Renfield released in April 2023 to disappointing box office returns, with the Dracula-inspired film having many reasons behind its commercial failure.
Renfield was released in April 2023 to a disappointing opening weekend, with various reasons contributing to the less-than-successful box office results. Initially, a film centered around Dracula and Renfield was pitched in 2014, with the failure of The Mummy in 2017 leading to the film being refocused as a horror-comedy. Chris McKay was hired to direct in 2019, with the film finally being released four years later.
4 Renfield's Reviews Were Very Mixed Similarly, the poor box office returns of Renfield's opening weekend were likely affected by the film's reviews. Although the pulpy horror-action-comedy vibe that made the trailers for Renfield look promising, reviews on the movie were somewhat mixed. As of the time of writing, Renfield holds a critic approval rating of 59% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
3 Renfield Has A Lot Of Box Office Competition If Renfield had been released on a weekend with lesser competition, the film may have seen a higher yield on its opening weekend. However, Renfield released just two weeks after The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a film that is breaking multiple box office records across the board. The Super Mario Bros.
2 Nicolas Cage Is Not A Box Office Draw While Nicolas Cage has amassed a cult following in the last few decades, it remains the case that the actor is not a huge box office draw for general audiences. This is evident by the actor's box office returns in the last 10 years or so. In the last decade, only The Croods, The Croods: A New Age, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse can be classed as good box office performers in Cage's filmography.
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