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‘Here’ Misfires With $5M; Robert Zemeckis Says “Theatrical Movie Business Is In A Stressful Situation Right Now”: What Happened With ‘Forrest Gump’ Reteam At B.O.
How 'Here' the 'Forrest Gump' reteam of Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright & Eric Roth bombed at the box office with $5M opening.
However, his latest movie, the $50M Miramax financed and Sony released Here, which brings back together the Gump gang of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric Roth, was a situation of technology outshining the story. Zemeckis’ told me on the latest episode of Deadline’s Crew Call, which dropped on Friday that when it came to Here, “I have to give all the credit to (former Miramax Head) Bill Block who had the courage and had the vision to understand the movie and make it. The notion was that the film would find a U.S. home once it was shot, and Sony rescued the movie in a distribution deal given its relationship with Hanks on such titles like A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and A Man Called Otto.
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