Critics and audiences have described it as a "big, beautiful, sloppy mess". While praised for its visuals and ambitious themes—including parallels to the fall of the Roman Republic—it flopped at the box office, grossing only about $14 million.
Watch the official trailer for Coppola's ambitious sci-fi fable: Megapolis
Directed by cinematic legend Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis is a self-funded, $120 million "passion project" that was 40 years in the making. Critics and audiences have described it as a