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Universal and Imagine could turn a picture-book (or 25-minute animated special) into a 100-minute movie, with the first two acts compromised entirely of padding and “origin story” content, and audiences showed up because it was Jim Carrey AS the Grinch! 20 years later, marquee characters are the biggest driving force to get folks into movie theaters while movie stars are less important than ever. It was a live-action IP cash-in, one where whether or not it was a good movie was almost entirely beside the point because it was a big-budget reimagination featuring a massively popular movie star playing a massively popular marquee character. I distinctly remember opening weekend amid a packed audience, as the Grinch and Taylor Momsen’s Cindy Lou Who happily barreled down the mountain on a gift-packed sled toward Whoville, that I was watching a snapshot of the future. It would earn $73 million over the Wed-Sun Thanksgiving weekend and would drop by just 5.4%. Oh, and propelled by solid word-of-mouth, it would earn another $52 million in its second Fri-Sun weekend, scoring a bigger second-weekend gross than The Phantom Menace ($51 million from a $64 million launch). That was a 3.53x weekend multiplier (that’s good, even for a kid flick) and the fifth-biggest opening weekend and the biggest for a non-sequel at the time (that’s better). The film earned $55.082 million over its debut weekend. The first teaser (which debuted with Mission: Impossible II in May of 2000), which almost played like a horror film, didn’t hurt although the trailer was more standard kiddie fare. Nonetheless, despite mixed reviews, the allure of Jim Carrey AS The Grinch in a live-action revamp of a beloved book/animated special was an unbeatable combo. (Photo by Universal/Getty Images) Getty Images
Jim Carrey looking through phone directory in a scene from the film 'How The Grinch Stole. The blockbuster 2000 holiday hit stands out as an ahead-of-its-time example of what is now the definitive recipe for theatrical success: It featured a massive movie star playing an incredibly popular marquee character, which meant it didn’t matter if the movie was any good. But The Grinch is also one of Carrey and Howard’s biggest domestic and global box office successes. NFLX today, he has made so many movies of all size and scope that he’s bound to miss now and then. As for Howard, whose not-great Hillbilly Elegy debuts on Netflix
Ironically, I would argue it contains one of Jim Carrey’s best comic performances, in that he was utterly unrecognizable in body and soul and leaned into the drama as much as allowed.
Universal’s The Grinch, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey, may just be one of the worst films ever associated with those three respective filmmakers. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas," Directed By Ron Howard. Their Favorite Holiday In The Live-Action Adaptation Of The Famous Christmas Tale, "Dr. 381271 02: The Grinch, Played By Jim Carrey, Conspires With His Dog Max To Deprive The Who's Of.
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