{"id":108112,"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?p=108112"},"modified":"2026-04-29T03:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T03:20:40","slug":"desert-warrior-struggles-at-us-box-office-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/04\/29\/desert-warrior-struggles-at-us-box-office-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Warrior struggles at US box office debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong> Our fir<\/strong><strong>st major Hollywood-style movie is off to a weak start: <\/strong>Desert Warrior, a Saudi-backed epic with a reported USD 150 mn budget, earned a mere USD 472k in its opening weekend in the US despite a wide release across over 1k theaters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofreel.com\/blog\/2026\/4\/28\/desert-warrior-bombs-150m-saudi-backed-epic-opens-to-just-472k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World of Reel<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>Behind the scenes: <\/strong>The film, starring Anthony Mackie and Ben Kingsley and initially directed by Rupert Wyatt, has been hit by poor reviews and audience reception. 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