‘Jackass Forever’ Laughs Up a $23.5 Million Box Office Opening
thewrap.comThe return of the irreverent MTV stunt series has opened well below the $50 million start earned by “Jackass 3D” in 2010, though that was to be expected given the ongoing impact of the pandemic on most box office receipts.
As with pretty much every film that has found box office success this past year despite the adversity, “Jackass Forever” has relied on turnout from younger male audiences with theaters in Los Angeles accounting for 27 of the top 40 highest grossing locations. “Jackass Forever” also has something that its predecessors did not: strong word of mouth.
Along with a B+ on CinemaScore, it sports the highest Rotten Tomatoes critics score ever in the series with 87%. How much that can help this film is unclear, as there’s not much to “Jackass Forever” beyond what is seen in the marketing.
Either audiences are interested in watching a bunch of ridiculous stunts or they are not. Regardless, Paramount now has two low-budget box office hits in the past month, as “Jackass Forever” sports a production budget of just $10 million.
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