Amsterdam Trivia | 47 facts about the new David O. Russell film

“Amsterdam” is a new David O. Russell movie with an all-star cast led by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.

1. Amsterdam is a 2022 period comedy thriller film
2. It is written, directed, and produced by David O. Russell
3. Led by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington
4. The film features an ensemble cast including Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek, and Robert De Niro
5. It was released in the United States on October 7, 2022, by 20th Century Studios.
6. The story is based on the Business Plot, a 1933 political conspiracy in the United States
7. The film follows three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and a lawyer—who are caught in the mysterious murder of a US senator
8. It was filmed in Los Angeles from January to March 2021
9. It is Russell’s first film since Joy (2015)
10. Amsterdam received mixed reviews from critics
11. Most of whom praised the production design and the performances of the cast
12. They criticized Russell’s screenplay and direction
13. It was also a box office bomb, with estimated losses for the studio reaching $97 million
14. In January 2020, New Regency announced the development on an untitled film written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale, with filming expected to begin that April
15. In February, Margot Robbie and Michael B. Jordan were announced to star
16. But the latter dropped out before production began due to scheduling conflicts
17. Jennifer Lawrence was reportedly considered for Robbie’s role, while Jamie Foxx was considered for Jordan’s
18. In October, John David Washington was cast as Jordan’s replacement
19. The rest of the ensemble cast was revealed between January and June 2021
20. Much of the cast worked for scale, including Bale taking less than his typical $5 million fee and Malek earning a six-figure salary
21. Filming was originally set to begin in March 2021 in Boston on a $50 million budget, but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic
22. Filming was moved to Los Angeles, California after the cast did not want to travel to Boston amid the pandemic
23. Principal photography took place over 49 days between January and March 2021
24. The move from Boston to Los Angeles and COVID-precautions caused the film’s final budget to balloon to $80 million
25. Crew members included cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (his first feature film since 2015), editor Jay Cassidy, and score composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
26. In April 2022, at CinemaCon, the film’s title was revealed to be Amsterdam
27. In August, it was revealed that Guðnadóttir exited as composer, with Daniel Pemberton now composing the film
28. According to Robbie, on the last day of filming, they kept production going after their filming permit ended, so the police had to call “wrap” on the film
29. As of October 9, 2022, Amsterdam has grossed $6.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $3.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $10 million
30. This was against a production budget of $80 million
31. Following its opening weekend, Deadline Hollywood estimated the film would lose the studio an estimated $97 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs versus box office grosses and home media revenues
32. In the United States and Canada, Amsterdam was released alongside Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
33. It was initially projected to gross around $10 million from 3,005 theaters in its opening weekend
34. With some estimates reaching $15 million
35. The film made $2.6 million on its first day, including $550,000 from Thursday night previews
36. Then, expectations were lowered to $7 million
37. The film went on to debut to $6.5 million, finishing in third
38. Deadline Hollywood blamed the poor performance on the critical response, 134-minute runtime deterring audiences, and Disney being unsure how to market the film due to its quirky style and convoluted plot
39. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 33% rating
40. Based on 186 critics
41. With an average rating of 5.1/10
42. The site’s critics consensus reads: “Amsterdam has a bunch of big stars and a very busy plot, all of which amounts to painfully less than the sum of its dazzling parts”
43. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 47 out of 100
44. Based on 44 critics
45. Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
46. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B” on an A+ to F scale
47. While those at PostTrak gave the film a 72% overall positive score