It’s an understatement to say that Elizabeth Bank’s Charlie’s Angels reboot hasn’t done too well.
Being made on a $48-55 million budget, the wacky spy reboot garnered only a $56 million Box Office return.
Banks felt the movie’s lack of success reinforced the stereotype “that men don’t go see women do action movies.” Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter suggested that the film “failed to attract moviegoers over the age of 35” and “younger females—its target audience—in enough numbers.”
Now, one of the movie’s stars, Kristen Stewart, has chimed in on the Charlie’s Angel’s flop. In an interview in The Playlist, She says, regardless of its mediocre returns, she is proud of the movie.
And while she is “bummed” that they won’t make a sequel to the reboot, Stewart is “so happy that it exists and can live in the world” and that it remains essential for a lot of people in a “non-serious” way.
With franchises like Charlie’s Angels constantly getting rejigged and rebooted in Hollywood, some succeed, and others do not. A relatively recent example includes the 2017 Power Rangers movie, which earned $140 million on a $100 million budget (generally, films need to make twice their working budget to be considered successful). The poor reception to the movie has caused Paramount to start another reboot of the franchise.
