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‘Fall Guy’ Deepens Box-Office Woes With Another Soft Debut
- Dearth of $1 billion pictures slows film industry’s recovery
- Consumers grow accustomed to seeing new films, shows online
The Fall Guy had so much going for it — Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, two of Hollywood’s hottest stars, no real competition and a multimillion-dollar promotional campaign.
Yet the $125 million production from Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures brought in just $27.7 million in its domestic box-office debut this weekend — the latest evidence that film fans are refusing to return to their pre-pandemic, moviegoing ways.