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The White House Down Channing Tatum as Marine Corps veteran John Cale, a Capitol Police officer who applied for a job with the Secret Service before being rejected as ineligible. However, after a group of soldiers seize the White House, it’s up to Cale to save the president and stop the terrorists from starting a nuclear war.
Although he doesn’t look like a it’s bad movie, per seThe White House Down was not warmly received by critics when it was released in 2013, leaving the film with a Tomatometer rating of 52 percent. The film, directed by Independence Day again The fall of the moon director Roland Emmerich, was praised for the chemistry between Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal, but was derided for overusing action movie tropes.
Some critics noted the film’s level of self-awareness, which led them to consider it The White House Down parody rather than direct action thriller.
A box office disappointment
The audience seemed to enjoy it The White House Downand CinemaScore gave the film an A audience rating. However, those who went online to share their reviews were similarly lukewarm about the film, as indicated by the film’s Popcornmeter score of 62 percent.
Regardless of how the audience felt The White House Downthe film ended with a disappointing box office return. The film made $205 million worldwide and only $73 million domestically. With a production budget of $150 million, these numbers were probably not enough for the film to break even after marketing and distribution costs were taken into account.
Another Movie Damaged The White House’s Chance Of Box Office Success
One thing probably didn’t help The White House Down it was true that it was released after three months Olympus Has Fallen; another film about a terrorist attack on the White House. Olympus Has Fallen stars Gerald Butler as a secret service agent tasked with rescuing President Benjamin Asher (played by Aaron Eckhart) after North Korean terrorists take over the White House.
When raw numbers are considered Olympus Has Fallen he actually did worse than that The White House Down. While both films received an A-CinemaScore, Olympus Has Fallen it scored 49 Tomatometer and made $170 million at the box office. However, Olympus Has Fallen it cost only $70 million to make, making the little-watched film generate a high financial return.
While The White House Down leave the theaters for sure, never to be heard from again, Olympus has fallen do two exercises, London Has Fallen (2016) and A Fallen Angel (2019). No other sequel ended up selling more tickets The White House Downbut each successive installment in the Has Fallen film series costs less to produce than the previous film making each entry in the series a box office success.
Channing Tatum’s Career After the White House Down
Channing Tatum continued to receive top billing in a variety of films after the moderate failure of The White House Down.
This includes reprising the role of undercover cop Jekno in 22 Jump StreetJody Domergue is the villain in Quentin Tarantinos The Hateful Eightand American spy Tequila in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. He also reprized the role of male singer Mike Lane in the series Magic Mike XXL again Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
Magic Mike’s Last Dancecoincidentally enough, another underperforming film that has proven its staying power on the air. The film only made $57 million on a $45 million budget. However, after the release of Max, the end of the stripper trilogy of Channing Tatum spent a few days in the top three films of the streaming service.
Although it is probably too late a The White House Down the sequel will ever happen, it remains to be seen whether the latest expansion The White House Down’s popularity in broadcasting would lead to Channing Tatum being offered many leading roles in live action films.
The White House Down is streaming on Netflix.
