Here should have been a hit. The film reunites Tom Hanks with Robin Wright, director Robert Zemeckis and writer Eric Roth for the first time since Forrest Gump. It is, for all intents and purposes, a spiritual successor to the much-loved mega hit, which fans have been begging for a sequel to since 1994.
And yet the studio has been unable to translate any of that reunion buzz into box-office success – or even word-of-mouth success. Released in the US back in November, Here fizzled, floundered and then flopped. Recouping just 10 per cent of its $50m (£41m) budget, it is now, months later, being released in the UK without so much as a whisper.
