Borderlands is a real bomb, and Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer stated that “everything that could go wrong did go wrong.”
Borderlands was a real bomb. Little doubt about it. The variation of the acclaimed online game franchise grossed simply $33 million in theaters and was completely trashed by critics. Throughout a current earnings name, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer spoke concerning the epic failure of Borderlands.
“On Borderlands, nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong: it sat on the shelf for too long during the pandemic, and reshoots and rising interest rates took it outside the safety zone of our usual strict financial models,” Feltheimer stated. With a funds of round $120 million, Borderlands stands to lose the studio some huge cash. Though Lionsgate did mitigate among the dangers by promoting overseas rights, sources instructed Deadline that Borderlands may nonetheless lose as a lot as $30 million. “The success of our financial models doesn’t take the place of also getting the creative right,” Feltheimer added
Borderlands wasn’t the one bomb Lionsgate had on its fingers this 12 months, as Whitebird, The Crow, Killer’s Sport, and By no means Let Go additionally underperformed on the field workplace.
Primarily based on the online game franchise of the identical identify, Borderlands stars Cate Blanchett as Lillith, an notorious outlaw who returns to the place the place she grew up and types an alliance with a group of misfits to search out the lacking daughter of essentially the most highly effective man within the universe. The ensemble solid additionally consists of Kevin Hart as Roland, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg, Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Patricia Tannis, and Jack Black because the voice of Claptrap.
There was speak of the movie being shot with an R-rating in thoughts, however that was modified throughout post-production. I doubt slightly extra blood and gore would have fastened the movie’s issues. In actual fact, Borderland did so poorly that Lionsgate determined to dump it on PVOD lower than a month after it had debuted in theaters.
Our personal Chris Bumbray referred to as the movie a “disaster” that desperately desires to be the following Guardians of the Galaxy however lacks the attraction or imaginative and prescient to take action. Bumbray added that it was “one of the worst big-budget movies I’ve seen in a while” and can probably be forgotten solely in just some weeks. Yikes. You may take a look at the remainder of his evaluate proper right here.
