The box office performance of 'Furiosa' has put the brakes on George Miller's next 'Mad Max' movie. The revered filmmaker's 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' bowed to a disappointing $32 million domestically for the four-day Memorial Day weekend and $36.5 million overseas, diminishing hopes for 'Mad Max: The Wasteland,' another 'Mad Max' installment that Miller has been toying with for years.
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00:00 Furiosa's box office performance has put the brakes on George Miller's next Mad Max movie.
00:04 The revered filmmaker's Furiosa, a Mad Max saga bowed to a disappointing $32 million
00:10 domestically for the four-day Memorial Day weekend, and $36.5 million overseas,
00:16 diminishing hopes for Mad Max The Wasteland, another Mad Max installment that Miller has
00:20 been toying with for years. In recent weeks, Miller has acknowledged that much was hinging
00:25 on Furiosa in terms of the possibility of The Wasteland. He told journalists on May 16,
00:30 "I'll definitely wait to see how this goes before we even think about it."
00:33 Sources agree that The Wasteland's fate is complicated by Furiosa's box office performance,
00:38 but stress that it wasn't even in development. For its part, studio Warner Bros., where Miller
00:43 is a beloved figure, says it is incredibly proud of Furiosa. Talk of making Miller's next Mad Max
00:49 film could resurface if Furiosa gets a major tune-up and enjoys a road trip down the box
00:53 office highway, as Mad Max Fury Road did back in 2015 thanks to a strong multiplier.
00:58 Many veteran box office pundits are doubtful whether such a recovery is possible,
01:02 with one rival studio saying it could have a hard time getting past $90 million domestically.
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