Red One, featuring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in the lead, has made an underwhelming start at the box office. Compared to its reported budget of $250 million, Red One debuted with a weak opening weekend. The movie follows the story of a Christmas rescue mission. It focuses on Johnson and Evans’ characters teaming up … Read more
Poor word-of-mouth is killing M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap at the box office while Deadpool & Wolverine breaks records. A somewhat less ferocious than expected box office battle is being fought this weekend between Marvel’s juggernaut, Deadpool & Wolverine and M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap. While no one expected the PG-13 Josh Hartnett thriller to really pose … Read more
John Krasinski’s IF is opening on the lower end of expectations, while Renny Harlin’s The Strangers reboot is a solid hit. As we predicted earlier this week, the industry box office forecasts suggesting John Krasinski’s IF was going to open in the $40 million range were way off base. In my report, I figured the … Read more
I’m very familiar with the cycle of nostalgia; the way pop culture has a tendency to cycle through trends every 20-30 years and bring back media properties from that time to appeal to old fans. I’ve also been going to the movies for most of my life, so I’ve seen the rise of remakes and … Read more
We all know that Stephen King is a prolific author, so it isn’t surprising that so many of his works were turned into films and television miniseries, and it’s less surprising that several of those adaptations are often forgotten. There was a push to make more, and adapt everything, because his work was hot, and … Read more