Friday, August 28, 2026

Woof! $100 Million “The Dog Stars” Rolls Over and Plays Dead with $850K Preview Night, Beaten by Coyote and Road Runner, and Spider Man

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Disney has managed to screw up every single release from their 20th Century Studios.

The latest is Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars.”

Last night’s previews brought in only $850,000. That news plus a 40% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes spells a quick end to this bizarre film.

Not even a stellar cast — Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi — could save it. At this rate, opening weekend numbers will be under $10 million.

Another one bites the dust.

“Dog Stars” was beaten by cartoon characters from two different movies– Spider Man — headed to $900 million this weekend — and the wonderful “Coyote vs. Acme.”

It’s not a good look.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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