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TALK OF THE CLOWN

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Richard Rushfield
Sep 11, 2019
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BULLETS OVER THE BOX OFFICE: TALK OF THE CLOWN

• We’ve lost the ability to talk about box office as anything but some self-reflexive internal narrative with no meaning to anything except a studio’s personal journey and growth.

On the one hand, It 2 made lots of money. The whole It machine worked out well for everyone. The second film even cost $70 millio…

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