Very bad start for Tom Hanks and Zemeckis at the US box office

The Forrest Gump team screwed up with Here, while Venom 3 keeps the lead.

We take the same ones, but we don't really start again. The director Robert Zemeckis reunites with its two stars Forrest Gumpnamely Tom Hanks And Robin Wright. But their new film, Heredid not convince the Americans. Debuting only in fifth position at the US box office with $5 million in revenue in 2,647, Here only raised $5 million in three days. A very low score, knowing that 30 years ago, in July 1994, Forrest Gump had opened to 25 million in 1700 theaters, and in the middle of the Football World Cup! Forrest Gump then benefited from enormous buzz until the Oscars, totaling 330 million in America and $680 million worldwide. Except that Here is widely criticized by critics and the public, particularly due to the digital rejuvenation and aging of Tom Hanks And Robin Wright. The poetic, high-concept family drama cost $45 million and will struggle to be profitable.

Conversely, Venom 3 is already a success. The Marvel film carried by Tom Hardy remains at the top of the US box office for its second weekend and has grossed $90 million in the United States to date and nearly $320 million worldwide. It should end in the footsteps of the previous part, Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), who ended his career above 500 million.

Generally speaking, the US box office is relatively gloomy in the month of October 2024. Overall box office revenues are 11.4% lower than those of 2023 and 27% lower than those of 2019, according to Comscore. Most major studios have avoided releasing a film in the run-up to the US election, according to Variety.

Under these conditions, The Wild Robot remains on the US box office podium, despite an average total. The very fine feature film produced by Universal and DreamWorks Animation took another $7.5 million in revenue in 3,231 theaters during its sixth weekend of release and has already accumulated $121.4 million across the Atlantic, for a decent total of $269 million worldwide.