Luc Besson is the director who brought us the sci-fi favorite The Fifth Element, but his latest entry in the genre hasn’t been as successful. His 2017 film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has been a serious flop at the box office, and the critical reviews aren’t much better, despite it coming from an established director and having the look of a summer blockbuster.

What went so wrong with the film that it only made $17 million in its opening weekend? Let’s take a look at the details of why Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets flopped at the box office.

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Little-known source material | 0:00
Story confusion | 1:16
Ho-hum reviews | 2:11
Up-and-coming actors | 2:50
Stiff competition | 3:20
Creative salvation? | 4:12

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