“The 355,” a spy thriller starring Jessica Chastain and Lupita Nyong’o and the first wide release of 2022, brought in $350,000 in box office previews Thursday night from 2,300 theaters with screenings beginning at 7:00 p.m. This weekend, the film will be available on 3,145 North American screens.
The first weekend in January is traditionally a quiet time for the box office. However, Universal has stepped up with its star-studded and female-fronted action film. It is expected to open between $6-7 million.
Unfortunately, “The 355,”The film opens as the omicron coronavirus variant is rapidly spreading and forcing cancellations of events across the nation. This could put a damper on box office. But for comparison, Blake Lively’s spy movie “The Rhythm Section”Opening in January 2020 prior to the pandemic, it made $235,000 on Thursday previews. It then went on to make $2.7 million in its first weekend.
“X-Men”Simon Kinberg, franchise director, directed “The 355,”This story is about five top-ranking spies in their respective countries: the U.S. and Britain, Germany, Colombia, China, Colombia, Germany, Colombia, and China. They must stop a mercenary using a top secret weapon.
The film also stars Diane Kruger, Penélope Cruz and Bingbing Fan as the other agents, as well as Edgar Ramirez and Sebastian Stan.
“The 355’s”Screenplay by Theresa Rebeck, Kinberg and based on a Rebeck story. The film is presented by Universal Pictures in association with FilmNation Entertainment and is produced by Chastain and Kelly Carmichael for Chastain’s Freckle Films and by Kinberg for Kinberg Genre Films. Richard Hewitt is the executive producer of the film.