Margot Robbie has suffered a huge career blow after her first post-Barbie movie, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, flopped during its opening weekend at the box office.

The Australian actress, 35, and Colin Farrell’s new romance drama, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, pulled in just $5.3million (US$3.5million) during its opening weekend in the US and $12million (US$8million) globally — a far cry from its reported US$50million budget.

The numbers placed the film in sixth at the US box office, well behind the competition, including Him and Demon Slayer.

In another blow, the movie also bombed with critics, and currently holds a 37 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with many reviews citing ’empty storytelling’ as its major flaw. 

However, several praised the performances of Margot and Colin, whose undeniable chemistry and charisma weren’t enough to rescue the Sony Pictures release.

It marks one of the lowest openings of Margot’s US career, edging below her previous flops, Babylon (US$3.6million) and Amsterdam (US$6.4million).

Margot Robbie has suffered a huge career blow after her first post-Barbie movie, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, flopped during its opening weekend at the Box Office. Pictured with co-star Colin Farrell

It also stands in stark contrast to her massive 2023 success with Barbie, which grossed a staggering $US1.447 billion worldwide.

The film’s lukewarm debut comes despite early hype during production in California last year, when industry site Deadline described the script as ‘one of the market’s hottest’. 

The drama also features Kevin Kline and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Margot and Colin worked the press circuit hard prior to release, with Margot’s red-carpet outfits drawing almost as much attention as the film itself. 

The box office disappointment now puts added pressure on Margot ahead of her next big project: a highly anticipated adaptation of Wuthering Heights, directed by Saltburn’s Emerald Fennell and co-starring fellow Aussie Jacob Elordi.

The first trailer released earlier this month has already sparked controversy for its highly sexualised and provocative take on the 19th-century classic. 

Reports from a test screening in Dallas described the film as ‘aggressively provocative’ and ‘tonally abrasive’, with hypersexualised imagery and scenes designed to shock audiences. 

Despite the backlash, insiders say Margot and Jacob’s on-screen chemistry remains strong, even if their characters are ‘unlikeable’. 

The Australian actress and Colin Farrell’s new romance drama, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, pulled in just $US3.5 million ($AU 5.3m) during its opening weekend in the US – a far cry from its reported $US50 million budget – and $US8 million globally

In another blow, the movie also bombed with critics, and currently holds a 37 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with many reviews citing ’empty storytelling’ as its major flaw

The film is slated for release in February 2026, and all eyes will be on Margot to see if she can bounce back from this cinematic stumble.

Margot and Colin have been putting in the hours for the press tour of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, jetting across the globe at breakneck speed to promote their big-screen romance.

But not even Margot’s jaw-dropping fashion parade can save her latest movie from a savaging by the critics.

The reviews are in for the A-list pairing’s rom-com, which follows Sarah and David who meet at a wedding before being swept up in an otherworldly adventure to relive their past milestone moments together.

Director Kogonada has previously won huge critical acclaim for his 2017 directorial debut, Columbus, as well as his previous team-up with Farrell, 2021’s After Yang.

But his plunge into big-screen blockbuster has failed to match expectations, with one of the most brutal reviews declaring it as ‘a big, bold, beautiful bore.’

Indiewire’s Ryan Lattanzio writes that the film ‘is miscalculated as a romance and a fantasy, and while I’m loath to blame a craftsman as intelligent as Kogonada entirely for the outcome, he did, after all, agree to direct this lousy script.’ 

Headlining his review, ‘Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie Can’t Save This Insufferable Romantic Fantasy,’ William Bibbiani for The Wrap argues, ‘probably seemed like a slam dunk, hiring two wonderful and magnetic performers in your romantic fantasy. 

‘But you did have to give them something meaningful to perform. Otherwise, they’re just standing on screen, trying to make the most of a trifle.’

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is Margot’s first project since 2023’s Barbie movie, which she both starred in and produced through her LuckyChap company.

Her new movie also marks Margot’s return to work after the birth of her first child a year ago.