Ill-conceived, as many a Christmas “action comedy” has been, the Dwayne Johnson/Chris Evans/J.K. Simmons “Santa’s security detail” romp “Red One” earned dismissive reviews and a great big yawn from filmgoers.

Whoever thought a $200-250 million movie about threats to Santa (Simmons), aka “Red One,” dealt with by his supernatural security detail (Johnson, recruiting Evans) was a good idea must have never seen “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

A middling Thursday night and “Elf” sized Friday suggest $32 million is as much as it will take in on its opening weekend. Deadline.com figures $30 million will be closer to the final mark. And if it falls below that, well that’s that.

The final tally came in at $34 million.That’s 3 million tickets sold, kids, 3.1 million, tops. It’ll never come close to covering its budget and will be streaming on glitchy Amazon Prime in no time.

Johnson has taken a lion’s share of the blame for the stupid movie’s cost — greedy, an aging diva on set, always late and abusing underlings. Perhaps filmgoers are playing politics with the opportunistic Johnson and Amazon Studios’ Jeff Bezos, or perhaps they smelled a stinker before they ever carved a pumpkin. But “Red One” is going down on domestic screens, doing marginally better $36 million after opening earlier in other markets) overseas.

Wait to watch it on Amazon Prime? If you haven’t dropped it?

All the talk about this Jeff Bezos bust drowns out the “news” that Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright and “Here” are gone from the top ten and that Sony wasted $50 million on a movie that will barely clear $13-14 by the end of its run.

“Venom: The Last Dance” should clear the $130 million mark, all-in, by Monday or Tuesday, a $7.4 million weekend.

“Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is settling in as a long-run modest-budget holiday hit and landed just shy of the $20 million mark by midnight Sunday. It cleared $5.4 million on its second weekend after opening just over $10. That’s a hit, kids.

“Heretic” rolls in at fourth place at the box office, having pulled in $15 million its first week. The film over-performed expectations with a $10.8 million opening, and it cleared $5.2 million second weekend — maybe $6.5. It’s the edgiest mainstream picture in theaters at the moment, and the smartest and Hugh Grant’s reinvention as an erudite villain is complete.

Wild Robot” ($4.3 million) is losing steam and screens, but will be over $140 million by early next week, and vanish before the holidays.

“Smile 2” is winding down its run ($2.95). It won’t have cleared $75 by the time it heads for streaming.

The Vatican politics thriller “Conclave” is sticking to the top ten, with another $2.85 million, pushing it over $26 million.

And Jesse Eisenberg’s irreverent Jewish cousins visit “The Old Country” (Poland) comedy “A Real Pain” opens reasonably wide (900 screens) and should earn over $3 million and cracked the top ten — barely. A $2.3 million “wide” (ish) opening means it won’t be in the top ten next weekend.

Neon’s “Anora” is titillating enough to be in the top ten this weekend ($1.839) but likewise won’t crack the top ten next weekend, or ever again.