A Francis Ford Coppola sci-fi film that was an notorious field workplace disappointment has set a brand new VOD premiere date after beforehand being pulled from its digital launch. Coppola is without doubt one of the most revered filmmakers of the trendy age and has been nominated for 14 Oscars, profitable 5 (for Patton, The Godfather, and The Godfather Half II).
Collectively, Francis Ford Coppola motion pictures have grossed greater than $950 million worldwide. Nevertheless, whereas hits reminiscent of The Godfather and his 1992 Dracula adaptation grossed greater than $200 million apiece, he has had some notable misfires, together with his 1982 musical One from the Coronary heart and his current sci-fi epic that stumbled in theaters.
Megalopolis Is Returning To VOD
2024’s Megalopolis is lastly returning to VOD. The sci-fi epic, which was a longtime ardour undertaking of Francis Ford Coppola’s, was written by Coppola and starred Adam Driver as architect Cesar, who fights to defend his imaginative and prescient in opposition to institution powers. It additionally starred Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, and Dustin Hoffman.
The reported finances of Megalopolis was a whopping $136 million, together with roughly $120 million of Coppola’s personal cash. Nevertheless, the film was a theatrical disappointment, solely grossing $14.3 million worldwide, which was a complete that noticed it falling under different low-performing 2024 titles together with Higher Man, The Crow, Robert Zemeckis’ Right here, Borderlands, and Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Whereas the film initially debuted on premium video-on-demand in November 2024, it disappeared in early 2025. The Hollywood Reporter reported that it was Coppola’s intention for the film to solely be obtainable in theaters.
Nevertheless, Apple TV‘s itemizing for the film now says that Megalopolis is predicted to reach on the platform on Thursday, September 4. It stays to be seen if the film will probably be obtainable for buy or rental elsewhere on the identical date, however it’s at the moment not listed on different main VOD platforms, together with Prime Video and Fandango at Residence.
What This Means For Megalopolis
It in the end appears unlikely that the film’s availability on VOD will considerably enhance its possibilities of turning a revenue in opposition to its large finances. Destructive Megalopolis opinions (on Rotten Tomatoes, it has earned 45% from critics and 34% from audiences) will in all probability proceed to plague the undertaking’s possibilities of connecting with widespread viewers.
Nevertheless, the truth that Megalopolis will as soon as extra be obtainable on digital platforms might be thought of a win for the film. Whereas it’s unclear how Francis Ford Coppola feels about this improvement, the truth that the undertaking can proceed to be found by new audiences will probably solely profit it and assist it develop a cult following.
Megalopolis
8/10
- Launch Date
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September 27, 2024
- Runtime
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138 Minutes