‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Earns $2.3 Million at Thursday Box Office
thewrap.comCarolina” as a means of attracting young audiences, the film is also the first targeting a largely female crowd since “Downton Abbey: A New Era” earlier this year.
That movie opened to $16 million after it brought in $1 million in its Thursday preview screenings. And though “Crawdads” earned a strong audience score on Rotten Tomatoes with a 94% rating, critics were less kind, saddling it with a 32% Rotten grade. “Where the Crawdads Sing” is a crime and mystery story aboutKya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina.
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect.
As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones alongside Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer, Jr.
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