Remember
a
week
ago
I
posted
a
story
about
the
Borderlands
movie
coming
to
streaming
at
the
end
of
this
month?
Well,
my
fellow
Vault
Hunters,
it’s
true:
the
Borderlands
movie
will
officially
be
available
to
rent
on
the
likes
of
Amazon
prime
Video,
Apple
TV,
Google
Play
and
more
on
August
30th.
That’s
an
incredibly
fast
turnaround
for
the
movie,
as
it
debuted
in
cinemas
just
three
weeks
ago
where
it
crashed
and
burned
harder
than
even
Concord
is
currently
managing.
Ok,
that
was
a
slightly
mean
joke,
I
admit,
but
kind
of
true.
The
Borderlands
movie
was
so
bad
it
held
a
0%
on
Rotten
Tomatoes
for
the
first
week.
It
has
managed
to
drag
itself
up
to
a
whopping
10%
now.
So
uninterested
was
the
general
population
that
the
movie
drew
in
a
pitiful
$16.5
million
worldwide
in
its
opening
weekend.
According
to
Box
Office
Mojo,
that
total
is
now
up
to
$24,259,061.
That
brings
it
to
about
what
Tomb
Raider
and
Mortal
Kombat
managed
on
their
opening
weekends.
Keep
in
mind,
the
movie
was
made
on
a
budget
of
around
$115
million,
with
another
$30
million
or
so
for
the
marketing.
According
to
Lionsgate,
around
60%
of
its
production
costs
were
covered
by
international
presales,
which
would
come
to
roughly
$69
million.
Taking
that
into
account,
some
quick
maths
would
indicate
the
movie
has
so
far
lost
around
$51
million.
By
moving
it
to
streaming
so
quickly,
Lionsgate
are
presumably
hoping
to
wring
a
bit
more
cash
out
of
the
movie.
Plus,
cinemas
are
barely
showing
it
at
all
right
now.
I
have
three
cinemas
near
me,
and
none
of
them
have
screenings
for
it.
Unfortunately,
if
you
want
to
buy
the
movie
it’ll
cost
$24.99,
or
$19.99
to
rent
it.
I
admit
to
being
morbidly
curious,
but
there’s
no
way
I’m
paying
that
much
to
watch
it,
especially
with
so
many
good
games
coming
out.
If
any
good
came
out
of
this
whole
thing,
it’s
that
Borderlands
4
was
officially
revealed
just
days
ago.
I’m
sure
they
were
originally
hoping
to
debut
it
on
the
back
of
a
hugely
successful
and
beloved
movie,
but
we
can’t
always
get
what
we
want,
can
we?
