Nobody makes money on this weekend. Ah, but this was the first adult date picture in a long time. The star power of Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones promised audiences a sexy battle of the wits and was enough to overcome the shortcomings of the cheesy ad campaign and of the picture itself. Hell, this picture looked like a relic of the early 80's with its soft focus camera and tired plot. Meanwhile, things got back to normal in the teeny bopper genre as Idle Hands tanked just like this sort of picture used to.
International prospects look bleak as well.
To be fair, Fox did abandon it shortly before it opened. Also, Entrapment was more dominant than expected in the adult demographic. The picture finally goes wide this Friday. For more results, check out Weekend Box Office .