David O. Russell's Amsterdam Poised To Lose $100 Million
gamerant.comDavid O. Russell's Amsterdam has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The star-studded affair is reportedly poised to lose $100 million for 20th Century Studios.
Amsterdam is set around the Business Plot of 1933, a political conspiracy that involved various high-powered individuals to assassinate the President at the time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and install a dictator in his place. Included in the cast are actors such as Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Chris Rock, John David Washington, and Anya Taylor-Joy. Russell appeared to hope that the film would replicate the success of American Hustle, which also starred many high-profile stars and took in a decent box office haul.
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According to Deadline, Amsterdam was originally projected to make $12-16 million in its opening weekend. With a budget of $80 million, it's a fine box office, but not outstanding. In reality, the film made a paltry $6.5 million at the box office. This means that the film is now expected to lose $100 million for the studio (a figure which includes marketing and other expenses in addition to the film's budget). In comparison with other recently released films such as Smile, which had a $17 million budget and made $22 million in its opening weekend, Amsterdam is a huge disappointment for 20th Century Studios.
A $100 million loss would make it one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time. It should be noted that that is only a projected tally, however. Projected tallies are not infallible, as can be seen with Amsterdam's projected tally for its opening weekend. The only way for the film to recoup its budget now would be for it to have extremely long
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