Warcraft
It really didn’t sit too well with us here at THN Towers, and it is set to open in U.S. cinemas this weekend, by Warcraft is already doing really rather well over in the China. The film has already taken a huge $90 million… in just two days.
According to Legendary, who are behind the mammoth production, the film has taken RMB 595-605 million, which is approximately $90.6 – $92.2 million, almost matching Furious 7 in the land, and we all know how well that movie ended up doing. The film has also made around $78 million from the other territories around the world, including he UK, where it was released a couple of weeks ago.
This should please Legendary and Universal, who looks like may have a big, big hit on their hands.
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.
So begins a spectacular saga of power and sacrifice in which war has many faces, and everyone fights for something.
Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) and written by Charles Leavitt and Jones, the film stars Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Rob Kazinsky and Daniel Wu.
You can read our take on the film over here.
BenB
Jun 10, 2016 at 7:01 am
Well Paul you were DEAD WRONG when predicting Warcraft would be a flop. The movie is aready a Cult movie in the Fantasy setting. It is in my view far better than that typical “the good hero fights the bad guys and lives happely ever after” kind of rubbish Hollywood takes on these days. Compared to the Hobbit it is a killer.
But you said it yourself: you made NO effort yourself to follow the insane pace of the movie: it is your own fault then. Shrug.
Warcraft can be reviewed several times because of its insane pace and extremely Dark theme in shades of grey. It is like a Bowie record, only after several plays you start getting the real message.
Odd that “gamers” beat the messages faster than rather ignorant film critics… Warcraft is much better than your 1 star brainless comments.