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The Dog Stars crashed at the box office in its opening weekend. It opens with poor numbers despite such notable names involved with this film, including its filmmaker, Ridley Scott. The post-apocalyptic movie has received negative reviews and, according to reports, offers nothing new in this genre. The film faces an uphill road to financial success from here on. Keep scrolling for the deets.
The critics complain that the pacing is very slow, and the storyline is a mix of many other such films. Therefore, it kind of lost its own identity. The critics giving it 40% on Rotten Tomatoes declared it, “A derivative and drowsy tour through the post-apocalypse, The Dog Stars’ lush visuals can’t compensate for its listless narrative and underpowered pacing.”
The Dog Stars at the North American box office
The Dog Stars debuted at #5 in the box office rankings in North America in its opening weekend. The Jacob Elordi starrer sci-fi thriller collected just $8 million in its opening weekend domestically [via Box Office Mojo]. With a cliched storyline and slow pacing, the movie crashed miserably at the box office in North America. It will have to hold strong to survive at the box office.
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Three-day opening weekend breakdown
- Friday – $3.0 million
- Saturday – $2.8 million
- Sunday – $2.2 million
Total – $8.0 million
Worldwide collection update
The movie opened with slightly better numbers at the international box office in its opening weekend. It collected $11.3 million overseas on its opening weekend, bringing the global debut collection to $19.3 million. Ridley Scott‘s film featuring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce follows Hig, a pilot who survives a devastating virus that wipes out most of humanity but claims his wife. Living in a post-apocalyptic world threatened by roaming scavengers known as Reapers, he sets out in search of hope and the possibility of a better life beyond the isolated world he knows. The Dog Stars was released on August 28.
Box office summary of The Dog Stars
- Domestic – $8.0 million
- International – $11.3 million
- Worldwide – $19.3 million
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