Friday, July 3, 2026

Disney Faces Massive Multimillion Write off on All Star “Amsterdam”

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This is a weekend Disney was not looking forward to. Last night the all star period piece “Amsterdam” made only $550,000 in previews.the David O.Russell directed feature cost at least $80 million.

Predictions now are for 6 to 8 million for the whole weekend. That’s basically a write off despite big stars like Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Rami Malek and John David Washington and cinematography by Oscar winner Emmanuel Luzbeki.

But reviews are terrible. No one can really figure this film out. For Russell, it’s a rare failure. He’s had many hits and films that have brought Oscars to his actors. But this time instead of adapting existing material he created the story. It’s unwieldy and unfocused, leaving the audience with more questions than answers.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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