‘Back to Black’ Hits All the Wrong Notes at the Global Box Office

The Big Picture Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic of the late singer Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, landed with a thud at the domestic box office this weekend, generating less than $3 million in its opening weekend.

U.K. critics were especially unforgiving, with complaints being directed at Marisa Abela’s lead performance and Taylor-Johnson’s direction. The movie currently sits at a “rotten” 35% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. In her review, Collider’s Emma Kiely described the film as “appalling,” and accused it of distorting real-life events to suit its “sinister agenda.

In recent years, the music biopic genre has witnessed remarkable success, with films such as Rocketman , Elvis , and Bob Marley: One Love doing extremely well. Taylor-Johnson previously dabbled in the genre with her debut film, Nowhere Boy, which dramatized the youth of John Lennon. Her top-grossing film remains Fifty Shades of Grey, which grossed around $570 million worldwide. You can watch Back to Black in theaters, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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