Despite an all-star cast that includes Kevin Hart and Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black’s Borderlands took a dive at the box office with an opening weekend take that will be lucky to top $10 million.
Borderlands is also a popular IP. The science-fiction space western is based on a best-selling series of video games. With a budget that ranges from $110 to $120 million (I’d add another $20 or $30 million for promotion), Borderlands is already a full-blown catastrophe.
Terrible reviews and a troubled production history might have had something to do with this disaster. The movie had the stench of a box office bomb all over it. Generally, though, a cast like that can at least get you to a $20 million opening. Part of the problem might very well be the scandal surrounding Jack Black.
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