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‘Megalopolis’ Flopped in Theaters—But on TikTok, It’s a Hit

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Summary
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66% Informative

Megalopolis is an unmitigated bomb.

It earned a mere $4 million in its opening weekend and D+ on CinemaScore .

The film has gone viral in part because its plot defies easy explanation.

Adam Driver plays an architect in a retro-futuristic version of New York City .

Megalopolis is Coppola 's first meme-age film.

The 85-year-old auteur recently shared his own Letterboxd in a Q&A.

He also revealed that he thinks about the Roman empire “quite a lot.”.

VR Score

53

Informative language

44

Neutral language

31

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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