A big disappointment of box office is the little delay in the Max streaming service after its catastrophic debut in 2017. "Valerian and the city of a thousand planets" is written and directed by Luke Besson and is an adaptation of the French comic book series "Valerian and Lorelin", by writer Pierre Christine and illustrator Jean-Claude Mezier. In it he plays Dean Dehan and Kara Delevingne as special operatives in charge of keeping order through space for the human race. Although there is a very science-fiction spectacle shown in "Valerian", there is also a love story in the heart of the film, with Valerian chasing his assistant despite her constant refusal to indulge in his romantic desires. Once the couple is sent to the inter -galactic city of Alpha, they reveal a dark threat to the city and must work together to save both Alpha and the rest of the universe.

Apparently a passionate project for Besson, who loved the comic book "Valerian and Lorelin" from a child, the film eventually proved to be a disaster, both critical and commercial. Besson's own studio, Europacorp, also helped finance the film, which became the most expensive independent funded film ever made with a $ 180 million budget and Expensive science-fiction flop. The director also fully joined the project, creating 6,000 drawings, a 100 -page Bible only for the city of Alpha and overseeing more than 2,734 VFX footage.

So it's really a pity that the film - which was supposed to earn at least $ 400 million globally to make any profit - earned only $ 215 million in global boxing office. Besson, who previously oversaw the "fifth element", seemingly proved his science-fiction Bonafist until he came to direct "Valerian", but his passionate project simply was not realized. It will surely be a little comfort for Besson, but immediately afterwards One of the worst horror movies in 2024 became a streaming hit on MAXHis film is now climbing the Top List of Strimmer for almost a decade after worshiping the cinema for the first time.

"Valerian and the city of a thousand planets" arrived at Max on January 17, 2025, and although it took several days to prepare, the film seems to make a decent race for the striver's most watched rankings. According to FlixpatrolA page that follows and collects viewership data on different platforms, Valerian debuted 10th on the Max movie charts on January 24, 2025. And maybe even take the first place next week.

However, this is only the US table in the world, Valerian is not airing Max, so this is a US renaissance for the film, which has earned only $ 40 million in 2017. However, if the film can continue its trajectory, it will be a beautiful little movie victory for which Luke Besson has obviously put a lot of effort. However, for "Valerian" to be in the first place, you will have to surpass an interesting range of other films that are currently taking up film charts in the US Max.

"Valerian and the city of a thousand planets" may be popular with streaming audiences, but with a 47% rating from critics of Spoiled tomatoesIt certainly did not show it popular on its debut. That rating is also based on 297 criticism, making it even more convincing - though it should be noted that Rotten Tomatoes is a page that claims to have only two "perfect" science-fiction films so far. Valerian also has an average grade of 5.4 out of 10, and the audience's rating is not much better, 53%.

However, Max viewers clearly see something in Luke Besson's forgotten science-fiction omission, which either suggests that there is something in the film that audiences and critics neglected in 2017 or, as in 2023 The success of "Snowman" streaming has shown, the burning viewers will see everything.

Meanwhile, Valerian has a tough battle to top the US Max Top Lists, with The brilliant, black unusual that is "A Different Man" starring Sebastian Stan Currently occupies the first place of the state, according to Flixpatrol Top 10. What is one of the best films in 2024 makes this particularly big challenge for "Valerian", though there should be not much trouble breaking the current number two films, "Maintaining Jones".