These heroes could have used Wolverine’s star power; Disney’s The New Mutants earned only $8 million on its opening weekend, which doesn’t exactly cover the film’s $67 million budget.
Now, to be fair, only around 50% of America’s movie theatres are open. Then, those that ARE open are only operating at around 30% capacity. So, you could say that The New Mutants were no match for 2020’s most evil villain, the Coronavirus pandemic.
"The New Mutants," one of the first notable movies to open in theaters following the coronavirus outbreak, brought in an estimated $7 million in the United States this weekend https://t.co/gSu8sAV3AS
— CNN (@CNN) August 30, 2020
Buuuuut…but a large majority of those who ventured out to see the movie wish they hadn’t wasted a face mask; The New Mutants has a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Is the pandemic solely to blame for the film’s opening weekend? Were people fatigued the 2-year delay of the film’s release? Are people still so upset by Wolverine’s death in 2017’s Logan that they refuse to let new mutants into their lives?
