IN THE SPOTLIGHT
return to movies after a four-year retirement, but meant to also upend the traditional distribution model with crafty filmmaker-driven know how, independent financing, foreign and streaming service sales and a more concentrated and cheaper marketing push.
An $8.1 million debut from over 3,000 screens, however, isn’t enough to make a game-changing splash. In fact, it’s Soderbergh’s lowest wide-opening since his “Solaris” remake, which opened to $6.8 million in 2002. “Solaris” did have a higher production budget than “Logan Lucky’s” though.
Prior to the film’s release, Soderbergh told The Associated Press that he was prepared for any scenario.
“At least we got to do it the way we wanted to do it,” he said.
Dergarabedian posited that the limited exposure for Soderbergh and the producers means that “Logan Lucky” could still be a winning endeavor, despite coming in behind the horror holdover “Annabelle: Creation,” which earned $15.5 million in its second weekend.
In fourth place was Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk,” one of the summer’s bigger successes, with $6.7 million, which bumped its domestic total to $165.5 million. And there were a few milestones too: The buddy comedy “Girls Trip” sailed past the $100 million mark domestically, and “Wonder Woman” crossed $800 million worldwide.