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'Charlie's Angels' reboot fell to earth with a mere $8.4 million opening at the U.S. box office.

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00:00The Charlie's Angels reboot bombed at the box office over the weekend with a mere

00:08$8.4 million opening. Now, industry experts are trying to figure out just where to point

00:13the finger of blame. And more importantly, when should studios put an expiration date

00:18on old franchises? The debate comes as Charlie's Angels became the third consecutive franchise

00:22reboot attempt to bomb this month. It follows the dismal openings of the shining sequel

00:27Dr. Sleep and Terminator Dark Fate, the sixth installment in the franchise.

00:31Why do you care what happens to her? Because I was her.

00:40The underwhelming performance of all three films has heightened Hollywood's IP conundrum.

00:45In an era when Disney franchises and reboots dominate the box office and original movies

00:49are often seen as too risky for theatrical release, how far into its vaults should a

00:54studio reach to fill its annual slate? According to Comscore,

00:57box office analyst Paul Dargarabedian, the time-honored tradition of the reboot has been

01:01pressure-tested over the past three weekends, with three films earning a resounding meh from

01:06audiences, who are clearly not seeking out the characters nor the type of on-screen

01:10situations that made their predecessors big enough hits to warrant venturing back into the vaults.

01:15I compressed his carotid and deoxygenated his brain stem.

01:19Well, that sounds painful.

01:20Don't worry. He's gonna wake up.

01:22Unless he doesn't.

01:23And Jeff Bach of Exhibitor Relations says the fatal flaw in the Charlie's Angels reboot

01:27was that Sony didn't correctly calculate the demand or seemingly understand what made the original

01:32films work. Simply stated, it was star power. Kristen Stewart has proven she isn't a big

01:38box office draw. That's not to say she isn't a talented actress, but she and her cohorts

01:42don't have that it factor that Barrymore, Diaz, and Lou radiated.

01:46For much more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:50I'm Tiffany Taylor.