Talk:News of the World (film)

To add to article

To add to this article: mention that this fictional story is based loosely on those of Captain Adolphus Caesar Kidd and Cynthia Ann Parker. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 04:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Why is this not listed as a "flop"?

According to Wikipedia itself: "In the film and media industry, if a film released in theatres fails to break even by a large amount, it is considered a box office bomb (or box office flop), thus losing money for the distributor, studio, and/or production company that invested in it." List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs Whether the critics loved it or not, this movie did not even make back even half of its estimated budget. So, it was a "flop." Why is that not mentioned?Mwidunn (talk) 21:46, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

The film is being distributed by Netflix, and has just been released on DVD. It is still earning money. Since most theaters were closed during 2020 most people interested in viewing the film will be watching it in their homes. Karenthewriter (talk) 06:26, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Helena Zengel credit

This page has Helena Zengel listed with Tom Hanks in the infobox "Starring" section, despite her not being credited on the poster. After some research, I couldn't find a poster with the official billing block, but I did find the block on the back of the film's DVD/Blu-ray case, where Zengel is indeed credited. Template:Infobox_film maintains that "Starring" credits should be kept to those from the poster billing (block), but could this be a valid exception? --Snowshredder140 (talk) 14:51, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

The main point behind that rule was to put a reasonable upper limit on the number of cast listed in the Infobox and to avoid pointless edit warring. This is a very reasonable exception, so it should not be difficult to get reasonable people to agree to go with any other reasonable credits block. -- 109.79.178.223 (talk) 01:26, 18 November 2021 (UTC)