Margot Robbie’s latest film bombed at the box office, marking the second flop she’s been in this year… both were huge ensemble numbers with top A-list talent.
Of course, we’re talking about “Babylon,” which hit theaters this holiday weekend … and only grossed a measly $3.5 million domestically through Sunday, with an estimated $5.3 million of dollars expected to arrive by Monday. Either way…not a good turnout.
Damien Chazelle’s #Babylon bombs at the box office with $3.5M domestic
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The film, which is about old Hollywood and the rise of the talkies, had massive star power attached to the credits…in addition to Margot as the lead, it also featured Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, Olivia Wilde , Chloe. Fineman, Eric Roberts, Flea, Max Minghella, etc.
Plus, there’s the director, Damien Chazelle, who’s an Oscar winner… and with a slightly hefty budget of $80 million (and a lot of marketing) it’s not clear why this one didn’t do well with viewers this holiday season. The mixed reviews probably didn’t help.
Interestingly, there’s another movie Margot was a part of earlier this fall that had very similar vibes: another star-studded lineup (Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Rami Malek, Taylor Swift, etc. ) that came together for ‘Amsterdam’. .. which also went off the air in theaters.
It only made about $6.4 million in its October opening weekend and grossed just $16 million domestically, this after another $80 million budget spent to make- it
Margot Robbie says the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ spinoff she was previously linked to is no longer happening.
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A bit of a rough year for Margot on the movie front, not only were things doing well at the box office … but she also said that the ‘Pirates’ movie she was attached to had been killed off by Disney, although one of the producers of the franchise insisted that it is not exactly so.
He’s got a lot on the horizon for 2023, though: MR is already set to star in ‘Barbie’, as well as a Wes Anderson film, ‘Asteroid City’…not to mention his own prequel ‘ Ocean’s Eleven’. The only (potential) problem… they’ll all have super stacked casts too.
Good luck!