Mark Wahlberg’s New Crime Thriller Officially Loses Nearly 3,000 Theaters

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The theatrical market isn't what it used to be, and neither is the kind of pull that movie stars used to have. Even Tom Cruise is struggling to put butts in seats for his new film, Digger, which is tracking to deliver his weakest box-office debut in nearly two decades. On the other hand, several other stars have leveraged their big-screen popularity into streaming success. Stars such as Jason Statham and Gerard Butler may not have headlined a streaming original in their careers — difficult to believe, but true — they can be counted on to deliver movies that perform extraordinarily well on the PVOD market. Meanwhile, Mark Wahlberg rarely does theatrical films these days, having settled into the world of streaming. He diverted from the norm with a big-screen movie that has performed a lot like one of Statham and Butler's recent films.

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