Tom Hanks rips into critics after new film loses $45,000,000 at box office-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

Here has flopped on opening at the US box office (Picture: Sony Pictures via AP)

Tom Hanks has branded film critics ‘c**ks*****s’ in a discussion about Hollywood’s changing response to films as his latest movie tanked at the box office.

Oscar-winner Hanks, 68, reunited with his Forrest Gump co-star Robin Wright, 58, and director Robert Zemeckis for Here, an ambitious $50,000,000 (£38.7m) movie which follows a family over a century in the same single room.

However, after opening in the US on Friday, it has limped to an opening of just $5m (£3.8m) domestically – which means it’s currently facing a huge loss of at least $45m (£34.8m), not counting for any additional costs like marketing beyond its production budget.

It follows in the footsteps of box office bombs Megalopolis from Francis Ford Coppola and Joker: Folie à Deux so far this autumn.

Critically speaking, it’s not been received well either, with a grim 36% score on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes where the movie was slammed for its ‘excess of AI’ and for feeling ‘corny and static’.

Fans have been more positive, but Here – which digitally de-ages Hanks and Wright so they can play the same two characters from 18 into their 80s – is still only on 57% from their verified reviews.

Tom Hanks slammed critics jokingly as he spoke about changing opinions towards Hollywood films (Picture: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

On Monday, Hanks appeared on an episode of Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend and engaged in a very timely discussion around opinions towards movies and how they change over time.

‘Let me tell you something about these c**ks*****s who write about movies – can I say that?’ he began in a faux angry voice after former talk show host O’Brien brought up Hanks’ 1996 movie musical comedy That Thing That You Do!.

This was Hanks’ feature film writing and directorial debut, which was a commercial failure but has since gained a cult following.

He recalled: ‘Somebody who wrote about it is [sic] that Tom Hanks has to stop hanging around with veterans of TV because this is just like it’s shot on TV and it’s not much of anything.’

‘That same person then wrote about the ‘cult classic’ That Thing You Do! – that same exact person. All you need is 20 years between now and then and it ends up speaking some worth,’ he mused.

The star’s directorial debut, That Thing That You Do!, has achieved cult status after a disappointing start in 1996 (Picture: 20th Century Fox/Alamy)

However, the star admitted that it was ‘the thing we all signed up for’.

‘That’s the carnival, that’s the contest. I got faith in that. That’s okay,’ he added.

Hanks had also previously joked in their chat about getting a gun when critics hail any of his movies ‘cute’, implying he finds it frustrating for them to be reduced to one word or overly simplified judgements.

‘I saw your movie. It was cute. That’s when you ask the wife, “Hey Honey, could you take the revolver out of the glovebox and hide it somewhere?”’ the Apollo 13 actor quipped.

He also reflected on critical opinion and box office opinion becoming irrelevant over time because ‘none of that stuff matters anymore and the movie just exists exactly as it is, outside of loser/winner status’.

Here, which re-teamed Hanks with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis and co-star Robin Wright, only managed to pull in $5m on opening weekend (Picture: Jay Maidment/Sony Pictures)

‘And that’s when this stuff comes around, this thing that didn’t work back then kind of does now – or just the opposite, a thing that was huge back then is a museum piece and doesn’t really speak to anyone,’ he observed.

Addressing the filmmaking business and Hollywood right now to Deadline, director Zemeckis, 72, has also acknowledged the challenging times.

‘I think the theatrical movie business is in a stressful situation right now,’ he said.

His previous movies include blockbuster hits like Forrest Gump and Back to the Future.

Here comes to UK cinemas on January 17, 2025. It is out now in US cinemas.

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