Netflix: this survival with Idris Elba is a success after the collapse at the box office

Beast: Netflix gives a second life to this film with Idris Elba

It often happens that films that went unnoticed when released in theaters have a second life after their arrival on Netflix. We talked about it recently The Deep Housethis discreetly released French horror film, which had great success all over the world after its online release, or this Marvel film, which very few people had seen, which had also attracted the public’s favor after arriving on the platform with the red logo.

This is once again the case Beastreleased discreetly in cinemas in the summer of 2022, rising directly to second place in the top 10 of the most watched films on Netflix in France.

Directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest), Beast presents Idris Elba in a thrilling survival. The latter plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a grieving man who, in the hope of reconnecting with his two daughters, embarks on a journey to South Africa, a land of memories where he met his late wife. Their destination is a peaceful nature reserve, managed by Martin Battles, a biologist, old family friend and wildlife connoisseur. What was supposed to be a regenerating vacation soon turns into a terrifying nightmare. A lion, the last survivor of a cruel hunt conducted by unscrupulous poachers, begins to attack humans, driven by the desire for revenge. Daniels and his family find themselves in the midst of a desperate fight for survival, pursued by this relentless beast.

A box office failure upon release

On paper, Beast it had everything to be a great success in theaters: a breathtaking tone and genre that audiences liked, an internationally renowned actor identified by viewers, and refined first images that enticed them to discover more.

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Unfortunately there was no success as the film initially grossed only 59 million dollars. global box office (for an estimated budget of 36 million). In France, the feature film attracted only 229,000 viewersdespite nine weeks of programming and a major distributor behind it (Universal Pictures).

Source: Cine Serie

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