Warner Brothers will have one heck of a writedown on their hands with Jupiter Ascending. The film, which was directed by the siblings Andy and Lana Wachowski, cost $200 million to produce and another $100 million to market, but only grossed $18.37 million in its opening weekend at the North American box office. If we factor in the $33.8 million it still leaves the film $250 in the hole. That's a big hole! That's what she said!
Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis star in "Jupiter Ascending," an original science fiction epic adventure from filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski. Jupiter Jones (Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along—her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos. From the streets of Chicago to far flung galaxies whirling through space, "Jupiter Ascending" is written and directed by the Wachowskis.
Arrives in theaters February 6, 2015
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