News culture This film could have saved the Western genre, but it only grossed 11 million dollars: despite the 100 million invested, it was a cold shower!
The Western is an important genre of cinema, especially the so-called “spaghetti western”. Its influence has been enormous, it has shaped the legend of numerous actors and even left its mark on video games with titles such as Red Dead Redemption. Although there are many cult films, it seems difficult to make new ones.
The return of the Western to the cinema
Summer is here and with it, the many summer tripsis often operated at this time of year to attract a very large audience, especially children who have finished their school year. The Conversely 2 was recently published and Despicable Me 4 What is happening is not a coincidence, but there are other productions that must find a place. In France, A little extra does not leave the poster, but was accompanied by several feature films, including Horizon, an American saga, Chapter 1. Directed by Kevin Costner (Bodyguard), this film is a real western takes place during the civil war and the end of the onslaught to the West.
With Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone, the film highlights the different dynamics of the moment between conquest, conflict with the natives, opposition between American groups and the confrontation with the forces of nature of a continent that is as vast as it is dangerous. Visually successful and praised for its writing style, “Horizon” had a more than complicated start. According to Variety Horizon, an American saga, Chapter 1was not generated only 11 million dollars at the box office American far from the 53 million during its opening weekend No sound – Day 1 Or from Conversely 2 and there are 100 million.
A very complicated start in the USA, but Kevin Costner believes in it
Kevin Costner had stated before the release that success would be good for his ego and for all teams, while making it clear that this was the case completely satisfied with the look of his feature filmFaced with this complicated start, he plays the card of distancing himself:
I’ve seen that before with films and their opening weekend box office numbers. If we put too much pressure on ourselves, we’re bound to be disappointed. I’m very happy that Horizon looks the way I imagined it would and that’s how it will stay for its entire existence. And that was important to me.
The problem is that several films are planned. The second chapter will be released at the end of the summer, while the third work is being filmedThe fourth, which will serve as the final one, is still looking for fundsIn other words, a bad start from the first work could be lead to a major financial catastrophe. Horizon, an American saga, Chapter 1 was partly financed by the actor-director, who himself injected 38 million dollars from his pocket through the resale of one of its properties.
However, nothing is lost. A slow start can be is compensated by good longevityand it is not so rare that word of mouth works in anticipation of a second work. Kevin Costner wants to be positive, but everything will depend, as always, on the public. In France, the film was placed at the top of the ranking of new releaseswith 37,200 spectators spread across 521 halls.
