It was the weekend the movie industry has been looking towards ever since August brought on a surprisingly dry end of summer at the box office.
Heck, it had mostly been dry until “Smile” opened surprisingly big earlier this month, followed by a good opening weekend for “Halloween Ends” last week.
But this past weekend finally saw Dwyane Johnson’s DC superhero film “Black Adam” debut after spending well over a decade in development hell.
Once again, superheroes saved the day as the DC Comics adaptation earned 67 million, a record for The Rock up to this point in his career.
But it was “Ticket to Paradise,” the rom-com that reunited George Clooney and Julia Roberts, that arguably won the day.”Black Adam” is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and carries a massive 195 million price tag.
Unfortunately, that kind of inflated budget is becoming all too common for these big blockbusters.
In any event,
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