Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a 2024 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed and produced by George Miller, who wrote the screenplay with Nico Lathouris.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is an origin story, a prequel to 2015’s ‘Fury Road’, the film that awoke Aussie traffic cop turned post-apocalyptic avenger Max Rockatansky from a 30-year cinematic slumber in magnificently deranged, multiple Oscar-winning style.
George Miller cranks the engine once more and throws us back into the dusty, sun-scorched world of Mad Max with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” While the film delivers a visually stunning and action-packed experience, it occasionally sputters narratively, leaving us wanting more from the titular character’s journey.
Storyline of the movie
In a post-apocalyptic world, Australia is a nuclear wasteland and humanity has descended into primal tribes led by sadistic warlords, fighting over the remaining resources of water, food, fuel and weapons. A young Furiosa (Alyla Brown) belongs to the Green Place of Many Mothers – the last place where there is an abundance of food and fresh water. Raiders from the Biker Horde, however, discover the Green Place when they capture Furiosa and take her back to their leader Dr. Dementus (Chris Hemsworth).
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Furiosa’s mother Mary (Charlee Fraser) pursues the bikers and manages to kill Furiosa’s captors before they are able to reveal the whereabouts of the Green Place. Dementus, however, manages to capture Mary and forces Furiosa to watch her death by crucifixion. Dementus then keeps Furiosa and brings her up as his daughter.
The Biker Horde are at enmity with the War Boys, led by Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme), who possess the Citadel – a Wasteland settlement that has fresh water. The Biker Horde try to attack the Citadel but are repelled. They therefore try to take Gastown – another Wasteland settlement that supplies fuel to the Citadel. There, Dementus and Immortan Joe reach a trade deal, which includes the exchange of Furiosa. Immortan Joe takes her into what is a harem of women he keeps to produce children. Furiosa realises her danger there and manages to escape. She shaves her head and for many years works inside the Citadel as a mute boy.
Some years later, Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) works on a heavily armed supply tanker, called the War Rig, designed to withstand raider attacks on supply runs. On one such occasion, under heavy fire, many of the crew are killed and Furiosa and Praetorian Jack (Tom Burke) are the only survivors. The two become close and decide to return to the Green Place together. Their plans are again thwarted by Dementus, who chases after them and captures them both. Furiosa again watches the death of someone she loves but she manages to escape. She returns, alone, to the Citadel where she plots her revenge on Dementus.
First screening and release of the movie
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, screening out-of-competition, on 15 May 2024. The film was released theatrically in Australia on 23 May 2024, and in the United States on 24 May 2024. The film was originally scheduled to be released on 23 June 2023, but was delayed to May 2024.
In May 2024, Miller confirmed that the film will be receiving a black-and-white treatment, similar to what he did for Fury Road in 2016, expressing interest in black-and-white as a format for films; no release date has yet been announced.
Furiosa movies Box office collection
As of 30 May 2024, Furiosa has grossed $35.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $32.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $68.1 million. Its debut has been described as ”disappointing”, having the lowest box office takings on the Memorial Day weekend since 1995.
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In the United States and Canada, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was released, alongside The Garfield Movie and Sight, and was projected to gross around $40 million from 3,750 theaters in its four-day opening weekend. Over the same frame, the film released in 71 additional territories, where it was projected to gross $40–45 million.
The film earned $10.2 million on its first day, including $3.5 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to underperform, grossing $25.5 million in its opening weekend and $32 million over the four-day frame, marking the lowest-grossing film to finish in first over the Memorial Day weekend since Casper (1995), which opened to $22 million before inflation adjustment.
The film also came in below expectations in its global opening weekend, grossing a total of $58.8 million from 76 total markets through Sunday. A week prior, the film opened number one in Australia, earning $3.33 million (AUD).
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