Box office newcomers “Rhythm Section” and “Gretel and Hansel” fumbled as “Bad Boys for Life” remained champions during a painfully slow Super Bowl weekend.Studios consider Sunday’s NFL championship a dead zone at movie theaters since the Super Bowl is the most-watched TV event.
This year proved no exception.
Overall ticket sales for the weekend topped out at roughly $85 million, the second-worst showing in almost 15 years, according to Comscore.Sony’s “Bad Boys for Life” easily stayed at No.
1 on box office charts, collecting another $17.6 million over the weekend.
The third entry in the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence-led franchise has been an unexpectedly strong draw at multiplexes and has generated $148 million to date.Meanwhile, Paramount’s “Rhythm Section,” an R-rated action drama starring Blake Lively,” got pummeled by the competition, landing at No.
10 with a disastrous $2.8 million.
The film carries a $50 million price tag, meaning it could
Read full article