The Lengthy Stroll is struggling to compete with one other 2025 Stephen King film. King initially revealed the dystopian novel of the identical title in 1979 utilizing the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The film adaptation was directed by the Starvation Video games franchise’s Francis Lawrence.
Each the e-book and film comply with a lethal competitors the place teen boys should stroll repeatedly so far as potential till just one is left. The solid of The Lengthy Stroll consists of veteran performers Mark Hamill and Judy Greer alongside an ensemble of up-and-comers that features Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Garrett Wareing, and Roman Griffin Davis.
Per Deadline, The Lengthy Stroll earned $1.3 million in home theaters throughout its preview showings on Thursday evening. That is $600,000 lower than the $1.9 million preview evening showings of 2025’s earlier Stephen King adaptation, Osgood Perkins’ supernatural horror film The Monkey.
The Lengthy Stroll can’t be in comparison with the opposite Stephen King film from 2025, the life-affirming drama The Lifetime of Chuck, as a result of Chuck didn’t have vast launch preview screenings, having had a restricted theatrical debut the week earlier than its vast growth.
What This Means For The Lengthy Stroll
The Lengthy Stroll having decrease preview numbers than The Monkey is barely disappointing for the brand new film, as a result of its reported price range of $20 million is twice as a lot as The Monkey’s $10 million. Nonetheless, each Stephen King motion pictures have slim budgets in comparison with many trendy Hollywood movies.
Films sometimes solely have to earn again two and a half occasions their budgets with a purpose to break even in theaters, which can place The Lengthy Stroll’s estimated break-even level someplace round $50 million.
If it maintains its present trajectory relative to The Monkey (which was successful, grossing $68.9 million worldwide), it might nonetheless roughly hit that mark, legging out to about $47 million.
Our Take On The Lengthy Stroll’s Field Workplace Previews
Characters strolling down the street in The Lengthy Stroll
The preview numbers of 2025’s The Lengthy Stroll could also be impacted by the truth that it has arrived in early September, when the college yr within the U.S. has begun and ticket shopping for on weekdays typically slows down considerably. It stays to be seen if its opening weekend will see a lift between Friday and Sunday.
Even when The Lengthy Stroll’s 3-day debut is available in under The Monkey’s (which was $14 million), it has a comparatively quiet month forward of it, throughout which it might grow to be a sleeper hit. The subsequent main big-budget film to hit theaters is Tron: Ares, which does not debut till October 10, giving the dystopian film loads of time to catch up.
Signal Up
The Lengthy Stroll
7/10
Launch Date
September 12, 2025
Runtime
108 Minutes
Director
Francis Lawrence
Producers
Roy Lee, Steven Schneider
Cooper Hoffman
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