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Box office: 'Rhythm Section' flops as 'Bad Boys' takes another victory lap

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Rebecca Rubin, Variety.com via Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/02/03/badboys.jpg"/><figcaption>Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in &#x27;Bad Boys for Life.&#x27; Handout</figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES -- Box office newcomers &quot;Rhythm Section&quot; and &quot;Gretel and Hansel&quot; fumbled as &quot;Bad Boys for Life&quot; remained champions during a painfully slow Super Bowl weekend.Football&#x27;s biggest matchup is usually a slow time at movie theaters since Super Bowl is the most-watched event on TV. This year proved no exception. Overall ticket sales topped out at roughly $85 million, the second-worst showing in almost 15 years, according to Comscore.Sony&#x27;s &quot;Bad Boys for Life&quot; 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 collected $148 million to date.Meanwhile, Paramount&#x27;s &quot;Rhythm Section,&quot; an R-rated action drama starring Blake Lively,&quot; 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 end up losing a sizable chunk of change. However, Paramount only spent $30 million for distribution rights.It likely didn&#x27;t help that reviews for &quot;Rhythm Section,&quot; about a woman investigating a plane crash that killed her family, were dismal. It landed a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences gave it a &quot;C+&quot; CinemaScore. The film, which was delayed twice after Lively injured her hand on set, was produced by &quot;James Bond&quot; vets Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and directed by Reed Morano.This weekend&#x27;s other new release, &quot;Gretel and Hansel,&quot; also had an underwhelming -- though slightly less painful -- opening weekend. The reimagining of the Brothers Grimm folklore debuted to a muted $6 million from 3,007 theaters, enough to land in fourth place. Luckily, Orion Pictures spent about $5 million to produce the film, so it&#x27;ll have a smaller path to profitability.&quot;Gretel and Hansel&quot; was also bruised by poor word of mouth after landing a &quot;C-&quot; CinemaScore. Oz Perkins directed the dark adaptation, featuring Sophia Lillis (&quot;It,&quot; &quot;Sharp Objects&quot;) as Gretel in the new version of the fairytale about a young girl and her brother who accidentally find themselves in the house of an evil enchantress.In a distant second place, Universal&#x27;s &quot;1917&quot; nabbed $9.6 million for a domestic tally of $119 million. The Oscar best picture frontrunner has also made its mark at the international box office, where the World War I drama has made $129 million. Globally, &quot;1917&quot; has earned $249 million.Universal also secured the No. 3 slot with &quot;Dolittle,&quot; the $180-million family film starring Robert Downey Jr. The movie brought in $7.7 million in its third weekend of release, boosting U.S. ticket sales to $55 million. Foreign audiences have been slightly more receptive (&quot;Dolittle&quot; has generated $71 million overseas), but the movie still stands to be a big money loser for the studio.Elsewhere, Sony&#x27;s &quot;Jumanji: The Next Level&quot; and STX&#x27;s &quot;The Gentlemen&quot; are in a close battle for fifth place. Sunday estimates show that both films pocketed $6 million over the three-day stretch. The &quot;Jumanji&quot; sequel, which opened around Christmas, has generated $291 million to date. Meanwhile &quot;The Gentlemen&quot; has made $20 million after two weeks in theaters.

Box office newcomers "Rhythm Section" and "Gretel and Hansel" fumbled as "Bad Boys for Life" remained champions during a painfully slow Super Bowl weekend.

Box office newcomers "Rhythm Section" and "Gretel and Hansel" fumbled as "Bad Boys for Life" remained champions during a painfully slow Super Bowl weekend.

Box office: 'Rhythm Section' flops as 'Bad Boys' takes another victory lap

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Box office: 'Rhythm Section' flops as 'Bad Boys' takes another victory lap

Rebecca Rubin,

Variety.com via Reuters

Published Feb 03, 2020 12:01 PM PHT

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