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WHEN ALIENS ATTACK

 

    This Summer has been tough at the box office and as we head towards the 4th of July, uncertainty grips Hollywood. The big question is why this year's sequels(aside from FINDING DORY and CAPTAIN AMERICA:CIVIL WAR) and reboots are not connecting with audiences. They have a hope in the darkness with a sequel 20 years in the making.

 

    In the summer of 1996, INDEPENDENCE DAY made Will Smith a star and ruled the box office. It was big, loud and full of special effects. The most special was Smith, who connected with the blockbuster audiences in a casual and charming way. People went to see the world burn but they saw it again and again to listen to Smith talking trash with Jeff Goldblum as the world burned. the movie was a massive hit and ushered a brief era where Smith released a huge movie every July.

 

    Here we are in the summer of 2016, 20 years later and INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE is hitting screens hoping for box office glory as a shell of its former self. In present day movies, you can reinvent yourself though. Last year's JURASSIC WORLD proved that 22 years after the original and countless sequels folks will return if you have a star. Chris Pratt rode the dinosaurs to a huge opening and over a billion dollars at the box office. It was Nostaglia Box Office at its finest but ID doesn't have a star in the making like Pratt and No Will Smith!

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