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).

The studio also had early access showings the weekend prior, which are included in the total. The R-rated movie, directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, got generally positive reviews with an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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,

A mid-March weekend at the box office is supposed to be a busy one with spring break beginning and four-quadrant films on offer. But the film industry is in such a terrible slump that Paramount's R-rated action comedy "Novocaine" was able to take No.