Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Night Swim,” a supernatural thriller produced by horror mavens Jason Blum and James Wan, waded to second place in its debut.
The film, marking the first nationwide release of the year, collected a moderate $12 million from 3,200 North American theaters.
Those ticket sales weren’t enough to topple “Wonka,” which claimed first place again with $15 million in its fourth weekend of release.
But “Night Swim” cost $15 million, so it doesn’t have a high bar for profitability. That’s probably a relief to Universal because neither audiences nor critics were fond of “Night Swim,” which holds a dismal 27% on Rotten Tomatoes and landed a “C” CinemaScore.
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