Latest Woody Allen Movie Bombs At Box Office
Uhh, did anyone even know Woody Allen was still making movies? I thought he had been MeToo’d into oblivion, but it turns out he still has European production companies distributing his shitty movies. I like Gina Gershon, so I’ll refrain from saying anything else. Via The Wrap:
Woody Allen has posted the lowest box office opening weekend of his career with his 49th film, “Rifkin’s Festival,” grossing just $24,000 on Friday and Saturday from 26 theaters, according to box office sources.
Among Allen’s few defenders are the stars of “Rifkin’s Festival,” Wallace Shawn and Gina Gershon, who have asserted their belief in Allen’s innocence, including in a lengthy essay written by Shawn and published by TheWrap last November.
Critics have been tepid about “Rifkin’s Festival,” which follows a retired film studies professor and his publicist wife, who begin separate affairs with younger artists while at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. With 60 reviews logged, the film has a 43% critics and 41% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
MPI Media Group is handling distribution of the film as it did for Allen’s previous film “A Rainy Day in New York,” which had been returned to Allen after Amazon cancelled an $80 million multifilm production deal with Allen amidst #MeToo pressure.
“There is no chance any studio is going to work with him,” one producer told TheWrap last year. “No legit company is going to touch him — he is going to have to work with European financiers for the rest of his life.”
[The Wrap: Woody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Grosses Just $24,000 at Box Office]
