Furiosa, Borderlands, The 5 biggest flops of the summer

The summer box office has smiled on The Count of Monte Cristo, Deadpool & Wolverine, Inside Out 2 (which broke all records, becoming the biggest animated hit of all time), as well as Despicable Me 4 and 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, from Furiosa to the infamous Borderlands.

#5 BIKERIDERS: 35 MILLION

By tackling the golden age of motorcycle clubs in the 60s/70s with an enticing cast including Austin Butler (Masters of the Air, the series about the American 8th Air Force during World War II, Dune, Part II, Elvis) and Tom Hardy (Peaky Blinders, Venom, Fury Road, The Revenant, The Dark Knight Rises), director Jeff Nichols had with Bikeridersenough 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)didn't live up to expectations. 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 enormous project. The actor and therefore director even injected a colossal sum to give birth to his baby. Unfortunately, the first chapter presented in May at Cannes was a huge flop when it was released: 35 million dollars 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 disappointment that 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.

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#3 FURIOSA: 170 MILLION

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 Furiosa, nothing seemed to be able to hinder a future success in theaters. But it is clear that with only 170 million dollars 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 million

Barely released in theaters – on August 21 – that The Crowwill already be landing on SVOD. In precisely one short day, next Friday, September 13. The reason is simple, the remake of the 1994 film flopped at the box office: $18 million that doesn't make up for the $50 million invested. The 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 Skarsgard.

#1 BORDERLANDS – 30 million

How can we not put the worst flop of the summer, or perhaps even of the entire year, at number 1. We already had little hope for this adaptation of Borderland, one 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, recording barely $30 million for $115 million, according to Deadline magazine, and with a $30 million marketing budget on top of that. A $115 million hole for Lionsgate, who certainly had a hard time swallowing the pill. The film therefore did not escape the trend of being quickly repatriated in the VOD section in the USA.

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