Kevin Costner’s flop ‘Horizon’ gets Max premiere date after box office disaster
nypost.comKevin Costner’s passion project, the epic Western movie “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1,” has been a disaster at the box office — but it’s still getting a premiere date on Max, hitting the streamer on Friday, Aug.
23. The former “Yellowstone” star, 69, wrote, directed and starred in the first installment of his new Western film series, which flopped in theaters when it premiered in June.The movie made only $32 million on a $100 million budget.
Costner reportedly spent $38 million of his own money on the film.“I’ve mortgaged 10 acres on the water in Santa Barbara where I was going to build my last house,” Costner told Deadline in May 2023. “It has thrown my accountant into a f–king conniption fit.
But it’s my life, and I believe in the idea and the story.” The movie was planned to be four installments, but its future is up in the air, as the US release of “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter Two” has been scrapped from the August schedule in the US amid bombing at the box office.
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