Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has broken an unwanted record for George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action franchise. The movie is the fifth installment in the Mad Max franchise, which kicked off in 1979 and had its most recent installment in 2015 with the Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road, to which the new movie is a direct prequel. Although it took No. 1 in its opening weekend, the Furiosa box office has had a disappointing start with the worst Memorial Day debut in decades, earning $26.3 million against its whopping $168 million budget.
Per Deadline, the Furiosa box office has earned $10.75 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office, bringing its cumulative domestic gross to $49.6 million. This is a 59% drop from its 3-day opening of $26.3 million over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Although it’s overall a decent drop for a major blockbuster, it is somewhat harsher considering that there are no other major new wide releases in theaters this weekend in addition to earning the worst-ever week 2 drop for the Mad Max franchise.
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Source: Deadline
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
A prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa is an action-adventure film that tells the origin story of the headstrong and fearless Furiosa. Set shortly after the beginning of the “end of the world,” Furiosa is kidnapped and brought before a powerful warlord, now forced to work for him. To find her way back home, Furiosa will adapt to the new harsh and arid world as she grows into the Furiosa she becomes known to be.
- Director
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George Miller
- Release Date
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May 24, 2024
- Studio(s)
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Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
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Warner Bros. Pictures
- Writers
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George Miller
, Nick Lathouris - Cast
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Chris Hemsworth
, Anya Taylor-Joy - Runtime
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148 minutes
- Franchise(s)
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Mad Max
- Sequel(s)
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Mad Max: Fury Road
- Budget
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168 million
