Regardless of displaying some indicators of life this weekend, particularly on the home field workplace, Amazon MGM’s Christmas-themed action-adventure movie Crimson Oneremains to be struggling commercially. The film had a gradual begin a few weeks in the past, which put it on the again foot for the remainder of its run. It grossed slightly below $20 million domestically throughout the prolonged Thanksgiving interval, and added round $5 million from abroad markets this weekend. It’ll possible be launched on Prime Video by Christmastime, which implies that it won’t have a lot fuel left in its tank. That being stated, it has now overtaken Killers of the Flower Moon‘s $68 million home haul to turn out to be the highest-grossing theatrical launch by an enormous tech firm.

With $76 million domestically and one other $72 million from abroad markets, Crimson One’s cumulative international haul now stands at $148 million. The film will cross the $150 million mark in a few days, however at this stage, it has no likelihood of hitting the $200 million milestone globally. Not solely is that this dangerous for optics, however it additionally raises questions on star Dwayne Johnson’s bankability. He may need delivered the second-biggest debut of his profession this weekend with Moana 2, however that movie can hardly be thought-about a Johnson automobile — Crimson One can.

Additionally starring the very talked-about Chris Evans, the film was produced on a reported funds of greater than $200 million. It was initially conceptualized as a streaming launch, however was given a theatrical run following optimistic take a look at screenings. Amazon did one thing comparable with Ben Affleck’s Air, which grossed slightly below $100 million globally final yr. Crimson One is directed by Jake Kasdan, who beforehand labored with Johnson on Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and its sequel, Jumanji: The Subsequent Degree. Each these films had been huge worldwide hits, grossing a mixed whole of round $1.7 billion. Johnson stays one of many world’s highest-grossing film stars, and lately earned the distinctive distinction of getting two primary movies in the identical month.

‘Crimson One’ Will not Get well Its Reported Price range Theatrically

However within the post-pandemic period, Johnson’s star-power has taken a success, because of under-performers similar to Jungle Cruise and Black Adam. Not solely did these movies flop commercially, in addition they earned blended critiques. This pattern appears to be persevering with with Crimson One, which holds a “rotten” 30% score on the aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes. That being stated, those that watched the film appeared to take pleasure in it. The film holds an unbelievable 91% viewers rating on RT. It will come in useful when it debuts on streaming. You’ll be able to presently watch the movie in theaters, and keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.

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