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Joke Suggesting Renaming Box Office Flop Desert Warrior to Desert Harem Babes

This meme consists of a screenshot of a verified DiscussingFilm X (formerly Twitter) post reporting that the Saudi Arabia-funded film 'Desert Warrior' is on track to become one of the biggest box office flops of all time, having earned only $488,000 against its $150 million production budget, paired with official promotional art for the film showing the lead warrior character holding two swords against a golden sunset desert backdrop. The 9Gag repost adds a sarcastic joke in its title, suggesting the film would perform far better if it was renamed 'Desert Harem Babes', implying leaning into male gaze-oriented, tropey suggestive harem content would draw a larger audience than its current serious action premise.
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'DESERT WARRIOR' is tracking to be one of the biggest box office flops of all time. The Saudi Arabia-funded film has earned $488K so far on a $150M budget.

Overview

This meme consists of a screenshot of a verified DiscussingFilm X (formerly Twitter) post reporting that the Saudi Arabia-funded film 'Desert Warrior' is on track to become one of the biggest box office flops of all time, having earned only $488,000 against its $150 million production budget, paired with official promotional art for the film showing the lead warrior character holding two swords against a golden sunset desert backdrop. The 9Gag repost adds a sarcastic joke in its title, suggesting the film would perform far better if it was renamed 'Desert Harem Babes', implying leaning into male gaze-oriented, tropey suggestive harem content would draw a larger audience than its current serious action premise.

Origin notes

This meme originates from 9Gag, where it was posted with the joke title 'Only if they renamed it Desert Harem Babes'. It uses a screenshot of an official public post from the popular film news account DiscussingFilm on X/Twitter, which shared the box office performance data for the film Desert Warrior in 2024. The 9Gag poster added the satirical renaming suggestion as commentary on what types of media content perform well with certain online demographics.

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