Could the next Dracula break the curse?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Dracula movies have been struggling throughout 2023, and it seems clear that these horrible failures are going to continue into the future. Although Dracula is one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time, the vampire franchise has struggled to regain the hold it once had on the horror genre.
Renfield was the first major Dracula movie of the year, with the comedy horror film acting as a sequel to the original Bram Stoker story. Although there was a good bit of hype surrounding the film, Renfield was met with mixed critical reception and became a massive box office bomb, making only $26.7 million on a budget of $65 million. The Last Voyage of the Demeter was also released in 2023, and the traditional horror take on Dracula also failed critically and commercially, having only made $7.
A sci-fi Western Dracula movie may be a unique spin on the Dracula story, but 2023 has proven that unique Dracula tales will still fail. Renfield was a comedy set in the modern day about abusive relationships, while The Last Voyage of the Demeter was a new look at an often looked-over part of Bram Stoker's original story. No matter how unique Zhao's Dracula is, it seems that originality isn't enough to get people in seats.
Why Chloé Zhao’s Movie Won’t Break The Dracula Box Office Curse Dracula movies have been bombing for a while, and there is no reason to think that Zhao's movie will be the one to break the box office curse. Beyond just Renfield and The Last Voyage of the Demeter, vampire movies like Morbius and Dracula Untold underperformed at the box office, and these films were supposed to be major franchise entries.
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