{"id":431373,"date":"2026-01-25T01:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431373\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T01:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:45:09","slug":"chris-pratts-mercy-falls-victim-to-bad-weather-with-12m-as-winter-storms-rip-through-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431373\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt’s Mercy falls victim to bad weather with $12M+ as winter storms rip through the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

While we wait for more definitive numbers from distributors, this weekend may be a box-office bust. Mother Nature is angry, my friends, and her wrath over the next few days will bring a series of winter storms that could force theaters to close due to inclement weather. According to reports<\/a>, a stretch that runs from Texas to New England is covered in ice and snow, making travel difficult. If analysts are correct, the box office yield for all movies could be as low as $58.4 million, the lowest year-to-date total, down -9% from the same frame a year ago. Yikes!<\/p>\n

Will Mother Nature show Mercy to Pratt\u2019s new film?<\/p>\n

Despite the weather, Amazon MGM Studios<\/a>\u2018 Mercy<\/a> (read our review here<\/a>) is still expected to earn $12.6 million, which is on par with recent science-fiction action films like The Creator ($14M), Flight Risk ($11.5M), and Greenland 2: Migration ($8.5M). Critically, Mercy, starring Jurassic World and MCU alum Chris Pratt and Michelle Monaghan (Silo, The Family Plan 2, The White Lotus), has a B- CinemaScore, 2 1\/2 stars on Screen Engine\/Comscore\u2019s PostTrak, and a low definite recommend of 45%. More interesting is the temperature for the Chris Pratt factor. Only 31% of the audience polled said they were going to see Mercy because Pratt is the lead, while 44% said the movie looks like fun.<\/p>\n

The Mercy production used the virtual production method known as The Volume, which uses LED panels as backdrops. Sporting a screenplay written by Marco Van Belle (Arthur & Merlin),\u00a0Mercy tells a story that is \u201cset in the near future when capital crime has increased\u201d and follows \u201ca detective (Pratt) who is accused of a violent crime and forced to prove his innocence.\u201d\u00a0Rebecca Ferguson (Dune), Annabelle Wallis (Malignant), and World Boxing Council middleweight champ Kali Reis, who recently appeared alongside Jodie Foster in the HBO series\u00a0True Detective: Night Country,\u00a0lead the primary cast.<\/p>\n

Gans\u2019 Return to Silent Hill fails to find an audience<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cineverse\u2019s Return to Silent Hill is bombing with a $1.5 million Friday take for a $3.2 million weekend. Other movies expected to show up on the box office charts include James Cameron\u2019s Avatar: Fire and Ash with $1.7M on Friday, Disney\u2019s Zootopia 2 with a Friday take of $1.4M, The Housemaid with $1.48M (Friday), and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple with $1.2M for Friday. Expect to see movies like Marty Supreme, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Primate, and Hamnet on Sunday\u2019s list when the final totals come in.<\/p>\n

Do you have any interest in going to the movies this weekend? What\u2019s the weather like where you are? Are any of your local theaters closed? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

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