It was a box office success, grossing over $250 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing basketball film of all time as well as the tenth-highest-grossing film of 1996. A television film crossover with Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam, aired on Cartoon Network in June 2021.
Was Space Jam 2 a failure?
While Space Jam 2's downward free fall is shocking to most NBA aficionados, it's not surprising, given the reviews it received. Setting apart a 79% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, it was taken to the cleaners on IMDB, where it averaged just 4.4. Was it pure bias on display?
Was Space Jam profitable?
Space Jam grossed $90.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $159.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $250.2 million. Domestically, it debuted to $27.5 million from 2,650 theaters, topping the box office.
Is Space Jam actually a good movie?
What the reviews said. Critics didn't necessarily love the original “Space Jam.” The film has a 44% of Rotten Tomatoes based on 80 reviews, which is barely better than the new film's score. Critics blasted the film for being too catered to NBA fans and Looney Tunes, calling the film a cash-in moment for Warner Bros.
Is the new Space Jam a flop?
After raking in $31 million at the box office its opening weekend, Space Jam: A New Legacy saw a 69% drop a week later. The drastic sink in the movie's theater profits follows a pandemic-era trend of new films struggling to sustain high turnouts in cinemas.
Which Space Jam is better?
Rotten Tomatoes shows that Space Jam: A New Legacy has a 26% Tomatometer with a 79% audience score while the first Space Jam has a 44% Tomatometer with a 63% audience score. These scores show that, statistically, audiences liked Space Jam: A New Legacy better than the first movie.Oct 3, 2021
Did Space Jam 2 do well?
According to Box Office Reports, last weekend, Space Jam 2: A New Legacy dropped 69% in ticket sales. As it stands, the domestic gross is only $51.37 million and $93.96 million total on a $150 million budget.
Is Space Jam 2 better than the original?
Because the sequel tells a more personal story than the original, focusing on the relationship between LeBron James and his son, the movie does a far better job of giving LeBron a full character arc than Michael Jordan had in the original.
Is Space Jam 2 a flop?
Hey buddy, your film had a production budget of $150 million plus an estimated $50 million in marketing. Your film hasn't topped $100 WORLDWIDE after its second weekend. Space Jam 2 is a MASSIVE box office bomb.
Is the new space jam like the old one?
Dunking off HBO Max on Aug. 15, the follow-up to the 1996 film misses its free throw. Watching Space Jam: A New Legacy feels like playing a game of compare and contrast with its 1996 predecessor. There's a tender throwback mother-and-son opening scene to mimic the father-and-son opener in the original film.Aug 9, 2021
Is there anything inappropriate in Space Jam?
Parents need to know that Space Jam is a 1996 live/animated comedy in which Michael Jordan joins Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters to defeat the "Monstars." Keeping with the tradition of older Warner Brothers cartoons, there's quite a bit of cartoon violence and exaggerated pratfalls.