Amidst persevering with controversy surrounding its director and a slate of poor evaluations, Woody Allen's newest movie, Rifkin's Pageant, earned simply $24,000 on the U.S. field workplace this previous weekend.

This makes the film the lowest-grossing characteristic of Allen's six-decade Hollywood profession.

Starring Wallace Shawn and Gina Gershon, Rifkin's Pageant opened in solely 26 film theaters throughout the US. The movie—the forty ninth directed by Allen—beforehand had its premiere on the San Sebastián Worldwide Movie Pageant in September 2020.

The most important single consumption at a U.S. location was seen at Landmark Theaters in Los Angeles, which raked in $2,300 price of tickets for the film.

Internationally, the movie fared barely higher, significantly in Spain—the nation by which a lot of Rifkin's Pageant is about. Regardless of these improved field workplace performances, the movie had nonetheless grossed solely $1.8 million worldwide on the finish of the weekend.

A part of the low field workplace consumption in the US can probably be attributed to quite a few common or below-average evaluations from various business specialists.

The movie presently holds only a 43 % critic's rating amongst 61 evaluations on the movie evaluate web site Rotten Tomatoes. Notably, Los Angeles Instances movie columnist Gary Goldstein referred to as Rifkin's Pageant "arguably [Allen's] worst," and Selection's Man Lodges acknowledged that the movie "is the newest in a prolonged string of undistinguished bagatelles that may all be described as easy, and never in an particularly complimentary vogue."

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'Rifkin's Pageant,' the newest characteristic movie from director Woody Allen, opened to only $24,000 in 26 film theatres throughout the US this previous weekend. This makes the movie Allen's lowest-opening movie ever within the U.S., and comes amidst renewed controversy over sexual assault allegations in opposition to him. Right here, a nonetheless from the movie depicts actors Wallace Shawn (l) and Louis Garrel (r).Gravier Productions/Mediapro

Nevertheless, the extra notable subject surrounding the movie's low field workplace returns probably lies with its director's background.

Allen, 86, is likely one of the longest-working administrators in Hollywood, and over his profession has acquired 4 Academy Awards and 9 BAFTAs. He has directed award-winning options akin to Annie Corridor, Blue Jasmine and Midnight in Paris.

Nevertheless, Allen's status was scarred starting within the Nineteen Nineties, when he was accused of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, then 7 years outdated. Allen has repeatedly denied these allegations, and has by no means been charged.

Regardless of this, Farrow has repeated her accusations a number of instances for the reason that Nineteen Nineties, first talking publicly concerning the allegations in 2013. She would later publish a letter in The New York Instances that after once more described the alleged abuse.

Allen's organic son, journalist Ronan Farrow, has additionally stood by his sister's allegations, criticizing his father on social media on various events. Ronan Farrow would later acquire additional fame by serving to to show convicted intercourse offender Harvey Weinstein, which sparked the #MeToo motion.

The allegations have prompted Allen's profession with Hollywood to be considerably extra subdued, though lots of his movies within the early 2000s continued to garner essential reward. Nevertheless, following backlash from #MeToo activists and renewed curiosity within the allegations in opposition to Allen, Amazon, the unique manufacturing home for Rifkin's Pageant, canceled an $80 million contract with the director.

Rifkin's Pageant was finally picked up and distributed by a smaller manufacturing home, MPI Media Group. The corporate additionally reportedly distributed Allen's prior movie, A Wet Day in New York.

Nevertheless, two individuals who appear to imagine Allen's claims of innocence are the celebrities of Rifkin's Pageant, Wallace Shawn and Gina Gershon. Shawn printed a column in TheWrap in November 2021 stating that "I felt an excellent respect for him — and an excellent affection."

"If it is acceptable to sentence and shun an individual as a result of they did one thing reprehensible, it is not acceptable to sentence and shun them for doing it in the event that they did not do it," Shawn continued.

When TheWrap contacted Dylan Farrow for a response, her spokesperson instructed the outlet that "the concept that Shawn 'may validate Dylan's personhood after which go on to invalidate her life expertise' was 'flawed.'"

Newsweek has reached out to Allen's agent for remark.