Depending on how cut down this is from his director's cut, this will either be a Kingdom of Heaven scenario (rotten) OR an entertaining albeit shallow examination of Napoleon's life (60-70%).
https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-box-office-forecast-renaissance-a-film-by-beyonce-and-silent-night/
Long range predictions saying $5-10m OW and $13-30m DOM.
I def think this is one that'll require strong WOM/reviews to push that opening up beyond just action die hards. And if timed right for Xmas, could do very well on PVOD.
Trailer looks fine, I love Gosling BUT Leitch has also made some of my least favourite blockbusters of the last few years so its a wait and see for me.
Yeah they do this a lot.
After Black Adam flopped, they had the trades drop articles about Dwayne Johnson to make him look bad (for serving alcohol at a premiere for his PG-13 films?) after the Snyder Cut fiasco, they had the trades drop articles on how Snyder is some Lex Luthor villain (for being rude to studio execs).
I adore the first Ghostbusters but its a franchise/fanbase that has severely misremembered the original film. 2016 Ghostbusters was quite bad but it was MUCH closer in tone/style to the OG than the other films. Completely irreverent comedy where SNL guys riff on what if bug exterminators but for ghosts.
It should've been a telling sign (when Chris Columbus was attached) they had a script everyone liked and then Cawthorn scrapped it...and the big talent all left the project.