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“Red One” earns .7 million during Thursday’s previews
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“Red One” earns $3.7 million during Thursday’s previews

Halloween is over, which means it’s time for the Christmas season (sorry, Thanksgiving) – and Dwayne Johnson is here to kick off the Christmas season early with “Red One.”

His Christmas action film starring Chris Evans has grossed $3.7 million at the box office so far during Thursday previews. The Amazon MGM film is on track to gross between $30 million and $35 million, with some forecasts lower than $25 million and others as high as $40 million. With a massive budget of $250 million, plus marketing costs, it will take a Christmas miracle for “Red One” to become a profitable hit at the box office. However, Amazon MGM is also focused on luring people to its Amazon Prime Video streaming service (where “Red One” will later land), so box office returns aren’t as high on the company’s wish list with big to fail.

Johnson, who also produced “Red One” through his production company Seven Bucks, is reteaming with his “Jumanji” director Jake Kasdan for the holiday action adventure. He plays Callum Drift, the head of Santa’s security forces, who teams up with corrupt bounty hunter Jack O’Malley (Evans) to track down St. Nick after he is kidnapped. Their chilly journey leads them into battle against buff snowmen, Santa’s evil brother Krampus, the winter witch Gryla and more icy enemies. The cast includes JK Simmons as Santa, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka as Gryla, Kristofer Hivju as Krampus, Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Claus and more.

As the only new major release this weekend, “Red One” should have no problem taking the box office crown from three-time winner “Venom: The Last Dance” and other holdovers like “Conclave,” “Heretic” and “The Best Christmas”. Parade ever.”