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Ritchie's 'In the Grey' Flopped in Theaters, Now Tops Streaming

The Cavill spy thriller earned back a third of its budget in cinemas and holds a 53% critics' score. On Starz, it's the biggest movie in the country.

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An empty movie theater. 'In the Grey' played to quiet cinemas in May; its audience showed up on streaming instead. (Razgrad, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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'In the Grey' grossed $23.7 million against a $70 million budget in theaters, then climbed for weeks to become Starz's No. 1 movie.

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Guy Ritchie's 'In the Grey' made $23.7 million in theaters against a $70 million budget. This week it's the No. 1 movie on Starz. [Henry Cavill and Guy Ritchie's 'In the Grey' becomes No. 1 on streaming — MovieWeb]

The spy thriller, Ritchie's third film with Henry Cavill, opened May 15 and sits at 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. On Starz it now ranks above 'Michael,' 'Shelter' and 'Alarum,' according to the latest U.S. streaming data. [Henry Cavill and Guy Ritchie's 'In the Grey' becomes No. 1 on streaming — MovieWeb]

The film runs 97 minutes and reunites Cavill with the director of 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' and 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.' It opened in a crowded May field, against hits including 'Michael' and 'The Devil Wears Prada 2,' and became one of the year's biggest theatrical flops. MovieWeb's chart report says it spent weeks climbing the streaming rankings before reaching the top. [Henry Cavill and Guy Ritchie's 'In the Grey' becomes No. 1 on streaming — MovieWeb]

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