Ridley Scotts The Last Duel is the rarest of things in modern Hollywood: an epic for adults.
And it just sank like a stone at the box office.
The Last Dueldid not have a good weekend at the box office.
There are many aspects that likely contributed toThe Last Duels box office failure.
Additionally, there will likely be some second-guessing about the rollout by Disney/20th Century Studios.
One that will have greater repercussions than just diminishing this particular movies Oscar prospects.
On social media, Ive already seen some suggesting thatThe Last Duelshould have been a streaming release.
And theres some cold, despairing logic to that.
And with movies likeThe Last Duelflopping, such projects could soon become outright extinct.
Which is a shame when those projects produce things as powerful as Comers harrowing performanceor Afflecks delightfully decadent one.
In fact, for those who love cinema, it can be its own bang out of minor tragedy.
