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Hollywood’s Top-Tier Flops: A Pattern of Political Audience Rejection
This pattern extends across various films that have tried to push leftist politics or religious caricatures. For example, “The Brutalist,” which depicts a Jewish immigrant suffering discrimination post-World War II, netted only $50 million—a disappointing total for any film that went out to theaters. Similarly, “The Conclave,” a film about selecting a new pope populated with anti-Catholic themes, only grossed around $103 million, failing to recoup its marketing costs.