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Oscar-winner Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” performed worse than expected in its opening Friday, earning just $4.1 million on its way to a disappointing opening weekend — leaving two major sequels behind. , including John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place: Day One,” which set a record for its premiere on Friday.
“Inside Out 2” overtook Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2” in its third weekend. … [+]
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New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.’ “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” grossed $4.1 million at more than 3,300 theaters in North America in its Thursday previews and Friday opening. Delivery time And diverse The three-hour Civil War-set Western is expected to gross $11.3 million in its opening weekend, reports said.
That puts Horizon’s opening weekend projections below its initial estimate of $12 million, a failure for Costner, who spent $38 million of his own money on the $100 million production budget.
It also comes in well below the projected weekend box office total for “A Quiet Place: Day One,” which is expected to bring in $53 million over the weekend after a $22.5 million opening night.
A Quiet Place: Day One, the third installment in the horror franchise, beat both previous films in its opening weekend, with the original 2018 film making $18.86 million on its first day and A Quiet Place Part II making $19.36 million when it opened in 2021, according to Box Office Mojo.
But the two films fell short of Disney and Pixar’s sequel “Inside Out 2,” which is expected to make between $55 million and $59 million over the weekend at the domestic box office, well above its massive total of $411.91 million. in the United States since its release earlier this month – making it the biggest film of the year.
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Costner stars in and directs “Horizon” — a film that has been in the works for 30 years — just as he did with 1991’s “Dances with Wolves,” which earned him Oscars for best picture and best director, as well as an Oscar nomination for best actor in a leading role. Costner, 69, most recently starred in Paramount’s acclaimed Western drama “Yellowstone,” a series that won Costner a Golden Globe for best performance in a television drama last year, as well as a Screen Actors Guild nomination in 2022. “Yellowstone” was also a hugely lucrative gig for Costner. It said This earned him $1.3 million per episode, a job he left to make Horizon.
How do critics receive “Horizon”?
Although audiences gave “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” a lukewarm score of 68% rotten tomatoes, critics on the site were more harsh, rating it a dismal 39%, making it one of the worst-reviewed films of the year. Critics on MetacriticMeanwhile, the film received a slightly higher rating, at 46/100. The New York Times Uber described the film — the first in a four-part series — as “crowded,” “off-center,” with a “crowded cast” and “multiple story lines” that lack context in a nearly three-hour Western. guardian He added that the film feels “strangely indifferent” and “doesn’t offer much in the way of satisfying storytelling.”
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