It hasn’t been a good few weeks for Paramount. First, Will Smith’s movie “Gemini Men” fails to draw interest. Now, the latest in the Terminator series draws a scant $28 million. Despite good ratings and a 69% Rotten Tomato score, the movie failed to draw attention to moviegoers. There may be a few reasons for this.
Perhaps, being Halloween weekend, it wasn’t a good time to go to the movies. Another reason might be that “Joker” is still fairly dominate. Terminator did take the #1 spot, but “Joker” was a close second after leading the way since its opening. This shows that if such a dismal opening can take the #1 spot, then not many people planned on going to the movies.
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”, “Harriet”, and “The Adams Family” rounded out the top five for the weekend. All of these movies are below average for their expectations. It just wasn’t a good week for the box office as a whole. Netflix might’ve had something to do with that. With the calendar switching over to November, there were several new shows and movies added to their catalog.
Terminator Keeps Cranking Them Out
Terminator has had several sequel releases since the original two featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. James Cameron also was involved in those first two. Terminator: Dark Fate was the first time they’ve reunited since 1991. Both Hamilton and Schwarzenegger reprised their roles of Sarah Connor and the T-800 Terminator.
In this day and age, it seems as if Hollywood is out of ideas. Rather than creating fresh ideas, they seem stuck in a pattern. This pattern is bringing back 80’s and 90’s icons and throwing a ton of cash at them. It cost Paramount $185 million to make this movie. If it slinks away and fails, the studio could record a $120 million loss.
There still may be hope for this movie. Again, it did get good ratings. Better than other previous sequels other than Terminator 2: Judgement Day. By reuniting all the people who made the first two movies great, this one has a shot. It was most likely just a bad weekend for going out and spending money. With no other major releases upcoming for several weeks, who knows. It can recoup at least some of the loss and might even turn a profit.
