Alex Proyas‘ largely forgotten fantasy-action epic Gods of Egypt has discovered success on streaming, practically a decade after its unique launch in theaters. A brand new viewers seems to be discovering The Crow director’s critically panned 2016 function, which stars Gerard Butler in one in all his much less memorable roles, particularly up towards highly-rated characters like Leonidas in 300 and The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera. Nevertheless, plainly his flip as “Set,” the Egyptian God of the Desert, is now having a second within the highlight on Netflix.
Gods of Egypt was launched in theaters in February 2016, however just lately discovered a brand new streaming residence at Netflix, the place it rapidly entered the High 10. As of at the moment, August 12, it’s the third-most-watched movie on the Netflix charts in america, behind one other Butler hit, Kandahar, which debuted within the prime spot earlier than dropping to second place, with KPop Demon Hunters reclaiming the No. 1 place. Gods of Egypt is at the moment ranked forward of Completely happy Gilmore 2, Marry Me, and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, amongst others on the platform.
Butler stars in a supporting position in Gods of Egypt alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and the late Chadwick Boseman, whereas Brenton Thwaites takes the lead position as Bek. The story chronicles an influence wrestle between Set (Butler) and his nephew, the highly effective god Horus (Coster-Waldau), that plunges the land into chaos and triggers a battle, spearheaded by Bek, who has ambitions to save lots of the world and rescue his real love. His battle towards Set takes him on a dangerous journey into the afterlife and throughout the heavens in an try to revive stability.
‘Gods of Egypt’ Was a Massive-Funds Field Workplace Bomb
Gods of Egypt had a mega manufacturing price range of $140 million, however the movie solely managed to herald $31 million on the field workplace in america and Canada, making it one of many greatest home field workplace bombs of the 2010s. It fared significantly better abroad, which helped to spice up its worldwide complete to $150 million, but it surely nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to show a revenue on the time. Actually, Lionsgate made a considerable loss on the film when factoring in all bills. Nevertheless, the push for revenue by no means stopped and it lastly managed to break-even in 2024.
Optimistic word-of-mouth can considerably enhance a movie’s field workplace efficiency, however sadly, that was in brief provide for Gods of Egypt. It was critically panned and usually disliked by moviegoers upon its launch in 2016, which was mirrored in its Rotten Tomatoes scores, having scored 14% with critics and 37% with audiences. The reviewers cited points with its nonsensical plot, uninspired script, and poor particular results. The movie additionally confronted important backlash for its casting selections and whitewashing of Egyptian characters.
Gods of Egypt turned a blight on Proyas’ filmography, which additionally consists of cult classics like The Crow and Darkish Metropolis, together with the underrated Nicolas Cage sci-fi thriller Understanding and the commercially profitable Will Smith hit I, Robotic. Regardless of having success together with his earlier endeavors, Proyas hasn’t launched a function movie since his Butler-starring epic — however that can quickly change as his sci-fi musical R.U.R. is in post-production. He could now be capable to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of Gods of Egypt, particularly with it just lately discovering redemption.