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The Toxic Avenger Reboot Opens Unrated With Strong Reviews and $700,000 Opening Day

Cineverse revives the long-delayed reboot with an unrated theatrical run built on practical effects, Troma-style satire.

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Overview

  • Opening wide on August 29 via Cineverse and Iconic Events, the film is playing in over 1,900 North American theaters in an unrated cut.
  • Early reception is upbeat, with a reported opening-day gross over $700,000 and a Rotten Tomatoes score hovering around 83% with Certified Fresh status.
  • Peter Dinklage voices Winston/Toxie while Luisa Guerreiro performs in the prosthetic suit, alongside Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood and Jacob Tremblay.
  • Macon Blair says producers gave him creative freedom and rejects past chatter that the film was “unreleasable,” crediting Cineverse’s unrated-release track record for the rollout.
  • Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman praises the reboot’s faithfulness, and the movie cheekily teases future adventures, though no sequel has been greenlit.