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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $39,131,504 (domestic so far), $162,231,504 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] partly panned out, since while it did do better overseas, it only slightly surpassed the production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $39,131,504 (domestic so far), $162,231,504 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] partly panned out, since while it did do better overseas, it only slightly surpassed the production budget.still failed to make a profit.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $37,023,283 (domestic so far), $152,123,283 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] partly panned out, since while it did do better overseas, it only slightly surpassed the production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $37,023,283 $39,131,504 (domestic so far), $152,123,283 $162,231,504 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] partly panned out, since while it did do better overseas, it only slightly surpassed the production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $37,023,283 (domestic so far), $152,123,283 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] also didn't pan out, since while it did do better overseas, it has still yet to recoup its production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $37,023,283 (domestic so far), $152,123,283 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] also didn't pan partly panned out, since while it did do better overseas, it has still yet to recoup its only slightly surpassed the production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] also didn't pan out, since while it did do better overseas, it has still yet to recoup its production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 $37,023,283 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 $152,123,283 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] also didn't pan out, since while it did do better overseas, it has still yet to recoup its production budget.
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* LyingCreator: After being asked about the racial controversy at a press event in Japan, Scarlett Johansson claimed she would never play a character of a different race. [[spoiler: The ending of the movie then revealed Johansson's character was a Japanese woman.]]
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* LyingCreator: After being asked about the racial controversy at a press event in Japan, Scarlett Johansson claimed she would never play a character of a different race. [[spoiler: The ending of the movie then revealed Johansson's character was a Japanese woman.woman and American fans were NOT happy because of this.]]
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. ''Deadline'' reported that the film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]]. [[http://www.cbr.com/ghost-in-the-shell-box-office-bomb/ Hopes that the international box office would rescue the movie]] also didn't pan out, since while it did do better overseas, it has still yet to recoup its production budget.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. Still, the international reception was better and might offset studio losses.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. Still, ''Deadline'' reported that the international reception was better and might offset studio losses.film stands to lose [[http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ around 60 million dollars]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. Still, the international reception was better and might offset studio losses.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The and the Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. Still, the international reception was better and might offset studio losses.
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* OldShame: [[http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertainment/ghost-shell-box-office-poor-1.4052043 Paramount deeply regrets the movie's whitewashing]].
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* OldShame: [[http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertainment/ghost-shell-box-office-poor-1.4052043 Paramount deeply regrets sparking the movie's whitewashing]].whitewashing controversy]], conceding that it likely hurt the film at the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $23,072,150 (domestic so far), $50,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $23,072,150 $31,072,150 (domestic so far), $50,621,469 $125,621,469 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office. Still, the international reception was better and might offset studio losses.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far, but it hasn't debuted in the FarEast yet). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 $23,072,150 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 $50,621,469 (worldwide so far, but it hasn't debuted in the FarEast yet).far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* OldShame: [[www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertainment/ghost-shell-box-office-poor-1.4052043 Paramount deeply regrets the movie's whitewashing]].
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* OldShame: [[www.[[http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertainment/ghost-shell-box-office-poor-1.4052043 Paramount deeply regrets the movie's whitewashing]].
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* LyingCreator: After being asked about the racial controversy at a press event in Japan, Scarlett Johansson claimed she would never play a character of a different race. [[spoiler: The ending of the movie then revealed Johansson's character was a Japanese woman.]]
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far, but it hasn't debuted in the FarEast yet). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of "white washing". It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far, but it hasn't debuted in the FarEast yet). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised its visuals, but noted the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of "white washing".whitewashing. It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised it's visuals, but noted it's lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of "white washing". It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far). far, but it hasn't debuted in the FarEast yet). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised it's its visuals, but noted it's the lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of "white washing". It doesn't help that it's competing against the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.office.
* CaliforniaDoubling: If the setting is still supposed to be Japan, counts due to the fact the primary location was New Zealand (with filming in Hong Kong too).
* CaliforniaDoubling: If the setting is still supposed to be Japan, counts due to the fact the primary location was New Zealand (with filming in Hong Kong too).
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised it's visuals, but noted it's lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of "white washing". It doesn't help that it's competing against ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $110 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $19,000,000 (domestic so far), $59,100,000 (worldwide so far). This adaptation of both Masamune Shirow's manga and Mamoru Oshii's film based on the manga got average reviews that praised it's visuals, but noted it's lack of substance and philosophical technobabble from the original film. The movie faced controversy for its RaceLift casting choices. Fans of the original anime series/movie were even more ticked off when the ending became well known for [[spoiler:revealing that Major was actually a Japanese woman in an American body]], which didn't help the film's case of "white washing". It doesn't help that it's competing against ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' the still very leggy ''Film/{{Beauty And The Beast|2017}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' where the latter surprisingly took over the former's No. 1 spot on the box office.
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Too early to tell, as the movie has made half its budget back in the first week so far.
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* IKnewIt: Many fans defended the casting of Scarlett Johansson as the Major since it's been established throughout the franchise that the Major's body is artificial and she can jump into any cybernetic body regardless of race and some guessed that the Major's true self might be Japanese. [[spoiler:Turns out that theory is correct in the movie: the Major is indeed Japanese who got forced into a Caucasian cybernetic body with her memories rewritten]].
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They actually weren't lying. They never said "Motoko Kusanagi" by name. They intentionally kept that part hidden since it is The Reveal. It's everyone else who jumped to the conclusion that she would still have that name. Even if she didn't, "The Major" is what she insists that everyone call her, as she hates having her name mentioned while on duty.
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* LyingCreator: [[spoiler:For several months leading up to the film's release, everyone involved stated that they tried to mitigate the whitewashing issues by having the main character just be named "The Major" rather than ask people to accept a white actress having the name Motoko Kusanagi. The big twist at the end is that she ''is'' Kusanagi, and was indeed Japanese, with the Scarlett Johansson body only being what her mind was put into.]]
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/MamoruOshii, the director of the first two ''Ghost in the Shell'' movie, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-23/oshii-calls-hollywood-film-the-most-gorgeous-ghost-in-the-shell-yet/.113809 praised the live-action movie]] since it paid a lot of homages to the first one and approved Creator/ScarlettJohansson's casting and performance.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/MamoruOshii, the director of the first two ''Ghost in the Shell'' movie, movies, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-23/oshii-calls-hollywood-film-the-most-gorgeous-ghost-in-the-shell-yet/.113809 praised the live-action movie]] since it paid a lot of homages to the first one and approved of Creator/ScarlettJohansson's casting and performance.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/MamoruOshii, the director of the first two ''Ghost in the Shell'' movie, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-23/oshii-calls-hollywood-film-the-most-gorgeous-ghost-in-the-shell-yet/.113809 praised the live-action movie]] since it paid a lot of homages to the first one and approved Creator/ScarlettJohansson's casting and performance.
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* ViralMarketing: Paramout launched a viral campaign to promote the film with a meme generator, [[http://iammajor.me/ IAmMajor]], where users can upload pictures and use bold statements. Unfortunately, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it backfired spectacularly]] when [[http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/13/14911610/ghost-in-the-shell-viral-campaign-whitewashing many people used it against the movie for the controversial casting role]].
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* ViralMarketing: Paramout launched a viral campaign to promote the film with a meme generator, [[http://iammajor.me/ IAmMajor]], where users can upload pictures and use bold statements. Unfortunately, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it backfired spectacularly]] when [[http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/13/14911610/ghost-in-the-shell-viral-campaign-whitewashing many people used it against the movie for the controversial casting role]].
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* ViralMarketing: Paramout launched a viral campaign to promote the film with a meme generator, [[http://iammajor.me/ IAmMajor]], where users can upload pictures and use bold statements. Unfortunately, [[HoistByItOwnPetard [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it backfired spectacularly]] when [[http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/13/14911610/ghost-in-the-shell-viral-campaign-whitewashing many people used it against the movie for the controversial casting role]].
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* RoleReprisal: For the Japanese dub of the film, Creator/AtsukoTanaka, Creator/AkioOhtsuka and Creator/KoichiYamadera will be reprising their roles from the animated films and TV series.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MargotRobbie was originally chosen for the role as The Major but it fell through when she was cast as Comicbook/HarleyQuinn for ''Film/SuicideSquad''. Creator/SamRiley is also nearly chosen to play the role of Kuze but it went to Michael Pitt instead.
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