by Buscemi2 » November 7th, 2019, 7:25 pm
Superintelligence probably would have played like Father Figures did a few years back. A long-delayed film with a star trending downward (McCarthy) paired with a talk show host with limited box office success (Corden) from a director with a negative track record would have bombed at any time of the year.
As for Noelle, Kendrick is not a draw outside of Pitch Perfect and Bill Hader has the Andy Samberg conundrum: someone people will watch on TV for free but not pay to see in a movie (Kate McKinnon is in the same boat, but would you stand to watch McKinnon be annoying for two hours? It didn't work for Sofia Vergara.). Also, the film looks cheap and it got a G rating, the latter which is somewhat of a no-no in terms of box office prospects.
It's like what Lenin said...I am the walrus.