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==Reception==
==Reception==
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===Box office In the United States and Canada, ''The Lost City'' was released alongside ''[[Infinite Storm]]'' and was projected to gross $20–34&nbsp;million from 4,228 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/box-office-jujutsu-kaisen-0-the-batman-x-a24-crunchyroll-1234981855/|title=''The Batman'' Heads To $300M By Sunday, Crunchyroll Anime Pic ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' Strong With $19M – Saturday AM Update|date=March 19, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/box-office-the-lost-city-sandra-bullock-channing-tatum-1234984433/|title=''The Lost City'' Set To Hook Women & Fire Up Spring Box Office Streak – Preview|date=March 22, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/weekend-box-office-forecast-the-lost-city-hopes-to-expand-the-moviegoing-rebound-for-mid-tier-films/|title=Weekend Box Office Forecast: ''The Lost City'' Hopes to Continue a Moviegoing Rebound for Mid-Tier Films|date=March 23, 2022|first=Shawn|last=Robbins|website=[[Boxoffice Pro]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> The film grossed $11.55&nbsp;million on its first day. It went on to debut to an estimated $31&nbsp;million, topping the box office. Its debut was the second-largest for Paramount during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], behind ''[[A Quiet Place Part II]]''. Women made up 61% of the audience; while the ethnic breakdown showed that 61% of the audience were Caucasian, 21% Hispanic and Latino Americans, 6% African American, and 7% Asian or other.<ref name="opening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/box-office-the-lost-city-sandra-bullock-channing-tatum-2-1234986860/|title=''The Lost City'' Seeing Record Pandemic Opening For Female Driven Comedy With $31M |date=March 27, 2022 |first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref>===
===Box office===
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In the United States and Canada, ''The Lost City'' was released alongside ''[[Infinite Storm]]'' and ''[[RRR (film)|RRR]]'', and was projected to gross $20–34&nbsp;million from 4,228 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/box-office-jujutsu-kaisen-0-the-batman-x-a24-crunchyroll-1234981855/|title=''The Batman'' Heads To $300M By Sunday, Crunchyroll Anime Pic ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' Strong With $19M – Saturday AM Update|date=March 19, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/box-office-the-lost-city-sandra-bullock-channing-tatum-1234984433/|title=''The Lost City'' Set To Hook Women & Fire Up Spring Box Office Streak – Preview|date=March 22, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/weekend-box-office-forecast-the-lost-city-hopes-to-expand-the-moviegoing-rebound-for-mid-tier-films/|title=Weekend Box Office Forecast: ''The Lost City'' Hopes to Continue a Moviegoing Rebound for Mid-Tier Films|date=March 23, 2022|first=Shawn|last=Robbins|website=[[Boxoffice Pro]]|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> The film grossed $11.55&nbsp;million on its first day. It went on to debut to an estimated $31&nbsp;million, topping the box office. Its debut was the second-largest for Paramount during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], behind ''[[A Quiet Place Part II]]''. Women made up 61% of the audience; while the ethnic breakdown showed that 61% of the audience were Caucasian, 21% Hispanic and Latino Americans, 6% African American, and 7% Asian or other.<ref name=opening>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/box-office-the-lost-city-sandra-bullock-channing-tatum-2-1234986860/|title=''The Lost City'' Seeing Record Pandemic Opening For Female Driven Comedy With $31M |date=March 27, 2022 |first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref>

===Critical response===
===Critical response===
The [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Lost City'' doesn't sparkle quite as brightly as some classic treasure-hunting capers, but its stars' screwball chemistry make this movie well worth romancing."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}} |type=m |title=The Lost City |access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{MC film|60|38|ref=yes|access-date=March 25, 2022}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [[PostTrak]] gave it an 81% positive score, with 61% saying they would definitely recommend it.<ref name="opening" />
The [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Lost City'' doesn't sparkle quite as brightly as some classic treasure-hunting capers, but its stars' screwball chemistry make this movie well worth romancing."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}} |type=m |title=The Lost City |access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{cbignore}}</ref> {{MC film|60|38|ref=yes|access-date=March 25, 2022}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [[PostTrak]] gave it an 81% positive score, with 61% saying they would definitely recommend it.<ref name="opening" />

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The Lost City
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdam Nee
Aaron Nee
Screenplay by
Story bySeth Gordon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJonathan Sela
Edited byCraig Alpert
Music byPinar Toprak
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • March 12, 2022 (2022-03-12) (SXSW)
  • March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) (United States)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$68–74 million[2][3]
Box office$34.7 million[4][5]

The Lost City is a 2022 American action-adventure comedy film directed by The Nee Brothers, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, from a story conceived by Seth Gordon.[6] The film stars Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Brad Pitt. The project was announced in October 2020, with Bullock joining in as producer and star and Tatum joining that December; the rest of the cast was announced the following year. Filming took place in the Dominican Republic from May to August 2021.

The Lost City had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022, and was released in the United States on March 25, 2022, by Paramount Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise aimed towards the chemistry between Bullock and Tatum.

Plot

Loretta Sage is a grumpy middle-aged author who writes romance-adventure novels centered around a fictional hero named Dash McMahon, who is portrayed by cover model Alan Caprison. Her publisher, Beth, insists that she must embark on a book tour with Alan as an effort to relieve Loretta of her reclusiveness.

After a disastrous start, mostly due to Alan's popularity of his Dash persona, Loretta is met by eccentric billionaire Abigail Fairfax. Fairfax realizes that Loretta has based her books on actual historic research she did with her deceased archaeologist husband. Fairfax has discovered a lost city on a remote Atlantic island and is convinced that this is the location of 'The Crown of Fire,' a priceless treasure. When Loretta declines to help decipher an ancient map to the treasure, Fairfax, who fears the site will be destroyed by an active volcano, kidnaps Loretta and takes her to the island.

Alan, who is secretly enamored with Loretta, witnesses her kidnapping. He recruits Jack Trainer, an ex-Navy SEAL turned CIA operative, to meet him at the island and coordinate a rescue attempt. Jack, with no assistance from Alan, breaches Fairfax's compound and frees Loretta, but is shot in the head before he, Loretta and Alan can make it to the airport, forcing the two to escape into the jungle.

Loretta and Alan spend a day fighting off Fairfax's henchmen before reaching a nearby village, where upon hearing a folk song from a local, Loretta deduces that the crown is hidden in a sinkhole in the jungle. The pair is kidnapped again and forced to share the treasure's location with Fairfax. Upon reaching the location, they discover the tomb of a queen, whose 'Crown of Fire' was made of red seashells gathered by her husband who is buried with her. Infuriated, Fairfax forces them into the tomb as the volcano erupts, but one of the henchmen has a change of heart and leaves a crowbar to help them escape. Beth arrives with the local Coast Guard and Fairfax is arrested. Loretta's next book, based on their adventures, is a hit, and she and Alan share a kiss while on vacation.

In a mid-credits scene, Jack, having survived his assassination attempt, attends a yoga class alongside Loretta and Alan, surprising them.

Cast

  • Sandra Bullock as Loretta Sage / Angela, a frustrated yet depressed best-selling romance novelist.
  • Channing Tatum as Alan Caprison / Dash McMahon, a dimwitted cover model for Loretta's novel The Lost City of D.
  • Daniel Radcliffe as Abigail Fairfax, an eccentric billionaire and international criminal who kidnaps Loretta in order to find the lost city, on which her novel is based.
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Beth Hatten, Loretta's publicist.
  • Patti Harrison as Allison, Loretta's social media manager.
  • Oscar Nuñez as Oscar, an eccentric cargo plane pilot.
  • Brad Pitt as Jack Trainer, a Navy Seal-turned-CIA agent.

Additionally, Raymond Lee appears as Officer Gomez, Bowen Yang as Ray the Moderator, and co-director Adam Nee as Officer Sawyer.

Production

In October 2020, it was announced Sandra Bullock would star in the film The Lost City of D, with Aaron and Adam Nee directing from a screenplay by Seth Gordon and Dana Fox, with Bullock serving as a producer under her Fortis Films banner, and Paramount Pictures to distribute.[7] Bullock had originally passed on the role because she felt the story was "outdated" due to it being in development for seven years.[8] In December 2020, Channing Tatum joined the cast of the film.[9] In March 2021, Patti Harrison, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Daniel Radcliffe joined the cast of the film.[10][11][12] In April 2021, Brad Pitt and Oscar Nunez joined the cast of the film, with Pitt appearing in a cameo role.[13][14]

Principal photography began in May 2021,[15] and took place in the Dominican Republic, including Samaná, Santo Domingo, Casa de Campo, Monte Plata Province and Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios.[16] Filming wrapped on August 16, 2021.[17]

Release

Theatrical

The Lost City had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 12, 2022.[18][19] In October 2021, it was announced that The Lost City of D had been retitled The Lost City, and that the film would be theatrically released on March 25, 2022, after previously having been set for an April 15, 2022 release.[20] On March 1, 2022, the film’s release in Russia was cancelled, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[21]

Marketing

According to iSpot, the film was reported the spent over $27 million in television advertisement across the media such as NBC (27.8%), ESPN (6.6%), CBS (4.9%), ABC (4.8%) and Food Network (4.3%) with ads also running the channel including Survivor, Sports Channel and Today. The first trailer received 19,623,982 views respectively on Youtube, with RelishMix dedicated the online about "making unending comparisons to Romancing the Stone and The Jewel Of The Nile — with enthusiasm for the playful onscreen chemistry of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, and boiling screams of joy for Pitt", and reached social media across Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok with 125.3 social media followers, saying "exceeding genre norms for action-adventure-comedy", while Tatum posting spike with super Instagram post of 3.1 million views, including youtube material driving over 56.6 million views. Tatum received a social media champ, engaging 45.6 million fans with driving cast activations of 96%, including 36% on pic's entire SMU reach, as well as Nee Brothers and Monk Inc announced to be AR Lens website on Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram for the promoting the film.[8][22]

Reception

Box office In the United States and Canada, The Lost City was released alongside Infinite Storm and was projected to gross $20–34 million from 4,228 theaters in its opening weekend.[23][24][25] The film grossed $11.55 million on its first day. It went on to debut to an estimated $31 million, topping the box office. Its debut was the second-largest for Paramount during the COVID-19 pandemic, behind A Quiet Place Part II. Women made up 61% of the audience; while the ethnic breakdown showed that 61% of the audience were Caucasian, 21% Hispanic and Latino Americans, 6% African American, and 7% Asian or other.[8]

Critical response

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 79% based on 273 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Lost City doesn't sparkle quite as brightly as some classic treasure-hunting capers, but its stars' screwball chemistry make this movie well worth romancing."[26] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[27] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an 81% positive score, with 61% saying they would definitely recommend it.[8]

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See also

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