Borderlands' VOD release date has been revealed. Based on the best-selling video game franchise, the film was directed by Eli Roth, with a script he co-wrote with Joe Crombie, and follows the outlaw Lilith as she forms an unlikely alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing Daughter of Atlas, the most powerful man in the universe. Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett leads the Borderlands Starring Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Now, less than a month after it was released in theaters, the video game adaptation is coming to VOD. Lionsgate has announced that Borderlands Will be available on VOD from August 30. The movie will be available to buy for $24.99 and to rent for $19.99 on participating digital platforms from which movies are purchased, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Fandango at Home, and more.
How the Borderlands movie performed in theaters
It was a massive critical and commercial failure
Before Borderlands was released in theaters, trouble was on the horizon when The movie debuted to a poor and rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. As more reviews were added, it increased to a still undesirable 10%. generally, Borderlands Reviews criticize the film as a completely nonsensical jumble of boring action sequences and a mess in every other aspect. Its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, 53%, is a massive improvement over the critics' score, but is still considered rotten by the review aggregator's standards.
Borderlands was released in theaters on August 9 and on the back of overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, it wasn't long before the movie became a box-office bomb. until today, It earned only $24.2 million worldwide Against its production budget of $110-120 million, and in addition to its marketing costs, will result in a huge loss for the studio. Although recent video adaptations, such as The last of us And The Super Mario Bros. Moviehave had greater success; Borderlands Harken back to a time of the video game curse when studios struggled immensely with the projects.
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with Borderlands Releasing on VOD, the critical or commercial prospects are not expected to improve. While it may gain some traction among home viewers who are hesitant to go to a theater, it won't be nearly enough to recover from its already poor reception or substantial financial losses. Although the genre has made massive strides in recent years, Borderlands remains a cautionary tale for aspiring video game adaptations.
Source: Lionsgate