Waterworld premiered as the most expensive film ever made amidst 1990s blockbuster excitement but failed to draw sufficient interest from audiences to recoup costs. With a narrative likened to an aquatic Mad Max, it depicts a future where humanity resides on rafts due to rising sea levels. Kevin Costner, a proven box office draw, and director Kevin Reynolds collaborated successfully in the past, enhancing expectations. However, despite its ambition and star power, Waterworld became a target for criticism and was unable to achieve profitability.
Waterworld seemed primed for success, as it came from the director and star who'd turned Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves into 1991's second highest-grossing film.
Although Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds had maintained a successful partnership since the 1985 dramedy Fandango, the former had become one of America's most popular leading men.
Waterworld debuted at the height of '90s blockbuster mania, in which all-consuming spectacle events like Jurassic Park and Terminator 2: Judgment Day dominated pop culture.
In what can be summarized as an aquatic Mad Max, Waterworld is set in the year 2500, where rising sea levels have forced humanity to live on giant rafts built from trash.
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