In a town that still enjoys the prestige of championing original, auteur-driven adult fare for the big screen, the fall’s box office has given studio executives cause for concern.

20th Century Studios’ much-hoped-for awards contender biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere was no Bob Dylan or Bob Marley at the box office, with an $8.88 million opening and a B+ CinemaScore.

Then Amazon MGM Studios’ $70M-$80M Julia Roberts-Andrew Garfield dramatic thriller After the Hunt was slain at the B.O. with a three-weekend running cume of $2.9M and a double whammy in its audience exits with a low 23% definite recommend in Screen Engine/ComScore PostTrak and a C- CinemaScore. Amazon MGM spared no expense on the movie, with sources telling Deadline that Julia Roberts was paid $20M for the

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