Tom Hanks’ $50 Million Film Here Bombs at the Box Office, Making Just $5 Million as Director Reveals Reason for Flop
Tom Hanks’ new $50 million movie Here has bombed at the box office, grossing just $5 million in its opening weekend.
Hanks, 68, reunites with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis and co-star Robin Wright, 58, for the film, which spans the events of a single plot of land and its inhabitants far into the future.
However, unlike the critically acclaimed 1994 classic, Here has failed to ignite at the box office, with Oscar winner Zemeckis blaming the film industry’s ‘stressful situation’.
Sources said Term that Here was a shaky gamble from the start, saying that all “studios passed on the film at the package stage because they saw it was a risky and difficult film for a broad audience.”
This was also made without a domestic distributor
Tom Hanks’ new $50 million film, Here, has bombed at the box office – making just $5 million in its opening weekend – depicted in the film with co-star Robin Wright
Hanks, 68, reunites with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis (pictured together last month) and co-star Robin Wright, 58, for the film – which spans the events of a single plot of land and its inhabitants far into the future
Zemeckis said, “I have to give credit to (former Miramax Head) Bill Block, who had the courage and vision to understand and make the film. He is the only man who had the conviction to do this. That was fantastic. Thank God he was there to do it.”
Block left Miramax in October 2023 when Here was “almost done.” Sony subsequently acquired the film in a distribution deal due to its relationship with Hanks on previous releases A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and A Man Called Otto.
Zemeckis added, “I think the movie theater world is in a stressful situation right now.”
This is described here IMDb as ‘a generational story about families and the special place where they live, sharing love, loss, laughter and life.’
The drama film, which is based on the 2014 graphic novel by Richard McGuire, stars Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Gwilym Lee and Ophelia Lovibond.
Rewind to 1994 and Hanks, Wright, Zemeckis and Roth were riding high amid the massive success of Forrest Gump.
The critically acclaimed film follows the life of mentally and physically challenged Alabama man Forrest Gump (Hanks) as he experiences many of the most prominent events of the 20th century in the US.
Along with Hanks and Wright, the main cast included Sally Field, Gary Sinisem Mykelti Williamson and Haley Joel Osment.
However, unlike the critically acclaimed 1994 classic, Here has failed to ignite at the box office, with Oscar winner Zemeckis blaming the film industry’s ‘stressful situation’.
Thirty years earlier, Forrest Gump became a cultural phenomenon, grossing $678.2 million in art at the worldwide box office against a budget of $55 million.
The Zemeckis-directed film, written by Roth, became a major success with moviegoers and critics alike, grossing $678.2 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $55 million.
Among its many accolades were thirteen Academy Award nominations, resulting in six wins, including Best Picture, Best Director for Zemeckis and Best Actor for Hanks.
In December 2011, Forrest Gump became one of the rare films selected for preservation in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.
The Registry said the film was “honored for its technological innovations (the digital insertion of Gump seamlessly into vintage archival footage), its resonance within the culture that elevated Gump (and what he represents in terms of American innocence) to the status of folk hero , and his attempt to address controversial aspects of the era’s traumatic history in both a playful and serious manner.’
