2 Star-Filled Action Movies Made Just $1M+ at Box Office Opening

Two highly anticipated action films starring major Hollywood names struggled at the box office during their opening weekend. Despite featuring acclaimed casts and wide theatrical releases, both projects barely scraped past the $1 million mark domestically.

Fuze and Over Your Dead Body fail to get people into theaters

According to Box Office Mojo, Fuze and Over Your Dead Body had quiet theatrical debuts on April 24, 2026. Fuze opened to just over $1 million across 1,164 theaters domestically. Over Your Dead Body grossed nearly $1.4 million from 1,550 theaters during its opening weekend.

Roadside Attractions distributed Fuze in the United States, with the film also pulling $1.3 million internationally for a $2.3 million worldwide total. The David Mackenzie-directed thriller stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Sam Worthington. The film follows an unexploded WWII bomb discovered on a busy London construction site, triggering a mass evacuation.

Fuze previously premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2025, before its UK theatrical release on April 3, 2026. The film holds a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 84 critics. Metacritic scored it 59 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.

IFC Films distributed Over Your Dead Body across the United States and Canada, where the film earned its entire $1.4 million haul. The release coincided with Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that dominated the weekend with a record-shattering $97 million domestic debut.

Jorma Taccone directed Over Your Dead Body, headlined by Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine, Timothy Olyphant, and Juliette Lewis. The story centers on a dysfunctional married couple who escape to a secluded cabin, with each spouse secretly planning to kill the other.

Over Your Dead Body serves as an English-language remake of the 2021 Norwegian film The Trip. It premiered at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 14, 2026. The film holds a 69% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 74 critics. Trade analysts had projected the film would gross around $3 million across 2,000 theaters in its opening weekend, falling well short of expectations.

Source: Comingsoon.net