Has ‘Furiosa 2’ been cancelled after poor box office returns?

'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' is available on demand now Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is available on demand now, but has a sequel to the film been cancelled after its poor box office performance? Read on for all the details. The spin-off prequel to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road hit cinemas in May, the fifth instalment in George Miller’s Mad Max universe. It saw Anya Taylor-Joy step into the role of the younger Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron in Fury Road .

In the film, Furiosa is kidnapped by the forces of Chris Hemsworth ’s Dementus and it charts her rise to the rank of Imperator. Named by NME as one of the best films of 2024 so far , it is now available to purchase for home viewing here . Tom Hardy, who played Max Rockatansky in Fury Road , does not appear in Furiosa , and said in June that he had not yet seen the film .

“But I know it’s bound to be special because it’s come from George,” he said. In a five-star review , NME described the film as “brilliant and unmissable,” and “another extraordinary blockbuster juggernaut that in some sequences somehow excels even its predecessor, arresting viewers with its booming, utterly immersive world of grease, dust, motorbikes and carnage.” Despite receiving rave reviews from critics , the film struggled in its opening weekend at the box office .

Against a budget of $168million (£143million), the film underperformed in its box office debut, only recouping $25.6million ($20million) between Friday and Sunday in the US, w.