Zemeckis and Tom Hanks ‘Here’ Goes Nowhere With $5M Opening

Here reunites Robert Zemeckis with his ‘Forrest Gump’ stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’ earns $5 million overseas in support of its upcoming run on Max.

Robin Wright and Tom Hanks in 'Here.' — Zemeckis used special effects to de-age Robin Wright and Tom Hanks in ‘Here.’ Sony Pictures

The final installment in the Venom trilogy has now earned $90 million domestically. Overseas, The Last Dance continued to pace well ahead of its domestic earnings — in keeping with the first two films in the franchise — grossing another $68.4 million for a foreign tally of $227 million and $317 million globally, which is narrowly ahead of Venom: Let There Be Carnage at the same point in their runs.

Miramax and Sony’s sentimental drama–reuniting Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright — flopped with fifth place finish with an estimated $5 million from 2,642 screens.

Poorly reviewed, moviegoers gave it a B- CinemaScore (poor grade for an adult drama with such a high-profile cast). The movie skewed incredibly older, with nearly half the audience over 55.

Miramax financed the film, which reportedly cost a net $45 million before marketing. Sony picked up domestic rights in exchange for a distribution fee. The story, which employs plenty of special effects to make its stars look younger and older, follows a couple — and their house — not only through the decades, but through the millennia.

Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 is getting an awards qualifying run in theaters before it goes to Max. It was always intended to go directly to streaming, and is the first of Eastwood’s films to not get traditional theatrical release.

Warners did not release grosses for the film in North America, but did report numbers from overseas, where Juror #2 took in $5 million from six markets where his movies have done especially well, such as France. The studios says the foreign release is designed to support the film’s upcoming debut on Max (no date has been announced).

Among holdovers, DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s The Wild Robot is proving to be like a Duracell bunny. It held at No. 2 in its sixth weekend, and was actually up 11 percent. The family film earned another $76 million from 3,232 theaters for a domestic cume and $269 million globally.

Paramount and Temple Hill’s Smile 2 placed No. 3 in its third outing as it crossed the $100 million mark at the global box office. The pic fell 29 percent in North America to $6.8 million for a domestic tally of $52.6 million and $109.7 million (it is unusual for a horror film to travel so well overseas, where the sequel has grossed $57.1 million).

Conclave, Ralph Fiennes’ Oscar card, continued to impress, falling only 20 percent in its sophomore outing and moving up the top 10 chart to No. 4 with $5.3 million from 1,796 screens. From FilmNation and Indian Paintbrush, the Oscar hopeful has now earned $15.2 million domestically.

A24’s awards player We Live in Time came in No. 6 in its third weekend with $3.5 million from 2,964 for a domestic tally of $17.7 million

Neon’s acclaimed Anora earned $1.9 million as it expanded into a total of 253 theaters.

Searchlight’s A Real Pain was anything but a pain in its opening in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. The film reported a per-theater location average of $60,000, the third best of the year so far (Anora is No. 1 in that regard).

Hollywood studios are holding back their bigger and more commercial titles until mid-November due to the Nov 5. elections.

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Zemeckis and Tom Hanks ‘Here’ Goes Nowhere With $5M Opening

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