This $200 million film is the first major box office failure of the year

Argylle is definitely a dismal failure at the box office

XXL budget, star casting, big promotion, Argyle had solid arguments to become THE great success of the beginning of the cinematic year. Unfortunately, Matthew Vaughn’s film had a catastrophic start to its career, which suggests a future industrial accident, perhaps one of the most important of the year 2024.

The film starring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell and Bryan Cranston, to name a few, tells the story of Elly Conway, author of spy novels, who finds herself involved in an adventure similar to those of her fictional character , the secret agent Argylle. His fictional stories begin to mix with reality when he discovers that the operations in his books bear an uncanny resemblance to those of a real spy organization. With the help of Aidan, a spy allergic to cats, and his cat Alfie, Elly travels the world to foil dangerous assassins and prevent fiction from becoming reality.

With an estimated budget of $200 million, Argyle began its journey with only $18 million in revenue for its first weekend in the United States. Globally it has collected only 35 million so far and it shouldn’t even reach the symbolic threshold of 100 million dollars. A hard blow for Universal, which closed 2023 on a high note, dethroning Disney from the podium of the best film studios.

In France, La Zone d’Interêt does better

It’s a downfall for director Matthew Vaughn, who has had box office hits like X-Men: First Class (356 million), Kingsman (415 million). But since the release of the second part of Kingsman (which had grossed half of the first), he is unable to return to success. The prequel to the saga, The King’s Man: First Mission Also released in 2021 it was a failure with $126 million in box office revenue on a $100 million budget. Argyle it might be the worst commercial failure of his career, due to its huge budget.

In France, the same observation: Argyledespite its 600 copies, it failed to surpass the box office (187,000 admissions), bending to The area of ​​interest by Jonathan Glazer, which has only 260 copies (for a total of 198,000 entries).

Source: Cine Serie

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