

It is worth pointing out, though, that the film also premiered this weekend on Peacock as a dual release, which could have impacted its box office performance. The film, which stars Zac Efron and has previously been said to right the many wrongs of the original 1984 adaptation, actually ended up delivering a worse opening weekend than its predecessor did almost four decades ago.

While Stephen King movies have been bringing in some big business at the box office in recent years, the new reboot of Firestarter has failed to ignite on its release this weekend.
