‘The Lost City’ Is Paramount’s Third Box Office No. 1 in 2022

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While the romcom adventure film starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum has some work to do to turn a profit with its reported $68-70 million budget, it still stands as the third Paramount film to open to No.

1 at the box office. After having a very limited presence in theaters last year, Paramount found some theatrical success in the early stages of 2022 with low-budget offerings “Scream” and “Jackass Forever” and is now hoping to find more with this pricier mid-budget film catering to a different demographic than the mostly 18-35 male crowd that has defined the theatrical market.

Another encouraging sign for “The Lost City” is its solid critical and audience reception, earning a B+ from audiences on CinemaScore along with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 76% critics and 86% audience.

With Sony releasing another male-skewing blockbuster next week with “Morbius” and Paramount releasing the first family film in months with “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” on April 8, “The Lost City” could use that word-of-mouth to find a lane for itself among female audiences, particularly fans of Tatum who showed up to see his other recent film “Dog,” this past month.