A new report has revealed that Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga led to a $120 million loss for Warner Bros. The movie is a prequel to the Oscar-nominated hit Mad Max: Fury Road. The film follows the story of Furiosa as she goes from a kidnapped child to a strong adult ready to fight corrupted wasteland leaders. In place of Charlize Theron, Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Browne played the lead, with a ing cast that included Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, and George Shevtsov. 335e5s

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was one of the better movies of 2024, continuing an impressive Mad Max trend, even despite its disappointing profits. Following Tom Hardy's epic 2015 movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, the Furiosa-led 2024 picture offered neither Tom Hardy as a lead nor a chronological sequel. Instead, Anya Taylor-Joy played the protagonist in a prequel movie. Furiosa's disappointing box office may delay Mad Max: The Wasteland - the franchise's planned next venture - but it still stands up well on its own in franchise history, with some notable figures behind it.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Joker: Folie à Deux have ed a rare Oscars club that only two other blockbuster sequels and franchise expansions are a part of. With the 97th Oscars set for March 2, 2025, both Furiosa and Joker 2 are notably not in contention for any Academy Awards despite being two of the most highly-anticipated films of 2024. Rather than being two of the biggest 2025 Oscar contenders, Furiosa and Joker 2 ended up being two of the biggest 2024 box-office flops.

Anya Taylor-Joy's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga broke one of the Mad Max franchise's oldest rules 44 years after Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior created it. Furiosa was a unique movie for the Mad Max franchise in a number of ways. For example, it was the first of the Mad Max movies to not feature Max Rockatansky, save for Max's short cameo in Furiosa. It was also the second film in the franchise to recast a main character, after Anya Taylor-Joy took over the role from Charlize Theron. One of the ways Furiosa changed Mad Max history actually saw it break The Road Warrior's rule.

The first Mad Max film was an extremely low-budget movie written and directed by visionary filmmaker George Miller. After its success in 1979, Miller directed two more Mad Max movies. Mad Max: The Road Warrior came out in 1981 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was released in 1985. The two sequels expanded the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max, but then no more movies were made for 30 years.

2024 has been a relatively strong year for the action genre. Jason Statham's The Beekeeper started the year off on a high note, becoming a surprise hit. The film did so well, in fact, that The Beekeeper 2 is now confirmed to be on the way. After Dune: Part Two dazzled audiences with its sci-fi action, movies like Monkey Man and The Fall Guy hit theaters, with the latter disappointing at the box office but faring well with critics and audiences.

The arrival of Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga on Netflix makes it the perfect time to revisit both of George Miller's modern action epics. Miller, who is the mastermind behind the entire Mad Max franchise that began with Mel Gibson in the lead role back in 1979, released his first Mad Max movie since 2015's Oscar-winning Fury Road with the 2024 prequel Furiosa. Although it was one of the most highly anticipated films of 2024, Furiosa underperformed at the box office, earning just under $174 million against a reported budget of $168 million.

Although Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga did explain how the Mad Max franchise’s heroine ended up working for Immortan Joe, the prequel didn’t show her turning against him. The Mad Max movies already had a pretty complicated chronology before 2024’s Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. 1979’s Mad Max takes place after society has begun to break down but before the franchise’s off-screen apocalypse, 1981’s sequel The Road Warrior takes place after the end of the world, and 1985’s Beyond Thunderdome takes place even later. Seemingly, 2015’s Fury Road occurs last.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was critically acclaimed, but the film's Oscars chances look dead following several major snubs ahead of the official nominations announcement. While Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga did not perform well at the box office, the film was beloved by Mad Max fans and critics alike, with it being received equally as well as its predecessor, Mad Max: Fury Road. Mad Max: Fury Road was an awards season darling at the Academy Awards, and while it was expected that Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga would find equal Oscars success, this may not be the case.

Furiosa flopping at the box office could actually be a blessing in disguise for the franchise, as it could lead to a Mad Maxtelevision series. George Miller began the long-running apocalyptic series in 1979, and has developed the world in five Mad Max movies. Mel Gibson played the titular wasteland dweller in the first three movies, but after a 30-year hiatus, Tom Hardy portrayed the character in Mad Max: Fury Road. 2015's Fury Road breathed new life into the series, and proved that there are more stories to tell in the wasteland.