CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports:

Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg‘s “Flight Risk” is facing no traffic on the runway, lifting off to an easy No. 1 opening in what is turning out to be another sleepy weekend at the January box office. The Lionsgate thriller carried on $4.4 million from 3,161 locations across Friday and preview screenings.

Lionsgate held the review embargo for “Flight Risk” until preview screenings for a reason — critics have largely torn apart the movie, which marks Gibson’s directorial follow-up to his Oscar-nominated 2016 war drama “Hacksaw Ridge.”

Audiences aren’t on board either, with moviegoer pollster Cinema Score turning in a rough C grade. “Flight Risk” is likely in an alright enough position either way; it’s a modestly budgeted thriller and Lionsgate typically covers financial risks by selling off foreign rights to its films before release.

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