Friday, September 13, 2024

Weekend Box Office: “Blink Twice,” 2 Others Flop, “It Ends with Us” Begins Cool Down, “Deadpool” Still Number 1

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It was not a landmark weekend at the box office.

Three new entries all flopped big time. None of them got close to $8 million.

“Blink Twice” came in at $7.3 million. “The Forge” was at $6.6 million, and “The Crow” flew low at $4.6 million.

Still number 1: “Deadpool and Wolverine.”

Fading now after unexpected success, and scandal: “It Ends with Us,” down another 50% from last week. “Ends” has made $120 million, certainly broken even, and guaranteed that its sequel will be made once Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively buy the book rights from Justin Baldoni.

“Blink Twice” is a horror movie gone wrong on every level. It’s a write off. The odd thing about it, as with so many movies these days, is that a clear eyed look at the script would have saved it. The production values are very high, the movie has a stylish look. Zoe Kravitz didn’t do a bad job and neither did the actors. But the story is a mess, with models drinking snake venom after they’ve been raped…Oy vey.

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
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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