Robert Pattinson’s New Thriller Officially Removed From 1,400 Theaters
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Having exceeded box-office expectations in North America, a critically acclaimed Oscar contender is beginning its international rollout this week. The psychological drama, based on Dateline NBC’s controversial reality series To Catch a Predator, stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen. The film has been criticized by Hansen, who claims to have not been consulted on it. Critics, however, have been largely supportive of the movie, particularly Pattinson’s performance. But now, after three solid weeks, the film is poised to lose a significant chunk of its theater count to make way for several new movies.
One of them happens to be co-directed by the film’s director, Lance Oppenheim. His hotly anticipated three-hour documentary feature YouCan See Everything, which follows the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, is being released in more than 800 theaters nationwide by A24 this week. Co-directed by and featuring Nathan Fielder, the documentary holds a perfect 100% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and is being positioned as a possible Best Picture contender. Pattinson, meanwhile, is in the running for a Best Actor nod for his performance in the film. The actor has had a tremendous 2026, having starred in the fellow A24 hit The Drama, which grossed around $135 million worldwide against a reported budget of $28 million, and in Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey, which has grossed nearly $1.8 billion globally. He will soon be seen in the sure-fire hit Dune: Part Three.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes What Is Your Biggest Horror Nightmare? Elm Street · Chucky · Scream · The Conjuring
Four horror franchises. Four completely different ways of scaring you. One waits until you fall asleep. One makes sure nobody believes you. One is already in your group of friends. And one is in the house with your family. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually watch horror, and find out which nightmare was built for you.
😴Elm Street(Freddy Krueger)
🧸Chucky(Child’s Play)
📞Scream(Ghostface)
🕯️The Conjuring(The Warren Files)
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Which horror scene makes you cover your eyes? Four classic images. One of them is worse than the others for you.
02
You are home alone and you hear a noise. First thought? Everybody has one. It arrives before you have decided anything.
03
Which horror movie rule would you break first? Everybody thinks they would survive. Almost nobody actually does.
04
Something genuinely frightening happens. What do you do? Not in a film. In your actual living room, tonight.
05
How do you actually watch a horror film? Be honest about this one. Nobody is checking.
06
Somebody offers you serious money. Which do you still refuse? The amount does not matter. There is one on this list you are not doing.
07
Which feeling stays with you a week after the film? Good horror does not stop when the credits do.
08
Something wakes you at 3am. What is the worst possibility? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides your nightmare.
The Lights Just Went Out Your Nightmare Is…
Four franchises, four completely different ways of getting underneath
your skin. This is the one built out of your particular fear, why it works so well on you, and what
it would leave behind.
A Nightmare on Elm Street · Since 1984
Elm Street
Your nightmare does not wait outside the door. It waits for you
to close your eyes, which you are going to have to do eventually, because nobody has ever
won that particular argument.
Freddy is horror’s cruellest idea: a threat that lives in the one place you cannot
guard, cannot lock, and cannot avoid forever.
You are the one who is fine during the film and wide awake at two in the morning. Your
own head is where this does its damage.
These films understood exhaustion as a horror engine. The kids on Elm Street do not lose
because they are weak. They lose because they are tired.
You can lock every door in the house. You still have to sleep.
Child’s Play · Chucky · Since 1988
Chucky
Your nightmare is not really the doll. It is the face of the
person you tell, and the way they decide, very kindly, that you have imagined all of it.
Chucky works precisely because he is absurd. That is the trap: the more accurately you
describe him, the less anybody is going to believe you.
You are the one shouting at the screen because the characters are not listening. You
know that feeling from real life too.
The franchise is at its best when the adults in the room are the real obstacle, and you
have met those adults.
By the time somebody finally believes you, you will have handled most of it on your own.
Scream · Ghostface · Since 1996
Scream
Your nightmare has your number, knows your name, and has almost
certainly been inside your house before. The worst part is that you already know them.
Scream is the only one of these where the killer takes the mask off and turns out to be
somebody who was at the party.
You are the person who calls the twist out loud before it lands. You watch people the
same way you watch films.
The franchise made the rules of horror part of the plot, which means the survivors are
the ones paying attention. You would be paying attention.
Everybody is a suspect, including the person who just offered to walk you home.
The Conjuring · The Warren Files · Since 2013
The Conjuring
Your nightmare is not really about you. It is about the people
asleep down the hall, and the feeling that whatever is here is not interested in leaving.
The Conjuring films are domestic horror. The house, the family, the perfectly ordinary
room that quietly stops feeling ordinary.
Your instinct is to get everybody into one room. Your fear is protective rather than
personal, which is rarer than it sounds.
This is the one franchise where belief is the weapon. The people who come through it are
the ones who are not alone and refuse to be.
Whatever is here did not come for you. It came for the household, and you are the one
standing in the hallway.
Here’s How Much ‘Primetime’ Has Grossed So Far
The film in question, Primetime, has generated $42 million domestically so far against a reported budget of $14 million, and will likely hit the $50 million mark eventually. A24 removed the film from more than 800 theaters this week, bringing its total to around 1,400, down from more than 2,800 in September. Also starring Merritt Wever andSkyler Gisondo, the movie appears to have settled at a “Certified Fresh” 86% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads, “Turning the camera’s scrutinizing eye back onto To Catch a Predator‘s journalistic legacy, Primetime interrogates the slippery boundary between justice and lurid spectacle with crackling style and an outstanding Robert Pattinson.”
You can still watch Primetime in theaters and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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