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The film’s US theatrical release was slated for August 16, but those plans were canned following the response to the first chapter. Kevin Costner has discussed the decision to scrap the theatrical release of Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 , attributing it to the first film’s underwhelming performance at the box office. The Yellowstone actor , 69, made the comments during the press conference for Horizon 2 at Venice Film Festival on Saturday (local time), admitting the first film “didn’t have overwhelming success”.
Both instalments of the epic Western series were directed, produced and co-written by Costner, who also stars in the lead role as Hayes Ellison. The first film, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 , premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May to a seven-minute standing ovation and was theatrically released in the US on June 28. However, the film received mixed reviews and was a box-office flop, grossing US$36 million ($58.
3m) worldwide against a budget of around US$100m ($162m). Both chapters of Costner’s self-financed passion project feature an ensemble cast including Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Giovanni Ribisi, all of whom reprised their roles for the sequel. At the time of writing, plans are under way to add a third and fourth chapter to the franchise.
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