DA VINCI CODE MOVIE INFERNO SERIES
Robert Landon (Tom Hanks), a series hero and Harvard professor of symbology, wakes up dazed in a hospital in Florence, Italy, with no idea what he’s doing so far from home. It’s a confused, boring slog that you should avoid like the plague. But the source at Sony also admitted to facing “a few tough breaks” this go around.Ron Howard’s back in the “Da Vinci Code” armchair with a third installment, “Inferno.” Like all Dan Brown movie adaptations, “Inferno”’s title promises a lot more fire and brimstone than it actually delivers. The production budget was also slashed in half, compared to the series’ two prior releases, to accommodate the movie’s history of diminishing returns. The studio concentrated on building “Inferno” overseas, where the series has historically gained more than 70 percent of its box office grosses. Sony knew most of this going in, according to a source at the studio who spoke to TheWrap. Still, it can’t help that “Inferno” has only a 20 percent score, with at least one reviewer deeming it “one of the worst movies of the year.” “Angels & Demons” has a 37 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, while “The Da Vinci Code” earned only 25 percent among critics aggregated by the site. The movies based on Dan Brown’s popular books have never been well received by critics. “It’s the one weekend where people who don’t usually party all year actually partake in partying.”Īlso Read: 'Inferno' Is 'Like a Bad Acid Trip,' and 9 Other Incendiary Reviews 4. “Halloween is the death knell for new releases, which is why most studios don’t even bother,” added the analyst. Traditionally, it is one of the slowest weekends in the calendar year. “‘Inferno’ dared to do something most films outside the horror genre find unfathomable - open on Halloween weekend,” said Bock. Halloween Has a Losing Box Office History The truth is, this movie series has run its course,” he told TheWrap. “There is a bit of truth to that distraction, however. The longtime-losing Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians have captivated the public this weekend, said Jeff Bock, senior analyst at Exhibitor Relations. This Particular World Series Stole Some Spotlight Too much time has passed since the last one to keep North American audiences hungry for more.Īlso Read: All 25 Ron Howard Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best (Photos) 2. 2 last weekend, audiences weren’t clamoring for a followup to “Angels & Demons.” The sequel to “The Da Vinci Code” came out seven years ago and opened to $46.2 million. There Was No DemandĪlong the lines of Paramount’s “Jack Reacher” sequel that debuted to No. Trackers set the Ron Howard-directed movie starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones at $25 million domestically earlier last week - an optimistic forecast in retrospect.
(Though Sony’s book-based sequel is performing nicely overseas, as it is close to hitting $150 million internationally.)Īlso Read: 'Boo! A Madea Halloween' Stamps Out 'Inferno' Flop at Weekend Box Office 1, falling behind second-weekend holdover Tyler Perry’s “Boo! A Madea Halloween” - which held strong at nearly $17 million. The only new widely released film in theaters, it came in shy of No.
Sony’s Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment sequel “Inferno” opened soft over the weekend with an estimated $15 million in domestic box office receipts. The third installment in “The Da Vinci Code” series is not nearly as fiery among moviegoers as its title suggests.
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