Box Office: Tom Hanks and Robin Wright’s ‘Here’ Fizzles With $5 Million as ‘Venom 3’ Rules Again
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter ‘Venom: The Last Dance” topped the box office again as newcomer “Here,” a fantasy drama that uses AI so Tom Hanks and Robin Wright can play younger (and older) versions of themselves, fizzled in its debut. “Here,” which was produced and financed by Miramax and distributed by Sony, opened in fifth place with $5 million from 2,647 North American theaters.
The film, which reunites the “Forrest Gump” co-stars with their director Robert Zemeckis, follows the inhabitants of a single house over the course of 100 years — allowing Hanks and Wright to portray teenagers and octogenarians across 105 minutes.
Critics and audiences rejected the movie with a 36% on Rotten Tomatoes and “B-” grade on CinemaScore. So, word-of-mouth may not help bolster attention for “Here” in its box office run.
The movie cost $45 million and needs a long life in theaters to justify that price tag. “This is a weak opening for an original drama,” says David A.
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