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Photorealistic view of a modern movie theater entrance at dusk with a lighted marquee reading Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Photorealistic view of a modern movie theater entrance at dusk with a lighted marquee reading Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $70,592,228 (domestic), $163,692,228 (worldwide). While it did decently on its first weekend despite being critically panned, its simultaneous domestic US release on HBO Max (where it ranked among the most popular films on the site), as well as a Chinese ban and the fact that many people were still wary of attending theaters during the COVID-19 Pandemic, negatively affected its box-office performance; the film's significant drop in its second weekend was attributed to both a rise in Delta cases and the film's easy at-home availability. Director Malcolm D. Lee wouldn't direct another film until 2026's Peacock's Strung (which was also poorly received by critics). Ver mais