Tuesday night, good for adults before the weekend rush.
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” has disappeared. Since it’s ignominious weekend — either $850K or $1 million, take your pick — Jennifer Lopez’s film has vanished again.
No numbers for Monday or Tuesday shows. Tonight most theaters are near empty if not altogether vacant. Here or there you might find six people in a room, but that’s very rare.
Last night I plunked down $13.49 for “Roofman.” It was a great success. Plays to an older crowd, but multicultural, and everyone enjoyed it. Proud that I contributed to the $1.2 million total last night. Here’s hoping good word of mouth continues to draw some nice crowds.
There’s a lot of chitchat on line about “One Battle After Another” costing $130 million. What were they thinking, etc? Well, it’s going to break even one day. It will also have a good life in theaters starting in mid December right through January, February, and the Oscars. The Paul Thomas Anderson dramedy is going to win lots of awards. Warner Bros. can ride it out after their huge year.
Yesterday, “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” tied the box office for the previous installment at $44 million. It’s already playing on VOD at home, so its theater count will get cut on Friday. But nice work for a second sequel. Nominations for screenplay and below the line — costumes, sets, etc – should be involved!
