The party is over for Hollywood studio misfires of the last month.
Start saying goodbye to “The Flash,” “Asteroid City,” and Jennifer Lawrence’s “No Hard Feelings.”
The breakthrough audiences weren’t there, so after first big weekends, the studios are not going to keep paying theaters to keep them running.
Today, for example, “The Flash” is losing 995 spots. We won’t belabor the whole “Flash” saga. It’s made $102 million over a long time, and is dying on the vine.
But also mostly dead is Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City.” Despite an all star cast, Anderson’s movie was for his niche audience — and they’ve seen it by now. “AC” loses 790 locales today. Total take: just $21 million in the US. It’s a big disappointment.
Also winding to an end is “No Hard Feelings.” Jennifer Lawrence, an Oscar winner, runs around naked and delivers crude dialogue. What a mistake. She’s also a got a teen boy in the story who doesn’t care. (Imagine if that kid had a libido.) They could have called this “There’s Something About Jennifer” if it had been funny. Total b.o.: $34 million US, $20 mil international, so they’re pulling it from 522 spots.
Next up, the summer’s big three — “Mission Impossible,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Barbie.”
