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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MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 11 months agoYup. 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?
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
glimse@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
reddig33@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pretty sure Flower Moon was a flop.
viking@infosec.pub 11 months ago
And Django was a far cry from traditional, and only worked because of Tarantino. Costner doesn’t have a comparable fan base.