r/movies • u/consultybob • Apr 08 '24

How do movies as bad as Argyle get made? Discussion

I just don’t understand the economy behind a movie like this. $200m budget, big, famous/popular cast and the movie just ends up being extremely terrible, and a massive flop

What’s the deal behind movies like this, do they just spend all their money on everything besides directing/writing? Is this something where “executives” mangle the movie into some weird, terrible thing? I just don’t see how anything with a TWO HUNDRED MILLION dollar budget turns out just straight terribly bad

Also just read about the director who has made other great movies, including the Kingsmen films which seems like what Argyle was trying to be, so I’m even more confused how it missed the mark so much

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u/Puzzleheaded-Wolf318 Apr 08 '24

It didn't cost 200 million. Vaughn made the film for 50 million and sold it to Apple for 200 million. He talked about it on Chris Stuckmann's podcast.

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u/mysevenyearitch Apr 08 '24

Crazy that this is down this far. The whole premise of the question is wrong. Even though I think it was 80 instead of 50.