# Taika Waititi attacks critics as Klara and the Sun struggles at box office

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sad-lost-souls-taika-waititi-lambasts-critics-after-klara-and-the-sun-box-office-disaster/
- Published: 2026-11-02T11:38:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T12:07:18+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/02/taika-waititi-lambasts-critics-after-klara-and-the-sun-box-office-disaster
- Topics: Americas, Culture, Entertainment, Film, Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Waititi attacked critics after his film opened poorly.
- The film cost $44m and made $701,000 in its first North American weekend.
- Audience and critics’ Rotten Tomatoes scores differed sharply.

## Summary

Taika Waititi has criticised film reviewers after *Klara and the Sun*, his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, opened to very low box-office returns. He called critics “irrelevant” and “obsolete”, arguing that audience ratings matter more to him; the dispute highlights the gap between viewers’ and critics’ responses as the film struggles commercially.

The film reportedly cost $44m (£32.8m) to make but earned $701,000 in its first North American weekend across 880 cinemas, then fell 79% to $145,000 in its second weekend. Its Rotten Tomatoes audience score was 74%, compared with 26% from 90 critics’ reviews. In the UK, it opened with £176,000 across 368 venues.

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