There may be hope for movies.

Whoa. Pump the brakes. It certainly was a good flick, but fantastic?

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Females (and gays) are not big on war movies....neither are foreigners huge fans of American war. La La Land's demographic is 64% women viewers and healthy European sales... as well as the sector that loves musicals. Hurt Locker was left to be supported mainly by red-blooded, heterosexual, pro-USA, American males... who seem to becoming fewer these days.

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The pussification of America

Would've been a boring arse movie if it was a 100% true to life EOD account. Only scene I really took issue with was the sniper scene

I told you what the link was dumbass.

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BS. American Sniper did well.

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I didn't just do "well", it was top gross movie of the year and won Best Pic. Chris Kyle was a hero, the story is an American tragedy as well as a family tragedy. Clint Eastwood knows how to engage the masses... American Sniper was more of a "drama" than a "war movie".

Hurt Locker was HUGE at the Oscars, and directed by a woman, (remember the big deal made of her beating her ex-husband's "Avatar" at the awards) but did poorly at box office. It's less multi-facet drama and more straight up war flick. Renner's character was indifferent to family, Am. Sniper had a budding romance, wedding, a palpable love story with a tragic ending in front of his wife. Eastwood using Brad Cooper vs. a little known Renner at that time was a huge plus for female interest as well.

I find it easy to see why Sniper appealed widely / Hurt Locker left out many groups.

Hard for me to watch Hurt Locker when I served and knew alot of guys who went over there.

Ah, domestic gross would be correct. I was thinking worldwide

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was he?

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Didn't he say as much in his book?