![]() The low-buzz (but well-reviewed) Rebecca Hall showcase, about a woman being haunted (literally and metaphorically) by her husband’s unexpected death-by-suicide, was never really going to break out even in better times. Searchlight’s The Night House opened yesterday as well, earning $2.8 million in its opening weekend. Alas, Lionsgate’s Summer of Sam (Jackson) has been disappointing, even if they will make money on The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard and Spiral. ![]() ![]() As expected, most of the publicity centered on Keaton reprising Batman in The Flash and Campbell discussing what went wrong with Green Lantern. Luc Besson’s Anna opened with $3.6 million in summer 2019, so it’s arguably a “successful disappointment.” I liked it well enough, but then I’m a Campbell fan. That’s obviously a lousy result, but nobody was expecting much better in these grim times. Jackson), The Protégé earned $2.935 million debut weekend. as an assassin facing off against Michael Keaton to avenge the death of her mentor (Samuel L. This low-buzz, low-impact title, starring Maggie Q. Martin Campbell’s The Protege ( review) opened courtesy of Lionsgate. and Michael Keaton in Martin Campbell's 'The Protege' Lionsgate The PAW Patrol Movie opened with $12.7 million domestic this weekend, despite being concurrent available on Paramount+ for “free.” Once again, especially for family movies ( Tom & Jerry, Jungle Cruise, etc.), parents either don’t know or don’t care about the duel release gimmick, or (as we saw with the duel release of Sponge On The Run on PVOD and Paramount+) would rather pay for a single piece of content versus signing up for another streaming service even if the PVOD rental is double the price of a monthly subscription. In a kind of grim example of the movie industry as it exists today, three star-driven, high-concept originals (all of which I enjoyed to various degrees) got demolished this weekend as audiences flocked to a feature-film version of Paramount and Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol. Background L-R: Skye (voiced by Lilly Bartlam), Rocky (voiced by Callum Shoniker), Rubble (voiced by Keegan Hedley), Zuma (voiced by Shayle Simons), and Marshall (voiced by Kingsley Marshall) in PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE from Paramount Pictures. Foreground: Chase (voiced by Iain Armitage) and Ryder (voiced by Will Brisbin).
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