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The Deb ‘worthless’ after Rebel Wilson’s alleged conduct, court told

Rebel Wilson's film The Deb took only $335,000 at the box office against a $21 million budget, and the production company is suing her in the NSW Supreme Court.

After months of legal wrangling and warring between Hollywood star Rebel Wilson and the financiers of her movie The Deb, there’s one thing the two sides can agree on.

The Long Sip
What happened

The NSW Supreme Court heard closing arguments in a commercial case brought by production company AI Film against Rebel Wilson over her film The Deb.

The detail

The film cost more than $21 million to make but earned only about $335,000 at the Australian box office after its April 2026 release.

What it means

AI Film's barrister alleged Wilson deliberately devalued the movie so she could buy it cheaply, and that her conduct was the sole cause of its failure.

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What readers are saying

denised
The detail that even Rialto, the local distributor, lost $115,540 is telling - it means the film failed so badly that the people actually trying to sell it couldn't recover costs. That's not just a box office miss, it's a complete market rejection that no amount of marketing could fix.
Rogezza
From $40m prediction to $335k actual. That gap is spectacular.
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