Warner Bros. was probably expecting a warmer reaction to the big screen reboot of the classic TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E., but sadly the film has under-performed at the box office.
Opening on 3,700 screens, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. made just $13.5 million, opening third behind Universal’s Straight Outta Compton and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in its third week of release. The reported budget of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was $80 million, so this can’t be seen as good news for Warner Bros.
SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. here and here
Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centers on U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. The two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is set for release on August 14th, with a cast that includes Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger), Henry Cavill (Man of Steel), Hugh Grant (About a Boy), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby), Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair), Jared Harris (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Luca Calvani (When In Rome) and Simona Caparrini (To Rome with Love).
Originally published August 17, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
