Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has had a poor opening weekend at the cinema despite receiving rave reviews from critics.NME’s five star review of the long-awaited prequel to the Mad Max series described the film as “brilliant and unmissable” and said the film was “another extraordinary blockbuster juggernaut that in some sequences somehow excels even its predecessor, arresting viewers with its booming, utterly immersive world of grease, dust, motorbikes and carnage.”Directed by George Miller, the film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa – a younger version of Charlize Theron’s character in Mad Max: Fury Road – and Chris Hemsworth as war lord Dementus.In the prequel, Taylor-Joy’s character is snatched as a child by the sadistic Dementus. Forced to ride through the Wastelands with a great biker horde, Furiosa must fight to find her way home while Dementus and fellow tyrant Immortal Joe battle for dominance in the desert.Despite a budget of $168million (£143million) to make, the film underperformed in its box office debut, only recouping $25.6million ($20million) between Friday and Sunday in the US.For cinemas in the US, it marked their worst Memorial Day performance in 29 years.The film did recoup an additional $33.3million (£26million) from international audiences, with a total of $58million (£45million) worldwide according to Variety.At Cannes, where the film received its premiere, it received a sx-minute standing ovation.Variety reported that Hemsworth grew emotional during the applause, while the actor was also filmed kissing director George Miller on the head.“We worked very hard on this film, and it’ll be very interesting to see what you make of it,” Miller said ahead of the screening.
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Since their beginnings in 1979, George Miller‘s hyper-jacked Mad Max movies with Mel Gibson had not received a single Oscar nomination, not even for Tina Turner’s great signature song “We Don’t Need Another Hero” in 1985’s Beyond Thunderdome. But then, 30 years later, when finally the fourth and Gibson-less edition appeared, the snooty Academy got on board and gave the newly regenerated Mad Max: Fury Road 10 nominations including for Best Picture and Director. It won six of them, virtually sweeping the crafts categories.
Nine years later comes a prequel, Furosia: A Mad Max Saga, and Miller, now seemingly ageless at 79 (he was 34 when the first one came out) has perhaps given birth to the greatest Max yet, a wheels-up, rock-and-rolling epic that delivers the origin story of the title character Charlize Theron picked up in Fury Road when she was about 26.
That movie only covered about three days total. Here, in a story spanning 15 years, we meet Furiosa as a 10 year old (Alyla Browne) living in the Green Place of Many Mothers, about as idyllic a life as you might find in this dystopian post-apocalyptic world where violence and futuristic warriors rule the landscape. She is snatched up during an early bruising battle by a fearsome Biker Horde led by the villainous and conflicted Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). Her face says it all as she now must begin the long process of survival, honing skills no one her age could imagine and putting them to use when the gang encounters the Citadel and The Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme), whose group will fight for superiority with the Dementus crowd. But like Dorothy in Oz, all she wants to do is find her way home.
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Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Just Barely Beats ‘The Garfield Movie’ in Disastrous Memorial Day Weekend — the Worst in Decades
Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Garfield has another reason to hate Mondays. In a box office nail biter, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” narrowly emerged victorious over “The Garfield Movie” on North American charts. On Sunday, Warner Bros.
Korea Box Office: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Wins Its Debut Weekend
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Having received a rapturous reception a week earlier in Cannes George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” grabbed a more muted win at the South Korean box office. “Furiosa” opened with $3.35 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That represented a 39.5% share of the weekend’s total cinema-going market.
‘Furiosa’: How AI Helped Combine Anya Taylor-Joy’s Features With Child Actor Alyla Browne
Carolyn Giardina If you’ve seen “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and noticed an uncanny resemblance between child actor Alyla Browne, who plays the titular character as a child, and Anya Taylor-Joy, who assumes the role as the story skips ahead several years, you’re not alone. The reason, it seems, involved more than its skillful casting. Director George Miller additionally employed artificial intelligence in the making of his post-apocalyptic prequel to 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” which Warner Bros.
Global Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Stalls With $58 Million, ‘The Garfield Movie’ Nears $100 Million
Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” is stalling at the international box office with $33.3 million from 75 territories. The fifth entry in director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic series has generated $58.9 million globally in its first weekend of release, a rough start given its $168 million production budget. Domestically, the Warner Bros.
‘Garfield’ In Dead Heat With ‘Furiosa’ At Weakened Memorial Day Weekend Box Office – Sunday AM Update
EARLY SUNDAY AM UPDATE: The 4-day fight between Warner Bros‘ Furiosa and Alcon/Sony‘s The Garfield Movie will drag out into Monday, both titles currently in a dead heat eyeing $31M over 4-days, $25M over 3 days.
Gala attendees boo, walk out after Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel demands Netanyahu ouster
Ari Emanuel this week demanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be ousted, condemning him for not seeking more peaceful solutions to the war in Gaza following Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state.“Israel will never be truly secure with Bibi Netanyahu in charge,” the Endeavor Group Holdings CEO said while accepting an award Wednesday from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.“For the good of Israel, he should go,” added Emanuel.The shocking remarks threw both applause and boos from attendees of the Beverly Hills gala, and some walked out as Emanuel was accepting the Jewish organization’s Humanitarian Award, its highest honor, according to the New York Times.“Netanyahu doesn’t want a peaceful solution,” said Emanuel.
‘Furiosa’ ending explained: how does it connect to ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’?
Anya Taylor-Joy leads the fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise, Furiosa.Directed by George Miller, Furiosa serves as a prequel to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road and charts the origins of the character, who was originally played by Charlize Theron.Other cast members in the prequel include Chris Hemsworth, Alyla Browne, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Nathan Jones, and Josh Helman.Along with directing Furiosa, Miller has co-written the story with his former Fury Road collaborator Nico Lathouris.After tracking down Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) following the 40-day wasteland war, Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) confronts him and tries to make him remember who she is.When he eventually does remember that she is the girl he kidnapped years prior, Dementus is impressed and tells her he’s been waiting for someone worthy of him. “Do this right, and you become me,” he remarks while on his knees, before adding: “The question is, do you have it in you to make it epic?”Through a narrator, we discover Furiosa doesn’t actually kill Dementus straight away, as described in various rumours and fables.
Richest 'Mad Max' & 'Furiosa' Stars Revealed, Ranked from Lowest to Highest Net Worth
There are now five movies in the Mad Max series with the release of Furiosa and we’re taking a look at the estimated net worth of the franchise’s biggest stars.
Fast and ‘Furiosa’ (Review)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga doesn’t miss Max, who cedes the spotlight in this installment to the fearsome post-apocalyptic female warrior Furiosa, introduced in George Miller’s 2015 Oscar-winner Mad Max: Fury Road.But this movie is missing something, because, although it looks and sounds impressive, it doesn’t approach the pulse-pounding potency of Fury Road.In that film, Mad Max-meister Miller undergirded the bone-crushing vehicular mayhem with compelling purpose. Furiosa, then portrayed by Charlize Theron, was on a mission to free the enslaved wives of water-hoarding tyrant Immortan Joe, chillingly played by Hugh Keays-Byrne.She also had her own score to settle with Joe, and did, by summarily sending his lower jaw flying off in a different direction than the rest of his face.For Furiosa, Miller and returning Fury Road co-writer Nick Lathouris rewind the clock to recount their heroine’s harrowing origin story.
Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Races to $3.5 Million in Previews
Jordan Moreau Witness her: “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” is off to the races at the box office this holiday weekend. Director George Miller’s R-rated prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” has made $3.5 million in previews so far. The Warner Bros.
Why is Charlize Theron not in ‘Furiosa’?
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth lead the latest Mad Max film, Furiosa.Directed by George Miller, Furiosa serves as a prequel which takes place 20 years before events in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. It is the fifth instalment in the franchise overall, which began with the original Mad Max back in 1979.In this prequel, Anya Taylor-Joy plays the role of Furiosa, who was portrayed by Charlize Theron in Fury Road.
How To Watch All The ‘Mad Max’ Movies In Order — Before and Including ‘Furiosa’
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga roared through Cannes before it launches in theaters Friday after nearly 10 years in development. The prequel film builds on the Australian wasteland universe established in George Miller‘s four other movies of the franchise: Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ review: A brutal, exhilarating quest for revenge
Mad Max: Fury Road.” How easy it is to forget. Repetitive, badly written, fake-looking superhero fare has gobbled up the market since, and escapist thrills have so often become synonymous with idiots in spandex.Not so in the beautiful and brutal “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.”Miller’s latest Road Warrior adventure, a thunderous prequel to “Fury Road” sans Max that explains the origins of Charlize Theron’s badass Imperator, provides the same slap-in-the-face wake-up call as its predecessor.The explosive chase sequences, hurdling through the sandy Wasteland, are as fueled as much by boundless creativity as gasoline.
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ receives six-minute standing ovation at Cannes
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga received a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival, reportedly leaving the cast and director George Miller emotional.The film, which is set for wide release on May 23, stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth and serves as a prequel to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Zoë Kravitz.In the prequel, Taylor-Joy stars as a younger version of Theron’s character, who is snatched by the sadistic warlord Dementus (Hemsworth). Forced to ride through the Wastelands with a great biker horde, Furiosa must fight to find her way home while Dementus and fellow tyrant Immortal Joe battle for dominance in the desert.Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga debuted at Cannes yesterday (May 15), and was met with a lengthy standing ovation, as is tradition at the French film festival.Variety reported that Hemsworth grew emotional during the applause, while the actor was also filmed kissing director George Miller on the head.
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‘Furiosa’: George Miller Teases Box Office Will Determine More ‘Mad Max’ Movies [Cannes]
CANNES – George Miller’s “Furiosa” got a warm reception from global critics and the Cannes Film Festival faithful last night, and it already has many wondering if another “Mad Max” film is in the works. Miller has often told the story about how “Fury Road: A Mad Max Saga” was only made after scripts provided the back stories for Furiosa (originally played by Charlize Theron) and Max (Tom Hardy) were completed.
‘Furiosa’ Gets Nearly 8-Minute Standing Ovation After Its Cannes World Premiere
George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the anticipated latest installment in his apocalyptic franchise, had its world premiere here at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
‘Furiosa’ Fires Up Cannes With 6-Minute Standing Ovation for Anya Taylor-Joy and Teary Chris Hemsworth
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” went wild for his latest high-octane action film, showering the movie with a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday night. Taylor-Joy blew kisses into the camera as the clapping continued at the end of the credits, performing a theatrical bow. Hemsworth looked teary-eyed at the rapturous response.
When is ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ coming out in cinemas?
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.Directed by George Miller, Furiosa serves as a spin-off and prequel to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. It is the fifth instalment in the franchise overall, which began with the original Mad Max way back in 1979.This latest entry stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa, who was played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road.
‘Mad Max’ director opens up about Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s feud on ‘Fury Road’ set
Mad Max director George Miller has opened up about Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s on-set feud during the filming of Mad Max: Fury Road.In a new interview with The Telegraph, Miller opened up about the notorious feud that broke out between the pair saying that at the heart of it, “they were just two very different performers.”He explained: “Tom has a damage to him but also a brilliance that comes with it, and whatever was going on with him at the time, he had to be coaxed out of his trailer…Whereas Charlize was incredibly disciplined – a dancer by training, which told in the precision of her performance – and always the first one on set.”He continued: “I’m an optimist, so I saw their behavior as mirroring their characters, where they had to learn to co-operate in order to ensure mutual survival. There’s no excuse for it, and I think there’s a tendency in this business to use great performances as an excuse for other disruption that could be avoided.”In the Mad Max: Fury Road oral history book, Blood, Sweat & Chrome, Theron said her relationship on set with hardy “was like two parents in the front of the car.