Still, if you look at the reviews for Blade Runner 2049, they tell a different story.
By all accounts, the studio put a lot of trust in Denis Villeneuve but that trust isn’t necessarily translating into box office numbers.
So far, Blade Runner 2049 has only made a little over $74 million domestically on a $150 million budget (not counting advertising), and while the movie has made an additional $120 million worldwide, the studios make less money on foreign releases, meaning Blade Runner 2049 has not been the big budget win that Warner Bros./ Sony were likely hoping it would be.
However, there could be several reasons why that didn’t translate into the numbers.