Johnny Depp’s appearance at Comic-Con was the opening salvo in Paramount’s risky-but-choreographed bet on the resurgence of one of the world’s last remaining movie stars. Every studio is watching the test screening numbers coming in.@MattBelloni reports: https://t.co/7hmykqLyk9
— Puck (@PuckNews) August 21, 2026
Puck news got data from a test screening report for Ebenezer starring wife beater Johnny Depp
The test audiences liked the movie (80 points out of 100) and loves Johnny Depp (86 points out of 100)
Women over 35 like him the most (90 points out of 100)
Puck does point out that this is a small sample size, but Paramount feels confident about Ebenezer