'Hustlers' opened to a stellar $33.2 million at the U.S. box office, ahead of expectations
also star in the movie, which garnered strong reviews and loud buzz out of its debut at the Toronto Film Festival.
"There is a pretty solid track record over many decades of audiences responding to well-made, interesting crime stories and that is the lens through which we viewed this film. Some people have understandably broken it down to just being a stripper movie, but that's a mistake. With the incredible appeal of the cast, we always believed that at the right price, it was a bet worth making," says STXfilms chairman Adam Fogelson.
"We've leaned into films featuring and made by women. And there's no question as to the ongoing benefits of having diversity in the cast and crew," says Fogleson. "I'm thrilled this is another moment of which the industry should take note."In July 2018, Warner Bros.' star-studded, gender-bending opened to $41.6 million domestically, followed a month later by a pleasing $26.5 million domestically for the studio's . The two films went on to gross $297.
There are several high-profile female-fronted films on the fall and year-end release calendar, including Disney's , returning Angelina Jolie in the titular role ; Sony and director Elizabeth Banks' , starring McCarthy and helmed by her husband, Ben Falcone ; and Sony's is one of the the biggest successes of 2019 for an original film alongside Quentin Tarantino's Says Dergarabedian, "2019 has been a year of box office contradictions and for every original film that failed,...
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