Margot Robbie Compares Babylon’s Box Office Flop To Shawshank Redemption In Candid New Comments (And I Kind Of Take Her Point)

Margot Robbie Compares Babylon’s Box Office Flop To Shawshank Redemption In Candid New Comments (And I Kind Of Take Her Point)

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After writer/director Damien Chazelle made two of the most critically acclaimed movies of the 2010s, it felt like a big-budget follow-up starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie would be a shoo-in for a box office and critical success. However, that was very much not the case with 2022’s Babylon. The movie earned mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike and flopped big time at the box office, making $64 million worldwide against a reported $80 million budget. Now, new comments from Margot Robbie about the movie share her hopes for it, and I think she might be on to something.

Margot Robbie is well-acquainted with smashing records at the box office thanks to last summer’s Barbie. However, when it comes to looking back on her leading role in Babylon, she doesn’t understand why people didn’t connect with it. In her words:

I love it. I don’t get it either. 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 really hated it. I often 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, ‘How is that possible?’



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