Anthony Mackie's $150 Million, Saudi-Funded Action Movie Desert Warrior Looks Like One of the Biggest Box Office Flops in History
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Saudi-backed epic flops at box office in the US
, a Saudi-backed movie that reportedly cost about $150 million to make, only brought in $472,000 in its opening weekend. The film, starring Anthony Mackie and Ben Kingsley, took six years to produce, and its budget more than doubled in that time, according to Enterprise News. Audiences shunning the movie — which was released across more than 1,000 theaters in the US — is a reminder that art is tricky, even as the kingdom pours billions into buil…
Desert Warrior, the first installment in Saudi Arabia's cultural campaign and a blockbuster that could rival the best of Hollywood, is on track to become one of the biggest flops in history. The film cost $150 million to produce, but after its first weekend, it has only grossed half a million.
Desert Warrior is the new action film, starring Anthony Mackie, Ben Kingsley, Sharlto Copley and Aiysha Hart, which is on its way to becoming one of the biggest box office failures of all time. The film is directed by Rupert Wyatt, and has been distributed by MBC Studios, a Saudi media conglomerate and the largest media group in the Middle East and North Africa. There was hope that the film, which follows a concubine who escapes the clutches of …
Anthony Mackie’s Desert Warrior Bombs After Captain America
Following Captain America: Brave New World's underperformance, Anthony Mackie’s latest movie, Desert Warrior, is bombing hard at the box office, with the reported $150 million to $170 million historical epic opening to only $487,848 domestically.
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