To put that box-office return in perspective, Megalopolis ranked sixth behind Devara: Part 1, a three-hour Telugu-language action epic playing on about half as many screens. Moreover, such an underperformance fell wildly short of pre-release “tracking” estimates which had Ford’s two-hour and 18-minute ensemble opus — its cast includes Nathalie Emmanuel,

Megalopolis, the Roman fable retold as a modern American sci-fi written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Adam Driver, has bombed in its box office debut.

Francis Ford Coppola’s new big-budget movie “Megalopolis” drew weak ticket sales in its opening weekend after the legendary director spent more than $100 million on the film. The movie, the “Godfather” director’s first release in 13 years,