This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ludi Lin, left, and Max Huang in a scene from Mortal Kombat. Â Warner Bros. Pictures via AP
So the Oscars were a bust. Less than ten million people watched; that was a 58% drop in viewership from 2020. If that was an all-time low, what do you call this yearâs travesty?
You know what wasnât a total bust this past weekend? The 2021 reboot of âMortal Kombat.â It premiered in theaters and on HBO Max on April 23,
 making $22.5 million in its first three days on the big screen on a $52.9 million budget.
This is the biggest pandemic-era R-rated opening. While the original 1995 release raked in more than $23 million dollars in
âI know who I am! Iâm the dude playinâ the dude disguised as another dude!!!â
That is one of the most quotable lines from 2008âs âTropic Thunderâ and it perfectly encapsulates the overarching theme of a movie where a group of Hollywood archetypes get lost in Southeast Asia while filming a Vietnam-era war movie.Â
It is a movie within a movie with actors playing fictional actors. The cast includes Robert Downey Jr. as an Australian Oscar-winner, Jack Black as an overweight comedian known for raunchy movies where he plays all the characters akin to Eddie Murphyâs âNutty Professorâ (1996).
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