Civil War
Summary
The upcoming natural process thrillerCivil Warfrom writer - director Alex Garland represents a major risk for the uprise autonomous entertainment company A24 due to one record - breaking chemical element . star Kirsten Dunst , Wagner Moura , Cailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson , the dystopian thriller is set in a war - torn near - future America . In that America , a union of states lead by California and Texas have broken off from the rest of the United States , but the laggard does n’t make it exactly clear whatcaused the film ’s Civil War .
The movie ’s orbit is larger than anything that A24 has attempted in the past , as it also includes Nick Offerman as the President of the United States andJesse Plemons in a typically creepy-crawly and nefarious roleas an antipathetical soldier . The independent nature of A24 has typically yielded small - budget , higher - quality film , including award - advance titles likeEverything Everywhere All At Once , Talk to Me , Lady Bird , andThe Whale . Civil Warwill act as one of the studio apartment ’s only straight smash hit , and in doing so it will relegate a record that shit the project a huge dice roll for A24 .
Civil War Is A24’s Most Expensive Movie Yet
It reportedly has a budget of at least $50 million.
A24 has historically focalise on ( comparatively ) arthouse films that trust on splendid acting performances and tale development for achiever , as pit to arduous CGI and epic - scale struggle . Civil Warwill break the criminal record as A24 ’s most expensive flick yet , a title previously held byEverything Everywhere All At Onceat an estimated $ 25 million . While there weresome reports that placedCivil War ’s budget as mellow as $ 75 million , IndieWireconfirmed it at $ 50 million . While that picket in comparison to other summer tent pole blockbusters , it is still just about forked A24 ’s previous most expensive film .
A24 ’s Top Five Highest - Grossing Movies
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Global Box Office Gross
Everything Everywhere All at Once
$ 144,414,470
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Talk to Me
$ 92,039,205
Hereditary
Civil War is a 2024 action thriller from writer and director Alex Garland. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Stephen McKinley Henderson, Civil War takes place in the near future and shows the United States entering a new Civil War after California and Texas attempt to separate from the country.
$ 82,850,595
Lady Bird
$ 78,989,474
moonshine
$ 65,171,616
Why A24’s Civil War Gamble Could Backfire
Its box office upside may be capped for multiple reasons.
It ’s jolly received for distribution companies to at least match the output budget of a picture show with the marketing budget , which would set the breakout - even point forCivil Warat rough $ 100M. Given that all the current numbers racket are estimates , it ’s knowing toconsider $ 125 M the target forCivil Warto start turning a lawful profit . That may be a difficult milepost on its own for A24 , given that only one of their moving picture ( againEverything Everywhere All At Once ) has gross over $ 100 M globally . That makes A24 ’s first major smash hit a massive fiscal peril .
Civil Warwill liberation in theaters on April 12th , 2024 .
WhileCivil Warwon’t face any direct genre competition the weekend it opens , Dev Patel ’s much - hyped action thrillerMonkey Manreleases a hebdomad before , which will cut off intoCivil War ’s audience in its second calendar week . To remove that $ 125 M mark , Civil Warwill also need to have decent legs , which could test challenging . Unfortunately , just one week after its spillage , it will gohead - to - head with another war movie at the box billet : the Henry Cavill - led WWII legal action comedyThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare . at long last , the high - dollar gamble that A24 is gain withCivil Warmight backfire in a major elbow room .
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Civil War is a 2024 action thriller from writer and director Alex Garland . Starring Kirsten Dunst , Wagner Moura , and Stephen McKinley Henderson , Civil War takes place in the near future and demonstrate the United States entering a new Civil War after California and Texas endeavor to divide from the country .
