Why Furiosa Just Flopped

[@Code_Dee]

"Nah, I just saw a sand movie (Dune 2)" - General Audiences

[@jancukasu]

"Mom can I watch Dune 2?" "We have Dune 2 at home"

[@travisbeeman7506]

Wife said this exact thing before I begged her to go anyway...

[@thexdatabase]

yeah where is the diversity

[@mattbellgottaring2it961]

From the studio who just took u to the desert 3 months ago. Comes another film in the desert. Staring two rising stars.

[@letmeknowhowthatgoes]

Rabid libertarian caucasian gangs terrorize the country post apocalypse… too soon.

[@IamY00t]

Well that sucks, I want more of the Mad Max universe

[@jeremyhall2727]

Me too 😭

[@Ek70R]

Me too :(

[@absiyehassan36]

Same

[@nicocancilla8386]

I am still glad we got two.

[@thejoke2791]

​@nicocancilla8386 There's been 5 of them, and a 6th yet to come.

[@theclaybeartravels3596]

I dont think movies are flopping because people dont want to see it. Movies are flopping because the production companies are expecting an audience that doesbt exist anymore. The average #1 film at the box office is only making 35 to 50 million. People are just not into going to theaters, especially when they need to worry about the raising cost of other things. Studios need to adjust the budgets for their movies for a smaller market. Look at how successful smaller budget, high concept movies are doing. Budgets are in the range of 15 million for these films and theyre a hit because they make 35 million in the opening weekend. Studios need to stop chasing that billion dollar box office, it just doesnt exist anymore

[@johanalejandrocazadordepin7225]

people dont go to theater because the experience is sh*t. Overpriced food with tiny space and only one moron can ruin de film by just talking loud

[@silas1414]

Not true. Bad Boys, which is also post-slap, is over performing. Others too. People just didn’t come out to this one.

[@Ryanlexz]

Smaller budget doesn't mean the film will be amazing anyways

[@theclaybeartravels3596]

@@Ryanlexz throwing money at shit doesn't polish it either

[@scottmiller8617]

The younger generation prefers streaming, and they don't make many films for adults. That's the issue, albeit one of many

[@joedelao2090]

Was it even advertised really well? I had never heard that this movie was being made, let alone that it was coming out.

[@xana7078]

exactly, I only found out about it coming out s few weeks ago. I heard they were planning on making another movie after 9 years after fury road but didn't hear about it until it was pretty much almost out. No advertisement at all.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Hollywood still needs people like George Miller More than ever

[@MurderMostFowl]

That’s some pretty good lip service but really… He is just a pretty good Director, who got a lot of fame for doing a lot with a little bit of money. His stories aren’t particularly deep. (Don’t get me wrong, I love all these movies AND Babe, Pig in the City ) But let’s not pretend that furiosa is high art. Miller didn’t really have any good ideas for this film when he basically killed a George Lucas and said “uhhh… yeah, yeah… I uhhh.. I have lots more in store for this mad max world” when really he did t have much of anything .

[@jerrywilliams198]

@@MurderMostFowl I don't know if your right or not but fun fact he started wanting to make this movie and Fury road since 2006.

[@saltybro2544]

​@MurderMostFowl Furiosa was written before Fury Road, with the intention of complimenting it. Disparaging the movies is a valid criticism but saying Miller had "No ideas" for the movie is frankly ridiculous.

[@margaretwood152]

*💀FURRI0SA🔶:* A _Mad-Max_ "Saga"; ..... *_With-out_* Mad-Max in it; (as even a _tertiary_ character ) ([{ *VERDICT* )}] -+- The CGl was tacky & *_cheap_*_ looking:_ thus, price of the $35 Imax Ticket to see was _not _*_worth_*_ it._ Perhaps we'll go _Sailing_ instead: 🏴‍☠"Yarrrggh!!!"🏴‍☠ (📽HoIIyW00D Exec: _"It'll Sell Like _*_Gang-busters!!!"_* ~ "$29 Million Dollar WW Open Take🎞👎) 🏴‍☠"Yarrrggh!!!"🏴‍☠

[@nanoano88]

Not when he is pushing political agenda

[@aaronseale9022]

Furiosa was absolutely incredible. Just watched it last night. Honestly - hope people will go see this. Such a fun watch.

[@-VOR]

Right? And the Mortifiers were badass! Going to model a Necromunda Ash Wastes gang after them.

[@badaxe_gaming]

No

[@maxxc7534]

good movie

[@JoFa876]

I found it fun, but they didn't need an actor for the part as she simply showed little emotion. Kirsten Stewart could have done it.

[@StoneAgeWarfare]

Just saw it today. One of my entertainment highlights of the year!

[@christinemay4129]

I saw it in the theatre on Thursday and it really should be seen on the big screen.

[@Barney_rubble983]

I just can't get excited for it. She is the wrong choice for the movie, it should have Max.

[@larryhouse3776]

​@Barney_rubble983 why?

[@Barney_rubble983]

@@larryhouse3776 because it's a mad Max movie, I think she is one dimensional and overrated as an actress. Imo.

[@jfayiii]

Nope.

[@hawkname1234]

@@Barney_rubble983 All the movies in this world don't have to center on a single character. That's dumb.

[@roberw1912]

You over analysed this film. I said 6 months ago, this movie would fail, it's a Mad Max film without Mad Max. No matter how good the film is, removing your main character is always a tough sell.

[@Cosmicshambler]

Ikr

[@Stranglebat]

It totally can work but it has to do a bit more to show why it would matter. Better Call Saul worked without Walter White. Max as a character is really flat and uninteresting so its not like he's carrying it.

[@TheGameShocker]

Makes sense to me.

[@liverpooljft9623]

​@Stranglebat did it though? Practically everyone I know has seen breaking bad. I don't know a single person that has watched better call Saul. I tried but got bored after a season or 2.

[@Stranglebat]

@liverpooljft9623 Missed out, it was brilliant. Perfect example of how a prequel can work.

[@frank_av8tor]

Also Fury Road was a bit of a bait and switch with the tiular Mad Max not being the actual lead, Furiosa completed the swap using Max as just a reference name in the title. Anyone who wanted to see Max in a Mad Max film knowing he wasn't included might have decided to just sit this one out.

[@shlokroy8969]

Bro please keep ur propaganda in ur pants,did u ever see any of mad max movies before

[@arthas640]

i cant understand why anyone thought that was a good idea. It's like a Star Wars movie where they never leave the planet and nobody fights, or an Alien movie without any aliens. It's already a bit of a blow to not having Mel Gibson, but to get rid of his replacement and the character is just suicidally stupid.

[@89426]

They misinterpreted the success of Fury Road, and now they refuse to admit it. The Mel movies are supposed to be passe. "Max was never the main character". Uh huh.

[@arthas640]

@@89426 yeah he's not the star in the sense that technically Johnny Depp wasn't the star in Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@katyfive1]

more women showed up for fury road - so seemingly having two main leads of both genders worked quite well

[@CrusaderGir]

The problem for me is i just did not care about her character in fury road to start so the instant they mentioned a Furiosa solo movie I was beyond not interested. Thats not to say I didn't want it to do well just that I had no desire or interest in it at all.

[@SeorkMaxx]

But it was a Furiosa Solo movie, it was just as unnecessary as the Han Solo movie 😂

[@CrusaderGir]

Those are both fair points regardless if I agree or not, but that's all irrelevant to my point entirely.

[@1q34w]

@@SeorkMaxx are there any necessary movies?

[@jonfreeman9682]

But this is girl boss done right. You go for the action and stunts not for mad Max. And it delivers.

[@CrusaderGir]

While a positive take thats still as relevant as the doomsayer above who declarer it unnecessary. She just was not a character I had any desire to see more of. but as initially stated, Thats not to say I didn't want it to do well just that I had no desire or interest in it at all. Still don't, but thats fine. not every movie is for me and I don't see any reason why the ones I don't have an interest in can't do well despite that.

[@kirstenlerom2349]

Makes me sad because I saw it and thought it was awesome! That being said, I could see a lot of people just deciding to wait until it hits streaming.

[@josephtorres3861]

Nope

[@OneNvrKnoz]

Yeah, very much this. The time to wait for in home viewing has gotten so short that people just wait to watch it for free on whatever streaming network it goes to

[@vemon117]

Physical media for me

[@asdfxcvbn746]

this is like watching a Batman movie with no Batman in it & then wondering why nobody watched it.

[@moonmothh]

this is a blockbuster kinda movie.. the one you go see on the big screen. if people aren't seeing this on the big screen what else is worth it that's come out this year so far.

[@kp4588]

Furiosa was awesome. I had a great time at the theater and the mad max world has room for other characters.

[@carsonhorton9827]

Yeah I saw it last night and I loved it. I’m unfamiliar to Mad Max, as I’ve only seen Fury road a few times, so this did a great job of catching me up to the world.

[@badaxe_gaming]

Yes Mad max has room for other chracters. Just not in my life. Hey would you do me a solid and email Warner gays that they need to change the name of the movie to , Furiosa , Fury road.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

This movie has more baggage than the Harley Quinn movie which is sayin a LOT most people write it off immediately also it reeks of BS like the Han Solo movie which just seemed like a cash grab

[@McRaeAZ]

A Mad Max film without a Mad Max was always a tough sell. I personally enjoyed the movie but many MM fans I know were like 'Another girl boss film? No thanks!" Even though she barely girl bosses in this film. I think a lot of people are over the bait and switch in 2024.

[@wrmusic8736]

they marketed it as a girl boss film about a character nobody cares about. Like we want our shotgun wielding titular road warrior, not a movie that retreads the same thing from the previous movie.

[@anonymousLeroy]

@@wrmusic8736 Where did they market it as a girl boss movie? And give me a break Max is consistently the dullest part of every movie he's in, which is the point.

[@Van_frederick]

💯

[@vandal29]

Well said.

[@RoeShamBoe]

@@anonymousLeroy the numbers prove otherwise like they literally prove you couldn't be more wrong

[@dellcoc]

The entire movie industry is down almost a quarter from last year. Every movie has flopped.

[@JackNap1er14]

Godzilla X Kong, Oppenheimer, Barbie & Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes didn't flop

[@Bukkake2023]

Almost like it’s a combination of a cost of living crisis and movies coming to digital platforms while they are still at the cinema

[@bryanpowell2388]

Bro Dune part 2 711 million GxK & Kung Fu Panda 4 both made over 500 million

[@TheRealCoolDude1989-nt5ed]

hahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahaha loser !

[@wrmusic8736]

@@JackNap1er14 Err what? Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes is a box office bomb.

[@comicbookfanboy2614]

2024 has not just been a bad year for the box office. It's been a bad year for us all. We are all too broke to go to the movies anymore.

[@markadler8968]

Correction: people are too broke to watch most movies but will watch quality ones. Dune 2 made over 700 million which disproves your theory. This movie got lumped in with the other girlboss sludge and was disregarded even though it sounds like a decent enough flick.

[@sci-fi.tsunami]

@@markadler8968 I just watched Dune 2 & I would rather have my eyes gouged out than to ever watch that *BORING* piece of shit again. I didn't even see the very end because I fell asleep.

[@markadler8968]

@@sci-fi.tsunami Whether you liked it or not is completely irrelevant. Other people did and it was a box office success.

[@coltdawg7299]

⁠@@markadler8968you said it was quality so I think whether we enjoyed it matters. I enjoyed it but I also enjoyed this one. I think this just isn’t being talked about enough

[@TobaccoRoadAI]

@@markadler8968agreed I went to the theater to see Kingdom of the pla

[@djanitatiana]

Number 1 is actually Girlboss Bait And Switch fatigue. Although in this case it isn't actually the case once you see the film, but audiences aren't interested.

[@minekush1138]

i have seen it and it i it was mids maybe worse then mids

[@jikae10]

I just watched it today. It was a good, but not great movie. Seeing how it was a direct prequel to Fury Road, there were absolutely NO STAKES to the movie. You knew right away who was going to survive and who died. If they released this movie first then, Fury Road as the sequel in sequential order, it would've been a much more exciting movie. Also, the clear use of CGI in this film as opposed to the more cleverly disguised CGI use in Fury Road was disappointing.

[@carpeimodiem]

The movie is awesome. But the trailers were all terrible! Which is nice when you are pleasantly surprised by the film exceeding the poorly made trailer expectations. But just like Blade Runner 2049... the ticket sales are going to suffer severely. Another big problem is the title. I think that something like "Wasteland Wars: Furiosa" would have been a much better representation of the film itself. And the trailer could use the "A Mad Max Saga" tagline. As well as "A film, 40 years in the making... is finally here". The main trailer should have shown the "choose one warboy/YOU are awaited!!/WITNESS ME!!!" scene. That would have gotten people SUPER hyped. It's sad because this might prevent George from making another installment in the franchise.

[@SerenityPhoenix1]

Saw it this weekend with my hubby. I absolutely loved it. He had never seen any of the other mad max films and he enjoyed it as well.

[@iAkis4]

A MAD MAX film without Max Rockatansky ? Whats next, a James Bond flim with Miss Moneypenny ?

[@radrobd123]

don't give them ideas.... Breaking news: Moneypenny coming 2026!

[@grilledspaghetti]

Actually, this may be a cool idea if done well.

[@tomigun5180]

@@radrobd123 Is it about her struggles with the typewriter? 😂

[@altawedgie1392]

I want a Rambo movie, just with no Rambo in it

[@ankh_k]

Avatar 2 was how many years after Avatar 1?

[@somekindaguy100]

Don't know but it was one boring movie

[@TreantmonksTemple]

Removing the title character from a franchise is always going to be a hard sell to audiences. Imagine a John Wick movie without John Wick, it would likely flop too.

[@alanensalanens]

Max isnt like John Wick at all. Max isnt a huge focus of like 4 of the films.

[@NoNotThatPaul]

I saw Furiosa in the cinema and it was a really great experience

[@phh.8393]

I think this movie is excellent and going to be a classic. The reason it did not do well on blockbuster - we are already a streaming generation. Very few people want to go to theaters now - they should have done this at least 5 years ago. We have already moved on from dystopian fever after what happened in the pandemic 😂 - they lack the proper hyping marketing

[@jfayiii]

Maybe just maybe people like Mad Max to be the focus of a Mad Max movie. Perhaps. Just a hunch.

[@xwraden]

:D :D :D :D :D: D

[@briteness]

That might be true, but it’s pretty lame. This never pretended to be anything other than the backstory of Furiosa.

[@UltimateHibz]

Just watched this, was really good, much better than kong vs godzilla 2. A shame people including myself didn't watch it in theatres

[@flareinc7413]

Furiosa was amazing! I didn't mind it not having Max bc this way Furiosa and Dementus got more screentime. Hemsworth and Taylor-Joy were so good!

[@psychedelictacos9118]

Movie rocked, personally I think because Mad Max wasn't the protagonist people thought it would be some subpar rip off!

[@jerryschramm4399]

"The Fall Guy" had Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, got good reviews from critics and people who saw it, and bombed. "The League of Ungentlemanly Warfare" got decent reviews, but 93% of people who saw it really like it. Flop. So why wouldn't the next "Deadpool" movie also be a flop? The second film was not nearly as well received. Are audiences really going to turn out for Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine again? Because as with the "Black Widow" prequel, he died in an earlier movie, and it was a great farewell. Now he's resurrected? What next? "The Return of Iron Man" with RDJ? Because that sounds like a really bad idea. The problem is, to me, two-fold. First, it's simply extremely expensive to see a movie, especially as a family event. Two, why not wait a few weeks, and catch it your 80" or larger TV for ten bucks, buy your own popcorn and candy and sodas for one-fourth the cost of a theater, and watch it as a family, or a group of people? This is the same problem films had when television first became more popular. Only exponentially worse, because of the "home theater experience" and the cost of baby sitters being so exorbitant.

[@Nathan.007]

This. Extremely well put + these movies be nearing the 3 hour mark. I want to pause it and not miss any as I dive to the loo at the cinema. furthermore, as much as recliners are serviceable for comfort, nothing beats your own sofa and a pause button, lol

[@vicentegeonix]

What are you gonna say when Deadpool 3 doesn't flop?

[@Nathan.007]

@@vicentegeonix yeah, we all going to see that lol

[@morbiuscrystal4875]

Hahaha fatherless Martin Scorsese jr crying about marvel

[@jerryschramm4399]

@@vicentegeonix I've covered this in detail a few times. The first two Deadpool movies both made about $850 million. The first was a big hit because it only cost $58 million to make. The second one cost $110 million to make. And as far as I'm concerned, it was a step down in quality. Not comes the third, and the budget is shrouded in mystery. But estimates put it anywhere between $200-$300 million. And yet, many people are saying this film will easily make more then a billion dollars. Why? Because Wolverine (who died in another movie- the "Black Widow" effect) is in it? Would that really add over $200 million to the box office? If I'm wrong? I'll admit it. After all, I'm still trying to figure out why "Barbie" made so much money.

[@bullishangel3169]

I think the single biggest factor is the economy. People don’t have the $40-60 it takes to go to the movies and have refreshments at the moment. That same amount of money can give you a bunch of streaming subscriptions and you can watch pretty much anything you’d like.

[@F1jones]

You can only judge it relative to the other movies in the theater. If it's the economy why did this movie only make a few million more than freaking Garfield or If in its second weekend? Because while this Furiosa movie doesn't seem that interesting, audiences are dumb.

[@RedDelSol]

I agree partially. It's a lot of money for a ticket. Buuuuttttt...if the movie is good...people will definitely go. No doubt streaming services plus not selling bluerays is killing the industry. Quite ironic.

[@film79]

True that's why I think the better question is why did that Planet of the Apes and Kong movie succeed? you know they'll be on streaming real quick and didn't even look that enjoyable. Maybe people used all their summer movie money on the first thing that came out?

[@bullishangel3169]

@@F1jones I think Garfield and If have a different appeal. You market those movies to children and people typically will go. Garfield itself can be marketed to kids and nostalgic adults alike.

[@RaulGarfias]

Barbenheimer would disagree.

[@chrisfisher9232]

The last movie I went to a theater to see was five years ago. I'm probably not alone. The pandemic really did just change habits. I might change that this year and actually go see Deadpool & Wolverine in the theater, but I really just don't miss going to the movie theater.

[@GummeeH3]

IIRC the last movie I saw in the theater was one of the Star Wars prequels. Too much $ for not enough entertainment for too much wokeness

[@coreywharton6494]

That will get me back in the cinema!🎉

[@briteness]

This was the first film I have been to a theater for since the pandemic. It was worth it.

[@TyrBarghest]

For me, the reason I didn't see it is simply because all the cinema I like going to have shut down in the last two years or so. Leaving only the bad ones open. At this point, I'd rather just buy the DVD when that releases instead of going to AMC again.

[@jeremyhall2727]

Or stream it.

[@TyrBarghest]

@@jeremyhall2727 That would require me to have some type of account that allows that. Which I don't.

[@jeremyhall2727]

@@TyrBarghest you do 🤣 google.. it will be released on KZbin this year

[@undertow9x]

Going to the movies is too damn expensive. It is just not worth going anymore.

[@jimbo9208]

10 bucks for a ticket

[@Sarappreciates]

It's expensive here with the popcorn and such, but it's all about paying for the experience of seeing it with a crowd of fellow movie fans and the possibility of being witness to and/or victim of a mass shooting...

[@gabriellundes7062]

@@cbkae8119 it's almost as if people live in different places and those different places also have different prices. So weird.

[@KillerKowalski_]

​@@jimbo9208Which flyover state do you live in?

[@deepvoicedude4749]

Poor people problems.

[@IvanToshkov]

Watched it yesterday and loved it! The cinema was empty. Only about 20-30 people.

[@Lock2002ful]

Awesome film. Will see it again in 4DX. People are missing out. This is a movie made to enjoy at the theater.

[@darylsmith5930]

I don’t know what everyone’s complaining about. It was an incredible film. But I understand people like to complain about everything.

[@SuperYxskaft]

They think box office number directly relates to how good the movie is, when its more a result of marketing (and word of mouth) then anything else.

[@will.I.AmonYT]

A Mad Max movie without Mad Max. There…

[@larryhouse3776]

The world they exist in is amazing. What's wrong with telling another characters story? Max has never been the highlight of Mad Max. The villains and the world always make the movie shine. That's the case again here. It's always just good fun to go along for the ride in that world.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Only a lobotomite would think the most interesting aspect of Mad Max is the man himself The guy was never the main character in any movie basically

[@worthlessballsack]

@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 yep George Miller said many time that max is like mythological hero from the tales in wastelands. and every mad max movie is different interpration of Max

[@gyratingseacow595]

I don't think this Anna lady is all she is being cracked up to be. She definitely has a face you....have to get used to. They keep putting her in everything and in no movie she's been in have I been impressed.

[@bentdriver]

You are right, another over hyped actress, like that Millie Bobby/Brown. Actually the same for Chris Hemsworth I haven't seen him in one good film either.

[@RobertHunter-g6o]

Couldn't agree more. She's dull, even in interviews she just seems so boring... nothing I have seen her in has been any good, to a point I'll avoid movies with her in. @bentdriver MBB is exactly the same, medicore success in a niche market, and then they are cast in everything...

[@bentdriver]

@@RobertHunter-g6o I am not sure what the actual problem is. But, in the past 20-plus years, it's as if all the film Directors, Writers, Producers and Executives have lost their audiences due to the lack of understanding of what the audience wants and not taking the time to study the target markets.

[@auntedna6376]

She's sexually ambiguous enough to keep the chomos hard while not being an actual felony risk.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

She’s not even in the movie that much. I feel like she has about 20 lines. Hemsworth is the star, and he plays a fantastic villain. His best performance by far.

[@High_Key]

Man Furiosa was such a damn good movie. I’m just a casual watcher of the original trilogy but a huge fan of Fury Road. I do get people not wanting to watch this because there’s no Max but man this movie was so well executed just like Fury Road. The world building is phenomenal

[@rahuldubey652]

Why it flopped a madmax movie with no mad max everybody already thought that it was going to be a mary sue girlpower movie so they skipped it even thought it was not the perception of that made it fail Stop marketing action movies to women even though this one flopped 75% of its audience was male

[@denisaviles2230]

It’s unbelievable that people have not come out to watch this awesome film. Criminal in fact. George Miller hit a home run again. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@HULK-HOGAN1]

Furiosa is exactly what I wanted; more of the 2015 Fury Road format. George Miller depicts such distinct cinematography in Australia with Mad Max. The epic nature of the franchise is worth exploring with detailed world-building. The various factions, locations like the blue-tinted, stilt trodden remnants of the ‘Green Place’, Bullet Town and the Citadel fortress with its greenhouse, encased in that yellowish orange color palette and its intricately designed mechanical ‘steampunk’ technology. Fury Road's an action movie at heart, while Furiosa sinks its teeth into the world with storytelling (albeit still having tons of action). The studios shouldn't have delayed this by a decade. Hopefully George Miller gets another crack at it!

[@sakara75]

I havent been to the cinema since before covid. Where i am it's simply too expensive. Why pay £16.99 for one ticket (yes that's the cheapest where i am) when i can pay £16 for my partner and I to watch it in the comfort of our own home, without the issues of annoying cinema patrons who wont shut up or turn off their phones in a screen that's too loud and cold. (yeah our local cinema is shit...good ol Cineworld) it'l be interesting to see how well it does streaming.

[@DanFloresII]

Damn! That is expensive. I wouldn't go either.

[@TheRealCoolDude1989-nt5ed]

Everything is still expensive over in England still ,you all spend way to much cash on things .It would cheaper for in America or Canada to see a movie .

[@fabolousjada5070]

@@DanFloresIIlol its 25$ for imax in nyc and thats before the 23 dollar popcorn and soda ( large )

[@catiavidinha1720]

Why pay?

[@sakara75]

@@catiavidinha1720 true, but there are films i like to support so that more of that kind get made.

[@Kakashi01]

The number one reason it failed is because there was no Mad Max in it

[@asdfxcvbn746]

put a chick in it & make her Iame & gay lol smh

[@paisan8766]

Furiosa was equally as important in Fury Road, if not more

[@natsukisubaru1732]

@@paisan8766who? I just remember max. And that’s because I thought he was a character Mel Gibson played in a older movie. (Casual movie goer thought process)

[@paisan8766]

@@natsukisubaru1732 they were literally dual main characters in Fury Road. Charlize Theron fucks. That movie shits in the original trilogy at that.

[@dsouthernflyboi]

___ ___ is

[@halcyonspiral]

Releasing it 9 years after Fury Road has nothing to do with it. Fury Road was released 30 years after Beyond Thunderdome and it did great.

[@mrjuanchoca4294]

Actually, Fury Road wasn't that successul either except for the critical acclaim and Oscar noms. $379M WW total against $150M budget that doesn't include marketing cost.

[@johnkloosterman6277]

Yeah, that "reason" seems really suspect.

[@thetalentof]

Indeed and Top Gun 2 was released over 30 years after Top Gun 1.

[@Ktmfan450]

​@@thetalentof Honestly I hate America for this To have any chance of success Americans have to be pandered to

[@wrmusic8736]

@@mrjuanchoca4294 would've been more successful if Mad Max wasn't a sidekick. It's literally the same problem with the last Indiana Jones (and it will be the last lol). Like why would you make a movie about Indiana Jones not about Indiana Jones? What's the point?

[@davidstair9657]

I had a great ice cream, then someone comes in the middle of the night and offers me a spoonful of salted butter… but calls it a “frozen cream cone”. I can think of no better analogy.

[@guipacanha]

every christopher nolan film is a event

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

Not when my wallet says it's not

[@John-jm2lc]

Interstellar sucked.

[@esdsu]

Agree

[@johnsonspark171]

Batman 3 and Oppenheimer sucked

[@esdsu]

@@johnsonspark171 The people who watched Oppenheimer and made it the most successful biopic and the critics who loved it didn't think so

[@johnnydripp]

Shame because it’s an awesome movie.

[@pariskillton6082]

Yeah, agreed. Im not sure I liked it as much as fury road, but its close.

[@johnnydripp]

@@pariskillton6082 I think Fury Road is superior but this is still a fantastic movie. And fleshing out the Furiosa character actually enhances Fury Road as a prequel should.

[@fabolousjada5070]

It drags a bit too much i give it a 7.8

[@mc_sim]

it's pile of steaming garbage.

[@Doomzdayxx]

Would probably be more awesome if....Mad Max were actually in it.....

[@thescienceline9420]

There needed to be more advertising

[@niteflite1287]

Memorial day weekend also set records for the busiest day at US airports ever. If people are traveling somewhere for a long weekend in the summer the priority probability wasnt watching a movie at a theater when they got there.

[@Ktmfan450]

I'm actually surprised the film is rated R Its much tamer than Fury Road on the whole Edit: Furiosa has way more gore and adult themes

[@amimi92]

I don't know about that. Dementus' particular brand of torture placed it on a level above anything Fury Road showed.

[@JoBl0]

So not a surprise that the movie croaked at the box office? 🤔

[@deepwaterlife48]

i dunno. certain scene, late in the film where certain character A and certain character B are ______ and character A is ______ while character B is ____ and then character B loses their _____ is pretty gnarly.

[@BlackHammer0891]

Basically, many movies are struggling ( not all of them; right IP with the right story still sells) But these edge lords out here looking for some validation about losing Anglo white heroes, need a target 😂

[@moonmothh]

no it's not... the concepts in furiosa are disturbing/traumatizing. fury road isn't traumatizing. there was torture involved in furiosa.

[@itsmecamroy]

Wasn't Fury Road considered a reboot not a direct sequel? Also you mention a nine year gap since Fury Road. Wasn't that one thirty years since the last Mel Gibson Mad Max?

[@jessegriffin9]

You can't change my mind. Furiosa is a masterpiece.

[@gentlemandudley7761]

I don't understand, I just saw it and it was awesome!

[@DougandFinn]

Maybe the reason we don't go see a movie with reverence and awe, is because we have the wealth of all human video available at any time anywhere with our various devices. Kinda makes "going to view another screen" less special.

[@rosef5264]

No true Furiosa was great movie. Its part of the Mad Max Saga movies. This movie explained the characters, the territories, great story line, great action from beginning to end. There will be other Mad Max movies made. I think though the market is just smaller, most want to see streaming vs going to movie theaters due to high cost living, gas, etc..Go see Furiosa. I recommend it!

[@barrylennon3037]

I saw it at the weekend. It's fantastic.

[@MrStringybark]

I absolutely refuse to watch a violent action movie where the hero is the size of a skinny muscle-free 13 y.o. boy but because she's a woman we have to accept that, yes she can fight and win against full grown steroid bulked-up men. I'm not going to list every reason why she can't defeat these male opponents but think of all the reasons why even bulked-up women don't fight men in MMA or boxing. But the so-skinny like Furiosa, that men she fights against could snap her legs and arms like firewood, .

[@tjk3430]

guns are equalizers.

[@magstheonlyone]

We want to see Mad Max in a Mad Max film, that's it

[@larryhouse3776]

That's just one character in that world they exist in. What's so wrong with telling the stories of other characters? Why does Max need to be in it? And don't say "Because it's called Mad Max" Mad Max has always been about the world and its villains and the struggles the hero faces. And Furiosa is that.

[@anthonybrett]

@@larryhouse3776 Sure, but lets be honest, Mad Max started out about Max. He was the central character and people liked him. I liked this film and I would not consider it woke, but in this day and age it was going to struggle because people are sick to death of Mary Sue/Girl boss movies. Men want Max. They have always been Max's biggest "paying" audience. He's their hero, plain and simple. You can explore other characters all you want but if you want to make money...good luck with that.

[@wizarddragon]

lol, you are such a silly person/kid.

[@hawkname1234]

No. That's not remotely true. Lots of people are interested in other characters than the main character.

[@Jonathanizer]

Mad Max wasn't even the main character in the first one, Furiosa was more essential to "Fury Road" also, so cutting him out entirely is not that far fetched.

[@deepakkumar99933]

I dont think people here have watched the movie and are simply judgmental just for the heck of it. Furiosa is a cinematic masterpiece that has left me speechless! The time and patience one has to dedicate their life, in making a lifetime work, coupled with an unquenchable thirst to provide sheer awe and cinematic brilliance technically and emotionally, stands out at every single minute throughout the movie. Apocalyptic genres are quite easy to enact, since they require an astute understanding of how humans operate on baseline consciousness. George Miller did a fantastic job at delivering this exact sentiment. I am overall pleased with the aesthetic cinematic treatment compared to its predecessor for continuity and not overdoing with CG. Dramatic pacing and character introduction is given justice with sufficient screen time to develop their story arcs and finale plot. The wasteland is merciless and spares nobody. Flawless execution 10/10.

[@minekush1138]

why do you people keep saying the same line like a npc😂 also no its just a wack movies full of plot holes thay deserves all the hate

[@mattbellgottaring2it961]

It's not a flop yet. And I firmly believe it will break even

[@gunproofgrandad]

For me the reasons it flopped are 1- max isnt it it 2- even though it's not a girl boss film it's come out when girl bosses are being forced into every one of our fandoms 3- I legit don't know anyone who really gives a shit about Furiosa enough to care about her backstory 4- too much CGI

[@joshmckinley2953]

You forgot the biggest reason. It was a mad max movie WITHOUT max!!

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

Not a particularly great reason though. There's not much similarity between Fury Road Max vs Trilogy Max. There's another character in this movie that you can call Max though if you wish. He basically served the same purpose, its just his name was Jack.

[@joshmckinley2953]

@IRanOutOfPhrases I'd beg to differ it's a great reason. Conceive a star wars movie with no reference to jedi or the force. And yes, fury road was different from the trilogy. But most of us knew it was a reboot. And max was still in it! So the argument remains. Most didn't like he was sidelined in fury road either, but nobody knew that till after obviously. Plus furious wasn't that great or interesting of a character in that movie to give her a solo prequel and scrap max entirely

[@carljensen333]

There was an alternative prequel starring Max but they opted instead upon Furiosa. I’d love to have heard their reasoning.

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

@@carljensen333 I sort of theorize on it that above. Part of the charm of Fury Road was being able to tell Max's story as simply as possible. Its a big component of the movie. They pulled it off amazingly well. We know almost nothing about what happened 'back then', but at the same time we can come out of it feeling like we know a lot about it. And it also encourages us to come to apply our own imaginations to fill in those gaps. It's legitimately a highlight of that movie with how they told Max's story without any need for exposition dumping. Why ruin any of that with a prequel? In comparison to that, Furiosa didn't have near that amount of intentional mystique in her background from Fury Road. It was a smart call to not give Max the 'explainer' movie.

[@carljensen333]

@@IRanOutOfPhrases You gave me a bit of epiphany there. The characters and environment in the first trilogy didn't need backstory, they were dropped on the viewer and without imposing rationality on the experience and it worked. Max was an anonymous wanderer reluctantly giving in to his good side against cartoonish bullies. It wasn't ever blockbuster, but fans are devout and made it achieve a cult status. Furiosa was a different breed of movie, like Miller now belongs to a different cult. Heh, my younger sister is in that cult. She tore into me when I critiqued the movie on FB, telling me she deserved female action heroes. I told her that's fine, the movies a major profit loss, and it might have succeeded presented as an original property but many male viewers are tired of strong, male leads we grew up with being subverted. When we get a female Rambo movie I'll know it's End Days.

[@vicentegeonix]

I find it impressive that a movie that came out 9 years ago, looks better than this one.

[@paisan8766]

Pandemic made the production choppier, as do now overworked and underpaid CGI folks… and more use of green screen in general in Hollywood is the culprit for any of this. But just saw it in IMAX and consider it equally as good looking. I didn’t notice any issue with my layman eyes 🤷‍♂️

[@BeGoodBe]

You haven't seen it then.

[@JessicaCarroll-is9zc]

What is with this random hater opinion? Fury road only looked a bit better. jesus christ, I loved Furiosa and more people should recognize it as a great film and excellent companion to the previous Mad Max

[@vicentegeonix]

@@BeGoodBe yes I have and fury road look better.

[@vicentegeonix]

@@JessicaCarroll-is9zc I think is a good movie but this doesn't look as good, end of story.

[@JohnKessler]

I feel like this video comes out about once a month now. Why did this or that movie flop. The honest answer is that it had nothing to do with the movie but rather the theater industry. For less than the cost of 2 movie tickets you can buy the digital version, watch it whenever you want, as many times as you want and don’t get me started on the difference is food cost. True the quality and sound is better but the home experience is catching up fast. Additionally with it taking less and less time to come out on digital the added weight is not that long especially if you consider as a percentage of time from when you learned of the move to seeing it in the theater vs at home. The theater has become a place for singles who are only interested in seeing it once.

[@bschuler]

Agreed. While my GF and I go to these mostly empty theaters on opening night for the shear spectacle of seeing a great movie on the big screen, I often point out the theater displays of movies that just weeks ago opened at the same cinema.. but that you can now watch at home. All this time of Hollywood enticing people to go to the movie theater to see a movie or having to wait a long time to see it on a crappy TV, are over. Really over. I suspect most movie theaters will close in the near future and on those who can appreciate the theater will go to those that are left, and the rest of humanity will watch movies on their phones or TVs at home. Sad.. but inevitable.

[@kiethveseyofficial]

Nope not theaters, ticket prices or shitty conditions Nor streaming taking over (remember VHS tapes and DVDs were gonna kill theaters)? Nor even the gays, the woke OH MY!…………Hollywood’s not making stories that we want. There mind blown 🤯

[@KadenJ-ie1ji]

Who's here after Inside Out 2, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, and Despicable Me 4 just killed it at the box office?

[@sakkoyaba4482]

Men rule the box office still😂😂

[@KadenJ-ie1ji]

@@sakkoyaba4482 But Despicable Me 4 is for kids. Bad Boys is for manly men and Inside Out 2 is for everyone but mainly girls.

[@sakkoyaba4482]

@@KadenJ-ie1ji I am saying from the audience side look at the audience percentage and none of the movies were saying this isnt made for men or that these are gonna have girlboss...whiuch furiosa also wasnt but sadly that promotion was criminal

[@KadenJ-ie1ji]

@@sakkoyaba4482 I get it now. Thank you for clarifying. By the way, Bad Boys wasn't for manly men. That was Fast and Furious. Manly men with testosterone.

[@sakkoyaba4482]

@@KadenJ-ie1ji ayo no I am not talking about sigma beta gamma shite I am just trying to convey that these movies didnt alienate their audience by saying stuff like this movie isnt for u type bullcrap

[@nicholasrizzo6577]

Sucks because it was a great film

[@df36367]

I know that right now people are skeptical of any Hollywood offerings with agenda pushing directors, but after seeing furiosa I felt like a little kid again watching the mel Gibson era mad Max movies. I hope this movie gains the success it deserves.

[@daviddaniels8623]

Then explain Top Gun Maverick. Time doesn’t matter when people want the movie.

[@esdsu]

The original Top Gun was massively popular among audience. So that long gap wasn't a problem. Plus it was PG 13 and it had TOM CRUISE

[@winstonsmith8236]

It didn’t need Max, just needed to be good….changing the cinematographer from Fury Road killed this.

[@russellsacks3854]

#1 Add Mad Max. #2 Remove some CGI/ add more practical effects. #3 Focus on action and feature that in the ads. #4 Add some hot young females to bring in the young male audience. Focus on them in ads geared towards young males. #5 Count your profits and laugh all the way to the bank.

[@bentdriver]

I totally Agree.

[@thedudeabides3138]

As a 6th point I’d add, make the story simple but compelling, (give us a high steak but straightforward way for the hero / heroine to achieve a satisfying outcome)….and give us dark, clever-funny, comedy interspersed between the action.

[@moemothmann6760]

Wow. Some people are really taking this failure personally.

[@89426]

They don't like anything that came Before them!

[@trk1973]

Huge Mad Max fan for the 3 Mel Gibson outings. Saw Fury Road and was disappointed with the story (what story?) and didn't care for the character of Furiosa. Why would I then waste my time and money going to see a movie about a character I don't care about?

[@df36367]

Grew up on the original 3, furiosa is actually much more like the originals than fury road.

[@JoesCaribbeanVanLife]

Mad Moiselle

[@gahan101]

Well put 😃

[@Ktmfan450]

2015 called and it wants its joke back

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Furiosa literally means mad

[@bondoqbn7318]

ITS A VERY GOOD ACTION AND ADVENTURE MOVIE. DUMB TITLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

[@loganknives]

Furiosa is a great movie nothing will change that.

[@mc_sim]

it is not.

[@SeorkMaxx]

Why did she not go back to the green land at the end?

[@mc_sim]

@@SeorkMaxx it's a mystery.

[@SuperYxskaft]

@@SeorkMaxx ?! The end clearly shows her gathering the wifes and heading out for the green land, what on earth are you talking about?

[@paisan8766]

Just saw it in IMAX on a Tuesday night. It was packed and it fuckin rocked

[@Jackiepapers]

Like my father did for me, I have followed the long tradition of being a bad dad, showing horror and action movies to my kid from a young age. We watched Fury Road when she was about six and she absolutely loved it. So watching Furiosa with her on the big screen now that she’s 15 was amazing. She absolutely loved it! Funny enough when she told her friends, they had no idea what movie she was talking about.😆

[@SuperYxskaft]

Nice ! My parents showed me lots of good moves in the late 70's/80's aswell and I am very grateful for that. Except Jaws, I still struggle to take a shower with my eyes closed, haha, that gave me a life long phobia. But seeing mad max when i was young was such an awesome experience (that and Aliens) that I will always cherish, completely worth being afraid of sharks.

[@thefearofg0ds758]

The fact that Bad Boys Ride or Die, an action movie starring a post canceled Will Smith and a very obviously physically ill Martin Lawrence 20 years past their prime destroyed Furiosa at the box office is a very(VERY) bad sign for the appeal of this franchise. Fury Road didn't do that well either tbh. Also, people saying "it's because Max wasn't in it"... the world of Mad Max was always more of a "character" and showcased more of a change and evolution than Max himself. The fact is this franchise hasn't been popular in decades. Iconic, yes, but it hasn't been a theater filler since kids were arguing in the lunch room about what's better between Sega and Nintendo while pretending to know what "bits" are.

[@arielamaya4177]

The short answer is marvel has ruined female lead character in film. The majority of people expected furiousa to be another lame girl boss marry sue character that just gets thing handed to them without any real work. Word of mouth could change the outcome over time.

[@WowbaggerTheInfinitelyProlonge]

Captain Marvel, for instance? Tree Larson ruined that one. And Rey in the Star Wars Mary Sue trainwreck trilogy.

[@brianmorgan6524]

It's not just Marvel.. it's this woke bullshit message they've been shoving down our throats instead of telling good original stories, they focus on the "message"

[@jeremyhall2727]

😂 people who think like that are simple minded & dumb. Just because you don't like one company who hire female actors doesn't mean all female actors are bad

[@jeremyhall2727]

​@@WowbaggerTheInfinitelyProlongeoh I loved them.. they was great

[@arielamaya4177]

@@jeremyhall2727 your simple minded and didn’t even read my comment fully. I said only word of mouth could change the outcome over time. But it seem people are over the girl boss movies Hollywood is pumping out. The live action Snow White from Disney may get canceled because test audience just didn’t like it.

[@brendansjeffrey]

I honestly haven’t been to the box office since before COVID. It’s just too expensive and annoying to deal with the rude people. Actually takes me out of the movie more than watching at home. Since I can pause digest or go back to a scene.

[@jmmacalalag]

Surprised me with how good it was. There was a part in me that didn't want to see it at first because I thought it was gonna try to be woke, but it actually wasn't.

[@kiethveseyofficial]

Woke has been retired but moved on to “Performative diversity” now.

[@kevinnsevinn799]

The bait and switch for Fury Road killed it for me I wanted to see Max not Furiosa… If you want to make a Furiosa movie I’m down with that…I won’t watch it but at least you should have been up front about it Why even put mad max in the title…if people are so interested in Furiosa which they are obviously not then take out the mad max name Quite trying to change characters from male to female Simple Hey I’m all for Ripley I’m Aliens and Leia in Star Wars but they were heroes who happen to be female not 90lbs female warrior heroes

[@crowhaven895]

Fury Road made Max a secondary character in his own series, Mad Max a Furiosa story apparently doesn't even have Max in it at all. On the surface it was another "girls can do it better" girl boss movie, doesn't matter if that's not the case. People are tired of "girl boss replacement" movement.

[@tevildo45]

People are tired of people complaining about girl bosses. Get over it ffs. The vast vast majority of films have had male leads stop crying

[@ryanpervola163]

Max is a secondary character in every movie he's in. That's the entire point.

[@ThePoorItch]

This also might be audience revenge for the bait and switch that was Fury Road. The second time round, ppl said no; 'Im not watching Furiosa part 2.'

[@89426]

The answer lies with Fury Road! I think Tom Hardy was so difficult because he got to the desert and realized he was making a Charlize Theron movie!

[@yourstruly4817]

Maybe a lot of people were also fed up with the strong woman cliché and expected another propaganda movie and didn't care enough about the franchise to take the risk. Personally, I like Fury Road but haven't seen Furiosa yet

[@Vermilion2049]

Hey should have called it Mad Max: Furiosa rather than the title now.

[@CamperVanClark]

It's not a flop, it's Epic! It will still be beloved 30 years from now. Perfect prequel and a great installment in the Mad Max world. If you don't love it, go make your own movie.

[@rodgerlang884]

That doesn't mean it's not a flop. Many movies that become beloved well after their initial run were actual flops on release

[@karlmarshall4482]

Was a really good movie! But I still want my mad max sequel

[@jaylee8240]

It's because it's a Mad Max Saga without Mad Max.

[@AldrickExGladius]

correct! the main reason me and my friends didnt see it whats the point in a mad max movie with no max? I dont go to Chick Fil A to order tacos

[@Ktmfan450]

​@@AldrickExGladiusI don't get this When people say that LA is Mad Max they aren't saying there are a bunch of guys walking around speaking in an Australian accent

[@anonymousLeroy]

He's consistently the least interesting character in every single film, who could possibly fucking care

[@Ktmfan450]

@@anonymousLeroy There's even a stand in for him through Praetorian Jack who I liked better than Tom Hardy

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

Nobody watches these movies for one character. It's the world that's cool. In literally every movie, even the first one that was just about him, he's just a person we follow through a lot of cool stuff happening around him. What I remember most about the first one is the cars and "THE NIGHT RIDER!!"

[@stephenjacewicz4594]

I just have not got to it yet. Only so much you can see at once too.

[@seanwalker9767]

Obviously mad max without mad max and furiosa without charlize theron.

[@myzeromacadamia9705]

Sadly it only appealed to people with good taste in movies

[@sgtrock6283]

Or, hear me out, ATJ is no Charlize Theron. Where Charlize is tough ATJ is well... cute.

[@RobertHunter-g6o]

Yeah, gotta be honest, ATJ is the reason I'm not seeing the movie... everything I have seen her in has been tedious AF

[@jikae10]

It totally made sense that ATJ would blend in well as a boy in the Citadel...

[@renatosturlic3414]

Wow, are you really going to ignore "girl boss" fatigue as being one of the biggest factors in Furiousa's box office failure?

[@SantomPh]

It was pretty good and fleshed out Furiosa as a character. What dragged it down was perhaps it was too much like a Mad Max movie without Max himself and far too close to Fury Road. While I appreciate it being a literal prequel to Fury Road (which is supposed to be named after her) there isn't enough distance to fully appreciate Furiosa herself. -Her name is supposed to be something Immortan Joe gave her, not something she had from birth. She became Furiosa, she wasn't born Furiosa. -Charlize Theron's Furiosa feels like a decades long resentment coming to bloom, we didn't get to see her getting Joe's trust and her fame on the War Rig -We don't see how the People Eater retook Gastown or who put out the fires -The Bullet Farmer is an idiot for leaving his Fortress unguarded twice. Is this why the Vuvulani have so much ammo? -We never got to see the Green Place's poisoning. That was key to Furiosa's character arc in Fury Road - We didn't see Corpus Callosum, the physically stunted but mentally brilliant child of Immortan Joe. Yes the actor passed away, but surely something could have been done. And the middle child Scrotus just appears in this movie but not Fury Road (yes I know he gets his in the semi canon video games) -no Russian Buzzards. Boooo

[@garypasquill2355]

Featuring a character who wasn't engaging in the previous film,in someone else's universe wasn't something people were clamouring for

[@jeremyhall2727]

She was great in this one. But I didn't care for her at all in the last movie. She was written way better in this one

[@redbearddan2000]

People now can't decide what they want to watch in cinemas: they don't watch original movies, and neither they watch IP-based projects

[@JenniferWaldrop-nr7my]

I can't say why this film is struggling, only why I'm not going to see it. Inescapable poverty. If I can't cover my own rent, I can't rationalize giving myself an expensive night out.

[@TorQueMoD]

Furiosa is one of the BEST movies I've seen in decades! Seriously, do yourself a favor and go see it!