Box Office Preview: ‘The Fall Guy’ Eyes $30 Million-Plus Debut as Summer Movie Season Revs Up
By Brent Lang
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, two essential ingredients in the“Barbenheimer” phenomenon, will leave Barbieland and Los Alamos behind them asthey team up for “TheFall Guy.” But will audiencesturn up in force to see the “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” stars when their newaction comedy debuts this weekend?Well, “The Fall Guy” isn’t going to hit those films’ box office heights, but it should have no troubletopping charts as it kicks off the summer movie season. The film is expected toearn north of $30 million, with some rival studio executives pegging theopening at between $35 million to $40 million. The catch is that movie wasn’tcheap to produce, boasting a healthy budget of $130 million, so “The Fall Guy”will need strong word-of-mouth if it’s going to leg it out on the long path ...






