Stephen King general: THE DARK TOWER IS A FLOP LMAO

[Kugelfisch]

But isn't he also possessed in the movies? It's been a long time since I've last seen The Shining but I assumed as much.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

I guess at least indirectly? What with the spirits helping him out and probably making him batshit to begin with?

[Rushy]

It's deliberately left ambiguous in the film. The book has Jack kill himself so the hotel can puppeteer his corpse.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Man, I totally forgot that part. Then again the main thing I remember from the book's ending where the shrubbery animals and the hotel blowing the fuck up.

[Kugelfisch]

I guess at least indirectly? What with the spirits helping him out and probably making him batshit to begin with?

I was under the impression that it was the house and spirits driving him crazy, not just him by himself. I mean, it's not a stretch to assume so, right?

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

At least the movie version could go either way. Then again both versions of the hotel have a long history of people going crazy...

[Cuckara]

The film is ambiguous. Maybe he was possessed, maybe he was insane, maybe a bit of both, we don't know. In the novel it's crystal clear that Jack was possessed.

[Liar Revealed]

$18 million and #1 at the box office. Hardly a flop for something they expected to be in theaters less than 2 weeks.

It's dropped to 4th place on week 2. So is it a flop, or not?

[Seele]

It underperformed, so, yes.

[Just Some Random Guy]

$18 million and #1 at the box office. Hardly a flop for something they expected to be in theaters less than 2 weeks.

It's dropped to 4th place on week 2. So is it a flop, or not?

Depends on how strictly you define a flop. But one thing we definitely know is that the studio certainly wouldn't be happy with the amount of money it's making.