Bob Marley: One Love has been exceeding expectations since it opened on Valentine's Day with a six-day domestic opening of $46.2 million including $28.3 million for the three-day weekend, one of the highest openings ever for a film featuring a Marvel character.
Bob Marley: One Love has been exceeding expectations since it opened on Valentine's Day with a six-day domestic opening of $46.2 million including $28.3 million for the three-day weekend, one of the highest openings ever for a film featuring a Marvel character.
Bob Marley: One Love is currently the box office leader through a specialized six-day holiday frame
The biopic about the reggae legend could even double the six-day haul of Sony's new superhero film Madame Web which earned $4.3 million from 4,013 theaters on Friday.
One Love asserted itself out of the gate with an impressive $14 million on Wednesday
The Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed drama landed mediocre reviews but resonated with early audiences, nabbing an A grade from surveyor Cinema Score.
Kingsley Ben-Adir leads One Love as Bob Marley, with Lashana Lynch co-starring as Rita Marley. The feature tracks the musician's European and African tour, as well as the production of his landmark album Exodus.
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Bob Marley: One Love is currently the box office leader through a specialized six-day holiday frame, adding $7.4 million on Friday from 3,539 locations to bump its domestic tally to $25.3 million.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, it states that “One Love” has the majority of premium large-format auditoriums while this is not true as stated by the author themselves later in the article.
The biopic about the reggae legend could even double the six-day haul of Sony's new superhero film “Madame Web,” which earned $4.3 million from 4,013 theaters on Friday.
It has been projecting a six-day total north of $30 million; now, it’ll likely finish closer to $20 million.
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author makes an appeal to authority by stating that “Argylle” will likely fall to third place and then proceeds to make a prediction about its future performance without any evidence or data provided. Secondly, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric when they describe the negative reviews of “Madame Web” as
]One Love” asserted itself out of the gate with an impressive $14 million on Wednesday,
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The article contains a statement that is biased towards the success of Bob Marley: One Love. The author states that it could even double the six-day haul of Sony's new superhero film Madame Web, which implies that they are not doing well and Bob Marley: One Love is performing better than expected. This statement shows a clear bias in favor of one movie over another.
Bob Marley: One Love could even double the six-day haul of Sony's new superhero film Madame Web
The author implies that Bob Marley: One Love is performing better than expected
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J. Kim Murphy has a conflict of interest on the topic of Bob Marley and One Love as Paramount Pictures owns the rights to the film.
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J. Kim Murphy has a conflict of interest on the topic of Bob Marley and One Love as she is reporting for Paramount Pictures which owns the rights to the movie.
Bob Marley: One Love has been exceeding expectations since it opened on Valentine’s Day, with a six-day domestic opening of $46.2 million including $28.3 million for the three-day weekend.
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Bob Marley: One Love has been in the $46M range for 6 days
Madame Web is looking at a take north of $20M, now $24M
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The article contains multiple examples of deceptive practices. Firstly, the author uses sensationalism by stating that Bob Marley: One Love is keeping on humming with a $46M range and Madame Web is still looking at a take north of $20M. This statement exaggerates the success of both films and creates an expectation for their performance without providing any context or evidence to support it.
Bob Marley: One Love keeps on humming with a 6-day in the $46M range, while Sony/Marvel's Madame Web is still looking at a take north of $20M.
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that industry analysts believe Madame Web will be 40% to 50% above its Friday take of $4.3M today with north of $6M.
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses language that depicts one side as extreme or unreasonable by referring to white supremacists celebrating a reference to the racist and antisemitic conspiracy in the movie.
Audience scores are still strong for Bob Marley: One Love with 5 stars and 91% on Comscore/Screen Engine's PostTrak.
> Bob Marley: One Love keeps on humming with a 6-day in the $46M range, while Sony/Marvel's Madame Web is still looking at a take north of $20M, now $24M. Whether business gets better for one film and falls apart for the other boils down to tonight.
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Anthony D'Alessandro has conflicts of interest on the topics Bob Marley: One Love and Paramount Pictures. He is an owner of a company that produces music for movies.
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The author has conflicts of interest on the topics Bob Marley: One Love and Paramount Pictures. The article does not disclose these conflicts.
Bob Marley: One Love has been exceeding expectations since it opened on Valentine's Day with a six-day domestic opening of $46.2 million including $28.3 million for the three-day weekend.
Sony's Madame Web is looking at a six-day opening of $24 million, one of the lowest openings ever for a film featuring a Marvel character.
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The article is highly deceiving because it uses emotional manipulation and sensationalism to attract readers. For example, the title uses phrases like 'jamming' and 'spinning out' to create a sense of excitement and rhythm for Bob Marley: One Love, while also implying that Madame Web has failed or is spinning out with a low opening. The article does not provide any context or comparison for these numbers, making them seem more impressive than they are. Additionally, the article uses phrases like 'glowing A CinemaScore' and 'record $14 million' to suggest that Bob Marley: One Love is a critical and commercial success, without providing any evidence or sources to back up these claims. The article also does not mention any negative reviews or criticisms of Madame Web, which could be seen as biased or one-sided reporting.
The article does not provide any context or comparison for these numbers, making them seem more impressive than they are. For example, it says that Bob Marley: One Love posted a six-day domestic opening of $46.2 million, but it does not say how this compares to other musical biopics like Rocketman or Elvis.
The title uses emotional manipulation by using phrases like 'jamming' and 'spinning out' to create a sense of excitement and rhythm for Bob Marley: One Love. These phrases are not factual, but rather meant to appeal to the reader's emotions and senses.
The article does not mention any negative reviews or criticisms of Madame Web, which could be seen as one-sided reporting. For example, it does not provide any information about what critics have said about the film's plot, acting, special effects, or other aspects.
The article uses sensationalism by saying that Madame Web has one of the lowest openings ever for a film featuring a Marvel character, without providing any evidence or sources to back up this claim. It also implies that Madame Web is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which could be seen as misleading or deceptive.
Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Paramount's Bob Marley: One Love is coming in well ahead of expectations without providing any evidence or context for what those expectations were. Secondly, the author makes a false dilemma by comparing Madame Web's opening with other musical biopics when it is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and should be compared to other films featuring similar genres. Thirdly, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that
Bias
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses the phrase 'Rastafarian' to describe Bob Marley which is a clear example of religious bias. Additionally, the use of phrases such as 'coming in well ahead of expectations' and 'rivals the starts of musical biopics like Rocketman or Elvis', implies that there is an expectation for certain types of movies to perform better than others based on their genre or subject matter which could be seen as monetary bias.
Bob Marley: One Love easily has been exceeding expectations since it opened Valentine's Day, and there's no telling where it might come in by the end of the long Presidents Day weekend, thanks to a glowing A CinemaScore.
Rocketman or Elvis
Sony's Madame Web is looking at a six-day opening of $24 million
The movie is coming in well ahead of expectations.
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Pamela McClintock has a conflict of interest on the topic of Bob Marley and One Love as she is reporting for Paramount Pictures which owns the rights to the film. She also has a conflict of interest on Madame Web as it is being produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., where she works.
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Pamela McClintock has conflicts of interest on the topics Bob Marley and One Love as she is reporting for Paramount Pictures which produced a film featuring Bob Marley. She also has a conflict of interest on the topic Madame Web as she is reporting for Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., which produced the film.
