Jake Gyllenhaal's latest film Strange World is expected to lose $100 million after registering as one of Disney's worst opening weekends.
Premiered on November 23, the film was due to attract Thanksgiving cinemagoers in the US, but debuted with $11.9 million across 4,174 North American theatres at the weekend, going slightly up to $18.6 million over the five-day holiday period (via Variety).
Projections showed the animated film was supposed to earn between $30 and $40 million in its first five days of release, but bombed at the box office and is unlikely to rebound in the next few weeks.
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Production, marketing and distribution budget for the film was just short of $200 million, meaning Strange World would have to gross about $360 million to break even — an unattainable goal at present.
The film follows a family of famous explorers venturing into a new, mysterious land, with Gyllenhaal voicing co-protagonist Searcher Clade.
"I think I was so moved by it because I think, in family, there's so much we want, right? There's so much we want," Gyllenhaal revealed in an interview with Digital Spy earlier this month.
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He added: "We want to be understood. We want to be heard. We want to understand, and there's so much that we won't be able to. We're just all searching through all the stuff to get to hopefully a connection of love, you know, and that's what this movie is about."
Alongside the Spider-Man: Far From Home star, the cast also includes Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, and Lucy Liu.
Strange World is in cinemas now.
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Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times and Digital Spy.
Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).
