Horizon: A very risky bet for Kevin Costner, who financed part of this western!

The least we can say is that Kevin Costner is very stubborn! To realize his dream of bringing his Horizon saga to the screen, the first part of which will be released on July 3, he didn’t hesitate to cash his checks!

Tears and dollars

After crying at the film’s premiere in Cannes last May, Costner can offer the public his new mural, 20 years after Open Range, his last work.

To fulfill this crazy dream, the actor and director did not hesitate to mortgage the house in Santa Barbara in order to collect the 100 million dollars needed for the production of the first two episodes of Horizon. In addition, Kevin Costner revealed the exact amount of money he himself put on the table to make his project happen.

During a visit to the Croisette last MayKevin Costner said he put up $38 million of his own money to complete Horizon’s budget. “They say I invested $20 million of my own money in this movie. That’s not true. I’ve now invested about $38 million in the movie. That’s the truth. That’s the real number.”he pointed out.

I have about 38 million dollars invested in the film now. This is the truth. This is a real number.

Shy checkout?

“Me and Coppola must be just two idiots who pay to make our movies”– he joked on the microphone point. Will Kevin Costner succeed in his bid and make Horizon a box office success? At the moment, the first indicators are not encouraging. In the US, the feature film got off to a very shaky start with just 11 million greenbacks in its opening weekend.

According to varietyKevin Costner will have a very hard time turning a profit or even breaking even if the numbers don’t pick up. If a 3rd movie is currently in the works, the potential failure of the first episode could jeopardize the rest of the events, be it the theatrical release of Horizon 3 or the filming of Opus 4.

Facing possible commercial failure, will Kevin Costner be forced to sell his baby to the platform or release his next films on VOD? For now, it is confirmed that the second episode will be released in theaters on September 11.