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Does TENET's opening tell us anything about anything?

Does TENET's opening tell us anything about anything?

What does a box-office report tell us in the middle of a pandemic?

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Drew McWeeny
Sep 07, 2020
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It’s Sunday, September 6, 2020, and here’s where we are…

$20 million for an opening weekend for Tenet in America during a pandemic that still has many major markets completely closed is neither a triumph nor a failure. It is simply a fact. Warner Bros opened the movie. It made some money. Most people did not go and wouldn’t have gone, no matter what film…

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