Quentin Tarantino’s Box Office Failure That ‘Shocked Confidence’

Iconic film director, Quentin Tarantino had a brilliant start to his career and released successes (both with the public and critics) such as Rent dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction: Time of Violence (1994) and Kill Bill – Volume 1 (2003). However, his confidence was shaken in 2007 after the failure of Death Proof (2007).

With a budget of US$ 30 million, the film in question was released on July 16, 2010 and grossed US$ 31.1 at the worldwide box office (and that is a failure if you consider the marketing and other works of Tarantino, for example). The cast of the production had names like Kurt Russell (Mike), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Lee), Rosario Dawson (Abernathy) It is Eli Roth (dov).

During an interview with diary ara to promote the book Film Speculationreleased in November 2022, the filmmaker explained how the film’s poor reception led him to receive more project proposals from hollywood.

“I’ve been lucky enough to write stories that have connected with so many people, and that’s allowed me to practice my craft without the restrictions that most filmmakers have,” he said. Quentin Tarantino. “Now, a funny thing happened: for a while I got a lot of project proposals, until the studios ended up assuming that I made my stories and it wasn’t worth it.”

but after Death Proofwhich didn’t do well at the box office and was a shock to my confidence, I started getting offers again.

“They must have thought, ‘Maybe now he’s got his wits about him and his temper has waned, now’s the time.’ And there’s nothing wrong with making commissioned movies for hollywood,” continued the director. “They always offered me interesting projects. But I preferred to reinvest in myself and I did inglourious bastards.”