Denzel Washington’s ‘The Little Things’ Leads Box Office Despite HBO Max Debut
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWould audiences pay to see a new movie in theaters if they could watch the same title at home from the comfort of their couch? Prior to the pandemic, the response from theater operators and cinema purists would have been a resounding “no.”Yet Hollywood is finding that, at least while a plague of Biblical proportion rages, the answer is: sorta.“The Little Things,” a crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek, topped domestic box office charts, debuting to $4.8 million. In normal times, those ticket sales would spell disaster but today, it actually ranks as one of the stronger COVID-era opening weekends.