Czech Epicโค Jan ลฝiลพka-Costing $20M-Flops Domestically, Finds Audience on Netflix
Prague – Jan ลฝiลพka, teh most expensive Czech filmโค everโ made with a budget of 450 million Czech crowns (approximately $20 million USD), failed to resonate with domestic audiences despite extensive planning andโข production. The historical drama earned only 55.5 million โcrowns at the โCzechโ box office,โ but unexpectedly found success as a top 10 title on Netflix โขunder the name Medieval. โ
The film’s domesticโฃ reception was hampered by criticism of its historical inaccuracies, โwith viewers citing โคa preference for dramatic hollywood-style storytelling over faithful period detail. While โthe filmmakers did not receive commission from Netflixโข plays, the streamingโค platform’s viewership offered aโ contrasting outcome to the โfilm’s disappointing theatrical โrun. The production โคserves as a cautionary tale of enterprising filmmaking, with hundreds of millions of crowns invested ultimately failing to deliver a return.