David Leitch‘s ‘The Fall Guy‘ earned $28.5 million domestically during its opening weekend from 4,002 locations, along with $25.4 million internationally. This includes debuts of $4.4 million in the U.K., $2.5 million in Mexico, and $2.3 million in France. The film’s international total now stands at $36.9 million, with an estimated global total of $65.4 million.
The film received a rating of 7.3/10 on IMDb, 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 77% on Metacritic. Also, it earned an A- CinemaScore.
In the film, Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman fresh off an almost career-ending accident. Colt is persuaded to return to his stunt career when he’s told his ex, Jody (Emily Blunt), is directing a film and asks for him specifically. With hopes of winning back the love of his life, Colt returns to set only to find the movie’s leading man missing and production in peril. Ensnared in an increasingly wild conspiracy, he must solve the mystery to save Jody’s film and get one last shot with her. What could possibly go right?
Directed by Leitch from a screenplay by Drew Pearce. The film also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a movie star who goes missing, Stephanie Hsu as the movie star’s personal assistant, Winston Duke as the stuntman’s best friend, Hannah Waddingham as a film producer, Teresa Palmer, and Ben Knight. Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series.
Produced by Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, Nobody, Atomic Blonde) and David Leitch for their company 87North, and by Gosling and by Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones, Steve Jobs and executive producer of the upcoming series Ripley) for Entertainment 360. The film is executive produced by Drew Pearce, Entertainment 360’s Geoff Shaevitz, and the creator of the original Fall Guy television series, Glen A. Larson.
‘The Fall Guy’ is now playing in theaters.
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