The socially-relevant period piece only pulled in less than half of the business that The Dark Tower did – making only $7.2 million, which was good enough only for eighth place.
In what’s arguably more disappointing news, even critical-smashes couldn’t get a win this weekend.
Of course, the big advantage that Detroit has is that people will be talking about it for months as we get into awards season.
Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit expanded into wide release this weekend after starting off in only a handful of theaters, and it didn’t exactly rake in the dough.