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The action film starring Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson still won the box office in North America this weekend Karen Neal/Prime Critics and moviegoers alike said “bah humbug” to , the new Christmas-themed action movie starring and . The film, which had a massive budget of $250 million, took in just $34.1 million since opening on Friday, Nov.
15, according to , and . With data collected from 4,032 North American theaters, topped the domestic box office, however, ending the three-week streak previously held by . The project also earned $14.
7 million overseas from 75 markets, during what marked its second weekend in theaters there, per . Theo Wargo/Getty Prior to opening, the movie — about the North Pole’s head of security (Johnson) who teams up with a bounty hunter (Evans) to rescue the kidnapped Santa Claus ( ), received harsh reviews. ’s Brian Truitt noted that was than ’s 1996 stinker , but added “you’ll find a better dose of the holiday spirit in ” — the gory horror movie about a murderous clown that’s made more than $80 million worldwide since its October release.
Sebastian Reuter/Getty Related: , , is “a particularly egregious piece of commercial slop...
blandly polished inanity without any clever sense of irony or properly wacky sensibility that would make something this dumb actually float.” in their assessment, however: “This search-and-rescue tale of a kidnapped Santa Claus doesn’t reinvent the action-movie wheel, but it’s a fun spin on holiday tropes,” according to ’s Alonso Duralde. John Nacion/Variety via Getty Related: No matter what the public at large thought of the film, Johnson and Evans .
“So many times I laughed. I am notorious for ruining takes. I laugh; it's just what happens,” Johnson previously told PEOPLE of filming scenes with his costar.
"Chris is a very funny guy. He's also very talented.” is in theaters now.
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