The Girl In The Spider's Web, which was released only in October 2018, has already been consigned to the dustbin of cinematic history, as yet another Box Office flop, with, to add insult to injury (as perhaps befits the plot), no audience or critical love, either. On Metacritic it scores 43; On IMDB, 6.1; on Rotten Tomatoes, a not very fresh 41% - it stinks, all the metrics seem to warn.
The film, which had a medium-sized budget of $43 million USD, has so far only earned back under around $34 million domestic and international; with, however, the home viewing sales to come; if lucky, and there is no reason to expect much luck here, it may eventually break even. Everyone was startled at how badly the film was received, given it stars Claire Foy, a current darling for her role as The Queen on telly; and is directed by Fede Alvarez, whose previous English films, The Evil Dead and Don't Breathe are considered, if not modern classics, then near-perfect nasty cult-style horror pics.
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The film, which had a medium-sized budget of $43 million USD, has so far only earned back under around $34 million domestic and international; with, however, the home viewing sales to come; if lucky, and there is no reason to expect much luck here, it may eventually break even. Everyone was startled at how badly the film was received, given it stars Claire Foy, a current darling for her role as The Queen on telly; and is directed by Fede Alvarez, whose previous English films, The Evil Dead and Don't Breathe are considered, if not modern classics, then near-perfect nasty cult-style horror pics.
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