Adam Driver battles prehistoric terrors in the Sam Raimi-produced 65, which just debuted in theaters over the weekend. Yes, Sony’s high-concept/mid-budget action-horror movie arrived in theaters on the very same day as Scream VI, the latter film topping the domestic box office charts with a $44.5 million weekend. In third place on the charts, you’ll find 65.
Released in 3,405 theaters here in the United States, 65 opened with $12.3 million domestically over the weekend. Worldwide, the film’s current total is $20 million.
The reported production budget for 65 is $45 million, which means it likely has to pass $100 million in order to start turning a profit. We’ll keep you posted as more numbers come in.
Meagan wrote in her review of 65, “The potential for what could’ve been had 65 fully embraced the absurdities of its plot is what lingers once it’s over.”
Sam Raimi joined forces with A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods for 65, who directed the high concept genre film from their own original screenplay.
The original movie from Columbia Pictures stars Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, and Chloe Coleman, and we had no idea what the movie was about until the first trailer hit. Turns out, it’s a survival horror experience set on Earth in the distant past, inhabited by dinosaurs. Adam Driver is tasked with blasting them away with futuristic video game weapons.
“After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth…65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive.”
Sam Raimi produced alongside Zainab Azizi and Debbie Liebling.
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