Chris Wasser

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This is a sanitized portrayal of an artist.

The film will not do anything to cast the singer in a bad light whatsoever.

He is so pure.

He is so gifted, so talented.

Songs just come like that.

In his spare time, he goes to toy stores, buys everything and goes to hospitals and gives out those gifts to children.

I thought that was quite tone deaf, to be honest.

That this guy could do no wrong.

Oh, it's a hit, Kevin.

I mean, we're five days into the film's release in most international territories.

And it made more in its first three days at cinemas than any other biographical film.

So it grossed $217 million.

And that's its entire production budget and a bit of change back.

Bigger than Bohemian Rhapsody, Oppenheimer.

I think this thing cost $200 million to make.

God knows how much it cost to market, maybe an additional $100 million.

But when Oppenheimer was released in 2023, it made 180 million in its opening weekend.

When Bohemian Rhapsody, a pre-pandemic release, was released in 2018, that made 124 million in its opening weekend.