There are films that fail financially and there are films that fail absolutely disastrous mega-flops become. The 13th Warrior with Antonio Banderas belongs to the second category. The blockbuster, which will be shown on Tele5 on Thursday, is one of the biggest box office disasters in film history.
This is the plot of The 13th Warrior
The film’s story is based on a novel by Jurassic Park creator Michael Crichton, which adapts the famous Beowulf saga. The script mixes adventure with horror and historical elements. In The 13th Warrior, Arabic poet Ahmad Ihn Fadlan (Banderas) is banished from his country and meets Nordic warriors who want to save a village from cannibalistic monsters. Fadlan joins them as the 13th warrior.
The 13th Warrior was a mega-disaster at the box office
With a then-huge budget of $160 million, Die Hard director John McTiernan’s blockbuster grossed just over $61 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. This means that the 13th warrior counts with one estimated loss between $100 and $160 million one of the biggest film flops of all time. Depending on the actual loss value, it is even considered the biggest flop of all.
When will the adventure flop The 13th Warrior be on TV?
Tele5 broadcasts the genre mix October 5, 2023 at 8:15 p.m out of. If you don’t have time, you can stream The 13th Warrior with a Disney+ subscription. *
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