Movie theaters haven’t exactly been bustling since the start of 2025 and the calendar year is about to turn in one of its most meagre frames yet. Even with two new wide releases - Paramount’s slapstick actioner “Novocaine” and Focus Features’ spy film “Black Bag” - exhibitors are in danger of a particularly beleaguered weekend,

Disney/Randy Holmes Novocaine debuted at #1 during a slow weekend at the box office. According to Box Office Mojo, the action film, starring Jack Quaid as a man who can’t feel pain, brought in $8.7 mi

Jack Quaid’s action-comedy “ Novocaine ” topped a painfully slow weekend at the box office with $8.7 million. For theater owners, however, there’s not too much to celebrate: It’s one of the worst debuts to still capture the No. 1 spot (at least since the pandemic ground moviegoing to a halt).

When final receipts are tallied Monday, it’s likely going be the lowest-grossing box office weekend of the year to date with "Novocaine" leading the pack.

To say theater owners are counting the days until Disney's ' Snow White' opens in theaters is is an understatement after a miserable, mind-numbing few weekends at the office.

Action-comedy “Novocaine” topped the box office in a weekend that saw five movies open widely in North America in which none set ticket sales on fire. “Novocaine,” featuring Jack Quaid as a man who can’t feel pain,

Though Novocaine, Quaid’s new superhero-ish film, is currently leading the weekend box office, that's not as impressive an achievement as it might sound. According to Deadline, the film has only managed to take in a rather unimpressive $8.