Summary
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s streaming release date has been confirmed. A prequel to 2015’sMad Max: Fury Road, from mastermind George Miller, the film follows an origin story for Furiosa over the course of 15 to 20 years from her kidnapping by Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) to her ascension to the rank of Imperator. Anya Taylor-Joy leads theFuriosacast, taking over the titular role from Charlize Theron, alongside Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme as Immortan Joe, John Howard, Angus Sampson, Nathan Jones, and many more.
Now, nearly three months after its theatrical release, the film is finally making its way onto streaming. Warner Bros. has announced thatFuriosa: A Mad Max Sagastarts streaming exclusively on Max on August 16. The movie has been available on most major VOD platforms since June 25, and will be released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 13.
Furiosa Should Continue Redeeming Its Box Office Failure On Streaming
It’s Been Successful On Home Media
A few days before its theatrical release in May, theMad Maxmovie premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where the firstFuriosareviewspraised the film for adding emotional depth toFury Roadin retrospect, even though it doesn’t quite match its relentless pace. Overall,critics considerFuriosaanother brilliant and exhilarating entryinto Miller’sMad Maxfranchise. The movie holds a strong 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, coupled with an 89% audience score.
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However,Furiosabombed at the box office, grossing only $172 million against its $168 million budget. Typically, a movie needs to make two times its production budget to break even, thoughFuriosawas just able to recoup its budget and likely lost millions for Warner Bros. It’s disappointing thatFuriosa’s immense acclaim didn’t translate into box office success, though it shouldn’t have been very surprising.Mad Max: Fury Road, despite being one of thebest action movies of all time, was only a modest box office success that grossed $380.4 million against its $154.6–185.2 million budget.
Though it bombed at the box office,Furiosahas been redeeming itself on home media. Shortly after its release,Furiosaheld the top spot on two VOD charts, iTunes for July 1, and Fandango at Home for the week of June 24–30. ThoughFuriosawasn’t able to drive audiences out to theaters in droves, it has been a success on VOD, and this should surely continue as it starts streaming on Max later this month.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Cast
A prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa is an action-adventure film that tells the origin story of the headstrong and fearless Furiosa. Set shortly after the beginning of the “end of the world,” Furiosa is kidnapped and brought before a powerful warlord, now forced to work for him. To find her way back home, Furiosa will adapt to the new harsh and arid world as she grows into the Furiosa she becomes known to be.
