“The Flash” is more or less dead.
I feel bad for the Warner Bros. people who send out box office numbers every day. This is a sad story.
Last night, “The Flash” fell 81% — shocking — and made just $4.5 million. Another $9 million this weekend will bring it to just $85 million over two weekends. “The Flash” won’t get near $100 million until next weekend — at least.
With a budget of well over $200 million, “The Flash” will cause a huge write down at Warner Bros Discovery. It will go down in history as one of the studio’s biggest flops.
As I’ve said before, this didn’t have to be the outcome. The movie is good. But circumstances beyond its control — the star’s massive problems, angry fanboys, and so on — have contributed to its demise.
More box office: Jennifer Lawrence’s sort of awful “No Hard Feelings” is looking at a $16 million opening weekend in wide release. The reviews are mixed to bad. The main attraction is a naked but unafraid star.
“Asteroid City” went really wide yesterday and made a very healthy $3.8 million. Reviews are similar to “No Hard Feelings,” but there are a lot of stars. Total is now over $5 million, which is one fifth of the grand total for Anderson’s last film, “The French Dispatch.”
