Up until recently, the way a movie star was quantified as a \u201cstar\u201d was whether or not they were considered bankable. Being bankable meant that no matter what the movie was, audiences were guaranteed to show up in droves to see whatever film an actor or actress was promoting. Nowadays, it\u2019s not a stretch to say that almost no one\u2014outside of Tom Cruise\u2014is guaranteed to sell tickets at the box office anymore.<\/p>\n
Case in point: this weekend\u2019s disastrous opening for\u00a0A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. The film stars two household names, Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie (who we were lucky enough to interview<\/a>), yet neither was able to draw even a modest audience. According to Deadline<\/a>, the $50 million film is heading for a $3 million opening. That\u2019s an atrocious number for a movie headlined by stars of that caliber.<\/p>\n Now, let\u2019s be fair\u2014A Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u00a0doesn\u2019t spell the end of Robbie or Farrell\u2019s perceived stardom. Both have weathered flops before. Robbie had back-to-back disasters with\u00a0Amsterdam\u00a0(remember that one?) and\u00a0Babylon (currently enjoying a cult resurgence<\/a>), while Farrell has never really been known as a box office draw, often choosing projects outside the blockbuster realm. Given the right role (Barbie\u00a0for her,\u00a0The Penguin\u00a0for him), audiences still show up. Had this movie been better received (reviews\u2014including our own\u2014have been poor), it likely would have performed stronger. Instead, it was a big swing and a miss for all involved, which is a shame.<\/p>\n Sony, the studio distributing\u00a0A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, has been in the midst of a troubling box office run. While I take issue with their recent string of cheap legacy sequels (I Know What You Did Last Summer\u00a0was atrocious,\u00a0Karate Kid Legends\u00a0was weak), some of their more original offerings deserved better\u2014particularly the underrated\u00a0Caught Stealing. Outside of Danny Boyle\u2019s\u00a028 Years Later\u00a0and their releases through Crunchyroll, 2025 has been a rough year for them.<\/p>\n As for last week\u2019s champ,\u00a0Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, despite its historic opening it\u2019s proving to be extremely front-loaded, likely dropping an astounding 78% to around $15 million this weekend. Even so, it will easily finish as the highest-grossing anime film of all time in North America, crossing the $100 million mark. However, it may face competition from Jordan Peele\u2019s\u00a0Him, which is performing right in line with our expectations<\/a>, opening at around $15 million.<\/p>\n So, who do you think are the last\u00a0real\u00a0movie stars? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Up until recently, the way a movie star was quantified as a \u201cstar\u201d was whether or not they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[79942,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-157776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}