Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Box Office: “Alien Romulus” Heads to $40 Mil Weekend Without Any Actual Carradines, “It Ends With Us” Slows Down

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OK. Let’s get this straight:

The main character in “Alien Romulus” is Rain Carradine. She is not related to the famous Carradine Hollywood family. No Carradines — Keith, Robert, Martha Plimpton — appear in the movie.

I was thinking maybe Rain was a member I’d never heard of!

And yet, Caelee Spaeny — was became famous last year as Priscilla Presley and as the young photographer in “Civil War” — plays Rain. No Presleys are in the movie, either.

“Alien Romulus” made $18 million over Thursday and Friday, and it’s on its way to a $40 million weekend. The Carradines should get a cut of the action!

Elsewhere yesterday: “It Ends With Us” is starting to show a little wear and tear after all the negative publicity about Blake Lively dissing director Justin Baldoni. Still, the movie is going to hit $100 million early next week which is amazing considering everything. Maybe it was all planned this way!

You know, Romulus was a character in Roman mythology. He killed his brother Remus around 750 BC, the old days before TikTok. (It’s a long story.) So I guess we’ll get a sequel called “Alien Remus.” Can you imagine someone had to go wake these people up in the afterlife to tell them they’re popular again? Romulus immediately called Hollywood uber lawyer Marty Singer to sue Disney/Fox.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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