One Battle After Another Looks To End Warner Bros.' Hot Streak At The Box Office

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the biggest stars in the world. Even though he's never been part of a big franchise, he's one of the top-grossing actors ever at the box office, thanks to starring in massive hits such as Christopher Nolan's "Inception" ($839 million worldwide) and his Oscar-winning role in "The Revenant" ($533 million worldwide). So, can DiCaprio help keep the hot streak alive for Warner Bros. this year when "One Battle After Another" hits theaters? Even for him, that's going to be a tall order.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ("Boogie Nights"), "One Battle After Another" is currently expected to pull in between $20 and $30 million in its opening domestically when it debuts next weekend, per Box Office Theory. For a non-franchise movie that is nearly three hours long, that's not bad by modern standards, on the surface. The problem? It carries a whopping budget of at least $130 million before marketing. As such, Warner Bros. needs this one to make around $300 million worldwide to even begin to call it a success.

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