‘Suburbicon’ — starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore — may have trouble cracking $3 milion after getting slapped with a D- CinemaScore.
Lionsgate’s Jigsaw is slaying the competition at the pre-Halloween box office — including George Clooney’s Suburbicon, which is DOA.
Reviving the Saw franchise, Jigsaw grossed $7.1 million on Friday from 2,941 theaters for a weekend debut in the $16 million range, somewhat behind expectations and reflecting a sluggish weekend across the board.
In 2010, Saw 3D was billed as the final chapter in the Saw series, but Lionsgate decided to have another go.
Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, Jigsaw picks up a decade after the death of the eponymous murderer when police are puzzled by a rash of murders matching Jigsaw’s signature moves. Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Cle Bennett and Hannah…
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