Ronald Reagan (Dennis Quaid) wearing a cowboy hat in 'Reagan'
Among the bigger surprises of the last few weeks, the biopic Reagan continued to draw crowds at the box office as it completed 10 days of release. In its second weekend, the film displayed impressive legs as it retained a spot in the top five and neared an important milestone. Directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States, Reagan also crept up the rankings of movies based on American Commanders-in-Chief.
A few days ago, the movie overtook the $13 million lifetime haul of Oliver Stone’s 1995 biopic Nixon, and on Monday, the movie will overtake the $18.6 million lifetime haul of Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon. Both those films earned Academy Award nominations for their stars — Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella. But with the kind of reviews that Reagan has opened to, Quaid would be wise not to expect similar accolades come awards season.
Reagan’s life and tenure was previously dramatized in the television films The Day Reagan Was Shot and Killing Reagan. He also appeared in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, where he was played by the late Alan Rickman. Also starring Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Robert Davi as Leonid Brezhnev, Lesley-Anne Down as Margaret Thatcher, and Creed frontman Scott Stapp as Frank Sinatra, Reagan is playing in theaters. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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