It won four Oscars and was a true phenomenon at the box office.
In today’s industry it would be very difficult to discern what it means to be the most successful film. Especially considering the current state of the exhibition market. Of course, box office phenomena continue to appear, such as the recent case of Inside out 2but on the other hand there are surprising failures the size of The specialist either Furious. However, there was a time before the rise of streaming when the box office was still a friendly zone for the studios and not a hostile territory and paradoxically, these films are now housed in the immense catalogs of platforms like Netflix. In many cases, surpassing the audience levels of other immediate releases.
This is the case of Bohemian Rhapsodyour cinema recommendation for this weekend. The film directed by Bryan Singer (actually, it was finished by Graham King) was a true phenomenon at the box office, placing itself in the Top 5 of the highest-grossing productions of 2018. It is the most successful film in its field, the musical biopic. $910 million around the world, beating tough competition full of blockbusters of action as Venom, Aquaman, Mission Impossible: Fallout either Deadpool, among other. But the story of Queen’s rise to fame was not only the most successful film within its genre, it also obtained five nominations at the 91st edition of the Oscars. In this way, she almost won four statuettes and was, in fact, the actress who collected the most awards on the red carpet in 2019. Bohemian Rhapsody He couldn’t be crowned completely, but instead he achieved something much more complicated: make the musical biopic fashionable in Hollywood.
The most popular movie
The 2019 Oscars were one of the more distributed than can be remembered. Let us remember that Bohemian Rhapsody He had four awards but without going any further, Rome, Black Panther and Green Book They took three categories each. The last one would end up crowning him the big winner of the night, taking home the Oscar for Best Film. Controversial decisions which left the specialized critics who did see it somewhat cold The favourite and in one’s own Romeplausible stories of conquering the most important night for cinema in the world.
However, the one that would end up setting the trend as the most popular film would be Bohemian Rhapsody. Its virtuous effect and its benefits have led to the fact that even today the major studios continue to capture the lives of the most iconic artists on the big screen. In 2022 we had Elvis and Whitney Houstonwhile this year we have been able to see the life of Amy Winehouse in Back to Black and we have even had a Spanish representative of the genre like Second prizeinspired by the birth of The planetsThe music-loving (or mythomaniac) fashion will not end here, in 2025 we will see Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson and Noomi Rapace as Maria Callas.
What is ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ about?
The official synopsis of Bohemian Rhapsody is as follows: “The film captures the band’s meteoric rise to the Olympus of music through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their crisis when Freddy Mercury’s lifestyle was out of control, and their triumphant reunion in on the eve of Live Aid. While he was suffering from a life-threatening illness, the singer gave one of the biggest rock concerts in history.
It was also the most successful film for its lead actor, Rami MalekThe actor of Egyptian descent would take his first nomination and Oscar, boosting his career after shining on the small screen with Mr. Robot. Since then he has been the villain in the latest James Bond film, No Time to Die and has worked under the orders of illustrious directors such as David O. Russell with Amsterdam or Christopher Nolan and his latest Oscar-winning film, Oppenheimer. In 2025, we will be able to see him in The Amateur and Nuremberg.
Bohemian Rhapsody It lasts just over two hours and is available on both Netflix and on Disney+. Its great cast is completed with Joseph Maxxello, Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers.
