Margot Robbie says she still can’t get her head around why one of her movies completely bombed at the box office.
The actress, 34, might be used to Barbie-levels of success, but her Babylon co-stars can’t say the same for themselves.
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Although Damien Chazelle’s drama had a bumper budget and an all-star cast, his project just didn’t perform well upon its release in December 2022.
However, his female lead still holds out hope that it might make a killer comeback – as Robbie confessed that two years on, she still ‘can’t figure out’ why people didn’t love it.
She starred in Babylon alongside industry titans including Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, Diego Calva, Jean Smart and Olivia Wilde.
The film is pretty much centred around the debauchery of early Hollywood, detailing the rise and fall of a series of chaotic characters who navigate ‘unbridled decadence and depravity’.
Loosely based on real-life figures, Babylon’s synopsis describes it as a ‘tale of outright ambition and outrageous excess’.
Robbie, seen alongside Calva, reckons that Babylon deserves a lot more appreciation than it received (Paramount Pictures)
And seen as though an uncensored trailer for it featured Robbie ‘snorting’ the Paramount logo and it begins with a ‘party-slash-orgy’ scene, it seemed as though it was guaranteed to be a hit.
However, the film didn’t exactly get the reception that the director and cast were hoping for.
Robbie – who plays aspiring starlet Nellie LaRoy in the film – recently discussed it flopping at the box office during an appearance on The Talking Pictures podcast.
“I don’t get it either,” she began.
The actress still hopes it could be a big success (Paramount Pictures)
“I know I am biased because I am very close to the project and I obviously believe in it, but I still can’t figure out why people hated it.”
But the new mum – who welcomed a baby boy with British actor and film producer Tom Ackerley earlier this month – hasn’t given up on it yet.
She continued: “I wonder if in 20 years people are going to be like, ‘Wait, Babylon didn’t do well at the time?’
“Like when you hear that Shawshank Redemption was a failure at the time and you’re like like, ‘How is that possible?’”
According to reports, Babylon grossed $63million worldwide after its release, which wasn’t too good considering the production budget was around $80 million.
Ultimately, it ended up costing Paramount – and even though it earned five Golden Globes and three Oscar nominations, it only took one gong home in the end.
Babylon didn’t fare much better on Rotten Tomatoes either, as it’s only got an approval rating of a measly 57 percent.
The fact it’s three hours and eight minutes long probably didn’t do it any favours either but it’s clear Robbie stands firmly by it.
