Megalopolis Box Office North America: Francis Ford Coppola’s $120M Epic Tanks With Less Than $2M Opening Day

Francis Ford Coppola’s $120M self-financed film Megalopolis tanked at the box office after grossing less than $2 million on opening day, including Thursday’s preview earnings. The film, previously projected to earn between $5 million and $7 million in the opening weekend, is now tracking to earn less than $4.5 million after the grim start at the domestic box office.

Megalopolis was released in theaters across North America on September 27, 2027, after taking in $770K in Thursday previews. The film failed to crack the top five titles at the domestic box office, debuting at sixth place behind old entry Speak No Evil. The film, slammed by critics, also failed to impress the audience, who turned in a D+ CinemaScore on Opening Day. After landing a 49% Critic Score on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Megalopolis scored an even lower 35% audience score from 250 reviews.

The Rotten Tomatoes blistering critic consensus reads,” More of a creative manifesto than a cogent narrative feature, Francis Ford Coppola’sCoppola’s Megalopolis is an overstuffed opus that’s equal parts stimulating and slapdash.”