Borderlands Movie Director Says The $33 Million Box Office Flop Ended Up Being ‘Something That Belonged To Nobody’

The Borderlands movie had a budget of $120 million, not including all of the expensive marketing surrounding its 2024 summer blockbuster release. Director Eli Roth suggests it was the studio’s fault. It’s for gamers, but it doesn’t have the violence the gamers want because it can’t be that extreme because it costs too much. You just wind up with a movie that’s neither fish nor fowl.” The Borderlands video games are rated M (Mature 17+) by the ESRB for bloody animations and crass jokes, but they aren’t particularly known for that.