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Edgar Wright’s The Running Man Opens to Divided Reviews as AI-Satire Focus and Early Box Office Emerge

Early grosses alongside divided reviews position Wright's remake as Paramount's holiday gamble.

Overview

  • The film is now playing in theaters internationally, with releases noted in the United States and India.
  • Coverage highlights AI and deepfake manipulation as a core narrative device shaping the story’s media-control theme.
  • Stephen King publicly praised Wright’s revised ending as satisfying for readers of the novel without revealing specifics.
  • Lee Pace describes hunter Evan McCone’s masked, performative persona and the show’s rigged optics in a new interview.
  • Reports cite a production budget near $110 million and early domestic earnings of about $6.4 million, underscoring Paramount’s sizable bet.