Comment on Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon 2’ Pulled From August Release in Theaters (Exclusive)

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yup. Not sure why Costner expected not just one but four traditional Westerns to work in 2024. I don’t remember the last time we had a big successful western in theaters. Django Unchained maybe?

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  • viking@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And Django was a far cry from traditional, and only worked because of Tarantino. Costner doesn’t have a comparable fan base.

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  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yeah, Hateful 8 only pulled 150m on a 50m budget, and that’s with Tarantino’s brand on it… Westerns are a niche market, now, and it takes a shake up to the formula, like Westworld, to grab a broader audience.

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I couldn’t think of any either but it seems we both missed a few popular ones that are newer -

    The Hateful Eight (2015)

    The Revenant (2015)

    Wind River (2017)

    And most significantly…

    Killers of The Flower Moon (2023)

    I haven’t seen them all and whether they are traditional westerns is up for debate, but those are the names I recognized from the Wikipedia pages.

    That said, I totally agree with you and am not trying to diminish your point! There’s only been like 4 big westerns since 2012 and I don’t think any of them have the white hero character that OC is talking about.

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Pretty sure Flower Moon was a flop.

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