A new film about singer Bruce Springsteen called ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ is not delivering the box office haul producers expected, at home or abroad.
This is not entirely surprising. Like many celebrities, Springsteen has tainted his brand by turning himself into a toxic political figure. He campaigned for Kamala Harris in 2024, and even as late as this past summer, was still putting out bizarre anti-Trump videos for some reason.
The movie is not making anywhere near what it cost to produce.
Entertainment outlet Variety seems boggled by the news:
“Springsteen” launched below projections at the international box office with $7 million, bringing its global tally to a soft $16.1 million. The biopic cost $55 million, and since theater owners keep roughly half of the ticket sales, the film needs to keep rocking at the box office to justify its price tag. Luckily, moviegoers appeared to like the film more than critics; “Deliver Me From Nowhere” landed a “B+” grade on CinemaScore and holds a 61% Rotten Tomatoes average.
“Deliver Me From Nowhere” takes a less conventional approach compared to other recent musical biopics about artists like Bob Dylan (“A Complete Unknown”) or Bob Marley (“One Love”). Instead of focusing on his mainstream rise or the making of his biggest hits like “Born in the U.S.A.” or “Born to Run,” director Scott Cooper’s film chronicles the writing of Springsteen’s 1982 critically adored (but less commercial) acoustic album “Nebraska.”
Ticket sales were initially tracking a similar start to last year’s “A Complete Unknown,” featuring Timothée Chalamet as the “Like a Rolling Stone” composer in his earlier years. But that film, from Disney’s Searchlight banner, ended up faring better with $11.6 million to start. “A Complete Unknown,” which had the benefit of playing over the holiday season, eventually powered to $75 million domestically and $140 million globally.
John Nolte of Breitbart News, who frequently writes about entertainment, summed it up this way:
Springsteen has been around for over 50 years as an artist who not only identified and empathized with working people, but as an artist whose color palette was made up of metaphor, stories, and subtext.
Sure, it was no secret he was a leftist, but we didn’t care how he voted because he always made sure his art was accessible to everyone, was universal—be it the songs or the stories he told on stage.
We loved that guy because we felt he was talking directly to us, that he understood what we were going through, and that he cared.
And then it all changed…
And now, the core of Bruce Springsteen supporters, even those who agree with him politically, do not recognize the obnoxious old guy ranting and raving for ten minutes about the Bad Orange Man.
Bruce Springsteen burned the good will of some of his most loyal fans and the movie is suffering as a result.
Will Hollywood ever learn this very simple lesson?
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