Jonathan Majors’ First Movie Since Conviction Struggles at Field Workplace

Jonathan Majors’ comeback movie about an aspiring bodybuilder chasing superstardom fails to flex on the field workplace. The acclaimed actor’s first film since his assault and harassment conviction, Journal Desires, struggles to muscle up vital viewers curiosity following its Mar. 21 debut.

Through Deadline, Journal Desires, a title beneath the umbrella of The Apprentice distributor, Briarcliff Leisure, earned round $700,000 throughout 815 theaters spanning New York, Los Angeles and different American cities. Although a strong quantity for an impartial movie, Journal Desires fell under the $1 million opening weekend Briarcliff hoped for following good opinions and robust on-line engagement.

Journal Desires endured a rocky experience to its theatrical debut, coming two years after its well-received premiere on the Sundance Movie Pageant. Nonetheless, a month after its Sundance launch, Majors’ profession took a downturn following a home violence incident involving his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. Earlier than Majors obtained his assault and harassment conviction in late 2023, Journal Desires was dropped by the Disney-owned Searchlight Footage. Briarcliff picked it up in 2024, having seen success taking an opportunity on The Apprentice, the controversial Donald Trump movie led by Sebastian Stan, who earned a Finest Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the enterprise magnate-turned-U.S. President.

Regardless of its underwhelming box-office returns and the controversy surrounding its lead star, Journal Desires has an 81% important score and 91% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg publicly defended Majors, insisting he has appreciable business and fan assist amid his authorized woes. Ortenberg informed The Hollywood Reporter that “persons are rooting for” Majors whereas claiming Black and bodybuilding audiences extremely anticipated Journal Desires‘ launch.

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Directed by Elijah Bynum, Journal Desires sees Majors painting Killian Maddox, a bodybuilder on the come-up who’s so determined to attain superstardom that he dangers his well being and relationships to get forward. Majors devoted himself to a weight loss program containing 6,100 energy a day to painting Maddox, with critics hailing the realism of his efficiency. Majors stars in Journal Desires alongside The Equalizer’s Haley Bennett, who performs Maddox’s love curiosity, Jessie. The movie additionally stars Taylour Paige, Frasier actor Harriet Sansom Harris and bodybuilding star-turned-actor Mike O’Hearn.

Jonathan Majors Stays Open to MCU Return

Majors has steadily been getting again into Hollywood following his authorized wranglings, which price him his Kang the Conqueror run, which might have seen him grow to be the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s subsequent massive dangerous. Although Majors claims he is been studying a screenplay for a non-Marvel/DC superhero film, he hasn’t dominated out a return to Marvel amid rumors the studio desires to convey him again to conclude his Kang arc. Although Majors is engaged on his comeback, he is nonetheless coping with the fallout from the Jabbari case and faces abuse allegations made by different former companions.

Journal Desires is now displaying in theaters.

Supply: Deadline

Journal Desires

Launch Date

March 21, 2025

Runtime

124 minutes

Director

Elijah Bynum

Writers

Elijah Bynum

Producers

Dan Gilroy, Jennifer Fox, Simon Horsman, Jonathan Majors, Jeffrey Soros, Andrew Blau

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  Haley Bennett

  Killian Maddox

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  Mike O’Hearn

  William Latimore