Marvel star’s new blockbuster set to develop into greatest field workplace flop of all time | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Anthony Mackie is finest identified for enjoying the brand new Captain America within the Marvel films.

But his newest motion epic has simply hit US cinemas and flopped spectacularly.

Desert Warrior, the costliest movie produced in Saudi Arabian historical past, value $150 million and has made lower than half 1,000,000 globally.

This means the historic blockbuster is about to develop into the largest field workplace flop of all time, topping 1999’s The thirteenth Warrior

Shot between 2021-2022, the Rupert Wyatt-directed film that co-stars Sir Ben Kingsley is about in Seventh-century Arabia.

Kingsley’s ruthless Emperor Kisra intends to make Aiysha Hart’s Princess Hind his concubine, however she refuses. Instead, she units out with Mackie’s bandit to confront the Emperor on the Battle of Ze Qar. Meanwhile, the movie has simply 29% constructive opinions on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics labelling it “boring” and “forgettable”, and a far cry from Lawrence of Arabia.

A UK launch date is TBC.