. 80-G-334029.

"Negro sailors of the U.S.S. Mason (DE 529) commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 20 Mar. 1944 proudly look over their ship which is the first to have [a] predominately Negro crew." March 20, 1944. 80-G-218861.

"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right." July 10, 1942. 80-G-21743.

"Capt. H. W. Taylor making award presentations aboard U.S.S. Cowpens (CVL 25). Fred Magee, Jr., St3/c USN, receiving commendation of the Secretary of the Navy." The commendation was for attempting to rescue, at a risk to his own life, a shipmate from drowning. October 1944.

"Coxswain William Green observes safety precautions in checking his pistol while Albert S. Herbert, Quartermaster first class..., stands by with a clip of ammunition and holster belt, ready to complete the formalities."

"Enlisted men serving on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides...placing 6-inch shells in magazines at the Naval Ammunition Depot." From left to right: S1/c Dodson B. Samples, S1/c Raymond Wynn, S1/c Edward L. Clavo, and S1/c Jesse Davis.

"... entrance to the U.S. Navy Base Camp Annex, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides." Guards on duty: S1/c Dook Bland and S1/c Taft Gray.

"A dispensary at a Naval ammunition depot in the Marianas. Prevention against a case of sore throat. Patient--Dan Kennedy, S1/c, `Dr.' Stanton B. Shaw, PhM2/c, who is in charge." June 8, 1945.

"Leading petty officers of one of the Navy's new Logistics Support Companies... This company is undergoing combat training by Service Force Advance Base Section at a station on Oahu Island prior to their departure for duty in a combat area." Left to right, front row: Boatswain Mate Second Class James W. Chase and Coxswain John D. Perry. Left to right, back row: Coxswains Raymond C. Vaultz, Elmer Williams, Darrel M. Beech, and Jimmie Cook. May 10, 1945.

"E. Perry, Seaman 1/c, is splicing steel cable... This is a highly specialized naval activity. Some of the most constructive work at any naval command is performed by the `riggers.'" May 17, 1945.

"Looking to sea from the signal bridge is Napoleon Reid, Seaman 2/c., USNR, shown standing on lookout watch on a ship somewhere in the Pacific." March 19, 1945.

"Crewmen aboard U.S.S. Tulagi (CVE-72) en route to southern France for Aug. 15th invasion. Miles Davis King, StM 2/c, carrying a loaded magazine to his 20mm gun." August 1944.

"Negro mechanics work on PBY at NAS Seattle, WA, Alvin V. Morrison, AMM 3/c, doing overhaul." April 27, 1944.

"... [The] tug YTM 466, operating out of the Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, VA. Her captain is T. Perdue, Boatswain Mate 1/c..." May 17, 1945.

n this is just the Navy ....​

Post of the week sensei

 

[BlackGoku]

You are right, but:

By the summer of 1944, the 761st Tank Battalion, The Black Panthers, motto "Come Out Fighting!" had spent three years as OPFOR, or opposing force, for white units destined for combat. Their job was to be target practice, not learn anything. But by September 1944 - three months after D Day - George Patton had run out of white boys. He had his staff find out gunnery accuracy records of tank battalions stateside and discovered that the US Army's most accurate tank gunners were "Negro". The 761st had gotten that good.

The grandson of a Confederate general, Patton then fought to get them to Europe (he did not return to the US to get them). By October he had them and had the unit assembled and told them he "only has the best" in his units and their job is to go and "kill those Kraut sons of bitches before they kill you" and that the US was watching, he was watching and "by God, your people are watching". They didn't dissapoint the United States, Georgie or God - or their people.

By the way: Jackie Robinson was a Lieutenant in The Black Panthers on a base in Texas when he refused an illegal order to move to the back of a government bus due to his race. Have no doubt, Branch Rickey knew of Number 42's restraint in a sticky, hostile racial situation and so chose him two years later to break into the Major Leauges. He was court-martialed out of the Army.

And Laker great Kareem Abdul Jabbar's Trinidadian father, Lew Alcindor Sr, also was in the 761st as was Medal of Honor winner, Reuven Rivers. Kareem wrote a book about them and there have been plans for a movie for the past 20 years.

This is a great story and one I would like to see put into a movie...speaking of Black Panthers...and off topic...

Rick Baker said on the Joe Rogan Podcast that he was going to make Michael Jackson look like a panther in Thriller, but they didn't want him associated with the real "Black Panthers"...irony of this is that MJ became a "black panther" when he did the Black or White Video..

 

[EPDC]

Speaking of war movies ... anyone planning on seeing this one next month?

Interested in this one as it's supposed to be one long take.

I'll check Midway because I like war movies.

 

[slam]

are y`all reading the captions that go along with these pics...

we were cooks on these ships that were getting attacked and at war ...& it clearly says we were on the guns & were gun crews ...

so u trying to tell me in that movie they couldnt have wrote in one black gun crew putting in work...?...FOH !!!

check the date on below pic....this was 7 months after the attack on Pearl....smh


"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners. They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific under the instruction of the officers at the right." July 10, 1942. 80-G-21743.

 

[clitsational]

this was 7 months after the attack on Pearl....smh
"Negro messmen aboard a United States Navy cruiser who volunteered for additional duty as gunners.
They have been doing proficient work under battle conditions on a task force in the Pacific
under the instruction of the officers at the right." July 10, 1942. 80-G-21743.

brothers volunteered with i am sure minimal training to leap into the breech

and the fuckin cac grudgingly refers to them as proficient

and makes sure to point out their bosses are also cacs

fucking evil assholes

all of them

​

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Midway Tops Friday Box Office at $6.3 Million, Doctor Sleep Close Behind

Roland Emmerich's WWII epic Midway opens the Veteran's Day box office with a $6.3 million win, with Doctor Sleep and Last Christmas in second and third.

collider.com

 

[playahaitian]

Roland Emmerich's Midway shoots to top of box office with $17.5 million

By Rosy Cordero
November 10, 2019 at 03:31 PM EST
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The box office got a huge refresh during Veteran’s Day weekend, with nearly every title in the top five a new release. However, the sluggish returns in spite of a slate of new content didn’t bode well for 2019 box office health.

Appropriately for the holiday weekend, Roland Emmerich‘s epic World War II film Midway took the number one spot with estimated earnings totaling $17.5 million. But with a budget around $100 million, this is not a big win for the German-born director. The story was much the same for the new releases in the second and third place slots.

Midway spooked the Ewan McGregor-led Doctor Sleep—the follow-up to The Shining that apparently nobody wanted—into second place with $14.1 million. With a budget reported around $14 million, this is also a disappointment for Warner Bros.

John Cena‘s Playing With Fire that sees firefighters turn into babysitters takes the third place slot with an estimated $12.8 million, followed by the romantic dramedy Last Christmas which earned an estimated $11.6 million this holiday weekend.

Emmerich’s newest title tells the real life events around the Battle of Midway that took place from June 4 to 7, 1942—six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. It follows the lives of military pilots and soldiers who helped the United States beat the Imperial Japanese Navy, changing the course of history.

Woody Harrelson stars as Chester Nimitz, a fleet admiral in the U.S. Navy who led forces to victory during the most critical period of the war in the Pacific. Patrick Wilson brings to life Edwin T. Layton, an intelligence officer who helped convince Nimitz that Midway was Japan’s next target with the help of intelligence information.

Luke Evans and Ed Skrein portray squadron commanders Wade McClusky and Dick Best, who are credited with leading plane squadrons that destroyed Japanese carriers.


Rounding out the star-studded cast are Aaron Eckhart, Darren Criss, Nick Jonas, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, and Alexander Ludwig.

It’s worth noting that no studio was willing to give Emmerich the enormous budget he was seeking to make this passion project. He raised $24 million in equity from Chinese investors along with $76 million from independent investors, totaling $100 million for the budget. The Hollywood Reporter says Midway has been billed as “one of the most expensive indie films ever made.”

Doctor Sleep is a massive financial disappointment. With a $14.1 million opening, it clocked in over $10 million below its $25 million expectations. The horror title takes place nearly four decades after the events from The Shining. This is especially notable during a time where seemingly everything based in the Stephen King universe inspires pandemonium from his dedicated fan base.

The R-rated film follows a now adult Dan Torrance (McGregor), who meets a young girl with similar powers as him. He seeks to protect her from a cult hoping to cultivate said power in exchange for immortality.

EW gave the film a dismal C+ rating calling it “a mess.” Adding, “It’s way too long, clashing somber sobriety with loony cheap thrills. The Shining homages turn shameless and cheap. The jump-scares are more funny than scary. Dan is a problem. McGregor used to be such a live-wire performer, but he’s frozen stolid here. It’s admirable to explore how family alcoholism and a childhood history of abuse can still affect a man forty years past his murderdad. But the language of pop therapy can make for deadly dialogue.”

Although King himself wasn’t a fan of the big screen adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, it was the latter’s imagery that inspired Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan. Fans might not have turned out in droves to see this film, at least Flanagan can go to sleep knowing King enjoyed his film. Fans don’t agree, however—it earned a tepid B+ from Cinemascore viewers.

John Cena knows how to win WWE title matches and the box office, but his comedy Playing With Fire only landed in third place this weekend. Cena portrays fire superintendent Jake Carson (John Cena), who alongside his team of expert firefighters (Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo and Tyler Mane) helps rescue three siblings (Brianna Hildebrand, Christian Convery and Finley Rose Slater) who are in the path of a wildfire that’s coming towards them.

Although the reviews for the PG-rated film are predominantly lackluster, Cinemascore says moviegoers saw it a bit more favorably, granting it a mediocre B+.

The romantic dramedy Last Christmas played with everyone’s hearts and minds, but it still became the fourth most watched film of the weekend. Despite the star power involved, fans weren’t biting on the George Michael inspired drama with a massive twist many saw coming since the trailer dropped.

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke stars as Kate, a young woman who works as an elf at a year long Christmas shop in London who has made more bad decisions in her life than she has bells on her shoes. She meets Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding‘s character Tom in the Paul Feig directed film, and her life promises to never be the same.

The film, loosely inspired by the George Michael hit of the same name, co-stars Emma Thompson (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Michelle Yeoh, Patti LuPone, Rob Delaney, and Peter Serafinowitcz. Reviews of the film have not been favorable, with EW calling it a “ridiculous holiday trifle” and branding it with a C+. Audiences agreed, giving it a terrible B- Cinemascore.

Rounding out the top five is last week’s box office winner, Terminator: Dark Fate with an estimated $10.8 million in ticket sales.

Overall, box office is down 5.2 percent year-to-date for the second week in a row, according to Comscore. Check out the Nov. 8-10 numbers below:

Midway — $17.5 million
Doctor Sleep — $14.1 million
Playing With Fire — $12.8 million
Last Christmas — $11.6 million
Terminator: Dark Fate — $10.8 million
Joker — $9.2 million
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — $8 million
Harriet — $7.2 million
Zombieland 2: Double Tap — $4.3 million
The Addams Family — $4.2 million



Investors will no doubt keep their eyes locked on the international box office in hopes it can help them at least break even, which is something Emmerich consistently manages to do. His biggest domestic box office win to date is with 1997’s Independence Day, which grossed $306 million domestically, and $817 million internationally.

 

[Complex]

The film was centered on the planes/pilots and command

I'm not sure where you expected to see black people thrown in.