Kevin Costner’s Western Epic Finds Success on Netflix After Box Office Disappointment

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Kevin Costner’s Western Epic Finds Success on Netflix After Box Office Disappointment
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Six months after underperforming at the box office, Kevin Costner’s Western film, 'Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1', has become a hit on Netflix's global top 10 list. The film, which cost Costner $38 million of his own money, marks a comeback for the actor in the Western genre after a series of box office disappointments.

Six months after flopping at the box office , Kevin Costner ’s epic Western is a hit on Netflix ’s global top 10 chart. The small-screen neo- Western Yellowstone provided Costner with his biggest starring role in years, at least until he elected controversially to leave the series. In addition to making the Oscar-winner a streaming headliner, Taylor Sheridan's drama also served as a reminder of the iconic status its star attained back in the 1990s, thanks in large part to his work in Western s.

Yellowstone's John Dutton actor first donned spurs in 1985’s Silverado, but didn’t take to the trail again until 1990’s Dances With Wolves. Serving as star and director this time, Costner found himself riding high at the Oscars thanks to the smash hit, winning Best Director and Best Picture. The newly-minted Western icon fumbled when trying to repeat that success, however. Wyatt Earp lost its box office duel with Tombstone, and the Western-inspired post-apocalyptic adventure The Postman went down even harder. 2003’s Open Range got Costner back in critics’ good graces, and was a modest theatrical success. Costner’s Western Comeback Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Hits Netflix’s Global Top 10 The Movie Grossed Just $36 Million At The Summer Box Office Horizon: An American Saga gestated for decades before finally hitting screens in 2024 with Chapter 1. By the time of that release, the original idea had been expanded into a four-film epic, with a planned overall budget of $100 million. Costner’s personal stakes couldn’t have been higher this time around, after he admitted to sinking $38 million of his own money into his dream project. Chapter 1 failed to move the needle at the box office, however, grossing just a little more ($38.2 million) than Costner himself invested in the productio

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