Woody Allen flick ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ has lowest box office opening of his career
nypost.com“Rifkin’s Festival” is bombing at the box office.The comedy flick starring Gina Gershon and Wallace Shawn has the lowest opening of the 86-year-old filmmaker’s long career, which tanked after he was accused of molesting his his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.“Rifkin’s Festival” is Allen’s 49th film to date and only made $24,000 on Friday and Saturday from 26 theaters, according to the Wrap.
Landmark Theaters owns many of the cinemas that the movie is being screened at. Their Los Angeles location grossed the highest total for the film with $2,300.
At the Quad Cinema, in New York City, the film only grossed $1,600 over the weekend.The plot follows a retired film professor (played by Shawn) who goes with his wife (Gershon) to the San Sebastián Film Festival in Spain.
Christoph Waltz and Elena Anaya also star.The “Midnight in Paris” director’s 2017 film “Wonder Wheel” also earned fairly low box office results.
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