In The Lost Landshas not been a box office hit for Milla Jovovich, or anyone involved, and that continues an especially rough stretch for the action movie star. As an adaptation of a short story fromGame of Thronesauthor George R. R. Martin, having Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista in the lead roles, and with Paul W.S. Anderson directing, there was some belief that the 2025 fantasy film could find success at the box office. Bautista is no stranger to box office hits with various franchises, and Jovovich and Anderson were behind the $1.2 billionResident Evilfranchise.
That franchise ended eight years ago with the release ofResident Evil: The Final Chapter. In the years since, Jovovich has continued to work and search for a title that could launch her next big franchise. Instead ofIn The Lost LandsreplacingResident Evilin that regard, the movie’s performance leaves the star still without a reliable property at the box office. She has not been able to replicate the success of theResident Evilfilms anywhere. That has put Jovovich in the midst of a horrible box office trend that may continue well afterIn The Lost Lands.
In The Lost Lands Is A Disastrous Box Office Performer For Milla Jovovich & Paul W.S. Anderson
The Movie Has Made About $3 Million Worldwide
Any hope thatIn The Lost Landswould surprise at the box office thanks to Jovovich, Anderson, and Bautista’s involvement quickly went away. Vertical Entertainment released the film in 1,370 theaters on Jul 14, 2025. However,In The Lost Landsonly made $1,072,019 domestically during its opening weekend. It finished in 10th at the box office that weekend. That led to the film rapidly losing theaters and not even crossing the $2 million mark domestically before its third weekend of release.
Milla Jovovich Hasn’t Had A Great Action Movie In 28 Years & I’m Desperate For Another After Her Latest Disappointment
Milla Jovovich’s latest movie unfortunately hasn’t been able to break the rough streak her projects have been experiencing in the past few years.
There may have been expectation thatIn The Lost Landswould be a bigger hit internationally thanks to Jovovich and Anderson’s past collaborations. That has not been the case so far. Following critics blasting the movie throughIn The Lost Lands' reviews, interest has been muted. It’s barely made more than $1 million internationally. There may still be a glimmer of hope that the box office total will grow substantially.In The Lost Landsisn’t releasing in any Latin American countries until mid-April. If the movie gets a Chinese release, which isn’t confirmed, that could help too.
Even ifIn The Lost Lands' box office gets some help internationally,it is unlikely to be a box office hit with its reported $55 million budget. It would need to make over $110 million worldwide to accomplish that. Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson have a pretty strong track record of doing that, which is whyIn The Lost Lands' poor box office performance is so much more disastrous. Their histories suggest a better performance should have happened.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Made $314 Million
In The Lost Lands' performance adds to the brutal decline Milla Jovovich has had at the box office sinceResident Evilended. The video game franchise was a huge hit for her for 15 years. Every movie in the franchise made over $100 million at the box office worldwide. All but the fifth film made more than the previous installment too.Resident Evil: The Final Chapterended the franchise on a high note, as it made a franchise record $314 million. That’s also Milla Jovovich’s highest box office total for any of her movies.
Yet, she has not managed a single major hit in the eight years afterResident Evil: The Final Chapterbroke records.She’s been in five movies that did not even make $1 million at the box officein that time, as each did not get a domestic release at all and only played in limited theaters internationally. The 2019Hellboyremake is her biggest box office hit afterResident Evil, but the David Harbour-led comic book movie only managed to make $53 million. She and Paul W.S. Anderson’s last movie,Monster Hunter, made $47 million in 2020.
The result is Jovovich enduring the longest streak of her career without having a movie make at least $100 million at the box office
In The Lost Landsis sure to continue the abysmal global grosses for Milla Jovovich movies at the box office. The result is Jovovich enduring the longest streak of her career without having a movie make at least $100 million at the box office. It’s been eight years since her last one. The longest she went previously was five years, betweenThe Fifth ElementandResident Eviland again betweenResident Evil: RetributionandResident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Milla Jovovich Isn’t A Bankable Box Office Draw Anymore (If She Ever Was)
Milla Jovovich Has Been Attached To Some Huge Hits
It’s easy to look at Milla Jovovich’s highest grossing movies and think of her as someone who is a major box office star. She’s been part of a $1.2 billion franchise and played a major role in a hit $263 million sci-fi movie.In The Lost Landsis a reminder thatJovovich’s biggest box office hits rarely were the result of her involvement specifically. Many other factors contributed to her biggest hits, suggesting she never was someone who should be considered a reliable draw to get audiences to movie theaters.
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The biggest example of this isResident Evil. The movies were massively successful, but that can largely be attributed to the fandom surrounding the video game series.Resident Evilis a well-known property, and while Jovovich and Anderson’s movies made some big changes to the source material, the name recognition of the brand still carried a lot weight. Clearly,audiences became invested in Jovovich’s journey as Aliceand seeing it continue and conclude. But that did not translate to audiences seeking out her other projects.
Looking at Jovovich’s other box office hits, she’s not really the main selling point for them either. She was still a very new face when she starred inThe Fifth Element, as people went to see Bruce Willis primarily. She was one of the bigger stars in 2011’sThe Three Musketeers, but that movie also benefited from the recognizability of IP. Her role in theZoolandermovies was also smaller and not a main selling point of the Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller comedies.
Milla Jovovich’s Rough Box Office Trend Is Bound To Continue
She’s Attached To More Movies With Smaller Box Office Potential
The bad news for Milla Jovovich is that her box office struggles will likely continue following up a potential bomb withIn The Lost Lands. She is currently attached to three upcoming movies that have shaky box office prospects. None of them have confirmed release dates, but the projects areProtector, an action-thriller where Jovovich’s character goes into the criminal underworld to save her child;Midnight, an action-thriller where Jovovich plays a criminal leader hunting down a pair of sisters; andWorld Breaker, a sci-fi action movie co-starring Luke Evans.
While each of Milla Jovovich’s upcoming movies sounds exciting on some level, none of them are particularly strong bets to do really well at the box office.World Breakeris the only one that has confirmed to have even gone through filming. While that movie comes from a critically acclaimed director, Brad Anderson (The Machinist), it’s not a known property likeResident Evilwas. Considering Jovovich’s struggles to launch original properties or smaller adaptations, likeIn The Lost Lands, and turn them into box office successes, it’s difficult to have confidence that will change with these titles.
