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Nothing says this film is doing well like changing the title after months of advertisement campaigns.

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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Yeah, with the asterisk in the title and the discussion about it, I would think that this was the marketing plan from the start. The movie’s performance may have affected when exactly they decided to pull the trigger on the rebrand though.