Monday, May 17, 2021

Spiral wins box-office weekend


For the weekend of May 14-16, 2021, Hollywood's slowly getting back into things. Spiral was an attempt to reboot the Saw franchise with a different direction, and unlikely lead in Chris Rock. In a normal year, this would be viewed as a big disappointment. As is, it opened about as well as Jason Statham's Wrath of Man the week before.

Meanwhile a movie starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Taylor Sheridan (Wind River) should have done better in any other year, but since it's also available on HBOMax, that could have affected its success.

I'm rooting for Godzilla vs. Kong to be the first movie of 2021 to cross the $100 million mark domestically.




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