'Desert Warrior': Saudi’s $150m answer to Lawrence of Arabia is one of the biggest bombs in history with just a $472K opening | A look into how the production, directed by Rupert Wyatt ('Rise of the Planet of the Apes') and starring Anthony Mackie & Ben Kingsley, faltered before it even began >As originally envisioned, the historical action epic *Desert Warrior* would be a film of groundbreaking firsts. It would be the first Hollywood-style tentpole movie shot entirely on location in Saudi Arabia under its de facto supreme ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s [Vision 2030](https://www.vision2030.gov.sa/en/overview?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=search_campiagn_en&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22842632622&gbraid=0AAAABAx5CoS_jZakzB5ZueVjRpZQzMNBP&gclid=CjwKCAjwwJzPBhBREiwAJfHRnQBuAxGxrk5qjehoZ1QXnVIVkB96pAfIfd9KiBQWMVYXeezJlmWwkhoCkMIQAvD_BwE), a.k.a.…