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Borderlands film pulls $16.5 million globally in its opening weekend

The Borderlands film reportedly had a production budget of $115 million, plus $30 million in marketing and distribution costs.
TJ Denzer
TJ Denzer
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Lionsgate, Gearbox, and Eli Roth’s Borderlands film hit theaters this last weekend, and the result has been disastrous. On top of scathing criticisms leading to one of the worst ratings of all time for a film, Borderlands only earned back a fraction of what it cost to make. While the production budget alone was around $115 million, Borderlands only reached $16.5 at the box office in its opening weekend.

Stats on Borderlands’ box office flop were reported this week via Variety in an article detailing last week’s new release theater sales. According to the stats, Borderlands began with $8.8 million in domestic ticket sales. Unfortunately, the global box office didn’t fare much better. Borderlands scooped up $7.7 million overseas, making for a total of $16.5 million in its opening weekend. Lionsgate and Gearbox allegedly put around $115 million into the production cost of Borderlands, and that doesn’t include another reported $30 million that was said to have gone to marketing and distribution expenses.

Borderlands Rotten Tomatoes rating as of August 12, putting its critic score at 9 percent and its audience score at 50 percent.
Audiences are often more merciful than critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but even that didn't stop Borderlands from coming in with a 50 percent audience score.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Borderlands had a lot of resources behind it. The cast was star-studded, featuring talents like Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Ariana Greenblatt. The film took quite a while to bring together, having been first unveiled in 2020, but one of the only signs of issues came when Eli Roth couldn’t return for reshoots due to scheduling issues, for which Tim Miller stepped up in Roth’s stead. Unfortunately, it seems it wasn’t enough to salvage the film.

Borderlands currently sits at a 9 percent critic rating and 50 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Sometimes these films find new life out of theaters on video and demand, but it will remain to be seen if the Borderlands film has that kind of life in it post-theater release. Stay tuned for more updates.

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TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on Twitter @JohnnyChugs.

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