WWE Studios' The Chaperone starring Triple H drew virtually no business during its 'limited engagement' this weekend.
BoxOfficeMojo.com's chart listing the top grossing films for the weekend of February 18-20, with the bottom movie making $1,670 in one theater, did not rank the The Chaperone. Furthermore, the bottom five movies played in less theaters than the WWE produced film — ten.
The Chaperone will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 8.
As noted earlier here on the website, Chicago Tribune film critic Roger Moore's posted a negative review of The Chaperone entitled "'Triple H' is so unfunny it hurts." Echoing the sentiments of numerous wrestling analysts, he feels that Triple H doesn't have the comedic ability or charisma of fellow wrestling mega-stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson or Hulk Hogan, which in turns makes for an unfunny movie.
"Levesque isn't over-the-top enough to make his big-guy-disciplines-unruly-kids gags work," Moore wrote. "And without laughs, we're left to consider how inane the script is and how it wastes the few actors hired to bring their comedy chops.
"It's enough to make you throw in the towel on the whole WWE moviemaking cage match."