Box Office: Bob Marley ‘One Love’ Jams to Massive $52M Opening,

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Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love delivered a huge $50 million-plus domestic opening over the six-day Valentine’s Day-Presidents Day corridor, enough to crush Madame Web‘s $26.2 million start, a record worst for Sony’s superhero adventures.

Monday estimates show One Love raking in $52 million for the six days domestically, up from Sunday’s estimate of $51 million. That includes $34.1 million for the four-day Presidents Day weekend and a record $14 million on Valentine’s Day (rival studios say the decision to go out on sweetheart’s day was a smart choice in building momentum). The movie’s weekend debut is on par with the starts of such musical biopics as Rocketman or Elvis, and did almost double the business it was tracking to do. (Grosses for all films could shift again when final weekend numbers are tallied following the Monday holiday.)

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Box Office: Bob Marley ‘One Love’ Jams to Massive $52M Opening, ‘Madame Web’ Wipes Out at $26M

The biopic about the iconic Marley exceeded all expectations while 'Madame Web' became Hollywood's latest superhero pic to lose its powers.
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Iverson_64 said:
On a scale of 1-10, how accurate would you say the movie was?
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I’m not the one you asked but I would say 7.5. It only touched on a brief period of his life but it was cool. I didn’t walk away thinking this was the greatest flick of all time but at the same time it was better than the advertising. No boundaries were pushed but you not gonna be mad to spend bread to see it.
 
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Hawaiian Punch said:
I’m not the one you asked but I would say 7.5. It only touched on a brief period of his life but it was cool. I didn’t walk away thinking this was the greatest flick of all time but at the same time it was better than the advertising. No boundaries were pushed but you not gonna be mad to spend bread to see it.
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Pretty much in agreement. The critics have been harsh on the movie, whereas the audience scores have been much higher. I think some of the criticism is valid in that it glossed over a lot of his life (which is to be expected in a biopic that is produced by the family). However, performances were great moved at a good pace, you experienced the greatness of his music, and sometimes that's what an audience wants. Critics are looking for more of a deep dive into the man, and I get that, but it was a good time for me, my girl and my mom so we got our money's worth.
 
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