Most everyone on the team is killed, but Kaulder succeeds. She's causing the plague and they need to stop her. During the black plague Kaulder and a team of burly dudes hunt down the Witch Queen (Julie Engelbrecht). The mythology of Diesel's character Kaulder is the most interesting aspect of the movie. Yet, there's enough there to hold interest, which is more than I thought would be possible. Sure, Vin Diesel's stone-like presence isn't great for a film like this, and sure the information surrounding his abilities as a witch hunter are murky. Perhaps my expectations were too low, but visiting it for the first time I must say it wasn't as horrible as I was imagining. Judging by the initial reaction I dodged a bullet. The Last Witch Hunter fared better in a few overseas markets, pulling in $119.5 million across many distributors, with China posting the highest numbers at $27.4 million.I never caught 'The Last Witch Hunter' on its initial theatrical release.
Lionsgate would see returned about $15 million after theaters take their percentage of the gross. The domestic run ended with just $27,367,660. The Last Witch Hunter was tracking for an opening between $15 – $19 million, but came in far below expectations with $10,812,861 - placing #4 for the weekend led by The Martian in its fourth frame. Lionsgate dated the pic for October 23, against a glut of low budget wide openers - Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Rock The Kasbah, Jem and The Holograms and the wide expansion of Steve Jobs. The budget for The Last Witch Hunter was $80 million and its box office failure left Lionsgate with a write-down of $7.2 million. Lionsgate mitigates their risk on expensive projects by pre-selling the film to overseas distributors and their financial model usually leaves them on the line for around $13 million of the production costs - plus the ever growing expense of domestic marketing, which usually runs north of $30 million. The Last Witch Hunter is another failed attempt by Lionsgate to spawn a series after Mortdecai, American Ultra and Child 44 were all groomed to be their next big franchise in 2015. Cast: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Woodīox Office Info: Budget: $80 million (estimated).
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