Scandal plagued Alec Baldwin film flops in the cinemas

rust – The controversial Alec Baldwin film, in which cameraman Halyna Hutchins was accidentally turned to death while filming – is a bust on the opening weekend in the cinemas.

The tragedy of the shootout took place on October 21, 2021 at the Rost Set New Mexico, when a living round in a prop pistol Baldwin kept that he believed that the gaps went out and hutchins hit the chest. The cameraman later died in a local hospital, while director Joel Souza, who was hit in the shoulder by the same ball, recovered from his injuries.

Baldwin was charged twice of the involuntary homicide in the case, but the first indictment was rejected in April 2023, and the second indictment was dropped in July 2024.

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The film's tank, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was also charged with involuntary manslaughter and found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Baldwin and Souza continued to finish rust In 2023 and the film, the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland was premiered in November 2024. rust At the same time, debut in digital streaming and in cinemas on Friday, but the film registered little business in the case of the latter.

Accordingly DeadlineIt is expected to earn $ 25,000 from 115 North American theaters, which corresponds to an average of $ 215 per screen. Deadline explained that the bad turnout for rust in the cinemas from the availability of the film for streaming is due to digital video.

rust Had a production budget of around 8 million US The Hollywood reporter.

How did critics react to “rust”?

From Saturday, rust has evaluated a 46% “rotten” by Rotten tomatoeS critics based on 24 reviews.

Among the top critics RT who give rust A “lazy” rating is David Fear, who, like many critics, mentions the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins in his assessment. Fear writes about RT: “The fact that Hutchins' work here is the best that the film has for him only combines both the irony and the tragedy.”

Nick Schager of The daily animal Also gives Rust a “lazy” rating and writes about RT: “A dark matter has made all the grimmer through the fact that it did not color not a second of his 139 minutes by picking up the set, which made it remarkable and notable.”

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Mahola Dargis from The New York Times belongs to the top critics RT Who gives rust A “fresh” rating, writes: “What is undeniable that Weil rust Looks as good as it does every time drivers appear on horseback against a Florid Heaven, it is not the characters they think about – they are Halyna Hutchins. “

Rafer Guzman from News day also gives the film a “fresh” RTwrote: “Despite a tragic background story, this western holds grit, depth and moments of beauty.”

rust Play in the cinemas and is available on PVOD.

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