Ryan Gosling is back at the box office, but he's ditching his “Barbie” fur coat for a stuntman's suit.
His latest film, “The Fall Guy,” has arrived in theaters and earned $3.15 million in Thursday box office projections.
The film is expected to open around $30 million this weekend, with some estimates as high as $35 million or $40 million. It will have to hit the box office hard and keep a better mouth, because it carries a budget of 130 million dollars.
Gosling stars as seasoned stuntman Colt Seavers in Universal's The Fall Guy, which is based on the 80s TV show of the same name, which starred Lee Majors as a stuntman turned bounty hunter. After a horrific accident, Colt retires from the stunt life and breaks up with his girlfriend and camera operator Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt). However, when Jody makes her directorial debut with world-famous actor Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) – for whom Colt stunt doubled – he is drawn back into the world of stunts and embroiled in a murder mystery. Tom goes missing and Colt must find him, performing death-defying stunts along the way.
David Leitch, a former stuntman himself, directs The Fall Guy. He previously directed the action-heavy films Bullet Train, Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw, Atomic Blonde and Deadpool 2, and has done stunt work on dozens of films dating back to the '90s. . The Fall Guy also stars Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu and Teresa Palmer.
Sony and Screen Gems' horror film Tarot ($715,000 in previews) is also opening this weekend and is looking to scare between $5 million and $6 million. “Star Wars” returns to theaters in honor of May the Fourth and “The Phantom Menace” will be re-released for its 25th anniversary. It's looking to make around $5 million this weekend.
