In one of the most non-shocking developments of the year, the box office showed critical favorite Detroit completely tanking this weekend. The film, made with a budget of $34 million, cleared just $7.25 million domestically on its opening weekend, clocking in eighth, behind blockbusters like The Emoji Movie, now in its second week, and Girls Trip, now in its third. Dunkirk, meanwhile, barely missed winning the box office again, clearing $17.6 million in its third week for a total domestic gross of $133.6 million.
Some of that has to do, no doubt, with the heavy subject matter of the material in Detroit, but some of it also has to do with the fact that audiences have been less than enthusiastic. While critics give the film a Rotten Tomatoes score of 87%, audiences gave it just 76%. Dunkirk, by contrast, earned 82% from audiences, and Girls Trip earned 87%.
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