Pro-Antifa ‘One Battle’ After Another’ Bombs At Box Office, Projected To Lose $100 Million

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest film with Paul Thomas Anderson, *One Battle After Another*, is currently projected to be a major box office disappointment for 2025.

Even though critics have praised the politically charged drama, calling it a landmark film, it’s expected to lose over $100 million for Warner Bros., according to Variety.

Weak Opening Weekend

The movie had a weak opening weekend, earning only $22 million. Considering it cost a reported $170 million to make, that’s a concerning result.

Our estimates show that *One Battle After Another* needed to earn at least $425 million globally to be profitable (a common rule of thumb is to double the production budget). However, it has currently only earned:

  • Domestic: $55,748,942
  • International: $85,200,000
  • Worldwide: $140,948,942

As a huge movie fan, I’ve always understood that when a film does well at the box office, the money isn’t all for the studio. Usually, it’s split 50/50 between the studio and the cinemas showing it – and even more goes to theaters outside the US. So, even though a movie might gross $70 million, the studio doesn’t actually *get* that whole amount. In Warner Bros.’ case with this particular film, that means they’re actually losing money, big time.

As if things weren’t bad enough for the studio, I’m hearing from *Variety* that Leonardo DiCaprio actually negotiated a deal where he gets paid a percentage of ticket sales *before* the studio even makes its money back. It’s a pretty rare arrangement, usually reserved for huge blockbusters. Honestly, with how this film is performing, it just feels like another blow to them.

Critics Called It “Antifa Cinema”

Aside from the movie’s box office performance, its political message probably turned viewers away. Several sources reported that *One Battle After Another* seemed to favor far-left, Antifa-like groups.

You know, it’s funny—when I watched Paul Thomas Anderson’s film, the rebellious characters didn’t remind me of groups like the Weather Underground at all. Honestly, they felt much more like the exaggerated, almost mythical ‘antifa supersoldiers’ that some on the right like to talk about. It’s a really interesting observation someone made in *The New Republic*.

According to Hollywood in Toto, the movie portrays a group resembling Antifa as the good guys, while consistently showing law enforcement in a negative light.

As a film buff, I’ve been hearing a lot about this movie, and it sounds intense! Even reviewers who generally lean left have described it as ‘provocative’ and ‘uncomfortable,’ and some are even calling it straight-up propaganda. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a guy who makes bombs for a resistance group fighting against what’s portrayed as a fascist government here in the U.S.

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2025-10-16 01:01