Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Box Office Crash & Burn: Tom Hanks’s “Here” Makes Just $198 Per Theater in Previews

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Tom Hanks has two Oscars and lots of big hits on his resume.

He also has some clunkers. Robert Zemeckis’s “Here” is one of them, maybe the biggest.

Last night, “Here” — which reunites Hanks with his “Forrest Gump” director Zemeckis and star Robin Wright — made just $198 per theater in previews. The total was just $475,000.

Total for the weekend will be around $3 million or less.

The movie cost $50 million officially, but probably more. It’s a total write off for the producers and Miramax Films.

“Here” is so hard to describe that Robin Wright couldn’t do it on Stephen Colbert’s show the other night.

It’s apparently about time passing for one couple, in the same room. There’s just one point of view. Or something. There’s a lot of technology involved, but no story.

What a shame.

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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