Gladiator 2 was not the success the studio hoped for, and we take stock of the damage on video.
2024 was no exception: each Hollywood year sees its share of blockbusters crash at the box office. Furiosa: A Mad Max saga, Joker: Folie à deux, Borderlands, Madame Web, Megalopolis or even Transformers: The Beginning have therefore left their mark, in their own way. And the end of the year was not calm at this level either, with the stratospheric failure of Kraven the Hunter.
In the middle of this, there was also Gladiator 2. Unexpected (and unrequested) sequel to Gladiator released in 2000, the film again directed by Ridley Scott continued the story of Maximus but without Maximusfeaturing some of the characters (notably Connie Nielsen alias Lucilla) around a gladiator named Licius (Paul Mescal).
Seen the box of the first, which had triumphed in theaters and up to the Oscars (five awards, including best film and best actor for Russell Crowe), the Paramount studio spent lavishly. And obviously hoped for new success, clear and clear. The reality is far from it since Gladiator 2 did not (at all) measure up at the box office.
-What happened? How can a film that grossed hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office be a failure? Why did the sequel to such a cult film fail so badly? We do the commercial balance sheet of Gladiator 2on video.
