Despite bombing at the box office, Robert Eggers’ $70 million Viking revenge thriller, The Northman, actually turned out to be a financial success.
After the success of his first two films, The Witch and The Lighthouse, filmmaker Robert Eggers graduated from the indie studio A24 and made the move to Focus Features for his third film, The Northman. The historical epic carried an estimated $70 to $90 million budget as it followed the story of a Viking prince on a quest to avenge his murdered father.
Unfortunately, the epic did underperform at the box office when it was released in April of this year. The expensive historical epic failed to meet the tail end of its production budget, grossing roughly $68 million worldwide. With the immersive narrative and immensely talented cast attached to the project, it was strange to learn that the historical epic failed the way it did, especially with the success of Eggers’s previous films.
Author: Alyssa Miller
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