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'The Bride!' just became the most expensive box office bomb of 2026, and the numbers are brutal

Warner Bros. Pictures had every reason to feel confident heading into last weekend. The studio was riding a nine-film, back-to-back No. 1 opening streak. That remarkable run included blockbusters like Sinnersand Wuthering Heights. Then The Bride!

Why Moviegoers Left ‘The Bride!’ At The Altar: High Art Monster Pic Could Lose $90 Million

Of that, domestic was $7.3M, not only snapping Warner Bros’ nine-picture No. 1 opening win streak at the box office but also repping a bow that was lower than some recent lows for the Burbank lot including last year’s disasters Mickey 17 ($19M) and Companion ($9.

The Bride! Took A Big Swing In Theaters. Now, It Could Lose Millions

The bold horror movie is facing a rough start.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s time-shifting, genre-hopping riff on Mary Shelley’s creation stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as outlaws in love.