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Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Opened Worse than ‘After Earth’ and ‘Seven Pounds’

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Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Opened Worse than ‘After Earth’ and ‘Seven Pounds’; Warner Brothers blames the weather for the lack of ticket sales.

Will Smith, who is typically called a “movie star” for bringing in millions of dollars to the box office, had his worst opening since his 2008 box office bomb, Seven Pounds with Focus.

According to reports, Focus earned only $19.1 million and Warner Bros. claims that the weather is to blame for the lack of ticket sales.

“This was a midrange-budgeted movie, and the strong result reflected that,” said Warner Bros. executive vp distribution Jeff Goldstein. “The severely inclement weather in the Midwest and the South played havoc at the box office.” [TheHollywoodReporter]

Not too many people seemed to enjoy the movie. The movie was rated 56% on RottenTomatoes and audiences gave it a B cinemascore.

Will Smith’s Hitch, debuted to 43.1 million in 2005. In addition, it looks as though the movie will make less money domestically than Will Smith’s other box office bomb, After Earth. I guess Will Smith can sit back and reminisce about the good times since his movie star status is beginning to fade. It may be time to take Will Smith off of a pedestal and put him next to other actors who used to be relevant 20 years ago.

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Image Credit: Warner Bros/ Source: FilmDrunk

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