It’s Johnny Knoxville and Tom Holland to the rescue — at least for low-grossing theaters this month.
Knoxville and his merry band of pranksters from “Jackass Forever” (Paramount) opened Thursday night to $1.65 million, while Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster movie “Moonfall” took in $700,000 initially.
Storms in the central part of the country shut down some theaters and otherwise dampened both figures.February’s domestic box office take can’t be much worse than January’s: The $390 million total is just 44 percent of the same month two years ago, shortly before the pandemic began to spread around the world, shutting down many theaters in its wake.
Normally, February grosses about 75-80 percent of January.
This year should be better.Last month had a strong start with “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which added $164 million to its box office take after opening in December.
That figure accounted for 43 percent of the box office total for all films.
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