With the American-Chinese production The Great Wall, Studio Universal wanted to build on the big blockbuster successes of the early 2000s in the fantasy genre. In the end, the film, which RTL II broadcasts on Sunday, became the financial disaster. Apparently he also plunged leading actor Matt Damon into a serious crisis.
Fantasy spectacle The Great Wall went under at the box office
In the film’s story, William Garin (Damon) and Pero Tovar (Pedro Pascal) travel to China in the 15th century to find a powerful weapon. In the process, they are captured and caught in the battle for the Great Wall of China, which is stormed by monsters every 60 years.
The mix of American and Chinese funding did not work out at the box office. With a budget of $150 million, The Great Wall played mojo, according to Box Office around 334 million dollars worldwide a. This makes it a massive box office flop.
Matt Damon talked about depression from film experience and probably means The Great Wall
As we reported, Damon opened up about his worst movie experience yet in the Variety interview. Without naming the title specifically, he described a film shoot in which he realized halfway through that the whole project was doomed to fail and that he had fallen into a depression as a result. It was only through his wife that he was finally able to pick himself up again. The film most likely refers to The Great Wall.
If you haven’t seen The Great Wall yet and are curious, you can catch the fantasy flop on Aug 20, 2023 at 8:15 p.m look at RTL II.
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