When Alfonso Cauron’s Children of Men premiered in 2006, the film was a commercial flop. The film originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a standing ovation from critics, but by the time it had its wide release on Christmas Day, the near-future dystopian tale failed to attract audiences, making less than $70 million at the box office against a budget of $76 million.
The Alfonso Cuaron film was a bomb when it was released, but has since been considered one of the greatest, most prescient sci-fi films in decades.Read MoreMovieWeb – Feed