Megalopolis Is Making The Wrong Kind Of History

Megalopolis earned only $4 million in its opening weekend, which places it behind Borderlands, Madam Web, and Kevin Costner’s Horizon for the year, all three of which were, at one point, in contention for 2024’s worst release. Coppola has blown away the competition and is now being discussed alongside some of the greatest failures in history: Mars Needs Moms, John Carter, Green Lantern, and Gods of Egypt, among several offers, but it gets even worse.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash, the sci-fi comedy that destroyed Eddie Murphy’s career for years, even unadjusted for inflation, made more money, with $7 million. Another career-destroying film, Gigli, which nearly took down Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, made $7.3 million, again, unadjusted for inflation. That’s how amazing the failure of Megalopolis is; it needs to earn 50 percent of its opening weekend gross to match some of the worst movies ever made.