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This past weekend, Lionsgate released the horror film “Blair Witch,” a direct sequel to Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s 1999 smash hit “The Blair Witch Project,” to mixed reviews and an underwhelming box office performance. The film grossed $9.6 million on opening weekend, which was below expectations and the lowest for the series, even lower than the widely-panned first sequel “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.”
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In response to the film’s tepid critical and commercial response, the “Blair Witch” director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett took to Twitter to lament their film’s reception and gently mock the weekend’s box office winner “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s film about Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and the Miracle on the Hudson. Wingard first tweeted that, “Ya win some. Ya lose some,” before commenting to Barrett that they “shoulda made that movie about the boring guy who landed a plane in water instead.” He later continued his gentle mockery saying, “Not many people know this but Simon and I turned down making Sully because it wasn’t found footage,” and that it’s great Eastwood “isnt making disgusting/evil propaganda films anymore.”
Wingard and Barrett both take the time to say they’re proud of the film and give thanks to the people who saw it. Check out the full tweets below.
Ya win some. Ya lose some.
— Adam Wingard (@AdamWingard) September 18, 2016
@Simon_Barrett bro I told you we shoulda made that movie about the boring guy who landed a plane in water instead.
— Adam Wingard (@AdamWingard) September 18, 2016
Not many people know this but Simon and I turned down making Sully because it wasn’t found footage.
— Adam Wingard (@AdamWingard) September 18, 2016
The tweet about Sully was a joke fyi I love Eastwood movies. I think its great he isnt making disgusting/evil propaganda films anymore.
— Adam Wingard (@AdamWingard) September 18, 2016
Wait I just thought of one more: Sully snores past Blair Witch! Ok thats all I got. Im sure Sully is great so please no more hate mail.
— Adam Wingard (@AdamWingard) September 18, 2016
Thanks to everyone that saw Blair Witch. Def the most passionate reception Ive received on both sides of the fence. 666 ya’ll.
— Adam Wingard (@AdamWingard) September 18, 2016
To clarify, I’m hugely proud of our film. But if you can’t be sardonically maudlin on Twitter, I’m totally unclear what this site is for
— Simon Barrett (@Simon_Barrett) September 18, 2016
“Blair Witch” is currently in theaters nationwide.
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