Frankie Cordeira Jr.

Description: Lowest BoxOffice of Career... Home Celebrity Tom Hanks Heads to Worst Opening Weekend and Lowest Box Office Ever... It pains me to write this because I am a huge Tom Hanks fan. But The Circle will be his worst ever opening weekend box office and likely lowest grossing film ever. Last night The Circle took in $3.2 million in 3163 theaters. The per screen average was just over $1000. The film co-starring Emma Watson came in fourth last night behind The Fate of the Furious a Bollywood film and the reviled How to Be A Latin Lover. Its not like The Circle is a critical success. It has a 17 on Rotten Tomatoes. No one likes it. A small distributor bought it which is kind of weird for Tom Hanks. Hes a two Oscar winner beloved with many many hits. The only recent Hanks movie to open lower was A Hologram for the King. But that movie opened at many fewer theaters. What they have in common is that theyre based on books by Dave Eggers. Someone sold Hanks a bill of goods on that one. If The Circle comes in at $9 million or lower for the weekend then it will even be below Cloud Atlas $9.6 million and Inferno $14 million. Hanks is almost 61 and has lots of career left in him. Who is choosing these movies? Its time to find some great material. He cant just rely on Steven Spielberg. Its ironic too because Hankss SNL performance last fall showed that he is in tip top form. Hes a canny actor who can pull off anything anything that makes sense and is well written. Heres a clip from Bridge of Spies that I loved: Author Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details Vogue the New York Times Post and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive" a selection of the Cannes Sundance and Telluride Film festivals.
By Frankie Cordeira Jr.
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