{"id":238015,"date":"2026-05-02T20:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/renowned-commudgeon-anthony-mackies-film-desert-warrior-flops-at-the-box-office\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:43:55","slug":"renowned-commudgeon-anthony-mackies-film-desert-warrior-flops-at-the-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/renowned-commudgeon-anthony-mackies-film-desert-warrior-flops-at-the-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned commudgeon &#8211; Anthony Mackie&#8217;s film \u2018DESERT WARRIOR\u2019 flops at the box office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiegcfvy2b6htwcpsefcnw6gsu6nppj3zjvmpqsjxcpqwtmrywxgdq\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:exxdcplb2ozev5lvw5ohnejq\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mko5jgn27c2s\">\n<p lang=\"en\">\u2018DESERT WARRIOR\u2019 is tracking to be one of the biggest box office flops of all time.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Arabia-funded film has earned $488K so far on a $150M budget.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:exxdcplb2ozev5lvw5ohnejq\/post\/3mko5jgn27c2s?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiscussingFilm (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:exxdcplb2ozev5lvw5ohnejq?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@discussingfilm.net<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:exxdcplb2ozev5lvw5ohnejq\/post\/3mko5jgn27c2s?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Starring Captain America\u2019s Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, Desert Warrior endured a troubled five-year trek to the screen, the director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes ) left and then returned, lots of delays and pick up shoot in Saudi. Deadline says the movie was &#8220;set up&#8221; by a Saudi-based media company, MBC Group. They considered delaying the release after Donald Trump bombed Iran, but they decided they didn&#8217;t want the 5-year-old albatross hanging around. The first edit tested poorly in 2023, and it currently sits at 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis<br \/>Set in seventh-century Arabia, amongst the constant feuding between tribes, the ruthless Emperor Kisra wishes to make Princess Hind his concubine. However, she refuses and instead, with the help of a legendary bandit, looks to confront the Emperor, culminating in the Battle of Ze Qar.<br \/><a name=\"cutid1\"\/><br \/>Trailer<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1777759200%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262182200%26%26%26youtube%26fraAGOuT3sA%3Adc4ad4633f6ccbc4361da8c79e23bedd350a7490&amp;noads=&amp;moduleid=2182200&amp;preview=&amp;vid=fraAGOuT3sA&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;source=youtube\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2182200\"><\/iframe><a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/discussingfilm.net\/post\/3mko5jgn27c2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fraAGOuT3sA&amp;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m old enough to remember when the biggest box office flop was &#8216;XXZYX Road &#8216;starring Katherine Heigl. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132290676.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018DESERT WARRIOR\u2019 is tracking to be one of the biggest box office flops of all time. The Saudi Arabia-funded film has earned $488K so far on a $150M budget. [image or embed] \u2014 DiscussingFilm (@discussingfilm.net) April 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM Starring Captain America\u2019s Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, Desert Warrior endured a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-238015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}