Biggest Box Office Bomb of 2026 (ALREADY?!)

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]Desert Warrior, how long is it? I'm off.

[00:00:03]I just >> It's a body personal question, mate.

[00:00:06]>> Sorry. How wide is it?

[00:00:13]>> And of course, we're going to talk about the fallout from a uh a big movie that you may not have known even come out called Desert Warrior.

[00:00:21]>> I'd seen the poster.

[00:00:22]>> Well, you >> and I'd seen some memes.

[00:00:24]>> Yeah. Well, that's all you need to know until I dump all this information on you about that and how it's >> it's a Saudi kind of moneywashing >> image rehabilitating movie.

[00:00:35]>> Desert Warrior.

[00:00:36]>> A Desert Warrior starring Anthony Mackey.

[00:00:39]>> Here's a synopsis. This movie's just come out.

[00:00:42]>> Can you do the synopsis and then tell us how much it cost to make?

[00:00:44]>> Yes, that's exactly how I've actually had it mapped out here. Terrific.

[00:00:47]>> Set in 7th century Arabia, Prince Hind defies his her fate. Princess Hine, sorry. Defies our fate, refusing to become a concubine for the ruthless emperor, played by Ben Kingsley, by the way.

[00:00:57]>> He's a ruthless empire.

[00:00:58]>> He's a ruthless. He doesn't have one.

[00:00:59]>> Wow. And he's invading other nations.

[00:01:02]Maybe they can get him a roof.

[00:01:03]>> I don't know if it's about the roof. I haven't seen it.

[00:01:05]>> Give us your Thatches, they'll say.

[00:01:08]>> Margaret Thatches.

[00:01:09]>> No, no, no, no, no, no.

[00:01:11]>> Uh Ben Kingsley's playing like a like an evil or some sort.

[00:01:16]>> Really? uh fleeing into the desert with her father, she is hunted merciless uh by merciless army and forced to trust a legendary bandit Mackey with secrets of his own. Rhising from >> you know he's got those secrets. You know why, James? Why >> he's got that? He's got that face.

[00:01:30]>> He does.

[00:01:31]>> You know the face. He's got I got a little secret.

[00:01:33]>> He does.

[00:01:33]>> He's born of these. You ready?

[00:01:37]>> You're doing >> I'm person.

[00:01:38]>> You're doing the illumination smug beef face. Yeah.

[00:01:43]>> Rising from fugitive to fearless warrior. Presumably he's a prince or something.

[00:01:47]>> Yes.

[00:01:47]>> Hind unites waring tribes for a final stand. The battle >> we don't need to know the whole thing.

[00:01:52]>> The battle of Daqua a clash that will change history forever. This was directed by Rbert White who did Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

[00:01:58]>> Now was this is any of that plot is is any of that real history of that region?

[00:02:03]>> Probably.

[00:02:04]>> Okay. Terrific.

[00:02:04]>> It's like Lawrence of Arabiaish. It seems that's what they were going for.

[00:02:08]This cost allegedly $150 million.

[00:02:12]>> That's I mean that's not crazy. Uh, not for Saudi money. Absolutely not. In addition to that, it seems as if there was no marketing budget.

[00:02:19]>> No, I I've seen the poster.

[00:02:21]>> I've seen the poster.

[00:02:23]>> Zero. I knew nothing else about this.

[00:02:25]>> Uh, so it was backed and funded by Saudi Arabia as a sort of modern day answer to Lawrence of Arabia as mentioned. IGN said, "From a Saudi point of view, the intent with Desert Warrior is clear.

[00:02:34]Kickstart Saudi Arabia's expensively funded film industry and show off the country in a positive light to Western audience." They're doing a lot of this.

[00:02:41]They also did it with live golf which also recently collapsed. They basically tried to take all the >> live golf collapsed.

[00:02:47]>> They tried to take all the >> I got to call them >> from from P.

[00:02:50]>> My friend live golf.

[00:02:51]>> Who are you calling?

[00:02:52]>> Live golf. My friend My friend live golf.

[00:02:54]>> You got me thinking of dorf on golf.

[00:02:56]>> I am thinking of D on golf.

[00:02:58]>> I could call my friend D on golf. He's fallen out of his shoes.

[00:03:05]>> It's B. It was like they wanted to do their version of the PGA and they bought a bunch of the players but nobody watched it. The whole thing collapsed.

[00:03:11]Even Tiger Woods was like this is unethical which is hilarious coming from >> the idea being I think is they're trying to they're trying to be like we're more than just oil.

[00:03:18]>> Yes. Uh also but like I also like it's weird to me as someone who watches all the superhero trailers and all that sort of stuff that this hasn't popped up just as part of my algorithm. Like that's a mistake has been made here clearly.

[00:03:32]>> I can tell you why. Apparently, it was a nightmare production with internal politics between various stakeholders.

[00:03:38]This was filmed in 2021 with a crew approximately of 450 to 500 people per day, and none of the stars have promoted it.

[00:03:45]>> No. Correct.

[00:03:46]>> So, it's been 5 years since they started filming this.

[00:03:49]>> But, I mean, like, you wouldn't you wouldn't start promoting it until you knew it was coming out, right?

[00:03:54]>> You know what? I don't know if it made it in the movie, but I'm pretty sure I was the first person to gallop a camel on film. This is also like Anthony Mackey. I think people have come to the realization that like this is not a leading man necessarily. He works in like a smaller role or he al or not even that >> they haven't found a role for him. I would say he is because a lot of people like Twisted Metal. They think he's good in that show. And I think again it's it's I think he could do very well as a leading man in a movie but you need to >> in a good Captain America movie in a good one. Exactly. Like I I seen people go, "Well, he's not Captain America."

[00:04:31]But the thing is that that movie is not He is >> It's inarguable it is Captain America, but like that movie is not good. Yeah.

[00:04:40]>> And if it were a good movie, people would be like, >> "That's a good movie."

[00:04:43]>> Yeah. Captain America.

[00:04:44]>> People would be like, "Well, I'm racist." But even though even with that that in mind, it's undeniable.

[00:04:49]Undeniably it's a good movie kind of thing. I you know, got to give him credit for that. But um yeah, I you bad out bad out the gate that movie which is unfortunate. I don't know what I said about the time. Probably it was fine, but it's bad.

[00:05:01]>> Yeah, it's fine to bad.

[00:05:02]>> I regret saying it was good cuz it's bad.

[00:05:04]>> You definitely didn't say it was good. I don't think either of us said it was >> We might have.

[00:05:08]>> I don't think I think we >> don't make us eat our words.

[00:05:11]>> I won't.

[00:05:11]>> So, my big thing, and I'll tell you this, if if you're a gym goer or a worker outer, camel milk in your protein shakes changes the game. And so this opened to 1,0 North American theaters over the weekend. That's a lie.

[00:05:26]>> Uh and it debut which and it made $472,000 which is $467 per theater.

[00:05:33]>> Let me see if it's got an Australian release date.

[00:05:35]>> I don't think it does as far as So you if you heard that because you were looking Australian release dates.

[00:05:41]>> No, that's low.

[00:05:42]>> Yeah. Yeah. $467 per theater and there was a thousand theaters.

[00:05:47]>> Atrocious. Well, Google AI said it's not a major Australian production. Yeah, I know. I know. Thanks.

[00:05:52]>> Thanks so much.

[00:05:53]>> Thanks, Google.

[00:05:53]>> It's really helpful.

[00:05:54]>> That's what I meant. That's what I meant.

[00:05:56]>> It may be on Apple TV at some point.

[00:05:58]>> Wow. Yeah. I can see them buying that for like >> next to nothing.

[00:06:02]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:06:03]>> Yeah. Also, I think people I mean people know this. People don't know this.

[00:06:07]People definitely know this. This $150 million >> for a Saudi funded project. That's nothing. This is peanuts. This is like like the amount of money they are putting into other projects like entertainment, media, sport, golf, whatever.

[00:06:20]>> Dwarf on golf.

[00:06:21]>> Dwarf on golf. It's it's billions.

[00:06:24]Billions of dollars.

[00:06:25]>> Let me ask you this, James. How do you think Anthony Mack would look with shoes on his knees?

[00:06:30]>> That's pretty funny. I guess >> he he would look good like that, right?

[00:06:32]>> But do you think that would help him leading man become leading man material?

[00:06:36]>> I don't know, man. But it's a check in the bank, isn't it?

[00:06:38]>> It might be a check in the I mean, he's he probably got 10 million from this.

[00:06:42]>> Probably.

[00:06:42]>> Yeah. doesn't need to be dwarf on golf or any other unlikely scenarios like playing basketball. Yeah.

[00:06:49]>> Where where a dimminitive statue would not help >> which is comedic.

[00:06:54]>> I keep thinking like dwarf on golf is going is like a video game.

[00:06:58]>> You're thinking of um that that one in the Simpsons.

[00:07:00]>> The Simpsons putting challenge.

[00:07:02]>> Yeah. Lee Carllo's party putting challenge. Yeah.

[00:07:05]>> This D on golf movie. I don't know about this man.

[00:07:07]>> All right.

[00:07:08]>> It's got Vincent Chaveveli in it though.

[00:07:10]>> Okay.

[00:07:10]>> Chaveveli. Maybe >> he was the ghost in one of the ghosts in the ghost.

[00:07:13]>> Now look, Google AI, which I can't switch off seemingly, says Desert Warrior starring Anthony Mackey is set for release on theaters on April 24, 2026, but it doesn't which has already passed, but it doesn't say in Australia specifically.

[00:07:25]>> Oh, well, as you said, we'll catch it on Apple whatever.

[00:07:27]>> Yeah, no, we won't.

[00:07:28]>> How long is it? I just >> It's a bloody personal question, mate.

[00:07:33]>> Sorry. How wide is it?

[00:07:39]It's 114 minutes.

[00:07:41]>> That's too long.

[00:07:42]>> Yeah, it it's feels like a Feels like a movie that's going to feel way longer.

[00:07:46]>> Yeah, exactly.

[00:07:47]>> Like if it's a really good movie, 140 minutes 114 minutes is short.

[00:07:51]>> I'll chew through that. I'll fly by through that. Yeah. All right. Should we move it along?

[00:07:55]>> Yes.

[00:07:55]>> What is it? It's brother.