Glen Powell Blames Paramount Marketing Cuts for 'The Running Man' Box Office Flop
The actor tells Esquire that political discourse is divisive and attributes the film's poor performance to Paramount laying off its marketing department before release.
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First reported by Variety, 1h 06m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 7 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 7 October at 14:02 UTC; The A.V. Club followed 1h 07m later. The most recent article, from The Hollywood Reporter, appeared on 7 October at 18:58 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The A.V. Club, Consequence, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyGlen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’
- The A.V. ClubGlen Powell thinks all the Paramount layoffs bear some responsibility for Running Man flop
- ConsequenceGlen Powell Believes Politics “Divide People,” Engaging Is “Not Presently Possible”
- DeadlineGlen Powell On Why He Doesn’t Talk Politics & Why ‘Running Man’ Flopped
- The Hollywood ReporterGlen Powell Says He Doesn’t Want to Talk Politics, Blames Paramount Marketing Cuts for ‘The Running Man’ Box Office Performance
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Glen Powell Says He Doesn’t Want to Talk Politics, Blames Paramount Marketing Cuts for ‘The Running Man’ Box Office Performance The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Glen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’ Variety ·
- Glen Powell On Why He Doesn’t Talk Politics & Why ‘Running Man’ Flopped Deadline
- Glen Powell Believes Politics “Divide People,” Engaging Is “Not Presently Possible” Consequence
- Glen Powell thinks all the Paramount layoffs bear some responsibility for Running Man flop The A.V. Club
In this story
- Glen Powell
- Paramount
- Esquire