Jack Quaid’s Novocaine is No. 1 at the box office – but the numbers aren’t great for the movie industry overall.
In its opening weekend, the movie brought in $8.7 million, via Variety.
This marks one of the worst debuts to still go to No. 1 spot, at least since the days of the pandemic.
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In fact, this weekend was among the year’s lowest grossing to date, with roughly $54 million across all films, according to the report.
Novocaine also opened behind $10 million to $12 million projections from 3,365 North American theaters.
That said, the movie only cost $18 million to make before marketing. It’s earned a “B” grade on CinemaScore and an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In the film, when the girl of his dreams (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, everyman Nate (Quaid) turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Watch the trailer and see photos of Jack with his girlfriend from the premiere…
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