“Megapocalypse” for Francis Ford Coppola
This isn’t a surprise, but it’s still very painful to see. MegalopolisFrancis Ford Coppola’s new film, a 40-year project in which he invested $120 million, debuted in North American theaters on Friday, September 27. And the predicted disaster unfortunately occurred…
The forecasts were already very low. Revenues expected for the first weekend of Megalopolis were thus established between 5 and 7 million dollars. Alas, Francis Ford Coppola’s dystopian epic, despite its genius traits and five-star cast, didn’t even gross 5 million. From today the account is in fact stopped at 4 million dollars…
In his failure, Megalopolis makes history
At this level it is no longer a catastrophe. But on Monday post-apocalyptic For Megalopolis. With a critical score of a 49% and an audience score of 34% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film therefore benefits neither from public word of mouth nor from the critical momentum that motivated viewers to discover it.
Embarrassed since its production by a dubious industry, accompanied by testimonies and press articles denouncing chaotic filming and accusations of abuse by Francis Ford Coppola on extras, Megalopolis had great difficulty finding a distributor. Eventually acquired by Lionsgate, they made a mistake by releasing a trailer with fake reviews. Which brought a new level of scandal to an already very embedded film…
The result, with a very divided critical press since its presentation in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Megalopolis arrived in theaters with a very bad reputation and could not escape the industrial accident. With a production budget of $120 million for a launch that brought in $4 million in revenue, it is therefore fair to mention one of the worst failures for a big budget film in history.
Time will change the fate of Megalopolis ? Will it be re-evaluated once in the video circuit? Francis Ford Coppola, who like his character Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), thinks that an artist/creator can stop time, will instead have to let it pass to hope for clarity on the fate of his film.
Source: Cine Serie
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