“Boy Kills World” is an action-comedy thriller film starring Bill Skarsgard that was released in April.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- Boy Kills World is a 2023 action comedy-thriller film
- The film is directed by Moritz Mohr
- It marks his feature directorial debut
- From a screenplay by Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers
- The film is based on a story by Remmers and Mohr
- The film stars Bill Skarsgard, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Famke Janssen, Sharlto Copley, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, and Andrew Koji
- Its plot revolves around a campaign of vengeance enacted by a martial arts expert
- The character was rendered deaf-mute by an attack that killed his entire family
- His thoughts are presented as an inner voice derived from a childhood video game
- The voice is provided by H. Jon Benjamin
- Boy Kills World premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
- It was released in the United States by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions on April 26, 2024
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 60% rating
- Based on 112 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 5.5/10T
- he website’s consensus reads: “Bolstered by Bill Skarsgård’s all-in performance, Boy Kills World may offer just enough action thrills to offset its thinly written characters and predictable plot”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100
- Based on 22 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B–” on an A+ to F scale
- While those polled by PostTrak gave it a 71% overall positive score
- With 50% saying they would definitely recommend it
- In the United States and Canada, Boy Kills World was released alongside Unsung Hero and Challengers
- It was projected to gross $2 – 3 million in its opening weekend
- The film made $819,000 on its first day
- This figure includes $500,000 from preview screenings
- It went on to debut to $1.6 million
- Coming below industry expectations
- Director and story writer Moritz Mohr pitched Boy Kills World with a short and previsualization reel to Sam Raimi and Roy Lee, of Raimi Productions and Vertigo Entertainment respectively
- They were impressed and subsequently agreed to produce alongside Nthibah Pictures and Hammerstone Studios
- Orion Pictures was initially involved at one point
- But dropped out following the COVID-19 pandemic
- The film was announced on October 7, 2021, with Bill Skarsgård, Samara Weaving, and Yayan Ruhian joining the cast
- In a statement, Nthibah CEO Simon Swart said the film would combine “real-world themes with a stylized look that is fresh, cool, and original, borrowing from the best of graphic novels”
- On October 28, 2021, Isaiah Mustafa joined the cast
- In January 2022, Andrew Koji was added to the cast
- Jessica Rothe replaced Samara Weaving, who dropped out of project due to scheduling conflicts
- Filming began in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 14, 2022
- In March 2022, Famke Janssen, Brett Gelman, Sharlto Copley, Quinn Copeland, twins Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti, and Michelle Dockery were confirmed to star
- In August 2023, Swedish composer Ludvig Forssell was announced to compose the film’s soundtrack
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