Margot Robbie’s latest film, Babylon, has failed to meet expectations after grossing a mere $3.5 million domestically since its release on December 23.
The film, also starring Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, Olivia Wilde, marks her second box office flop after her period comedy thriller, Amsterdam, was panned by critics.
By Monday, TMZ reported that industry experts are predicting that it will take home $5.3 million, which is definitely a disappointing opening weekend.
The three-hour-and-nine-minute flick, which had a budget of over $79 million, takes place before the Hays Code was introduced in 1930, prohibiting profanity, nudity, drug use, sexual ‘perversion,’ inter-racial relationships and much more on screen.
The film boasts an eclectic cast, which includes Jean Smart, Li Jun Li, Jovan Adepo and Diego Calva.
It is ‘a tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, that traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood,’ according to Paramount Pictures.
Since making her stunning Hollywood debut opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street back in 2013, Robbie has earned a reputation for delivering consistent box office gold.
Her last film, Amsterdam, which was released in October, however, ruined the dream run after receiving a resounding ‘thumbs down’ from audiences.
Critics piled on the David O.Russell-directed film – his first since under-performing Joy in 2015 – with the majority agreeing it’s an overcooked mess that not even its all-star cast can rescue.
Clocking a paltry 33 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, Amsterdam – which co-stars Christian Bale and John David Washington – stars Robbie as former WWI army battalion nurse Valerie Voze who helps Bale and Washington investigate a murder.
The film was projected to lose at least $100million at the box office after suffering a disastrous opening weekend in the US where it took just $6.5million for studio New Regency and distributor Disney.
Earlier this year, the Australian star told WSJ. Magazine spoke about what led her to accept the leading role in the 2017 critically-acclaimed film I, Tonya, which earned her an Oscar nomination.
‘I’m a masochist. I can always find a fifth gear,’ she joked.
Over the summer, she wrapped production on her upcoming Barbie live-action film.
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
