The Specialist: A Box Office Misstep for Hollywood Revealed

The specialist He has everything to succeed. We are talking about an action comedy with a star Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunttwo Hollywood stars who knows how to manage these great people blockbusters and which, moreover, marked the summer film season, the most important in terms of income and influence among viewers. However, the film Backed by Universal and directed by David Leitch, it failed to meet expectations with $28.5 million in its debut. And expected more, much more.

The specialist It’s not a big failure but it’s a big misstep at the box office that shows Hollywood’s problem.

It was expected that The specialist It will take at least 30 to 40 million dollars in its first appearance in the United States., more than adequate figures to add to the international collection. But let’s return to the same old problem with the industry, a trend that is all too common in recent years. Make a movie of these features It has cost Universal more than 140 million dollars – plus its promotion – and that’s a problem. How is it profitable? It needs strong word of mouth in territories outside the United States such as Spain, France, Germany and other regions, where it has taken in around 25.4 million since its first release just over a week ago. A total of 65 million worldwide is not enough for the goals of the big.

All is not lost. Many believe that The specialist it may rise at the box office and they manage to scrape a few million and we have an example of Leitch’s previous film, Bullet Train. The action production with Brad Pitt suffered the premiere in 2022 already, with a budget of 90 million dollars, starting with 30 million dollars in August and finally achieving, after much effort, 130 million dollars nationally and approximately 239 million dollars worldwide. At least, The box office in North America seems to be affected.

From 2019, we are talking about a 40% decrease in global collection, probably under the influence of the pandemic, new consumer trends and a lack of viewer interest in non-event or related films a special saga. It is expected that Deadpool and Wolverinenext to Gru 4 and Inside Out 2, get to fly a little. Among the new releases, we have to emphasize the arrival of Sony and Screen Gem with Tarotdebuted in fourth place with $6.5 million in the US, achieving a worldwide total of $10.2 million.

Disney and LucasFilm reissues are also important, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, which has made 14.5 million dollars worldwide. And we cannot forget Competitorswhich has come to 29.4 million dollars with a budget of 55, so it will have to continue with a little more traction before Amazon MGM Studios will bring director Luca Guadagnino’s film to streaming.