There have been a few big name films that have bombed at the box office this year, including Terminator: Genisys, Crimson Peak, American Ultra, Pan, Pixels and Mortdecai, but Victor Frankenstein has topped the lot.
With a domestic box office opening weekend of $2.35 million, Victor Frankenstein is not only the lowest opening of any movie this year in more than 2,500 screens, it’s also the lowest opening ever for a movie shown in more than 2,500 screens. You can check out the rest of the list here, which also includes Max Landis’ other movie from 2015, American Ultra.
Victor Frankenstein also scored a CinemaScore of C, which isn’t a good sign for the movie. It didn’t break the Top 10 this weekend, and it probably won’t see any sort of bump for next weekend. The reported budget for the movie is $40 million.
SEE ALSO: Read our review of Victor Frankenstein
In some brighter news, the movie did have a Wednesday opening which bumped up its overall total to $3.4 million, and it also pulled in another $10 million from 24 overseas markets. Victor Frankenstein is still to open in the UK.
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Daniel Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor’s experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.
Victor Frankenstein is out now in the States and December 4th in the UK, with Paul McGuigan directing a cast that includes James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe, Andrew Scott Jessica Brown Findlay, Freddie Fox, Mark Gatiss, and Louise Brealey.
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
Not a good year for Max Landis.
Timo Qvintus says
He had a good appearance on Screenjunkies’ Movie Fights.. and maybe his new Superman comic is good?
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
Surely those are small consolation for his two big movies tanking though.
Timo Qvintus says
Not to mention his friend’s big-budget movie also tranking horribly.. I was being sarcastic btw. 😀 He’s having a horrible year.
mitch jones says
Hrm well I had no idea it was coming out, being made or evening opening so maybe a little advertising could have been helpful. However I think its a good flick with a fresh perspective.
leeann says
They did a pretty poor job of promoting this film, and put it up against a lot of stiff competition too. It wasn’t bad, very uneven but with great visuals and some fun/decent performances. McEvoy really hams it up which I enjoyed.
I didn’t know Terminator had done badly. I had no interest in seeing it but I hadn’t heard it bombed.
anghus says
im not sure why Hollywood can’t make a good Frankenstein movie.
Mja says
I’m not sure why they keep on spending money on big-budget Gothic. With the long ago exceptions of Dracula and IWTV, both of which had novelty factor and mountain-loads of hype, they pretty much always flop. Best left to TV and Penny Dreadful etc
David Curry says
Bad year for re-imagined classic stories (starring X-Men actors)