The summer box office smiled on Comte de Monte-Cristo, Deadpool & Wolverine, has Vice-Versa 2 (which broke all records, becoming the biggest animated hit of all time), or even Despicable Me 4 et Garfield. Animated and family films are obviously ideal for this time of year. On the other hand, some productions have had a real ordeal during their theatrical release, causing producers and distributors to tear their hair out. We have ranked five of them, Furious to the infamous Borderlands.
#5 BIKERIDERS : 35 MILLIONS
Tackling the golden age of motorcycle clubs in the 60s/70s with an enticing cast including Austin Butler (Masters of the Airthe series about the American 8th Air Force during World War II, Dune, Part Two, Elvis) and Tom Hardy (Peaky Blinders, Venom, Fury Road, The Revenant, The Dark Knight Rises), director Jeff Nichols had with Bikeriders enough to get the crowds moving in movie theaters. Especially since the press has been very enthusiastic about this project to adapt the eponymous book by the author and photographer Danny Lyon. However, the approximately 35 million dollars at the global box office for a budget of 30 to 40 million (according to Deadline) were not up to par. As a result, Universal sacrificed the film by making it available on video on demand less than a month later, starting on July 9.
#4 Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1: 35 MILLION
Building a huge fresco on the Conquest of the West, in four chapters. This is Kevin Costner’s huge project. The actor and therefore director even injected a colossal sum to bring his baby to life. Unfortunately, the first chapter presented in May at Cannes was a huge flop when it was released. : $35 million for a production of $100 million. Faced with this resounding failure, the distributor New Line decided to postpone its sequel, which was supposed to be released at the end of the summer, «at a later date”. A disillusionment which does not seem to discourage the American director, who was able to present his sequel at the last Venice Film Festival, and remains confident about the continuation of his epic.
#3 FURIOUS: 170 MILLIONS
Nine years after the excellent Mad Max : Fury Road, The public seemed to be excited to discover the prequel dedicated to the youth of Immortan Joe’s Imperator. Thanks to the film bringing together Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, George Miller, passionate about the project, was able to raise $380 million, and opened the cult license to a new era. So with the significant media hype surrounding Furiousnothing seemed to be able to hinder a future success in theaters. But it is clear thatwith only $170 million in revenue (half as much as its predecessor) for a budget of 168 million, the result is not there. Figures that do not turn into a disaster, but not high enough for Warner to give its immediate green light for a sequel, to the great displeasure of George Miller, visibly discouraged: “I still don’t know what to do with The Wasteland.”
#2 THE CROW – 18 millions
Barely released in cinemas – on August 21st – that The Crow will already be arriving on SVOD. In exactly one day, Friday, September 13. The reason is simple: the remake of the 1994 film flopped at the box office: 18 million dollars that do not cover the 50 million investedThe commercial and critical failure even prompted the director of the original film, Alex Proyas, to publicly mock it. “I thought the remake was a cynical money pump. Not much money to pump, it seems,” he joked about the sad fate of the film with Bill Skarsgård.
#1 BORDERLANDS – 30 millions
How can we not put the worst flop of the summer, or perhaps of the entire year, at number 1. We already had little hope for this adaptation of Borderlandone of the biggest licenses in video games. Trailer, character visuals, costumes and sets, press reviews, nothing was going well around Eli Roth’s film. Fears that were confirmed when the film was released. The film was a huge flop, registering just $30 million for $115 millionaccording to Deadline magazine, and with a $30 million marketing budget to boot. A $115 million hole for Lionsgate, which certainly had a hard time swallowing the pill. The film therefore did not escape the trend of being quickly repatriated to the VOD section in the USA.
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