After a failed attempt by Guillermo del Toro to gather what was needed to complete his comic book trilogy and a lot of money invested by a new studio, we have the Hellboy reboot. It was hardly worth it. Despite goodwill and intentions, this is a disastrous new take on the Mike Mignola character almost fitting for a film that provides many glimpses at a possible doomsday. Even when separated from mixed feelings about restarting this story or the nature of an IP-driven movie industry, there’s still little to grasp onto as far as enjoying this action-horror-fantasy-comedy hybrid. The Hellboy character may have questions about whether he belongs in this world, but this movie certainly doesn’t.

​now with a third-place opening of $12.3M. That’s the lowest Hellboy opening through three pics, off 64% from the series previous opening high of $34.5M, when Universal made Hellboy II a piece of summer 2008 counter-programming.​​​​​​