Dark Tower Narrowly Defeats Dunkirk

(NEW YORK) — The modest result for "The Dark Tower," starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, was in line with expectations heading into the weekend but well shy of initial hopes for a possible franchise-starter

J.J. Abrams and Ron Howard are among the directors who previously tried to tackle King's magnum opus, a seven-book series that melds sci-fi with horror and other genres.

But the long battle to make "The Dark Tower" ended with poor reviews and few fireworks.