Produced and released by Warner, "Birds of Prey and the Wonderful Liberation of a Harley Quinn" was officially renamed "Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn". The first-day box office receipt was only $13.03 million, significantly lower than the industry's expectations. Warner actually thought of changing the title and highlighting the clown girl to increase the box office? This is a kind of self-help of self-media.
This DC superhero film, directed by Chinese director Yan Yuqian, was specially made into an R-rated film in order to gain more audiences. However, Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness rating of 80%, but word of mouth has not translated into box office. Is it that the reputation and box office of "Joker" are too high, so that the clown girl is not fresh?
The DC film Birds of Prey was produced by Clown woman Margot Robbie's own company, Lucky Chap, with a budget of $75 million. This budget cost is relatively small compared to other films in the DC Cinematic Universe. At present, the lowest cost of production in the DC Cinematic Universe is "Thunder Shazam", and the production cost of "Birds of Prey" is expected to be lower than that of "Thunder Shazam"!
However, after the internal playback of "Birds of Prey" did not work well, it began a few months after the completion of the re-shooting work, around the clown girl Harley Quinn designed a new fight scene. The film's investment and publicity cost reached $100 million. From the perspective of break-even consideration, at least $280 million is needed at the box office, and the current release of the Chinese market is far away, leaving only a large market in Japan to stay, and the prospect of reaching the return line is bleak.
Margot Robbie will face a huge loss as a producer. Didn't Margot Robbie, a beautiful woman from Australia, think her path to Hollywood production would become bumpy?
Margot Robbie was born on 2 July 1990 in Dolby, Queensland. She grew up in a single-parent household, her mother was a physiotherapist, Margot was the third oldest, and she was accompanied by her brother, sister, brother and two cows, living on a farm on the outskirts of the Gold Coast. Margot Robbie saw herself as an actress at an early age, and in her adolescence she shot commercials for local Subway fast food restaurants.
Poor children have long been in charge, at the age of 16 she worked three jobs to earn money to share the burden of the family, and at the age of 18 cameo starred in the first TV series "Neighbors". Then in 2010, at the age of 20, Margot Robbie ventured into Hollywood alone in search of opportunities!
In 2011, Margot Robbie starred in the retro-era TV series "Pan American Journey" premiered in the United States, playing the open-minded stewardess Laura, and Margot Robbie also entered Hollywood, but the show was cut after the first season. Robbie, who is struggling to find an opportunity, continues to look for an opportunity to make himself famous!
In June 2012, casting information came out of big director Martin Scorsese's new film "The Wolf of Wall Street", and Robbie flew to New York to audition at his own expense. Robbie's career has since taken a major turn. During the audition, Robbie and Little Plum played the scene of the husband and wife arguing according to the script.
When Little Plum hysterically yelled "Come and kiss me" according to his lines, Robbie improvised and slapped Little Plum hard. Let the director and Little Plum be sure that Robbie is the person they are looking for! The unknown Robbie soldiers were in danger, and they were successful!
The movie was released and Robbie became famous overnight. The shot of her sitting on the ground and pressing her beautiful leg on the head of the little plum became a classic screen picture. After becoming famous, she set up her own film production company in 2014 and began to consciously participate in the production of films. The shrewd Robbie wants to be the woman at the top of the food chain!
She has been left in the films "Suite of France", "Focus", "Zecharias", "The Great Short", "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot", and "Tarzan Returns: The Jungle". But Robbie wasn't satisfied, she wanted higher success!
The important year of 2016 is here. In the same year, Harley Quinmargot Robbie, who played the "clown girl" who was deranged by the obsession with clowns in the DC Universe movie "Suicide Squad", conquered the world's movie fans and became a superstar to worship!
In 2017, Robbie played figure skater Tonya Harding in the biopic I, Queen of Patterns, and served as the film's producer! As a result, she was nominated for Best Actress at the 90th Academy Awards, best actress in a comedy at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, and Outstanding Actor of the Year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Margot Robbie, a little girl from an Australian farm, stands at the top of Hollywood! Commercial film and art film double success!
In 2019, Robbie played the Hollywood actress Sharon Tate who was murdered by Charles Manson in the art film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring with big directors Plus Little Plum and Brad Pitt, and it was difficult to fail. In the same year, Robbie co-starred with his compatriot Nicole Kidman in the drama film "Breaking News" released in the United States, with Margot Robbie as an assistant producer! Robbie never knows satisfaction and is still rising!
Although the arrival of 2020 gave Robbie a bad news. 100 million investment "Birds of Prey" box office is not good, it is very likely to lose Warner tens of millions. But Robbie, who is already at the top of Hollywood, has never seen any big winds and waves. She will definitely choose the film more carefully in the future.
And with experience, Robbie's role as a producer has become more and more comfortable, and Yan Yuqian, the director of "Birds of Prey", was interviewed by Robbie. Robbie is not worried about losing money, because there are still "Barbie" and "Suicide Squad 2" waiting for her to harvest the box office. Winning or losing at the Hollywood box office is a common thing, and the key is to do your own movies well!
Come on! Clown Girl Margot Robbie, the future DC Universe needs you more exciting performances!