Overview
- Rotten Tomatoes confirmed the film’s record gap — roughly 5–8% from critics versus 99% on its verified Popcornmeter — and said there was no bot manipulation of audience reviews.
- IMDb posted an “unusual voting activity” notice on the title as its user ratings skewed heavily toward one‑star scores, and a watchdog told Newsweek it found suspicious patterns, keeping questions about organic turnout alive.
- After an estimated $7 million domestic debut, reported weekday gains preceded an announced expansion to more than 2,000 theaters this weekend.
- The U.K. and Ireland box office was weak and at least one international market, South Africa, pulled the release, underscoring uneven performance outside core U.S. venues.
- Amazon MGM paid about $40 million and reportedly spent another $35 million on marketing, with analysts pointing to a Prime Video window and a planned companion docuseries as key to the film’s longer‑term strategy.