After opening to $5 million on a budget of $100 million, most of which came straight out of director FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’s pocket, it’s fair to say that this film is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, box office flops of the year.
Megalopolis tops the box office flop cake. Director Francis Ford Coppola is 85 years old, and his passion project Megalopolismay very well be his last film ever. It’s sad to see the director of an acclaimed franchise like THE GODFATHER go out on such a sad note.
“MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves “