Liam Neeson Thriller ‘Honest Thief’ Leads Cratering U.S. Box Office

Christopher Nolan is “thrilled” with the performance of his latest blockbuster Tenet at the worldwide box office amid the pandemic.The thriller, starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, was slated as one of the biggest movies of 2020 but, amid the COVID-19 crisis, it opened with limited showings and only earned $53.8 million at the U.S.

Ever since Warner Bros. opted to be the canary in the coal mine and release Tenet exclusively into movie theaters, a lot has been spoken about and written about in terms of the box office.

“Tenet” has grossed nearly $350 million at the global box office and that’s just fine by Christopher Nolan.

the Los Angeles Times while promoting author Tom Shone’s book “The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Marvels, and Mysteries of Christopher Nolan.”Warner Bros.However, Nolan is concerned that the studios are learning the wrong lessons from the experimental rollout during a pandemic.“But I am worried that the studios are drawing the wrong conclusions from our release — that rather than looking at where the film has worked well and how that can provide them with much-needed revenue, they’re looking at

told The Los Angeles Times that he is “thrilled” with ticket sales — despite the fact that the film starring Robert Pattinson has grossed just $53.8 million since it hit theaters in the US on Sept.

Speaking out for the first time since his latest movie opened in theaters, filmmaker Christopher Nolan says that Hollywood studios are drawing the "wrong conclusions" from Tenet's box office performance at the expense of distressed theaters. "Warner Bros.

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Naman Ramachandran Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” ruled the U.K. box office for the eighth weekend in a row, collecting £187,275 ($242,900), according to final numbers from Comscore.The Warner Bros.

LOS ANGELES -- Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing.The Open Roads Films movie brought in $3.7 million in North America the weekend of its U.S. debut.

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As the indies-only October box office rolls on, the Liam Neeson action film “Honest Thief” took the top spot on the charts with an estimated $3.7 million opening weekend from 2,425 theaters.

The numbers are in for Liam Neeson‘s new movie Honest Thief, amid the pandemic and a struggling movie theater business.

Thrillers are the grimmest genre as far as new releases are concerned, a graveyard where signs of life are few and far between. So it’s a good thing we can count on Liam Neeson to periodically save the genre from extinction.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticHere’s the kind of what-were-they-thinking? moment that can throw you right out of a movie. Tom Carter (Liam Neeson), a bank robber extraordinaire, is about to reveal to Annie (Kate Walsh), the woman he’s in love with, that he isn’t the man she thought he was.

Liam Neeson, we've been told, has a particular set of skills. One of those skills apparently is picking some movies that stink.“Honest Thief,” co-written and directed by Mark Williams, is a predictable and slack affair, relying on eerie music, dark sets and smoke to create tension.

Naman Ramachandran Studiocanal’s psychological horror film “Saint Maud” bowed in second position at the U.K. and Ireland box office, with £263,433 ($342,895), according to final figures released by Comscore.Warner Bros.’ “Tenet,” directed by Christopher Nolan, stayed at pole position for the seventh consecutive weekend, collecting £296,049 ($385,370).

Rebecca Davis editorChina’s patriotic “My People, My Homeland” has grossed $325 million as of Monday evening local time, earning more money in less than two weeks than the $323 million that Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” has grossed globally in over a month, according to data from Maoyan and Box Office Mojo.This weekend, the total China box office hit $68 million, once again far surpassing sales in North America, where cinemas earned less than $9.5 million.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmIn a pandemic moment where The War With Grandpa gets headlines for topping the weekend box office with just $3.6 million, is it possible for films with stars and reasonable budgets to make a go of it while the two biggest theatrical markets, New York and Los Angeles, remain closed? Next to try will be Honest Thief, the Liam Neeson action film that opens Friday.