No Jazz For ‘Babylon' At Domestic Box Office With M+ Debut; Brad Pitt-Margot Robbie Epic Won't Hit 0M Breakeven: Here's Why
'Babylon' ranks as the lowest wide release domestic box office opening ever for Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt. Paramount Damien Chazelle's $80M 1920s...
'Babylon' ranks as the lowest wide release domestic box office opening ever for Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt. Paramount Damien Chazelle's $80M 1920s-set Hollywood epic Babylon went up in a blaze of fire at the domestic box office this past weekend with an awful $5.3M 4-day start. BABYLON, Brad Pitt, 2022. © Paramount Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection Say what you will about harsh winter conditions impacting moviegoing across the country, however, this movie, which was greenlit by a previous Paramount regime and greatly supported by the new Brian Robbins administration, was against the odds as soon as it previewed to a cynical press more than a month ago at the Academy theater to lackluster reviews at 56% Rotten Tomatoes.