Two huge new $100 million Hollywood blockbusters bomb spectacularly at global box office
Two massive new $100 million Hollywood blockbusters have bombed spectacularly at the global box office, with Morbius, The Flash and The Marvels even doing better.
The last few weeks have not been good for the most expensive new Hollywood blockbusters.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis cost The Godfather director at least $120 million of his own money.
The poorly received arthouse mess starring Adam Driver opened in late September and has so far made just $8.5 million globally, after a 75 percent drop off during its second weekend in cinemas.
As a result, it’s likely the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Megaflopolis will lose at least $100 million.
As if that weren’t bad enough, a new $200 million movie has also had a terrible opening weekend.
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Back in 2019, Todd Phillips’ Joker was shot for around $70 million and made over $1 billion at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. After Joaquin Phoenix won the Best Actor Oscar for the title role, the pair returned for the sequel Joker Folie à Deux, alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.
Following mostly poor reviews, the musical thriller (which had a much higher budget of at least $200 million) opened to just $40 million domestically This is lower than the openings of recent comic book movie box office bombs The Flash and The Marvels, while matching Jared Leto’s Morbius.
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Have earned $121 million worldwide in its opening weekend, Joker 2 is a far cry from its box office behemoth of a predecessor. As a result, the new DC movie will have to make at least $450 million to just break-even.
After a devastating start to the autumn for Hollywood blockbusters, perhaps Tom Hardy’s swansong Venom: Let There Be Carnage can repeat the box office success of its two predecessors at the end of the month.
Joker Folie à Deux and Megalopolis are out now in cinemas.
