Olympus Has Fallen
Summary
While attendingSan Diego Comic - Con , the director ofOlympus Has FallenandWhite House Downaddress their films put out in the same class . Hitting theatre only about three month apart in 2013 , bothOlympus Has FallenandWhite HouseDownchronicle attack on the American president and the White House . Gerard Butler leads the former as Secret Service agent Mike Banning , while Channing Tatum contribute theWhite House Downcastas Capitol police officer John Cale , with both movies service as activity - pack ride with fun political braid .
Roland Emmerich : “ I instruct justly before shooting , perhaps a month before , [ Antoine Fuqua ] was shooting another which was called Olympus Has Fallen . I said , ‘ This is so much a better title than White House Down . ’ I could n’t stop it . We had cast the actors and so I go through it .
Fuqua : “ Yeah , I was cognisant . I did n’t guess much of it in term of which one the audience would go see . There ’s room for those stories . plainly , two different manager , two different visions , different actors . There ’s elbow room for that . And if you ’re going to make a movie and Roland Emmerich is making the same movie , that ’s scare off .
“ But at the same time it ’s challenging because it give you step your game up because you know that ’s come . It was more of a healthy competition . It was never damaging for me . I ’m a lover of Roland ’s and I knew it would be quite a different type of film . I had a small more room , I think . It did n’t cost as much . It was a slight more vehement with my picture . ”
Which White House Action Movie Came Out On Top?
How Critics & Audiences Responded
Olympus Has Fallenhit theatre in March 2013 , earning interracial reviews from critic . The film currently has a lackluster 50 % score onRotten Tomatoes , with critic mostly taking yield with the film feel more or less like a generic action film . There are thrills to be had , however , and Butler , peculiarly , proves himself a capable action hero . Olympus Has Fallenwas a boxful office hit , too , ultimately give birth theHas Fallenfranchise , which now consist of three films .
dark Has Fallenis in growth , with the film expected to serve as the fourth and final outing for Butler ’s Mike Banning .
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Rotten Tomatoes Critics ' Score
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
Estimated Budget
Box Office
50 %
66 %
$ 70 million
$ 170.3 million
White House Down
51 %
62 %
$ 150 million
$ 205.4 million
As see in the chart above , White House Downfared about the same critically as Fuqua ’s moving picture . Both film endure from some of the same trouble , but Emmerich ’s film has been criticized for featuring underwhelming action sequences . Despite its more generic elements , Olympus Has fall , at the very least , does feature some firmly - hitting , violent natural action . In terms of loge office , White House Downlooks like the clear achiever on the airfoil , but its budget complicates issue .
White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen were released at standardized time and had almost very plots , but only one was a box office success .
WhileWhite House Downearned about $ 35 million more at the box office , it also be about $ 80 million more to make . WhileOlympus Has Fallenlikely garner a comme il faut net profit , Emmerich ’s picture show may have been looking at a break - even point of over $ 300 million , earn it a commercial letdown . If one moving picture is to be crowned winner , the enfranchisement startingOlympus Has Fallenlooks like it comes out on top .
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