Police union officials are taking credit for the disappointing ticket sales of "The Hateful Eight" after previously calling a boycott on filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
New York Police Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch was the first to call for the boycott after Tarantino spoke at an Oct. 24 anti-cop rally, according to The New York Post.
During the rally, Tarantino said: "I'm a human being with a conscience. And when I see murder I cannot stand by . . . I have to call the murderers the murderers."
Soon after the remarks were made, the PBA announced their boycott and police departments across the country began to jump on board.
"With nearly one million law enforcement officers in this country who have families and friends who support them, the impact that police have economically on a product or project is immense," Lynch told the newspaper. "The law enforcement boycott of cop-hater Quentin Tarantino's movie is one demonstration of that economic power."
The movie, which was released on Christmas Day, and has only grossed $42.9 million so far and is barely pass its production budget of $50 million.
"Can we take full credit for the stinker's failure?" Lynch said. "Well, one thing we can attest to is that many, many good citizens have told us that they were offended by Tarantino’s ignorant, anti-police remarks and, as a result, have refused to spend their money on this movie."
