“Here” is nowhere.

I am said to report that Robert Zemeckis’s film that arrives on Thursday in previews looks headed for disaster.

So far, it has a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright has been advertised heavily but is not on anyone’s list of movies to see this weekend.

Miramax (the new one, not the old one) has issued ads that make “Here” look like a “Forrest Gump” reunion or reboot. It’s not. It’s based on a graphic novel and takes place over many years shot just in one room, from one point of view. Hanks and Wright are aged via the same process that was used by Martin Scorsese for “The Irishman.”

Only 17 reviewers have posed to Rotten Tomatoes, but they are mostly in accord. They don’t like it. It’s hard to say how many more reviews will be posted before preview screenings begin on Thursday. But the numbers will not improve much.

According to some reports, “Here” only cost around $50 million, so the exposure won’t be terrible. Zemeckis, who has made some brilliant films, obviously tried something here with technology that didn’t work out. But look at his resume: “Forrest Gump,” three “Back to the Future” movies, “Flight,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Romancing the Stone,” “Contact,” “Cast Away.” His place in film history is secure.

At least we’re guaranteed there won’t be sequels to “Here” called “There” and “Everywhere.” That’s some consolation.

The weekend box office has some unusual stars: a sex worker, a snail. And the pope.

The sex worker is Anora, star of the movie of that title. “Anora,” directed by Sean Baker, is shaping up as a big indie hit for small Neon movie studio.

“Anora” made $25K per screen on 34 venues this weekend. That’s huge, as it hasn’t really been released yet even mini-wide. “Anora” is headed for a lot of awards action this winter.

The snail is from IFC’s “Memoirs of a Snail.” IFC made $69,000 on just five screens or $13,800 per location.

The pope is the subject of Edward Berger’s sensational thriller, “Conclave.” Ralph Fiennes has to round up the cardinals at the Vatican to choose a new pope, and it’s not easy. Isabella Rossellini and Stanley Tucci help him. The awards bound film made $6.5 million for its first weekend. Word of mouth should be excellent. “Conclave” gets my highest recommendation.

If it weren’t for the World Series, “Conclave” would be a big hit at the box office.

But as someone said to me the other day, if the two biggest movie markets are home, obsessing over the New Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, no one is going to the movie theaters. The two teams last met in the 1981 Series!

Indeed, this morning most of the box office numbers are in well before 11am, and that’s unusual. But the numbers are low for all of last night’s receipts as a huge chunk of the public was home eating wings and hot dogs to see if Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani would prevail. (Sadly it was not Judge, but we’ll be back tonight!)

“Conclave,” a thriller about choosing a new pope, made only $2.5 million from Thursday previews and Friday shows. It’s one of the best movies of the year, with award winning performances from Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini, among others. Go see it this afternoon if you’re watching the Game tonight. Really.

A24 added “We Live in Time,” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, to 2,000 theaters last night. They didn’t get much bang for their buck considering receipts only went up 3% from last Friday. I’m not so happy with Garfield right now. He’s defending Mel Gibson, who just announced he voted for Donald Trump and said Kamala Harris “has got the IQ of a fence post.”
Does Gibson even have a high school education? He’s also a neo-Nazi, a racist, a misogynist, a domestic abuser. Garfield has no facts, and should stop speaking until he does.

Again, see “Conclave” at the 5pm show. You’ll be home in time to hear “The Star Spangled Banner”