TV: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum’s ‘The Lost City’ takes down ‘The Batman’ with $31 mn debut – Gulf Digital News

TV: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum’s ‘The Lost City’ takes down ‘The Batman’ with $31 mn debut – Gulf Digital News

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum's screwball romantic comedy 'The Lost City' collected $31 million at North American theatres over the weekend, a promising sign that Netflix hasn't completely seized on the meet-cute market.

Of course, Paramount, which is behind 'The Lost City,' did not rely only on positive reviews to fuel ticket sales.

The on-screen chemistry between Bullock and Tatum, who were inescapable on social media, billboards and in trailers while promoting the film, were key in getting audiences to cinemas.

That's a huge accomplishment in an era where familiar franchises have been dictating commercial success (at least, compared to the promise of A-list stars).

At the same time, 'The Lost City,' an original adventure that has been described as 'Romancing the Stone' meets 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' indicates that romantic comedies haven't entirely fallen out of favour with moviegoers.

"This is an excellent opening," says David A Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research.

"Romantic comedies have been in decline for a dozen years, well before the pandemic. The combination of big cast plus crowd-pleasing romance plus comedy plus adventure has worked before, and it's working again."

'The Lost City' cost $68 million, which is fairly expensive for a rom-com. But Bullock