2025 has been a troublesome 12 months for theatrical releases. Motion pictures that after would’ve stood a powerful likelihood of proving financially fruitful have fallen quick because of a drop in general theater attendance. One of many present victims of this evolution in film viewing habits is Edgar Wright‘s The Working Man, the Cornetto Trilogy director’s adaptation of the 1982 Stephen King novel. Regardless of boasting a powerful solid led by Glen Powell and that includes Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, and extra, the movie has joined lots of its contemporaries in flopping in theaters.
Over the latest field workplace weekend, The Working Man took in simply $1.1 million in home theaters, a pointy 68% drop from the earlier weekend, which noticed it fall out of the highest ten completely. Nevertheless, this small haul was no less than sufficient to assist the movie rise one other place within the all-time international field workplace rating for Paramount initiatives, overtaking Kathryn Bigelow’s forgotten Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson-led struggle thriller, Ok-19: The Widowmaker. In complete, The Working Man has earned $65.7 million on the international field workplace. That is cut up between a home haul of $36.5 million and an extra $29.2 million from abroad markets, which is a big underperformance for a film with a reported price range of $110 million. A synopsis for the film reads:
“In a near-future society, The Working Man is the top-rated present on television–a lethal competitors the place contestants, often called Runners, should survive 30 days whereas being hunted by skilled assassins, with each transfer broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and every day bringing a better money reward. Determined to avoid wasting his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is satisfied by the present’s charming however ruthless producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), to enter the sport as a final resort. However Ben’s defiance, instincts, and grit flip him into an surprising fan favorite–and a risk to the whole system. As scores skyrocket, so does the hazard, and Ben should outwit not simply the Hunters, however a nation hooked on watching him fall.”
‘The Working Man’ Has Some Powerful Competitors
The Working Man‘s poor efficiency throughout the latest weekend is little question as a consequence of having some all-conquering competitors, with three films particularly stealing many of the theatrical highlight. On its third weekend, the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-led Depraved: For Good continued its optimistic run with a $17 million home haul, albeit a determine lower than many had predicted. In second place within the ranks, the vastly well-liked Zootopia 2 added to a powerful opening weekend with an extra $43 million, with the movie already edging near the billion-dollar mark. Nevertheless, no movie was as well-liked because the debuting 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2, which took dwelling an unlimited $64 million domestically on its inevitable journey to success.
The Working Man is presently in theaters.
- Launch Date
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November 14, 2025
- Director
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Edgar Wright
- Producers
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George Linder, Nira Park, Simon Kinberg
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