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The box office performance of 'Furiosa' has put the brakes on George Miller's next 'Mad Max' movie. The revered filmmaker's 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' bowed to a disappointing $32 million domestically for the four-day Memorial Day weekend and $36.5 million overseas, diminishing hopes for 'Mad Max: The Wasteland,' another 'Mad Max' installment that Miller has been toying with for years.

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00:00Furiosa's box office performance has put the brakes on George Miller's next Mad Max movie.

00:05The revered filmmaker's Furiosa A Mad Max Saga bowed to a disappointing $32 million domestically

00:11for the four-day Memorial Day weekend and $36.5 million overseas,

00:16diminishing hopes for Mad Max The Wasteland,

00:19another Mad Max installment that Miller has been toying with for years.

00:22In recent weeks, Miller has acknowledged that much was hinging on Furiosa

00:25in terms of the possibility of The Wasteland.

00:28He told journalists on May 16th,

00:30I'll definitely wait to see how this goes before we even think about it.

00:34Sources agree that The Wasteland's fate is complicated by Furiosa's box office performance,

00:38but stress that it wasn't even in development.

00:41For its part, studio Warner Brothers, where Miller is a beloved figure,

00:44says it is incredibly proud of Furiosa.

00:47Talk of making Miller's next Mad Max film could resurface if Furiosa gets a major tune-up

00:52and enjoys a road trip down the box office highway,

00:54as Mad Max Fury Road did back in 2015 thanks to a strong multiplier.

00:58Many veteran box office pundits are doubtful whether such a recovery is possible,

01:03with one rival studio saying it could have a hard time getting past $90 million domestically.

01:08For much more on this story and the latest box office news,

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