The newly released film How to Rob a Bank opened to an estimated $4 million at the domestic box office this weekend, despite debuting on more than 2,800 screens and carrying a production and promotion budget estimated at around $120 million.
By comparison, Jim Caviezel’s film Ghost Soldier, which opened on fewer screens (2,560), brought in roughly $7.1 million, nearly double the opening of How to Rob a Bank.
Topping the weekend chart was Johnny Depp’s Ebenezer, a retelling of the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol, which opened with more than $20 million and is expected to maintain strong ticket sales through the holiday season. Ebenezer’s production and promotion budget is estimated at around $90 million, and its global gross is reportedly approaching half of that figure already.
Depp’s career had been sidelined for several years following accusations of abuse made by his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard. Depp later sued Heard, and a court ruled in his favor.
Movie critic Christian Toto reviewed How to Rob a Bank for the New York Post, writing that the film “repeatedly lectures the audience on the evils of modern-day capitalism, demanding we rise up and violently fight back. Rob a bank. Shoot an off-duty cop trying to restore law and order.” Toto added that “through it all, our ‘heroes’ are treated like flawless Robin Hoodlums, beyond moral reproach.”
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