The theater comedy is perhaps the genre that fought the most at the box office, as the film industry was trying to recover after the consequences of the Kovid-19 pandemic era. However, Paramount Pictures has decided to give him All College by restarting the "naked gun", which hit theaters last weekend. Merciful, the film got off a decent start, but there is also a long way before we can declare it a success.

Directed by Akiva Schafer, the "Naked Gun" opened at $ 17 million at home, coming to the number three on the charts. Although it fell pretty hard, Marvel "Fantastic First: First Steps" remained in number one with $ 40 millionWith the animated sequel to the Universal "The Bad Guys 2", landing at number two with $ 22.2 million. To say, it was a crowded weekend. However, the revival of Paramount on its one -time comedy franchise was not buried. To that end, the film also withdrew $ 11.5 million abroad for a global start of $ 28.5 million.

Against the budget that is said to be in the range of $ 40 million, it is good enough for now. The "Naked Gun" came only in touch below expectations before postingBut monitoring has become increasingly uncertain in recent years, with the theater market becoming more unstable and unpredictable. More importantly, theater Roma Komes, such as "Anyone, but You" ($ 220 million), a ticket to Paradise "($ 168 million) and the" lost city "($ 192 million) have performed well since 2020. Direct comedy, yet? This is another story.

"Sticki" ($ 36 million worldwide) and "joy driving" ($ 15 million worldwide) are several recent examples of comedies that have been scattered in cinemas (even with excellent reviews, in the case of the latter). That's the case, tying what the "naked gun" can do will always be tricky. Also, not for nothing, but "Happy Gilmore 2" has become a monster hit by Netflix, which has provided real competition for the apple in the comedy space.

All things discussed, this is an encouraging start to revive the "naked gun". The film Starswoli Liam Neeson ("Take") as Frank Drebin Runior, who follows his father's footsteps (Frank Drebin on Leslie Nielsen) by leading the police squad. Pamela Anderson ("The Last Show -Show") and Paul Walter Hauser ("Kruella").

Reboot/Heritage of Schaffer, made by the creator of the "Guy family" Seth McFarlane, has been welcomed with very good reviews. Currently there are 90% of rotten tomatoes, boasts a solid A-Kinoskur from the audience. It suggests that the word from the mouth can be strong. In /film 9 of 10 review of "Naked Gun", Ethan Anderton even called it "the funniest movie of the year".

This is good because Paramount needs the film to hang out for several weeks in order to justify the budget. Now, it plays not unlike "without hard feelings" in 2023 starring Jennifer Lawrence, who made $ 87 million worldwide after opening $ 15 million. The fact that the "naked gun" opened something slightly above what is encouraging. If you can drive a similar trajectory and get nearly $ 100 million globally when everyone is said and done, the studio can probably call this victory.

This upcoming weekend is watched by Warner Bros.. ' Horror movie "Weapon" and Disney's sequel "Frakier Friday" arrive at box office. However, above that, the release calendar in August is relatively deprived of big films, with "Conjuring: Last Rites" serving as the next real cane when it arrives in early September. It can help give this fraud comedy runway it needs to preserve the theater comedy as we know it. It's too early to call and we'll know much more to come next Monday. So far, however, so far, so well.

The Naked Gun is currently playing in the cinemas.