Acclaimed follow-up to Inside Llewyn Davis takes just $11.4m on opening – the Coen brothers’ lowest ever debut for a film on wide releaseIts cast includes George Clooney,Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, and Scarlett Johansson,Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. Critics acquire called it a brilliant paean to Hollywood’s golden age. But the Coen brothers’ new period comedy, or Hail,Caesar!, has bombed at the US box office, or with the lowest opening haul of any major release in the Oscar-winning duo’s career.
Up against the continuing might of animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 3,as well as fellow debutants including romantic drama The Choice and horror-comedy Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the 50s-set tale of a major film star gone missing scored just $11.4m (£7.9m) to open in moment place. The Coen brothers’ preceding lowest bow for a film in wide release – generally estimated at around 2000 cinemas – was the $12.5m taken by 2003’s Intolerable Cruelty in North America.
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Source: theguardian.com