“The Fall Guy” was met with a less-than-stellar box office performance despite its relatively warm reception from critics.
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Ryan Gosling’s «The Fall Guy» missed sales expectations in its opening weekend and fell relatively flat for the first large release of the summer box office season, multiple outlets reported Sunday, but the action-packed comedy was still the top-grossing film as a re-release of 1999’s «Star Wars: The Phantom Menace» came in second to top Zendaya’s «Challengers.”Key Facts
“The Fall Guy,” a film about stunt performers based on the 1980s TV series of the same name, grossed $28.5 million domestically to fall just short of estimates that had the film slated to bring in between $30 million and $40 million at the box office in its opening weekend.
In second place, a re-release of “The Phantom Menace” timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the film’s initial debut and May 4—also known as Star Wars Day—grossed $8.
