Honey Do not! is ready for an underwhelming debut. The brand new film was directed by Ethan Coen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tricia Cooke. The film is a follow-up to 2024’s Drive-Away Dolls. The filmmakers, who’re additionally married, intend on increasing on the themes of each films in a 3rd characteristic, finishing a spiritually linked “lesbian B-movie trilogy.”
2025’s Honey Do not! stars Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue (who’s completely different from her Drive-Away Dolls character, Jamie), a non-public investigator who’s wanting right into a collection of mysterious deaths. The movie’s star-studded ensemble solid additionally contains Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, and Kristen Connolly.
Per Selection, as of Sunday morning, Honey Do not! is projected to shut out its opening weekend with a 3-day whole of $3 million on the home field workplace, which sees it touchdown at No. 8 on the chart behind Superman, No person 2, The Dangerous Guys 2, The Implausible 4: First Steps, Freakier Friday, Weapons, and KPop Demon Hunters.
This can be a lukewarm consequence for the film, although it is just taking part in on 1,317 screens, which is fewer than all the extensive releases above it on the chart. Nonetheless, it’s an enchancment on Drive-Away Dolls, which debuted with $2.4 million in 2024, additionally touchdown at No. 8.
What This Means For Honey Do not!
If Honey Do not! retains up its present lead over Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls, it might ultimately climb to a worldwide gross of $9.9 million, beating out its predecessor’s $7.9 million haul. Nonetheless, it stays to be seen if it will probably accomplish this feat.
Whereas Drive-Away Dolls had a lukewarm reception from critics, incomes a just-barely Contemporary rating of 64% on the overview aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes, Honey Do not! critiques have been significantly extra adverse. On the time of writing, it has a splat on the Tomatometer with a rating of simply 45%.
Nonetheless, audiences appear to be responding barely higher to Honey Do not! than critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, Drive-Away Dolls has an viewers rating of 37% whereas Honey Do not! has 45%. Whereas each scores are nonetheless adverse, this might nonetheless translate to barely stronger phrase of mouth for the brand new film.
What This Means For Honey Do not!
Chris Evans spreading his arms at a pulpit in Honey Do not
In the end, it nonetheless appears totally unlikely that Honey Don’t! will attain a worldwide gross that’s larger than its reported funds of $20 million. Whereas its actual break-even level is unknown, it’s attainable that elements like worldwide gross sales, VOD income, and streaming income might make the film a modest success.
Regardless, this lukewarm reception from critics and audiences alike might threaten the approaching third film within the trilogy, which is titled Go, Beavers!. The follow-up to Honey, Do not!, which might be a couple of crew staff at their 10-year school reunion, continues to be in early improvement, so it might probably stall if the brand new film is just not a monetary success.
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Honey Do not!
6/10
Launch Date
August 22, 2025
Runtime
90 Minutes
Director
Ethan Coen
Writers
Tricia Cooke, Ethan Coen
Producers
Eric Fellner, Robert Graf
