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Russell Crowe Officially Returns to Netflix Following ‘Nuremberg’s Success
Russell Crowe's 2024 exorcism-themed horror film, released a year after his modest hit The Pope's Exorcist, is set to debut on Netflix around 28 July 2026. Despite the earlier film's success, this follow-up struggled badly, underperforming at the box office and drawing overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audiences alike.
The film received a rare D CinemaScore, the lowest grade awarded on the platform in the past five years, a distinction it shares with Joker: Folie à Deux. This stands in sharp contrast to The Pope's Exorcist, which grossed almost $80 million worldwide against an $18 million budget and holds a 50% score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it Crowe's highest-grossing recent leading role.
In short
- Russell Crowe's poorly received 2024 exorcism horror film heads to Netflix
- Film earned a rare D CinemaScore, lowest in five years
- Contrasts sharply with his earlier hit, The Pope's Exorcist
Explained simply
Russell Crowe has another exorcism-themed horror film heading to Netflix in July 2026. This follows The Pope's Exorcist, released a year earlier, which earned nearly $80 million worldwide against an $18 million production budget.
The newer exorcism film, released in 2024, had a very different outcome. It underperformed at the box office and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from both critics and audiences, earning one of the lowest CinemaScore ratings recorded in the past five years.
The contrast between the two films is significant. Whilst The Pope's Exorcist proved to be a commercial success, the newer film failed to find an audience and faced widespread critical rejection, marking a distinct reversal for Crowe in the horror genre.
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