The movie Regan performed well and took the fourth spot in terms of revenue with $10 million estimated just behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Alien: Romulus.”
This movie was released on Aug 30, 2024, in about 2,754 theaters, which was not praised well by critics and beat expectations of performance.
In the revenue rankings, Deadpool & Wolverine is No. 1, raking in $15.2 million. Alien: Romulus is second with $9.3 million, Ends With Us is third with $7.4 million, and Reagan is fourth with $7.4 million.
This movie is based on a 2006 book written by Paul Kengor, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism.
It is getting great audience appreciation and currently has a 98 percent positive scoreon Rotten Tomatoes in which over 1000 reviews were made.
About the Film ‘Regan’
It is a biopic on the life of former US president Ronald Reagan which has a scripted source from the book The Crusader.
According to the story of the film Regan was responsible was the downfall of the soviet union which ultimately broke into several independent countries.
Viktor Petrovich, the retired spy is played by Voight and is the narrator in the film about the story of Regan’s life.
The story includes much information about Ronald Reagan’s early life as a child, his mother, what she taught him about faith, and then his Hollywood years as an actor.
Then Regan who took divorce with his first wife, later met Nancy Davis whom he married with and she became his second wife.
Together with his second wife, Regan starts his political career after his Hollywood life into California governorship.
A decade later Regan stars shine more brighter and he becomes the 40th US president and serves from 1981 to 1989.
The movie ends with the death of the star in 2004 and tells a lot about the actor turned politician.
Life of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois.
He completed his high school from Dixon and then went to study economics and sociology in Eureka college.
He married first actress Jane Wyman, had two children with her, and then separated and married his second wife actress Jane Wyman, with her he also has two children.
In 1966 he was elected as governor of California and again after re-election, he won the governor seat.
In his political career first he won a Presidential nomination in 1980 from a Republican Presidential nomination in 1980 and went on to win the presidential election and became US president.
In 1981 Reagan was shot by an attacker, but he survived the attack and as a result his popularity grew. He took many steps towards economic growth, curbing inflation, increasing employment, and strengthening national defense.
These steps helped him to win the US presidential election for the second time in a row along with his vice president Bush.
During his time people of the US were extremely happy and satisfied because of the absence of recession or depression.
He also took many steps internationally, such as declaring war against Libya. His decisions helped the free flow of oil during the Iran-Iraq war.
Overall his decisions were appreciated by the US citizens and people loved him which led to the making of this film on him.