The final numbers are in, and they are ugly.
The Death of Robin Hood has finished its theatrical run as one of the biggest bombs of 2026, with the Hugh Jackman movie ending up with less than $7 million worldwide against a reported $20 million budget.
Per Box Office Mojo, the A24 release closed out with $5.3 million domestically and just $1.6 million overseas for a $6.9 million worldwide total.
This past weekend, the film scraped together an estimated $7,205 from its 10 remaining theaters, and it is already available to watch at home on digital.
A24 Pulled The Plug After Two Weekends
The writing was on the wall from day one.
Opening against Toy Story 5 on June 19, The Death of Robin Hood debuted to just $2.86 million from 1,762 theaters, landing in eighth place with one of the lowest starts of Jackman’s career.
Weekend two collapsed 78.5% to $615K. By the July 4th frame, A24 had yanked the movie from nearly 1,500 locations, leaving it in just 102 theaters for its third weekend. From there, it was a slow bleed to the finish line.
None of this should come as a surprise.
As we reported before release, tracking had the film starting low from the jump, and that is exactly how it played out. The more optimistic projections floating around, some as high as $19 million or more for the opening, turned out to be pure fantasy.
Reviews Didn’t Help, And Audiences Cared Even Less
Critics landed at 66% on Rotten Tomatoes across 160 reviews, barely Fresh, while audiences came in colder at 56%.
As we covered when the reviews hit, critics praised Jackman’s performance almost universally but split hard on director Michael Sarnoski’s relentlessly grim approach.
A somber, violent meditation on death was always going to be a brutal sell in the middle of summer, no matter who was holding the bow. Word of mouth never materialized, and the 56% audience score tells you why.
Star Power Meant Nothing
The failure stands out even more given the year A24 is having, with Backrooms delivering the biggest opening in studio history back in May on its way to becoming A24’s first $300 million movie.
The formula is working everywhere except Sherwood Forest.
The talent involved makes the numbers even harder to spin. Sarnoski was coming off A Quiet Place: Day One and its $260 million worldwide. Jackman was coming off Deadpool & Wolverine and its $1.3 billion. Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, and Noah Jupe rounded out the cast. None of it mattered.
The lesson is the same one Hollywood keeps learning the hard way: audiences show up for Hugh Jackman with claws, not Hugh Jackman with a bow. Original mid-budget star vehicles keep dying in theaters, and this one now joins the pile.
Jackman looks to head back to much safer ground in December, assuming the rumors are right, when he returns as Wolverine in Avengers: Doomsday. He recently said he plans on playing Wolverine “till I’m 90,” and after this, it is hard to blame him.
