What is da matter with “Demeter”? Who can say, really, except that critics hated it, do did bloggers. Universal knew and put nothing into it.
And now the $45 million Dracula on a cruise flick has died at sea. Total take for the weekend was $6.5 million, which is more than anyone would have predicted. It could be the air conditioning in the theaters was the attraction.
“The Last Voyage of the Demeter” finished in 5th place for its debut week, and will sink like the Titanic now. Best bet is get it over to streaming ASAP.
Otherwise, the box office was dominated by “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” which continue to roll along steadily and strongly.
Paramount is actually having better luck with “Teenage Mutant Turtles” than with “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1.” The latter continues to run $30 million behind the last “MI” movie, “Fallout,” and may never get near $200 million.
