'Doctor Sleep' kicks off weekend box office with $1.5M on Thursday night

[masterofmystery]

#DoctorSleep rouses $1.5 million at the Thursday box office https://t.co/bzvhMed2kv
- Variety (@Variety) November 8, 2019

Shining sequel 'Doctor Sleep' kicked off this weekend's box office with $1.5 Million from Thursday night previews in the U.S./Canada. The horror/thriller starring Ewan McGregor is anticipated to make between $25 million to $30

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[sandstorm]

Aaaand the Shining is still on my DVR, mostly unwatched.

[just444]

'Last Christmas' ($30 million budget), which made $575,000 on Thursday.

has any GoT actor ever been in an successful movie

[genbu_no_miko24]

Richard Madden was in Rocketman and that did good. Alfie been in the John Wick series and those movies have done well.

[corgismiles]

Alfie Allen is in that JoJo Rabbit movie right now. I don't know if it's making any money but it got good reviews!

[just444]

it has a 58 on metacritic

[trumpydoesmagic]

Seeing it tonight!!

ALSO, I rewatched the movie for the first time in over a decade and it was the first time since reading the book and now I absolutely hate it lmao. I tried to appreciate it as a separate thing but I just got so mad watching it last night so it makes me happy that Stephen said this movie was like a redemption of it.

[headcaseheidi]

im a stan of both the novel and the miniseries who likes the movie but is very put off by its godlike status by film and horror bros alike

anyway i loved the doctor sleep movie despite finding the source novel only okay lol

[genbu_no_miko24]

Doctor Sleep was a pretty good tie-in to The Shining!

I pretty much agree with reviews that mentions that the first 2/3 of the movie is great but the last third gets a bit wonky.

Ewan was PERFECT in this role and Kyleigh Curran who plays the main girl steals the show!! Her character is g r e a t.

[corgismiles]

Only kind of related to Doctor Sleep but this week's episode of Castle Rock was SO good, omg.

Also, my dumbass didn't catch that Ace Merrill is a rework of Kiefer Sutherland's Stand By Me character until episode 5. Even though that's literally his name and they're from Castle Rock, lol.

[oblivious_frog]

Omg I actually haven't ever seen Stand By me but this blew my mind lol

[myselfdestruct]

Is this season better than the last? The first season started well but really didn't end with any good resolution.

[corgismiles]

I didn't watch the first season but I really like this one! Lizzy Caplan is amazing and the story is pretty solid so far, even though I get kind of confused because I'm not that familiar with most of Stephen King's work.