Zachary Levi's New Comedy Movie Becomes Another Post-Shazam Box Office Disappointment

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Summary Harold and the Purple Crayon is projected to earn an opening weekend gross of $6 million.

This total pales in comparison to its $40 million budget.

The movie joins a recent string of box office disappointments for star Zachary Levi, including Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

Harold and the Purple Crayon, a movie sequel to the children's book of the same name, has become another entry in a string of recent box office disappointments for star Zachary Levi. Levi had a recent hit when he starred in the 2019 DC superhero movie Shazam!. However, he followed that with roles in a string of underperforming movies including the sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which became the second lowest-grossing movie of the entire interconnected franchise. This has now been capped off by the Harold and the Purple Crayon release.

Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, Harold and the Purple Crayon is projected to earn a 3-day opening weekend of roughly $6 million at the domestic box office. This sees it debut outside of the Top 5 entirely, coming in below the grosses of Inside Out 2 weekend 8, Despicable Me 4 weekend 5, the Trap opening weekend, Twisters weekend 3, and Deadpool & Wolverine weekend 2. This gross also pales in comparison to the movie's $40 million budget, which likely gives it a break-even point of $80 million or more.

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Source: Deadline