The sci-fi disaster film “Moonfall” directed by Roland Emmerich opened in North America and received only $10.005 million at the box office in its first weekend. The weekend box office runner-up.
According to statistics, more than half of the audience of “Moonfall” are over 35 years old, which shows that the film’s appeal to young people is weak.
In terms of word of mouth, “Moonfall” has a freshness rating of only 40% on Rotten Tomatoes (134 reviews), and a MetaCritic comprehensive score of 37/100 (6 good, 16 out of 15), and the performance is not good.
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It is reported that “Moonfall” cost $140 million to make, making it one of the largest independent films of all time.
As for “Moonfall”‘s current opening performance and word-of-mouth performance, even if the film may be a loss-making film, studio insiders still say that Lionsgate, which is responsible for the North American distribution of the film, can also achieve profitability.
It is reported that Lionsgate only invested about $15 million in “Moonfall”, while the Chinese company invested $40 million.
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