A young boy befriends and innocently courts an awkward girl. She is ridiculed by her classmates, teased by other boys and when our hero male protagonist intervenes in her defense, those boys beat him up.
Why does he endure all this?
Who knows? Love is blind, right.
Well, maybe not–for we next see the young girl alongside her mom, a flat-out gorgeous knockout of a woman.
The lesson is simply that waiting over the long haul for an investment to pay off handsomely is indeed worth the wait.
This long-term philosophy is a cornerstone of financial investment/consulting firm Allan Gray.
Keith Rose of Velocity Films, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, directed and shot the spot for agency King James, Cape Town.
Karen Kloppers produced for Velocity. Co-production house was Argentina’s Pioneer Productions, with Maio Garofali serving as co-producer.
King James’ creative team consisted of executive creative director Alastair King, creative director Devin Kennedy, art director Damian Bonse and producer Caz Friedman.
Editor was Ricky Boyd of South African house Deliverance. Post house was Waterfront Post. Visual effects house was Heino, with Bevil Swartz the effects supervisor. Music composer/sound designer was Rob Schroeder.
“One of Them Days” and “Mufasa: The Lion King” In Tight Race For Top Spot In Weekend Box Office
The Keke Palmer buddy comedy "One of Them Days" opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
The R-rated Sony release earned $11.6 million from 2,675 theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, beating Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" by a hair. By the end of Monday's holiday, "Mufasa" will have the edge, however.
"One of Them Days" cost only $14 million to produce, which it is expected to earn by Monday. The very well-reviewed buddy comedy stars Palmer and SZA as friends and roommates scrambling to get money for rent before their landlord evicts them. Notably it's the first Black female-led theatrical comedy since "Girls Trip" came out in 2017 and it currently carries a stellar 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
But the marketplace was also quite weak overall. The total box office for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will add up to less than $80 million, according to data from Comscore, making it one of the worst Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekends since 1997.
"For an individual film like 'One of Them Days' this was a great weekend," said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. "You can still find success stories within what is overall a low grossing weekend for movie theaters."
The Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa" was close by in second place with $11.5 million from the weekend, its fifth playing in theaters. Globally, the Barry Jenkins-directed prequel has made $588 million. It even beat a brand-new offering, the Blumhouse horror "Wolf Man," which debuted in third place with $10.6 million from 3,354 North American theaters.
Writer-director Leigh Whannell's monster tale starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner did not enter... Read More
1 Comment
Pingback: Homepage