Prime Video Is Giving One of Sci-Fi's Biggest Box Office Bombs a Second Chance

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Lade Omotade is a News and Feature Author at Collider with a passion for exploring the ever-evolving world of the Film & TV industry. Her work centers on covering the latest news, from casting announcements and franchise scoops to streaming updates and behind-the-scenes shifts that shape the way stories are told.  Omotade approaches storytelling with both professional insight and unapologetic fandom; digging into what makes a franchise successful, spotlighting rising voices in Hollywood, and asking the questions fans are already buzzing about. Her writing reflects that mix: part industry analysis, part fan excitement, and always grounded in a love for the craft of storytelling. With a reported production budget of $150 million, one of the biggest sci-fi box office bombs in recent memory grossed just over $67 million worldwide during its theatrical run. Released alongside Paramount's slapstick comedy Jackass Forever, the film brought in $9.9 million in its opening weekend. While it managed a second-place finish, it unfortunately suffered a brutal 70% decline in its second weekend, pulling in just $2.9 million. However, years after its disastrous theatrical debut, the star-studded disaster epic is getting a second chance to find its audience on Prime Video. Directed by the "master of disaster" himself, Roland Emmerich, the filmmaker behind genre staples like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012, the 2022 release follows an unlikely team racing against time after a mysterious force knocks the moon out of orbit, sending it on a collision course with Earth. Unsurprisingly, the sci-fi flop leans heavily into Emmerich's signature blend of world-ending catastrophe and increasingly outrageous narrative twists, which ultimately alienated a large portion of critics and viewers alike. Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for. You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You're a systems thinker who can't help but notice the seams in things. The wasteland doesn't reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That's you. You'd survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely. Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards. The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn't have it any other way. Featuring an ensemble cast led by Halle Berry, Moonfall is proving to be one of those big-budget spectacles that doesn't need a successful theatrical run or a coveted "Certified Fresh" Rotten Tomatoes score to be appreciated. Currently holding an underwhelming 35% Tomatometer score, its arrival on Prime Video has clearly sparked renewed interest. Although this streaming comeback might not sway everyone's opinion about the film's odd choices, the data shows there's still a large audience for high-budget, low-stakes disaster movies. Alongside Berry, Moonfall also stars Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Donald Sutherland, and Eme Ikwuakor.

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