New 'Hellboy' Reboot Likely to Take Backseat to 'Shazam!'
by EG
A new reboot of the cult classic Hellboy debuts this weekend, and it has a shot at taking the week's top spot. Poor reviews and the perseverance of last week's winner, Shazam!, could keep Hellboy in second place, however. Read on for details.
Hellboy returns to the big screen this weekend after a 10-year hiatus, but the reboot may get singed by rival comic book adaptation Shazam!
Tracking suggests that Hellboy will debut in the $17 million-$21 million range for Lionsgate and Millennium. The movie is getting skewered by critics (its Rotten Tomatoes score as of Thursday morning was 13 percent).
Shazam!, from New Line and DC, could earn $21 million or more in its sophomore outing after debuting to $53.5 million last weekend. The kid-friendly pic is rated PG-13, while Hellboy is rated R.
Filmmaker Neil Marshall's Hellboy stars David Harbour (Stranger Things) as the titular figure, a legendary half-demon hero dispatched to England to battle a trio of rampaging giants, only to face the revenge-seeking sorceress Blood Queen Nimue (Milla Jovovich). Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim and Thomas Haden Church co-star.
Guillermo del Toro directed the first Hellboy, which earned nearly $100 million globally in 2004, as well as the 2008 sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army ($160.4 million), not adjusted for inflation. Both films both starred Ron Perlman.
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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