Jenna Ortega’s new drama hits dismal box office

Miller’s daughter proved a dismal box office low for star Jenna Ortega. The new film stars Ortega as Cairo Sweet, a student who forms a complicated relationship with her writing professor Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman). Earlier in the week, the film debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 33% aggregated from 39 different reviews, giving Ortega the second lowest critical score of his film career thus far , just ahead of that of 2022. The best kindwhich has a score of 28%.

By DeadlineTHE Miller’s daughter the release, which is in 350 theaters nationwide, is expected to gross a 3-day opening weekend total of $321,000. It is lowest opening weekend for any Jenna Ortega film given an appropriate national version. While the gross figure being so low is somewhat natural given its limited release, the film also has a per-screen average of $917, which is the second lowest for a Jenna Ortega opening weekend behind that of 2022. Workshop 666which had an average of $312 when it opened.

Jenna Ortega can quickly get over Miller’s daughter

This poor opening weekend result could be the result of many different factors, including Rotten Tomatoes score and Miller’s daughter a controversial age gap storyline. However, he does not necessarily reflect anything damaging about Ortega’s ability to direct a successful film. The star, who has hits like Shout, Scream VIAnd X to its credit, looks poised to dominate the box office again later in 2024.

by Ortega the most promising upcoming project is that of Tim Burton Beetle juice 2, in which she plays Delia Deetz, the daughter of Winona Ryder’s returning character Lydia. This film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on September 6, is the long-awaited sequel to the director’s 1988 hit starring Michael Keaton. While it remains to be seen how much the new film will gross at the box office, the original opened to $8 million ($21 million when adjusted for inflation), so even if the sequel only matches this figure rather than surpassing it, it will provide its star with box office redemption.

Ortega will also follow the film Miller’s daughter reprising his title role in the upcoming Wednesday season 2. Although this project is a Netflix show and therefore has no relation to the domestic box office, it will help increase her star power in the meantime while she prepares for other film roles in come. Overall, the poor performance in this new drama probably won’t hurt the star’s future career.

Source: Deadline

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Miller’s daughter

Miller’s Girl is a comedy-drama from writer-director Jade Halley Bartlett. The film follows a professor named Jonathan Miller (Martin Freeman) and his talented young student, played by Jenna Ortega, who find themselves entangled in a complex relationship after a creative writing assignment yields unexpected results.

Release date

January 26, 2024

Director

Jade Bartlett

Cast

Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega, Gideon Adlon, Bashir Salahuddin, Dagmara Dominczyk, Christine Adams

Duration

93 minutes

Writers

Jade Bartlett

Studio(s)

Photos of Point Gray

Distributor(s)

Lions Gate