Sony Pictures as a movie about boxing great George Foreman playing in 3,000 theaters.
It’s a stealth release, with almost no promotion or publicity. For a while, when I heard the title, I thought it was a documentary.
But it’s not. George Tillman Jr. directed it. There are probably actors involved.
Foreman has been knocked out plenty of times in career, but this one was pretty fast. After making $3 million in its first weekend, “Big George Foreman” has taken in just half that this week. Whoops! Every day this week has been a huge decline. On Wednesday, the film took in just $190,000.
The movie is on the ropes at the box office. If Sony doesn’t start pulling it from theaters, the ref may start blowing a whistle. Or get out his George Foreman Grill and heat up some Rotten Tomatoes. (Score there: 44%.)
