“The Brothers Grimsby” is off to a grim start at the box office this weekend after grossing just $235,000 from 1,937 locations on Thursday night.
J.J. Abrams‘ latest production, “10 Cloverfield Lane,” on the other hand, had an impressive start to its opening weekend. The thrilled scared up $1.8 million from approximately 2,500 locations.
Tracking for a $20 million weekend, “10 Cloverfield Lane” isn’t a sequel to the 2008 breakout hit “Cloverfield,” despite its title.
Director Dan Trachtenberg‘s feature film debut was called “The Cellar” when it was in the script stage in 2014. It subsequently became “Valencia,” and then took on its current title during development at Bad Robot Productions to evolve into what Abrams has called a “blood relative” or “spiritual successor” to “Cloverfield.”