Margot Robbie On ‘Babylon’ Flopping At Box Office: “I Still Can’t Figure Out Why People Hated It”
deadline.comMargot Robbie is still perplexed why Babylon didn’t get a good reception from moviegoers. Damien Chazelle’s 2022 film also starred Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, and Li Jun Li.
With an estimated budget of $80 million, the Paramount Pictures film only made $15 million at the domestic box office and a total of $63 million worldwide. “I don’t get it either.
I know I am biased because I am very close to the project and I obviously believe in it, but I still can’t figure out why people hated it,” Robbie said on The Talking Pictures podcast. “I wonder if in 20 years people are going to be like, ‘Wait, Babylon didn’t do well at the time?’ Like when you hear that Shawshank Redemption was a failure at the time and you’re like like, ‘How is that possible?’” Babylon took place in Hollywood, following multiple characters during the transition from silent to sound films in the late 1920s.
Despite not being a box office winner, Robbie recalled having a good time working with the director. “Damian is so thorough,” the Barbie star said. “Do you know what I loved so much about working with him?
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