Robert Pattinson Plays Chris Hansen in a Thriller That Opened to $19.2 Million
A24's "Primetime," a true-crime thriller that casts Robert Pattinson as Dateline NBC journalist and "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen, took in $19.2 million from 2,863 North American venues in its opening weekend. Variety reports the result landed on the higher end of box office expectations.
Nearly 2,900 theaters is wide-release territory, and a near-$20 million opening is a notable number for a film built around a television host famous for on-camera confrontations with would-be predators — material that already has an audience trained by the show itself.
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The interesting part of that figure is the theater count. A24 putting a film into 2,863 venues is a wide commercial release, not the platform prestige rollout the company was once known for.
A gross isn't a verdict. $19.2 million tells you what tickets sold in one weekend, not what the film cost to make or whether it will end up profitable.