The 100M epic Ben Hur is struggling to find audiences, as predicted, this weekend, falling below the other two new entries (and two holdovers). This has to hurt for MGM, but pretty much everyone saw this coming. I don’t know who in MGM greenlit Ben Hur, but their judgment is suspect after this. It’s an unnecessary remake, with no stars, and people are avoiding it. However, the quality of the film is up for debate as audiences awarded it an A- cinemascore, versus Rotten Tomatoes critics who averaged it at 31%.
It didn’t have the highest cinemascore of the newbies. ...