Amazon and MGM's new winter holiday film Red One&nbsp;opened solidly atop the North American box office this weekend with estimated ticket sales of $34.1 million, but with a budget estimated at $250 million analysts say it faces a tricky path to profitability.

"This is a soft opening for a movie that was designed from the beginning to launch a new Christmas action comedy series," said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.&nbsp;

He said the film was a crowd-pleaser but that its $250 million budget -- including a reported $50 million cost overrun -- meant its opening was "not a disaster but ... not enough" to ensure profitability.

The Christmas comedy has Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson, as head of North Pole security, enlisting the help of a hacker (Chris Evans) to track down a kidnapped Santa Claus (played by the not-exactly-jolly J.K. Simmons) on Christmas Eve.

Red One&nbsp;unseated Sony's horror movie Venom: the Last Dance,&nbsp;which slipped to second, taking in an estimated $7.4 million in its fourth weekend out.&nbsp;

Venom,&nbsp;starring Tom Hardy, has now earned $127.6 million domestically and $308 million internationally.

In third place was Lionsgate's comedy-drama The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,&nbsp;at $5.4 million. Pete Holmes stars in the tale of a notoriously rowdy bunch of siblings who end up giving a surprising performance in a small town's Christmas show.

A24's horror movie Heretic,&nbsp;which has famous charmer Hugh Grant turning decidedly fiendish, dropped one spot from last weekend to fourth, with ticket sales of $5.2 million.

Slipping to fifth but still raking in $4.3 million in its eighth weekend out was Universal's family-friendly animation "The Wild Robot."

Rounding out the top 10 were:&nbsp;

"Smile 2" ($3 million)

"Conclave" ($2.9 million)

"Hello, Love Again" ($2.4 million)

"A Real Pain" ($2.3 million)

"Anora" ($1.8 million)

Amazon and MGM's new winter holiday film Red One opened solidly atop the North American box office this weekend with estimated ticket sales of $34.1 million, but with a budget estimated at $250 million analysts say it faces a tricky path to profitability.

Amazon and MGM's new winter holiday film Red One opened solidly atop the North American box office this weekend with estimated ticket sales of $34.1 million, but with a budget estimated at $250 million analysts say it faces a tricky path to profitability. "This is a soft opening for a movie that was designed from the beginning to launch a new Christmas action comedy series," said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. He said the film was a crowd-pleaser but that its $250 million budget -- including a reported $50 million cost overrun -- meant its opening was "not a disaster but ... not enough" to ensure profitability. The Christmas comedy has Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson, as head of North Pole security, enlisting the help of a hacker (Chris Evans) to track down a kidnapped Santa Claus (played by the not-exactly-jolly J.K. Simmons) on Christmas Eve. Red One unseated Sony's horror movie Venom: the Last Dance, which slipped to second, taking in an estimated $7.4 million in its fourth weekend out. Venom, starring Tom Hardy, has now earned $127.6 million domestically and $308 million internationally. In third place was Lionsgate's comedy-drama The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, at $5.4 million. Pete Holmes stars in the tale of a notoriously rowdy bunch of siblings who end up giving a surprising performance in a small town's Christmas show. A24's horror movie Heretic, which has famous charmer Hugh Grant turning decidedly fiendish, dropped one spot from last weekend to fourth, with ticket sales of $5.2 million. Slipping to fifth but still raking in $4.3 million in its eighth weekend out was Universal's family-friendly animation "The Wild Robot." Rounding out the top 10 were: "Smile 2" ($3 million) "Conclave" ($2.9 million) "Hello, Love Again" ($2.4 million) "A Real Pain" ($2.3 million) "Anora" ($1.8 million)

Red One tops North America box office but could end up in the red

The filming for the upcoming multi-starrer action-adventure Christmas film, 'Red One' began last month. The film is directed by Jake Kasdan, who is best known for 'Bad Teacher', 'Sex Tape', and the last two 'Jumanji' movies ('Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' and 'Jumanji: The Next Level'. The cast features names like Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Liu, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, J. K. Simmons, Nick Kroll, and Kristofer Hivju. Chris Morgan has penned the screenplay. &nbsp;Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Kasdan, Melvin Mar, and Morgan have produced the movie.&nbsp;

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The set photos from 'Red One', revealing Johnson and Evans' looks from the movie, have surfaced online. You can see the images below. While Evans' character looks like a messy person (as opposed to the actor's always-groomed persona) and wears a brown jacket. Johnson's character, on the other hand, looks more put together.

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The much-awaited film can be said to be a crossover between Johnson, who plays DC;'s 'Black Adam', and Evans, who essayed Marvel's Captain America'.

Earlier, Hiram Garcia had teased the film in an interview with Slashfilm. He said, "It's going to take holiday mythology and turn it on its head. Really, it's hard to find another Christmas movie to even compare to it. I don't think there's ever been anything done like this in that space, which is always very appealing to us. We're really excited about it, Amazon's been great with it, and we're in the process – the script's about to be written, and we'll be shooting that next year. Our goal is, knock on wood, we're hoping to have that ready for December 2023."

The filming for the upcoming multi-starrer action-adventure Christmas film, 'Red One' began last month. The film is directed by Jake Kasdan, who is best known for 'Bad Teacher', 'Sex Tape', and the last two 'Jumanji' movies ('Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' and 'Jumanji: The Next Level'.

The filming for the upcoming multi-starrer action-adventure Christmas film, 'Red One' began last month. The film is directed by Jake Kasdan, who is best known for 'Bad Teacher', 'Sex Tape', and the last two 'Jumanji' movies ('Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' and 'Jumanji: The Next Level'. The cast features names like Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Liu, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, J. K. Simmons, Nick Kroll, and Kristofer Hivju. Chris Morgan has penned the screenplay. Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Kasdan, Melvin Mar, and Morgan have produced the movie. Also Read: 'Black Adam' movie review: Dwayne Johnson's action-packed DC movie is let down by a subpar script The set photos from 'Red One', revealing Johnson and Evans' looks from the movie, have surfaced online. You can see the images below. While Evans' character looks like a messy person (as opposed to the actor's always-groomed persona) and wears a brown jacket. Johnson's character, on the other hand, looks more put together. Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson were seen having an animated conversation while holding some gifts, like a Monopoly board game set. pic.twitter.com/rycdpTJgpi — Red One Updates (@RedOneUpdates) November 4, 2022 × More photos of Dwayne Johnson on the set of ‘Red One’. pic.twitter.com/cq5gROrsdZ — Red One Updates (@RedOneUpdates) November 4, 2022 × Chris Evans on the set of ‘Red One’ yesterday! (via thetrashstache on Tumblr) pic.twitter.com/eW7NMuKg0d — Red One Updates (@RedOneUpdates) November 4, 2022 × The much-awaited film can be said to be a crossover between Johnson, who plays DC;'s 'Black Adam', and Evans, who essayed Marvel's Captain America'. Earlier, Hiram Garcia had teased the film in an interview with Slashfilm. He said, "It's going to take holiday mythology and turn it on its head. Really, it's hard to find another Christmas movie to even compare to it. I don't think there's ever been anything done like this in that space, which is always very appealing to us. We're really excited about it, Amazon's been great with it, and we're in the process – the script's about to be written, and we'll be shooting that next year. Our goal is, knock on wood, we're hoping to have that ready for December 2023."

First look: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans co-star in actioner 'Red One'. See photos

Captain America actor Chris Evan will next star opposite Dwayne Johnson in an upcoming holiday event film. The film is backed by Amazon Studios.

Titled ‘Red One’, the film aims to shoot this year. It is being dubbed as globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre.&nbsp;

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Jake Kasdan is directing from a screenplay by Seven Bucks Productions’ frequent collaborator Chris Morgan.&nbsp;

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Captain America actor Chris Evan will next star opposite Dwayne Johnson in an upcoming holiday event film. The film is backed by Amazon Studios. Titled ‘Red One’, the film aims to shoot this year.

Captain America actor Chris Evan will next star opposite Dwayne Johnson in an upcoming holiday event film. The film is backed by Amazon Studios. Titled ‘Red One’, the film aims to shoot this year. It is being dubbed as globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre. BAFTA won’t give Honorary Film Awards in 2022 Jake Kasdan is directing from a screenplay by Seven Bucks Productions’ frequent collaborator Chris Morgan. Taylor Swift doesn't write her own songs claims Blur singer Damon; she hits back Jake Kasdan is also producing through his production company The Detective Agency alongside Melvin Mar and co-producer Sky Salem Robinson, with Morgan for Chris Morgan Productions and Johnson, Hiram Garcia and Dany Garcia for Seven Bucks. Marilyn Manson raped her while shooting music video, claims Evan Rachel Wood

Chris Evans to star alongside Dwayne Johnson in holiday action-comedy film

Dwayne Johnson will next be seen in Amazon Studios’ holiday film ‘Red One’. It will be a unique Christmas-themed feature project that Dwayne will be a part of along with his Seven Bucks Productions.&nbsp;

The feature project will be written by Chris Morgan, the ‘Fast and Furious’ scribe who worked with Dwayne Johnson on four films from the franchise. They worked also on ‘Hobbs &amp; Shaw’.

‘Red One’ will be based on an original story by Hiram Garcia, Seven Bucks’ president of production.

Details are being kept under wraps but Red One is described as “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre,” according to the announcement Amazon made Monday.

Dwayne Johnson is to star and produce the feature with Seven Bucks’ Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. Morgan will also produce. No director is attached.

The film aims to shoot in 2022 with a 2023 holiday release.

Dwayne Johnson will next be seen in Amazon Studios’ holiday film ‘Red One’. It will be a unique Christmas-themed feature project that Dwayne will be a part of along with his Seven Bucks Productions.

Dwayne Johnson will next be seen in Amazon Studios’ holiday film ‘Red One’. It will be a unique Christmas-themed feature project that Dwayne will be a part of along with his Seven Bucks Productions. The feature project will be written by Chris Morgan, the ‘Fast and Furious’ scribe who worked with Dwayne Johnson on four films from the franchise. They worked also on ‘Hobbs & Shaw’. ‘Red One’ will be based on an original story by Hiram Garcia, Seven Bucks’ president of production. Details are being kept under wraps but Red One is described as “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre,” according to the announcement Amazon made Monday. Dwayne Johnson is to star and produce the feature with Seven Bucks’ Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. Morgan will also produce. No director is attached. The film aims to shoot in 2022 with a 2023 holiday release.

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Red One tops North America box office but could end up in the red

First look: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans co-star in actioner 'Red One'. See photos

Chris Evans to star alongside Dwayne Johnson in holiday action-comedy film

Dwayne Johnson, Chris Morgan collaborate for holiday movie ‘Red One’