Tangled 'Web': Who's to Blame for Dakota Johnson Flop?
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
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Summary
“Madame Web” had a less-than-“Marvel”-ous opening at the box office. Marvel flicks are usually guaranteed moneymakers, but that streak might’ve ended with “Web.” But why? Well, some people are blaming Madame Web herself, Dakota Johnson. They say that in her interviews to promote her new movie, she’s giving off such disinterested vibes that it looks like she doesn’t even like the movie. So is Dakota to blame for the movie crashing and burning? Or could it be all those terrible reviews?
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| 0:05.5 | So, Ariesha, part of the deal for any of us in the biz, whether it's movies, TV's or |
| 0:18.1 | podcasting, is that we're expected to promote our projects. |
| 0:22.0 | Yes, we and the company that puts together their project |
| 0:26.8 | are both equally expected to promote it. |
| 0:29.2 | Yes. |
| 0:30.2 | Yes, yeah. That's true. |
| 0:31.2 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:32.2 | Dakota Johnson has been out promoting her new movie, Madam Webb. |
| 0:35.8 | It's the latest film to come out of the Marvel Universe. And let's just say that Dakota's PR push has maybe not gone the way that Studio Exex had hoped. |
| 0:45.8 | Yeah, I mean Dakota is being Dakota, which means she's having trouble keeping her true |
| 0:50.7 | feelings to herself. And now people are wondering if her press store might be the main reason, |
| 0:56.4 | Madame Webb tanked at the box office. Yeah, it couldn't possibly be anything else other than that. |
| 1:02.1 | No, it has to be press, other than that. No it has to be pressed obviously. Yep from |
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