This week used to be nail-biting time in Hollywood as the studios nervously unfurled their summer blockbusters and prayed for lines at the box office. That time is bye-bye. To be sure, a few movies are still opening.
I decided to drop by one pre-opening party this week to find Ted Sarandos, jaunty in sports jacket and jeans, cheerfully greeting guests at a screening of his company’s $150 million Eddie Murphy feature. No one was biting nails or counting lines. Related Stories News Judge Reinhold On Being Cast In Original ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Before Eddie Murphy Signed On – ‘Axel F’ Premiere News ‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’s Jerry Bruckheimer On Future Fifth Film, ‘Top Gun 3’ & Reviving Box Office: “The Audience Is There” Rambunctiously entertaining, Axel F defies blockbuster criteria even for sequels of museum vintage.
At age 63, Murphy’s ingratiating smile has endured over the four decades since the first Beverly Hills Cop wreaked havoc, blasting down Rodeo Drive. Research reinforces the movie’s strong generational feedback. The event this week delighted its audience on the big screen at the elegantly resuscitated Egyptian Theater in Hollywood – a combined Netflix /American Cinematheque restoration.
It will open July 3 for Netflix’s 270 million sofa-bound subscribers worldwide without a theatrical release. By contrast, Bad Boys: Ride or Die from Amazon is briefly thriving at the box office. RELATED: 2024 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On .
