You might’ve heard about Kevin Costner‘s ambitious four-movie epic western project titled Horizon: An American Saga, but chances are you didn’t show up to watch the first part in cinemas. Now, the box office disaster is so bad that Warner Bros. Pictures (through New Line Cinema) has removed Chapter 2 from the theatrical schedule.
The news (via THR) arrived on July 10, roughly two weeks after the first part’s release in cinemas. Reviews weren’t kind to the first installment of the ambitious endeavor, and the movie has barely scratched $25 million worldwide, with more than $23 million coming from the United States. Long story short: it sure sounds like modern audiences only want to watch their westerns at home.
While expectations surrounding the movie’s financial performance weren’t super high, this comes across as a surprisingly brutal flop, especially when we take into account the sheer success of Yellowstone and its spinoff shows with TV audiences. Costner departed that ‘universe’ to focus on his long-planned four-part epic, which was a passion project he’s been cooking as early as 1988, and we’re certain he hoped to transfer some of that prosperity to Horizon.
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