Cinemas are suffocating. The International box office receipts continue to decline, while many try to understand the tragic reason for this phenomenon. Not even blockbusters like Furiosa: from the Mad Max saga either kingdom of the planet of the apes they manage to take flight before public exhaustionwho continues to receive with lukewarms the big premieres.
Between the most anticipated blockbusters of 2024 it’s found Gladiator 2, which continues to break records as one of Ridley Scott’s most ambitious films. The film starring Paul Mescal already has slipped into the list of most expensive films in historywith up to 310 million dollars for its achievement. Thus, it triples the money invested in the first film, 103 million dollars.
As reported THR At the beginning of this year, the money originally invested for Gladiator 2 It was from 165 million dollarsbut the 2023 actors and screenwriters strike considerably increased that number to 310 million.
The most expensive movies in history
However, the title of most expensive movie in history still belongs to Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($447 million)followed by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (432 million), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (416 million), Fast & Furious (379 million) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (379 million).
Gladiator 2 is located in the position 12, surpassing films like Pirates of the Caribbean: At the end of the world, League of Justice and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. These three titles used around 300 million dollars each for their development, always assuming that all these expenses add up to the initial money of the film plus the money subsequently invested in promotion and derivatives.
Ridley Scott’s previous box office hit
Although the original film Gladiator reaped a whopping figure of 465 million dollars in collection, this new blockbuster comes at a difficult time for the film industry. With all the ingredients that Hollywood likes – a tragic love story, a protagonist like Joaquin Phoenix and numerous battles -, Ridley Scott’s previous film crashed at the box office.
Napoleon It started from 200 million dollars and It only obtained 221 million in theaters. A big setback for the filmmaker who has made many see his work in the sequel to Gladiatorwhile the British continues to trust in the phenomenon which, even today, continues to be the plot of Máximo Decimus Meridio.
Bad luck has followed Scott in recent years with other notable setbacks as The Gucci house (153 million dollars), The last duel ($30 million) or All the money in the world ($56 million). Despite everything, the good name of the director of Alien. The eighth passenger, Thelma & Louise either the kingdom of heaven It continues to be a quality brand, although perhaps not as profitable as before.
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