Does Depp’s return in “Ebenezer” suggest Hollywood’s cancel culture is fading?

Johnny Depp’s film “Ebenezer” topped Friday’s box office with $6.7 million, according to The Numbers, and is expected to open with $20 million each domestically and overseas. Depp’s work remained below the level of his peak Hollywood years after his ex-wife Amber Heard accused him of abuse; he won a 2022 defamation case in which a jury found her statements false and awarded him damages. In a 2021 speech, Depp criticized what he called Hollywood’s “cancel culture” and a rush to judgment.