Things are still not looking good at the box office for Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac – The beginning. And it is that after three weekends on the billboard, the live action hollywood It barely exceeds $5 million dollars (million dollars) in global collection, against a budget of $60 million dollars.
The production finally reached theaters in the United States last weekend, but only raised $535,000. With that figure, it didn’t even enter the Top 10 of the highest grossing films locally. However, its disappointing debut is not surprising, since the film was shown with a null marketing in just 586 movie complexes. HE reports that some chains such as AMC even canceled screenings of the film due to the low demand it had in pre-sale.
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac – The beginning it has generated $4.4 million dollars in the rest of the world, Mexico being its most profitable market with revenues of $1.7 million dollars. To date, the live action It has also been released in countries in the rest of Latin America, as well as Japan, Kenya, Romania, Poland and Nigeria.
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The film directed by Tomasz Bagiński (katedra) is a co-production between Toei and Sony Pictures through Stage 6 Films. The feature film features stellar performances by Mackenyu (R.urouni kenshi) as Seiya; Madison Isemann (jumanji) as Sienna/Athena; Sean Bean (The Lord of the rings) as Alman Kiddo and Famke Janssen (X Men) as Guraad. Additionally, the project received the seal of approval from Masami Kurumada, the creator of the original manga.
In July 2022, producer Yoshi Ikezawa stated that they hoped that Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac – The beginning became the first chapter of a long-running franchise. “We made this movie as a basis for making sequels. We have already started discussions about it. We are thinking of six movies”said the Toei representative.
However, the chances that the live action of Saint Seiya rise at the box office and make that dream come true are almost nil; that if we consider that it has already opened in its strongest markets. To make a daunting comparison, Dragon Ball: Evolution (2009) finished with earnings of $55.7 million, against a budget of $30 million. And that was considered a flop for 20th Century Fox at the time.
Its premiere in the rest of the international territories will continue in stages. As of May 16, it will be shown in cinemas in Germany; from May 24 it will be launched in the Middle East and other European countries such as France, Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic; on May 31 in South Korea; June 26 in Italy; on July 28 in Great Britain and on August 17 in Australia.
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