Genre: Biography/Drama/Sports
Director: Bennett Miller
Writer: Jacob Jones
Cast: Halston Sage, Jack Black, Mark Ruffalo, Bradley Cooper, Lucas Till, Austin Butler, Spencer Locke, Alan Ritchson, Brittany Snow, Jason Dolley, Jonathan Tucker, Ben Barnes, Matty Cardarople
Budget: $40,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $25,304,553
Foreign Box Office: $10,821,795
Total Profit: -$45,804,668
Reaction: It’s safe to say the studio is in the midst of a cold streak. The studio has now made three wrestling-themed films, and only Doctor Love managed to turn a profit. Looking at films made by other studios, films about professional wrestling have never set the box office on fire so the odds were against this one.
“The lead character here, Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, played by Halston Sage, is dramatically over-shadowed by the more colorful supporting roles filled by Bradley Cooper, Mark Ruffalo and Jack Black. In biopics, if the lead isn’t compelling, the film doesn’t work.” - Allen Poole, AV Club
“Sunny Days is a quick moving film chronicling the rise of Sunny in the wrestling world. Bennett Miller directs the film with a critical eye, although he doesn’t inject a lot of personality into the film. Thankfully there are some charismatic supporting performers to pick up that slack.” - Andy Lewis, Cincinnati Enquirer
“The baby faced lead cast (Sage, Butler, Till) are not able to keep up with the veteran supporting actors (Black, Cooper, Ruffalo). This made me wish that the film was about one of those other characters rather than the actual subject of the film - who never really comes across as interesting enough to warrant her own film.” - Mark Rawls, Seattle Times
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