Widely known and celebrated as one of the greatest directors of all time, most fans and critics would agree that Ridley Scott is losing steam in the later stage of his career. Back at the end of 2024, Scott returned to the colosseum for the legacy sequel to Gladiator, but the film was not met with the same glowing reception as its predecessor. The movie struggled at the box office under the weight of its $250 million production budget, but it has gone on to become one of the most-watched movies of the last few years on Paramount Plus. Just one year before the release of Gladiator II, Scott reunited with Gladiator veteran Joaquin Phoenix for Napoleon, which was also a historic bomb at the box office — the film barely earned back its $200 million budget, and is estimated to have been a major loss for the studio.
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