Review Tulip Fever (2017)

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Red-Band Trailer: “Tulip Fever”





After being stuck on a shelf and then kicked around the release schedule for years, the period drama “Tulip Fever” starring Alicia Vikander and Dane DeHaan is finally looking to hit cinemas next week.

Vulture recently did an excellent piece on the bungled release of this adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s 2000 novel which was finally shot in 2014 after various production stalls. Since then it has played hopscotch on the release calendar, jumping back a few months every few months.

So with the film finally arriving with little fanfare, The Weinstein Company is now trying an age old marketing trick to get people into cinemas – nudity. A new red-band trailer is out and there are breasts ahoy in the clip from the Justin Chadwick-directed movie which also stars Christoph Waltz, Holliday Grainger, Jack O’Connell, Zach Galifianakis, Dame Judi Dench, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander, Cara Delevingne, Cressida Bonas, and David Harewood.

 

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“Inhumans,” “Tulip Fever” Fizzle At Box-Office





It was expected to be one of the worst moviegoing weekends in ages, and now it has proven correct. The four-day Labor Day holiday weekend box-office for this year is now looking to finish up late tomorrow with around $90-100 million total.

That’s not just down by 22% from last year. It is, in fact, the lowest-grossing Labor Day weekend since 1998. A big reason for this was the lack of any new wide releases, leading to films like “Hitman’s Bodyguard” and “Annabelle Creation” from mid-August still holding strong.

Two projects did score a theatrical release this Friday and bellyflopped on impact. The first was the Weinstein’s much-delayed “Tulip Fever” starring Alicia Vikander which bombed big time. The film will place at 20th on the box-office for the weekend with an estimated $1.5 million for the four-day break.

ABC and Marvel Television’s “Inhumans” hit 380 IMAX theaters and is projected to earn $1.4 million for the four days. It’s not as bad as it could be, though is notably down from initial $2 milllion estimates for the period. Hurting it more though is the social media reaction from screening attendees which don’t paint a kind picture.

The box-office is expected to kick off the Fall in style with “IT” set for a huge debut next weekend, the “Kingsman” sequel likely to open well two weeks later, and a few others in September offering some serious potential in a month that’s normally pretty dead.