Jackass, which began its life as a men-behaving-dumbly series on MTV back in 2000 has gone on to spawn four feature films (five if you include the 2013 spin-off Bad Grandpa).
The movies—a collection of masochistic pranks, self-inflicted humiliations, and male camaraderie—have always been solid performers at the box office, especially in light of their modest budgets.
Jackass Forever will be no exception.
The film, which cost a bargain-basement $10 million to produce (and watching it you may wonder where even that much money went), is already solidly in the black after its opening weekend thanks to pandemic-weary audiences in need of a stupid laugh (Paramount had projected that it would open in the mid-teens).
The R-rated comedy’s $23.5 million opening weekend came from 3,604 theaters, where it earned a $6,250 per-screen average.
It’s not particularly shocking that the franchise’s fanbase ate it up with a spoon and gave it a ‘B+’ grade from CinemaScore,
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