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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
The fact that its release has been delayed shows that it was a mistake to release it so close to the end.
Chapter 1
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Chapter 1
It underperformed at the box office, necessitating a longer break between films. -
Episode 2
It could still suffer a poor critical and commercial reception despite this delay.
A major change for Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 denies a mistake made by Kevin Costner. Costner, who recently left the cast of Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western series Yellowstoneis the co-writer, director and star of the Western film franchise, which is expected to span four installments. The project’s massive cast also includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Jamie Campbell Bower, Giovanni Ribisi, Will Patton, Luke Wilson, Ella Hunt and Isabelle Fuhrman.
Together, the first two films had a production budget of $100 million, of which more than $20 million came from Costner himself. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 It is the only other delivery completed considering the fact that Chapter 3 is in production and Chapter 4 is in development. However, The film has been removed from the schedule. after the release of Chapter 1 on June 28. The original plan was for the sequel to be released just seven weeks later, on August 16.
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Horizon: An American Saga should definitely have been a TV show instead of a film franchise
The disappointing box office results and critical acclaim for Horizon: An American Saga prove that Kevin Costner chose the wrong format for his series.
Horizon: An American Saga 2 releasing so soon after Chapter 1 was always a bad idea
The market was already oversaturated with the Kevin Costner franchise
This rapid cancellation after the Horizon: An American Saga– Chapter 1 Liberation was perhaps inevitable. There are several reasons why Releasing the first two films so close together made no sense.For one thing, the next two sequels are incomplete, meaning the franchise couldn’t maintain a consistent release pattern. There are also precedents for similar films failing at the box office. In fact, something very similar happened back in 1994 when Kevin Costner’s previous western was released. Wyatt Earp It premiered just six months later Tombstone.
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Movie title |
Release date |
Budget |
box office |
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score |
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score |
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Tombstone (1993) |
December 25, 1993 |
25 million dollars |
$73.2 million |
73% |
94% |
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Wyatt Earp (1994) |
June 24, 1994 |
63 million dollars |
56 million dollars |
32% |
61% |
The previous film featured the same characters, a smaller budget, a shorter runtime, and stronger critical reception, providing stiff competition to the 1994 title. It is largely credited with the financial failure of Kevin Costner’s film. Wyatt Earpwhich only grossed $55.9 million against its $63 million budget. Another more recent example of a similar release also shows that longer delays can pay off, as MaXXXinathe 2022 sequel that will be released two years later X and Pearlfair had the strongest opening weekend of the trilogy despite the fact that it was released in fewer theaters than previous installments.
Horizon: An American Saga’s box office made the delay of Chapter 2 inevitable
Horizon has fallen far short of its production budget
The disappointing box office of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 That was probably another big factor in this delay. Assuming its production budget was about half of the films’ combined price, it probably needs to gross $100 million or more to end up in the black. However, it opened with $11 million and Only hasearned approximately $23.4 million in total At the time of writing, it is extremely unlikely that the film will be profitable at the end of its run.
Theaters typically keep half of ticket sales, meaning films need to recoup twice their production budget to break even, not including their marketing costs.
This delay in release is likely intended to allow the public time to catch up with Chapter 1 on VOD and prevent the sequel from following in its financial footsteps. If the release had gone ahead as planned, audiences would have only had a few weeks to catch up on the first three-hour film. Episode 2 It is a direct continuation, it is It probably wouldn’t have been attractive to newcomers.meaning its built-in audience would have been quite small.
Will Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 be a success after the delay?
The odds are against Kevin Costner’s next western
It is possible that this delay in the theatrical release will bear fruit as expected. Allowing more audiences to find the film and thus increase general interest. in the sequel during its final release. This may be particularly the case for the Yellowstone audiences, who are used to seeing Kevin Costner on their screens at home and may not have been encouraged to go to the cinema to see the first film. However, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Reviews can provide a significant reason why this tactic still won’t work.
It seems unlikely that the sequel will be able to provide such a big improvement.
Although audiences have given it a solid 71% score on Rotten Tomatoes, critics have been mostly negative. giving it an official score on the review aggregation platform with a score of 48%. Yeah Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 significantly improves on the original film’s soundtrack, which could prove a big draw for skittish audiences. However, since it features the same production team as Chapter 1It seems unlikely that the sequel will be able to provide such a big improvement.
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 is a 2015 Western drama film directed by Kevin Costner. Divided into two parts, Horizon explores the periods before and after the American Civil War, with Reconstruction and the New Age of Western Expansion.
- Director
- Kevin Costner
- Release date
- August 16, 2024
- Cast
- Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means and Ella Hunt
