Why is Arthur the King a box office bomb?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Mark Wahlberg’s new adventure movie, Arthur the King, has flopped at the box office with a measly $7.5 million opening weekend, but why is the film doing so poorly? Adapted from Mikael Lindnord’s memoir Arthur – The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home, Arthur the King stars Wahlberg as Lindnord, the captain of a team of mountain climbers, who finds a stray dog during a grueling 435-mile climb.
9 Arthur The King's Reviews Were Okay But Not Great It has a "fresh" score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it's a low fresh score Arthur the King earned a “fresh” Rotten Tomatoes score, but that fresh score is 64%, just 4% above the fresh threshold. That’s not a high enough score to turn any heads – it’s attached to a picture of a nice, ripe tomato, but it’s still a sign of mixed reviews.
6 Arthur The King Could Have Decent Legs The audiences who have seen Arthur the King seem to have loved it While it has a lukewarm critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Arthur the King has an impressive audience score of 97%, indicating near-unanimous satisfaction. It also has an “A” CinemaScore from moviegoers leaving the theater. Arthur the King may have only been seen by a small number of people, but the people who did watch it seem to have enjoyed it.
3 Arthur The King's Budget Was Too Big Some reports have Arthur the King's budget at $40 million The mid-budget movie is dead. The only movies that seem to succeed these days are massive $200 million blockbusters by major studios and tiny $1 million indie movies that manage to make a splash in the cultural conversation.
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