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The western masterpiece "Horizon", written, directed and acted by "Old Dutton" Kevin · Costner, officially landed in North American theaters at the end of June, and the film announced that it would be launched on digital platforms on July 16 a week after its release, and New Line Cinema, which is responsible for the distribution of the film today, also announced that the sequel to the film will be withdrawn, after the sequel "Horizon 2" was announced to be released on August 16.
The reason for all this is that the first "Horizon" has suffered a failure at the box office and word of mouth since its release. The film grossed just $11 million in its opening weekend in North America, and in a highly competitive summer season, "Horizon" was clearly uncompetitive. The final box office is not expected to be too good, and the film has a production budget of up to $100 million.
In terms of word-of-mouth performance, the film's performance is also unsatisfactory, with only 48% freshness on the Rotten Tomatoes website, and the popcorn index rated by fans is acceptable, reaching 71%. And the rating on IMDB is also 7.1 points. On the whole, the reputation of the first "Horizon" can only be described as average.
Western-themed works are an important label for Kevin · Costner's Hollywood career, as early as 1990, he won many awards including the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture for the Western-themed film "Dances with Wolves"; In recent years, the western-themed drama "Yellowstone" has been regarded as a high-scoring unpopular series by fans.
In order to realize his dream of writing, directing and acting in a Western-themed film again, Kevin · Costner paid $38 million out of his own pocket to shoot "Horizon", it can be said that Kevin · Costner sold iron in order to shoot this film.
In addition, in order to shoot the "Horizon" series of movies, he had conflicts with the crew of "Yellowstone", which eventually led to his failure to shoot the second half of "Yellowstone", which also means that "Old Dutton", who is the soul of the "Yellowstone" series, will miss the final finale of this series of series.
There is no doubt that this "Horizon" is an ambitious work for Kevin · Costner, whether it is box office, word of mouth or even awards season, Kevin · Costner has high hopes, but at present, all this may not be realized.
In a statement, New Line Cinema explained that the withdrawal of Forza Horizon 2 was to allow more viewers to see the first Horizon film, as a way to attract more viewers to watch Forza Horizon 2 in the future. In addition to launching on digital platforms next week, the first Horizon is expected to hit streaming platforms soon. And the follow-up release of "Forza Horizon 2" may have to wait for a while.
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