700 million worldwide


Who woulda thought?

It seems the world loves Queen!

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I sure do!

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now at 750m. and with the awards season should comfortably make it to 800m

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Agreed.

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It was a big hit!
Pretty great biopic, we really loved it

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Inaccurate garbage movie.

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Oh, well that settles it, then.

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Look at other excellent Music biopics...Walk the Line (05) and The Doors (91)
The writers and directors have to distill decades worth of great material into a two hour film...some things will get a bit altered but the spirit is there and as a somewhat aware audience we get the struggle

'Inaccurate'...surely!
But we got the point

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yeah im kinda sick of seeing headlines about it online

it was enjoyable but i could have done as good a job as rami

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Now 800m

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Everyone loves Queen.

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Yes...everyone with taste

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Definitely didn't think it would do that well. It even outdid A Star is Born. People forget how big Queen were. I was more shocked with the success in America and how well it did there, I know Queen were huge there for a while but later releases didn't do as well. I still don't understand the hate it got from the critics to be honest, sure it messed with some truths but most Biopics do.

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They sort of glossed over some things and turned the story into a formulaic biopic.

I still enjoyed it, but a more honest approach might have been more interesting.

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almost 900m now !!!!

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Yeah it's like 899.5 million. Just need 500,000 more to put her over the line!

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May I ask what sort of budget it had?

I'm guessing low, as the cast wasn't big-name and there were no special effects called for, outside of re-creating a stadium concert. It must be fantastically profitable.

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The production budget was 52 million.

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They probably could have made it for less, but it's turned out they had absolutely no need to scrimp!

My heartiest congratulations to anyone who's got a piece of the back end.

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Yeah...I wonder if Queen gets much of the film's profits or if they just receive royalties from the Soundtrack sales?

I read that the director, Bryan Singer, is getting a boatload of it. Ironic since he was "fired" from the film.

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