‘The Lost City’ Ventures to $2.5 Million at Thursday Box Office

While nowhere near the levels seen with Sony’s “Venom” films, “Morbius” was made on a considerably lower budget than Tom Hardy’s antihero romp with a reported $75 million budget. The $39 million launch is just below independent projections of a $40 million range opening but above Sony’s much more conservative projections of $33 million, an opening posted by recent comic book movies “Birds of Prey” and “Dark Phoenix,” both of which had higher budgets than “Morbius.”But while “Morbius” is off to a solid start, the film’s reception scores have been mixed at best.

Such a result would be close to what trackers projected for “Morbius,” having predicted a start in the low $40 million range. Though Sony did have some sunk marketing costs for this film like many 2020 theatrical releases delayed by COVID-19, “Morbius” is significantly cheaper than other Marvel films the studio has released with a reported budget of $75 million.

Channing Tatum is ready for ! On Thursday, ET spoke to the 41-year-old actor at a London screening of his latest flick, , and he promised fans that the upcoming third installment in the will be «wild.»«We’re gonna go big. I mean truly, we're not gonna leave anything on the bench. We're taking it out, we're putting it on stage, it's gonna be wild,» he teased.

Sony is further exploiting its end of the Marvel franchise this weekend with the long-delayed Jared Leto dark hero title Morbius. Booked at 4,200 locations, the Marvel vampire protagonist feature is eyeing a studio expected opening of $33M, but could get as high as $40M-$50M.

LOS ANGELES -- Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum led the action-adventure comedy throwback “The Lost City” to a $31 million debut in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning “The Batman” from the No.

In a post-shutdown theatrical market where box office success has been defined by films that won the interest of men under 35, “The Lost City” has renewed hope that audiences in other demographics will show up to theaters even during the pandemic when studios offer quality material that isn’t a big blockbuster. It’s also a victory for one of the film’s stars, Channing Tatum, who already drew strong turnout from women last month with his previous film “Dog” and like that title was heavily involved in social media promotion for “The Lost City.” With stars like Tatum and Sandra Bullock in lead roles, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt in supporting positions and plenty of on-location shooting, “The Lost City” had a much bigger production budget than most romantic comedies with a reported $68-70 million spend and still has work to do to reach theatrical profitability.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s screwball romantic comedy “The Lost City” collected $31 million at North American theaters over the weekend, a promising sign that Netflix hasn’t completely seized on the meet-cute market.Of course, Paramount, which is behind “The Lost City,” did not rely only on positive reviews — or the tease of Tatum’s bare behind — to fuel ticket sales. The on-screen chemistry between Bullock and Tatum, who were inescapable on social media, billboards and in trailers while promoting the film, were key in getting audiences to cinemas.

While the romcom adventure film starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum has some work to do to turn a profit with its reported $68-70 million budget, it still stands as the third Paramount film to open to No. 1 at the box office. After having a very limited presence in theaters last year, Paramount found some theatrical success in the early stages of 2022 with low-budget offerings “Scream” and “Jackass Forever” and is now hoping to find more with this pricier mid-budget film catering to a different demographic than the mostly 18-35 male crowd that has defined the theatrical market.

J. Kim Murphy After three weeks of “The Batman,” the domestic box office has a new leader.

“The Lost City” is set to both honor the ‘author-becomes-adventurer’ trope and add to it by calling back to the action-romance genre. Sandra Bullock follows in the footsteps Jodie Foster’s agoraphobic author in “Nim’s Island” (2008) and Brooke Shields’ romance writer Sophie in “A Castle for Christmas” (2021) as she plays a romance novelist who gets lost on her own adventure with a cover model. The film boasts quite a stacked cast of stars and promises both rom-com laughs and adventure movie thrills.Many may be wondering how to watch “The Lost City,” but fear not — all your questions are answered below.“The Lost City” premieres Friday, March 25, 2022.No, “The Lost City” will be playing exclusively in theaters on March 25.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe rom-com may be showing signs of life.After being written off as a theatrical proposition, Paramount’s “The Lost City” appears to be scoring with audiences. The film, which puts a fresh coat of varnish on “Romancing the Stone” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” earned $2.5 million in Thursday previews.

The new film The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, is now in theaters and fans likely want to know if they should stick around for a post-credits scene after the movie.

Brad Pitt was literally an inspiration for Channing Tatum.

While the female demographic has shown to be one of the more reluctant to return to cinemas during the pandemic, that is set to change this weekend with Paramount’s The Lost City which is eyeing a mid $20M start, possible $30M+ take at 4,228 theaters.

Sandra Bullock is celebrating the release of her new movie!

Sandra Bullock's forthcoming action-adventure rom-com The Lost City has some spectacular stunts and even more exciting cameos — and the actress is opening up about how some of the movie's most memorable moments came to be.Bullock and co-star Daniel Radcliffe recently sat down with ET's Cassie DiLaura, and they reflected on some of the movie's most exciting scenes — including a daring rescue by Brad Pitt that featured an enormous explosion.«We only did that shot in one take!» Bullock revealed. «We didn't know how big the explosion was gonna be. It's all about preparation, preparation, preparation and then a whole lot of luck.»Bullock stars in the film as Loretta Sage, a reclusive romance-adventure author who's spent her career writing about exotic places.