THE ACCOUNTANT MOVIE REVIEW
Warner Bros is reporting that its latest Ben Affleck drama thrillerThe Accountantmade $1.35 millionlast night. That figure inches out the $1.25M made by Afflecks fall thriller two years ago,Gone Girl. However,The Accountantisnt expected to close its weekend ledgers with the same three-day posted byGone Girl ($37.5M).Projections haveAccountantbetween $15M-$20M (many at $20M), which is the mean range for most Affleck openers.
LikeThe Girl On The Trainlast weekend,Accountantarrives to the B.O. with middling reviews at 49% Rotten. For an adult-skewing fall release such as this, thats not apt to spur a ton of business.Accountant,directed byWarriors Gavin OConnor, carries a production cost before P&A in the low-to-mid $40Ms. Earlier this week, Fandango showed thatAccountantwas outpacing Afflecks Oscar Best Picture winnerArgoin advance ticket sales.Argoopened to $19.5M and was fueled by an awards-season run thatpushed its domestic to $136M, and $232.3M worldwide.
The Accountantfollows the story of an autistic bean counter who works for criminal lords and also moonlights as an assassin. Hes hired by a client who he learns is embezzling from his own company.
Universal has the stand-up featureKevin Hart: What Now?which the comedian has been promoting during his comedy tour. Its expected to make $10M-$14M. Last night the pic grossed $739K from 2,054 theaters starting at 7 PM. Production cost forWhat Now?is under $10M. Tracking earlier in the week hadWhat Now?ahead of Harts previous big-screen stand-up featureLet Me Explain,which debuted to $10M and finaled at $32.2M stateside.Let Me Explainbowed on a Wednesday on July 3, 2013, and made $1.1M in Tuesday late-night shows. The higher preview figure then stems from the fact that more audiences were available during the summer.Let Me Explaincost $2.5M.What Now?was shot atPhiladelphias Lincoln Financial Field and marked the first time that Hartperformed to an at-capacity football stadium of 50K.
Unis release of DreamWorksGirl On The Trainis expected to slow 45%-50% for a second $12M-$13M weekend and a 10-day thats close to $47.6M. In its first week the Emily Blunt thriller based on Paula Hawkins bestseller grossed an estimated $34.6M.Girlwas the top film yesterday with $1.85M.
Open Road is releasing Dolphin FilmsMax Steelin a service deal this weekend. Pic is based on the line of Mattel boy toys. Its projected to bring in $4M from 2,034 venues.
In their first week, Fox SearchlightsThe Birth Of A Nation and CBS/LionsgatesMiddle Schooleach accumulated $9.5M.
Source: http://deadline.com/2016/10/weekend-box-office-the-accountant-kevin-hart-what-now-girl-on-the-train-1201836388/
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