Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Decades after the apocalypse, Australia is a radioactive wasteland and the Green Place of Many Mothers is one of the last remaining areas with fresh water and agriculture. Raiders uncover the Green Place while two children, Furiosa and Valkyrie, are picking peaches. Furiosa tries to sabotage their motorcycles, but the raiders capture her as a prize for their leader, Dementus of the Biker Horde.

Mary, Furiosa's mother, pursues them to the Horde's camp to rescue Furiosa, but Dementus tracks them down. Mary stays behind to buy Furiosa time to escape and gives her a peach pit to remember her by, but Furiosa refuses to leave Mary behind. Dementus forces Furiosa to watch her mother's crucifixion. Haunted by his own family's death, Dementus adopts Furiosa as his daughter, hoping she will lead him to the Green Place.

Sometime after, Dementus besieges the Citadel, another settlement with fresh water and agriculture. However, the Horde is repelled by the War Boys, the fanatical army of Citadel warlord Immortan Joe. Dementus uses a trojan horse strategy to capture Gastown, an oil refinery that supplies the Citadel with gasoline. At peace negotiations, Joe recognizes Dementus's authority over Gastown and increases its supplies of food and water in exchange for the Horde's physician and Furiosa, who has tattooed a star chart to the Green Place on her left arm to find her way home. Afterwards, Joe imprisons Furiosa with his stable of "wives" inside a vault. After Joe's son, Rictus, shows an attraction towards her, Furiosa devises a plan to escape. One night, Rictus breaks Furiosa out of Joe's vault to rape her, but she slips from his grasp using a wig made from her own hair and disappears.

Disguised as a mute War Boy, Furiosa works her way up the ranks of Joe's men for over a decade. She helps build the War Rig, a heavily armed supply tanker that can withstand raider attacks in the lawless Wasteland. Furiosa plans to escape by hiding on the Rig when Joe sends his top driver, Praetorian Jack, on a supply run. Disillusioned by Dementus's callousness, his lieutenant, The Octoboss, goes rogue and launches an air assault on the Rig. His Mortifiers slaughter the Rig's entire crew and destroy Furiosa's hidden motorcycle, but Furiosa and Jack team up to defeat them. Furiosa tries to carjack the Rig and drive home, but Jack easily thwarts her. However, he recognizes her potential and offers to train her to escape if she helps him rebuild his crew.

Furiosa becomes Jack's second-in-command and is promoted to Praetorian. She and Jack develop a bond and resolve to escape together. They see an opportunity when Joe decides to attack Gastown, which Dementus has mismanaged to near-ruin. Joe orders Furiosa and Jack to collect weapons and ammunition from the Bullet Farm, an allied mining facility. However, Dementus, having already taken possession of the farm, ambushes them when they arrive. Furiosa and Jack barely escape, and Furiosa's left arm is injured and pinned to an overturned car. Dementus chases them down and has Jack dragged to death. Furiosa escapes her chains by severing her own injured arm, sacrificing her star map to escape. A lone man{{efn|Identified in the credits as Max Rockatansky; the cameo parallels the opening scene of Mad Max: Fury Road. In an interview, composer Tom Holkenborg said that he believed it was meant to represent the actual start of that film, although Miller has not confirmed this.{{cite web |last=Lemmon |first=Kyle |date=10 June 2024 |title=Junkie XL on Exploring the Deepest of Hells with the 'Furiosa' Soundtrack |url=https://floodmagazine.com/164733/junkie-xl-furiosa-soundtrack-in-convo/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=FLOOD Magazine |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610213627/https://floodmagazine.com/164733/junkie-xl-furiosa-soundtrack-in-convo/ |url-status=live |language=en-US |quote=Even after Furiosa loses her arm, she still tries to go back to the Citadel, eventually just falling in the desert with the birds circling her and this brief shot of Max eating from the food can, which is exactly the start of Fury Road. So it's interesting that we technically start more or less far into Fury Road.}}}} watches from afar as Furiosa struggles back to the Citadel, where she and Joe's aide, The People Eater, form a strategy to avoid a trap planned by Dementus. Instead, Dementus is lured into a trap at the Citadel, and the War Boys crush the Horde. Having lost her path home, Furiosa shaves her head, builds a mechanical prosthetic in place of her severed arm, and pursues the fleeing Dementus.

After an extended chase, Furiosa subdues Dementus in the desert. She imprisons Dementus in the Citadel and uses his still-living body as fertilizer to grow a peach tree from her mother's pit. Joe promotes Furiosa to "Imperator" and gives her command of a new War Rig. She meets Joe's five breeder wives in the vault where Joe once held her prisoner and shows them a peach from the tree. The night before another supply run, the "Five Wives" hide in Furiosa's Rig.{{efn|As depicted in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015){{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-ending-explained/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Ending Explained |last=Abdulbaki |first=Mae |website=Screen Rant |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530111406/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-ending-explained/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}}}

• Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/furiosa-mad-max-spinoff-george-miller-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234596503/ |title='Mad Max' Spinoff 'Furiosa' in the Works at Warners with George Miller Directing & Anya Taylor-Joy in Title Role; Chris Hemsworth & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Along for Ride |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013175626/https://deadline.com/2020/10/furiosa-mad-max-spinoff-george-miller-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234596503/ |archive-date=13 October 2020 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• Alyla Browne as child and teen Furiosa{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-cast-character-guide/ |title='Furiosa' Cast & Character Guide |last=Norman |first=Dalton |website=Screen Rant |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127171754/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-cast-character-guide/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• Archive footage of Charlize Theron as the older Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the final scene and end credits{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/furiosa-credits-scene/ |title='Furiosa' Director George Miller Debated Including That Credits Montage 'A Lot' |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |website=TheWrap |date=27 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528012957/https://www.thewrap.com/furiosa-credits-scene/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite tweet |number=1806188143093190732 |title=It was a deleted scene, already shot - we thought it appropriate to reference it in the comic, given the two stories dovetailed together at that point |user=Mark_H_Sexton |date=27 June 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-movie-charlize-theron-cameo-fury-road-deleted-scene/ |title=Charlize Theron's "Cameo" in 'Furiosa' Explained & How it Rescues a Deleted 'Fury Road' Scene |last=Cotter |first=Padraig |website=Screen Rant |date=13 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007001403/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-movie-charlize-theron-cameo-fury-road-deleted-scene/ |url-status=live}}
• Chris Hemsworth as Dementus, the deranged warlord leader of the Biker Horde who abducted Furiosa, and eventual ruler of Gastown
• Tom Burke as Praetorian Jack, the commander of the Citadel's first War Rig
• Lachy Hulme as Immortan Joe, the warlord leader of the Citadel and enemy of the Biker Horde
• Archive footage of Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the end credits
• Hulme also as Rizzdale Pell, Dementus' lieutenant{{cite web |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/lachy-hulme-the-immortan-joe-and-rizzdale-pell-saga/ |title=Lachy Hulme: The Immortan Joe and Rizzdale Pell Saga |last=Dalton |first=Connor |website=FilmInk |date=14 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515214001/https://www.filmink.com.au/lachy-hulme-the-immortan-joe-and-rizzdale-pell-saga/ |url-status=live |language=en-AU}}
• George Shevtsov as The History Man (the film's narrator), an expert in pre-apocalyptic history, science, and technology who serves Dementus{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/furiosa-mad-max-interview-history-man-george-shevtsov |title=How the Wildest Sci-Fi Movie of the Year Found Its Smartest Character |last=Kleinman |first=Jake |website=Inverse |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=5 July 2024 |archive-date=5 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705181831/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/furiosa-mad-max-interview-history-man-george-shevtsov |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• John Howard as The People Eater, Joe's advisor and military strategist, and the future ruler of Gastown in Mad Max: Fury Road
• Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic, Dementus's and later Joe's personal physician
• Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus, Joe's muscular but dim-witted son
• Josh Helman as Scrotus, Joe's psychologically unstable son{{efn|Previously voiced by Travis Willingham in the 2015 Mad Max video game{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-actors-characters-multiple-movies/ |title=Every Actor & Character in Multiple 'Mad Max' Movies |last=Klein |first=Brennan |website=Screen Rant |date=24 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524195908/https://screenrant.com/mad-max-actors-characters-multiple-movies/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}}}{{efn|Helman previously portrayed Slit, Nux's lancer and one of the War Boys in Mad Max: Fury Road}}
• Charlee Fraser as Mary Jabassa, Furiosa's mother
• Elsa Pataky as Mr. Norton, a deformed survivor who joins the Biker Horde{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/furiosa-mad-max-saga-elsa-pataky-roles-mr-norton-vulvalini-general-characters/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Features Chris Hemsworth's Wife Elsa Pataky as Two Different Characters |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |website=ComicBook.com |date=24 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525010914/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/furiosa-mad-max-saga-elsa-pataky-roles-mr-norton-vulvalini-general-characters/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• Pataky also portrays a Vuvalini General
• Dylan Adonis as Valkyrie, Furiosa's childhood friend{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-mad-max-fury-road-returning-characters/ |title=All 10 Returning 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Characters in 'Furiosa' |last=Pitman |first=Robert |website=Screen Rant |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524212817/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-mad-max-fury-road-returning-characters/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{efn|Previously portrayed by Megan Gale in Mad Max: Fury Road}}
• Goran D. Kleut as The Octoboss, the leader of the Mortifiers biker gang, who begins the film as Dementus's temporary ally{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/octoboss-furiosa-mad-max-goran-d-kleut-interview |title=Witness The Octoboss |last=Kleinman |first=Jake |website=Inverse |date=31 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531161416/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/octoboss-furiosa-mad-max-goran-d-kleut-interview |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• David Collins as Smeg, Dementus's henchman, dance proclaimer, and messenger{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/24161853/furiosa-mad-max-review |title='Furiosa' is a leaner, meaner 'Mad Max' story |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |website=The Verge |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524175851/https://www.theverge.com/24161853/furiosa-mad-max-review |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• Matuse as Fang, Dementus's henchman{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/furiosa-mad-max-saga-cast/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' cast – All the stars in 'Fury Road' prequel |last=Cremona |first=Patrick |website=Radio Times |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523205149/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/furiosa-mad-max-saga-cast/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}
• Clarence Ryan as Black Thumb, Praetorian Jack's mechanic on the War Rig{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-does-little-to-address-the-franchises-frustrating-attitude-towards-australias-dark-past-230932 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' does little to address the franchise's frustrating attitude towards Australia's dark past |last=Morgan |first=Stephen |website=The Conversation |date=29 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529113029/https://theconversation.com/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-does-little-to-address-the-franchises-frustrating-attitude-towards-australias-dark-past-230932 |url-status=live |language=en-AU}}
• Bryan Probets as Chumbucket, a hunchbacked auto mechanic at the Citadel{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-surprising-reference-mad-max-video-game/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' includes Surprising Cameo from 'Mad Max' Video Game |last=Perry |first=Spencer |website=ComicBook.com |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524232838/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-surprising-reference-mad-max-video-game/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{efn|Previously voiced by Jason Spisak in the 2015 Mad Max video game}}
• Quaden Bayles as War Pup, a young War Boy onboard the War Rig during Jack's supply run{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/mad-max-furiosa-actor-quaden-bayles-four-years-on-viral-video/103771976 |title='Mad Max' 'Furiosa' actor Quaden Bayles says he's 'a whole different person' four years after viral bullying video |last1=Scott |first1=Leisa |last2=Semmler |first2=Erin |publisher=ABC News |date=9 June 2024 |access-date=9 June 2024 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609200355/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/mad-max-furiosa-actor-quaden-bayles-four-years-on-viral-video/103771976 |url-status=live |language=en-AU}}
• Lee Perry as The Bullet Farmer, ruler of the Bullet Farm and the Citadel's arms supplier{{efn|Perry took over the role from the late Richard Carter, who died in 2019}}
• Archive footage of Richard Carter as The Bullet Farmer from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the end credits
• Daniel Webber as War Boy
• David Field as Toe Jam{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/cast/2060124356/ |title=Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Full Cast & Crew |publisher=TV Guide |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=en-US}}
• Rahel Romahn as Vulture
• CJ Bloomfield as Big Jilly
• Ian Roberts as Mr. Harley
• Guy Spence as Mr. Davidson
• Rob Jones as Squint
• Tim Burns as Hungry Eyes
• Tim Rogers as Snapper
• Florence Mezzara as Sad Eyes
• Peter Stephens as Guardian of Gastown
• Maleeka Gasbarri as one of Immortan Joe's "wives" who gives birth
• Keza Ishimwe as one of Immortan Joe's "wives"
• Nat Buchanan as one of Immortan Joe's "wives"
• Mark Wales as Brake Man, a mechanic at the Citadel{{cite web |url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/australian-survivor-mark-wales-furiosa/ |title=Australian Survivor winner Mark Wales' surprising acting role in 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |last=Knoke |first=Charlotte |website=Now to Love |date=28 May 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529013649/https://www.nowtolove.com.au/entertainment/australian-survivor-mark-wales-furiosa/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• Jacob Tomuri as Max Rockatansky,{{efn|Credited as "Mad Max"}} a loner living in his V8 Interceptor who witnesses Furiosa return to the Citadel; he later helps Furiosa and the "Five Wives" defeat Immortan Joe and his army, and claim control of the Citadel in Mad Max: Fury Road (Tomuri served as Tom Hardy's stunt double during the filming of Fury Road){{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-cover-story-8641567 |title=Hitting the Fury Road: Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth go inside 'Furiosa', their full-throttle 'Mad Max' prequel |last=Huff |first=Lauren |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=1 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |quote=In doing what we did in the preparation of Mad Max: Fury Road, we also wrote what happened to Max in the year before we encounter him in [that film] ... Basically, we had to see that Mad Max was lurking around somewhere because we do know what happened. The writers know what happened to Mad Max in that year before, and we have a whole story of that, which I would like to do sometime if I get the chance. |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503165147/https://ew.com/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-cover-story-8641567 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-mad-max-cameo-explained/ |title='Furiosa's' Mad Max Cameo Explained |last=Sharma |first=Dhruv |website=Screen Rant |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524160043/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-mad-max-cameo-explained/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a60739931/furiosa-mad-max-cameo-tom-hardy/ |title='Furiosa's' Mad Max cameo isn't played by Tom Hardy |last=Sayce |first=Rebecca |publisher=Digital Spy |date=24 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512215236/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a60739931/furiosa-mad-max-cameo-tom-hardy/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}
• Archive footage of Hardy as Max from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the end credits
• Tomuri also portrays The Dogman, a worker at the Citadel

Additionally, the end credits are intercut with archive footage from Mad Max: Fury Road, in which Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoë Kravitz, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton appear as Nux, The Splendid Angharad, Toast the Knowing, Capable, The Dag, and Cheedo the Fragile, respectively; the latter five are also portrayed by stand-ins in silhouette during the film's final scene.

File:George Miller while filming Fury Road (cropped).jpg while filming Mad Max: Fury Road in 2012]]

Director George Miller and co-writer Nico Lathouris spent over fifteen years writing the script for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and developed backstories for every character, particularly co-protagonist Imperator Furiosa.{{cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=14 May 2020 |title=Furiosa's Back: George Miller Discusses the Next 'Mad Max' Movie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/movies/mad-max-sequel-furiosa.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514205003/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/movies/mad-max-sequel-furiosa.html |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=10 March 2024 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US}} Miller and Lathouris eventually wrote a Furiosa-centered screenplay, which actress Charlize Theron used as a reference for her performance in Fury Road.{{cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=7 March 2024 |title='Furiosa' Tells a 15 Year Story in the 'Mad Max' World: 'It's an Odyssey, No Question' – Exclusive Image |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/furiosa-mad-max-saga-15-year-story-odyssey-anya-taylor-joy-exclusive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307201130/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/furiosa-mad-max-saga-15-year-story-odyssey-anya-taylor-joy-exclusive/ |archive-date=7 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=Empire |publisher=Bauer Media Group |language=en-GB}} According to Miller, Furiosa "probably" takes place after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), but the Mad Max franchise has "no strict chronology".{{cite web |last=Goslin |first=Austen |date=1 December 2023 |title=Where does 'Furiosa' fit into the 'Mad Max' timeline? George Miller says it doesn't matter |url=https://www.polygon.com/23984150/furiosa-mad-max-timeline-movie-continuity |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Polygon |publisher=Vox Media |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523224043/https://www.polygon.com/23984150/furiosa-mad-max-timeline-movie-continuity |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The first trailer of the film, released on 30 November 2023, stated that Furiosa takes place "45 years after the collapse".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/furiosa-mad-max-trailer-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234906746/ |title=Anya Taylor-Joy Stars as 'Furiosa' in 'Mad Max' Trailer with Chris Hemsworth |last=Mier |first=Tomás |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=30 November 2023 |access-date=24 May 2024 |url-access=registration |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524202054/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/furiosa-mad-max-trailer-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234906746/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

In July 2010, Miller announced plans to shoot Fury Road back-to-back with a live-action prequel film entitled Mad Max: Furiosa, but, during pre-production, it was decided to shoot only Fury Road.{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Todd |date=2 July 2010 |title=George Miller Following 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with 'Mad Max: Furiosa'! |url=https://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/07/george-miller-working-on-not-one-but-two-new-mad-max-films.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116150509/https://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/07/george-miller-working-on-not-one-but-two-new-mad-max-films.php |archive-date=16 November 2011 |access-date=23 November 2011 |publisher=Twitch Film |language=en-CA}} At one point, Miller and Lathouris hoped to turn the Furiosa screenplay into an anime film directed by Mahiro Maeda, who had previously worked on The Animatrix (2003), Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–96), and Porco Rosso (1992).{{cite web |last1=Farley |first1=Jordan |last2=Russell |first2=Bradley |date=20 April 2024 |title='Mad Max' prequel 'Furiosa' was originally developed as an anime spin-off, and has been ready for 15 years |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/furiosa-anime-story-ready-15-years/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=GamesRadar+ |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527193805/https://www.gamesradar.com/furiosa-anime-story-ready-15-years/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite book |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |title=Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' |publisher=William Morrow and Company |year=2022 |location=New York City |page=326 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Molloy |first=Shannon |date=20 June 2024 |title=Australian taxpayers footed half the bill for Hollywood dud 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/australian-taxpayers-footed-half-the-bill-for-hollywood-dud-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/news-story/80dc3e820f36b5bf75c3b2cabb381420 |access-date=18 September 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619081944/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/australian-taxpayers-footed-half-the-bill-for-hollywood-dud-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/news-story/80dc3e820f36b5bf75c3b2cabb381420 |archive-date=19 June 2024 |publisher=News.com.au |language=en-AU}}

In May 2015, Miller stated that if Fury Road became successful, he would develop two more films.{{cite magazine |last=Hill |first=Logan |date=11 May 2015 |title='Mad Max': What it takes to make the most intense movie ever |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514004411/https://www.wired.com/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=14 May 2015 |access-date=22 September 2024 |magazine=Wired |url-access=limited |language=en-US}} In November 2017, Miller's production company filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. over a Fury Road salary dispute, which delayed the production of any additional entries in the franchise.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/george-miller-sues-warner-bros-over-mad-max-fury-road-earnings-20171109-gziinh.html |title=Director George Miller sues Warner Bros over 'Mad Max: Fury Road' earnings |date=11 November 2017 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=7 January 2018 |first=Garry |last=Maddox |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115044746/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/george-miller-sues-warner-bros-over-mad-max-fury-road-earnings-20171109-gziinh.html |archive-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |language=en-AU}} In July 2019, Miller revealed that a Furiosa film was still being planned in addition to two Mad Max sequels.{{cite web |first=Anne |last=Thompson |author-link=Anne Thompson (film journalist) |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-interview-best-action-movie-of-decade-furiosa-sequel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723193227/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-interview-best-action-movie-of-decade-furiosa-sequel-1202156053/ |title=George Miller Looks Back on 'Mad Max: Fury Road', and Forward to More Furiosa |website=IndieWire |date=23 July 2019 |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=23 July 2019 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

By March 2020, Miller and Warner Bros. settled their lawsuit and began casting the Furiosa prequel, which Miller intended to make after Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022). It was reported that the film would take place over a timeframe of fifteen years, depicting Furiosa's backstory of how she was displaced from her home and spent her life "trying to get back".

Multiple Fury Road crew members agreed to return for the film, including composer Tom Holkenborg, costume designer Jenny Beavan, editor Margaret Sixel, makeup designer Lesley Vanderwalt, production designer Colin Gibson (no relation to original Mad Max star Mel Gibson), and sound mixer Ben Osmo; Beavan, Sixel, Vanderwalt, Gibson, and Osmo had all previously won Academy Awards for their work on Fury Road.{{cite web |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=27 February 2021 |title=Junkie XL Returning to Score 'Mad Max: Furiosa' Prequel |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/mad-max-furiosa-junkie-xl-score/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208090610/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/mad-max-furiosa-junkie-xl-score/ |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=27 February 2021 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Yossman |first=K.J. |date=2 June 2021 |title='Cruella' Designer Snubbed Over Licensing, Costume Designers Guild Decries 'Unfair Practices' |url=https://variety.com/2021/artisans/global/cruella-costume-designers-licensing-disney-jenny-beavan-1234986629/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118140211/https://variety.com/2021/artisans/global/cruella-costume-designers-licensing-disney-jenny-beavan-1234986629/ |archive-date=18 January 2024 |access-date=2 June 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Sharma |first=Atish |date=19 February 2024 |title=From 'Fury Road' to 'Furiosa': Colin Gibson on his Mad Life and Fiery Gas Guzzlers |url=https://www.homecrux.com/colin-gibson-interview/236822/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224203505/https://www.homecrux.com/colin-gibson-interview/236822/ |archive-date=24 February 2024 |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=Homecrux |language=en-US}} In 2020, Miller said that the semi-retired John Seale had agreed to return as cinematographer, but Seale retired after shooting Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing, explaining that he wanted to spend more time with his grandchildren.{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=25 August 2022 |title=Cinematographer John Seale Talks Turning Down 'Furiosa' and Capping His Career with 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/three-thousand-years-longing-cinematography-john-seale-mad-max-1235350300/ |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208171851/https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/three-thousand-years-longing-cinematography-john-seale-mad-max-1235350300/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Simon Duggan took over as Furiosa{{'}}s cinematographer.{{cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=1 June 2022 |title=George Miller's 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Prequel 'Furiosa' Begins Filming |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/furiosa-george-miller-begins-production-mad-max-fury-road-prequel-1235283050/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222011703/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/furiosa-george-miller-begins-production-mad-max-fury-road-prequel-1235283050/ |archive-date=22 December 2022 |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-furiosa-spinoff-cinematography-not-same-problem-fury-road/ |title='Mad Max's' 'Furiosa' Spinoff Has 1 Major Disadvantage Compared to 2015's 'Fury Road' |last=Sharma |first=Dhruv |website=Screen Rant |date=26 August 2023 |access-date=30 May 2024 |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103161104/https://screenrant.com/mad-max-furiosa-spinoff-cinematography-not-same-problem-fury-road/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://theasc.com/articles/furiosa-raising-hell-down-under |title='Furiosa': Raising Hell Down Under |last=Weinstein |first=Max |publisher=American Society of Cinematographers |date=13 September 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007001517/https://theasc.com/articles/furiosa-raising-hell-down-under |url-status=live}} "George was definitely looking to find an Australian cinematographer", Duggan recalled. "P.J. [Voeten] told him, 'Look, it's a no-brainer — just get Simon to come in and do it', and George trusted him. George knew the work I was doing and thought it was amazing, so when we first met, we just wanted to talk about the Australian industry, the people we knew and the experiences we had. And we knew that Fury Road was the starting point to the look and feel of what Furiosa was going to be — but only a starting point."

Village Roadshow Pictures, which had co-financed Fury Road, was credited in initial marketing material for Furiosa, with its involvement also acknowledged by an official press kit related to the film and a press release by the Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/video/furiosa-trailer-anya-taylor-joy-mad-max/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy & Chris Hemsworth Lead George Miller's 'Fury Road' Prequel |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=30 November 2023 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213201939/https://deadline.com/video/furiosa-trailer-anya-taylor-joy-mad-max/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.furiosaamadmaxsaga.com/toolkit/#aboutTheFilm |title=About the Film |website=Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Social Toolkit |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519044244/https://www.furiosaamadmaxsaga.com/toolkit/#aboutTheFilm |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-world-premiere-at-the-77th-festival-de-cannes/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' World Premiere at the 77th Festival de Cannes |publisher=Cannes Film Festival |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516141510/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-world-premiere-at-the-77th-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} However, following its premiere, all mentions of the company were omitted from promotions and the film itself. In May 2024, a box office report by Deadline Hollywood stated that Warner Bros. "is all in on Furiosa" and financed the bulk of the film's budget without co-financiers, such as Village Roadshow, most likely the result of a content dispute related to Warner Bros.' simultaneous release strategy followed in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/cinemacon-theater-owners-hbo-max-day-and-date-releases-piracy-1235240934/ |title=Theater Owners Chief Says Day-and-Date Movies are 'Dead as a Serious Business Model' |last=Lang |first=Brent |website=Variety |date=26 April 2022 |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602094943/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/cinemacon-theater-owners-hbo-max-day-and-date-releases-piracy-1235240934/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/village-roadshows-lawsuit-against-warner-bros-over-matrix-resurrections-sent-to-arbitration-1235155383/ |title=Village Roadshow's Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. Over 'Matrix Resurrections' Sent to Arbitration |last=Cho |first=Winston |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=6 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206054203/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/village-roadshows-lawsuit-against-warner-bros-over-matrix-resurrections-sent-to-arbitration-1235155383/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/box-office-furiosa-garfield-memorial-day-1235938017/ |title='Furiosa' Up in Smoke with $31M-$33M, Lowest Memorial Day Opening in Decades, Might Get Clawed by 'Garfield': How Worried Should Hollywood Be About Theatrical? – Saturday Update |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=25 May 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526011823/https://deadline.com/2024/05/box-office-furiosa-garfield-memorial-day-1235938017/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The online news site also reported that Domain Entertainment (a private equity fund that co-financed other Warner Bros. productions like Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Wonka in 2023) was listed in the opening credits after the Warner Bros. logo.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/warner-bros-pictures-co-financing-deal-domain-capital-1235790434/ |title=Warner Bros. Pictures Strikes New Co-Financing Deal with Domain Capital |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |website=Variety |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114201827/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/warner-bros-pictures-co-financing-deal-domain-capital-1235790434/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

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Miller sought to cast a younger actress for the role in lieu of using de-aging technology for Theron, explaining that the technology still leaves "an uncanny valley" effect. Theron admitted that the decision was "a little heartbreaking, for sure", but understood Miller's rationale.Buchanan, p. 327. In March 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in Australia, Miller auditioned several actresses over Skype for the Furiosa role.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |last2=Lang |first2=Brent |date=26 March 2020 |title=Hollywood's Biggest Movies are Stuck in Limbo as Start Dates Remain Uncertain |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hollywood-productions-limbo-coronavirus-1203543478/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326190222/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hollywood-productions-limbo-coronavirus-1203543478/ |archive-date=26 March 2020 |access-date=2 June 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

In October 2020, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II were cast, although Abdul-Mateen later dropped out due to a scheduling conflict.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |date=29 November 2021 |title=Tom Burke Replaces Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in George Miller's 'Mad Max' Spinoff 'Furiosa' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/tom-burke-george-millers-mad-max-spin-off-furiosa-1234881181/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627000635/https://deadline.com/2021/11/tom-burke-george-millers-mad-max-spin-off-furiosa-1234881181/ |archive-date=27 June 2022 |access-date=29 November 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} Miller chose Taylor-Joy after seeing her performance in an early cut of the film Last Night in Soho (2021) and auditioning her with the "Mad as Hell" monologue, quoted by the character Howard Beale (portrayed by Peter Finch) from Sidney Lumet's Network (1976).{{cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |title=George Miller Cast Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa After Seeing an Early Cut of 'Last Night in Soho' |date=9 March 2021 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/george-miller-cast-anya-taylor-joy-furiosa-after-seeing-last-night-in-soho/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201173530/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/george-miller-cast-anya-taylor-joy-furiosa-after-seeing-last-night-in-soho/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=1 September 2021 |website=Empire |publisher=Bauer Media Group |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=1 September 2021 |title=George Miller Eyed Anya Taylor-Joy for 'Furiosa' After Watching 'Last Night in Soho' Early Cut |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/george-miller-cast-anya-taylor-joy-after-last-night-in-soho-1234661355/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108101057/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/george-miller-cast-anya-taylor-joy-after-last-night-in-soho-1234661355/ |archive-date=8 November 2022 |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} Edgar Wright, the director of Last Night in Soho, told Miller to "do yourself a favor and grab the opportunity to work with her". Miller felt that "there's a kind of timelessness to her, there's a mystery to her, and yet she's accessible". Taylor-Joy received advice from Nicholas Hoult, who had previously portrayed Nux in Fury Road and worked alongside her in The Menu (2022).{{cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=17 November 2022 |title=Anya Taylor-Joy calls 'Furiosa' shoot a 'life-changing' experience |url=https://ew.com/movies/anya-taylor-joy-calls-furiosa-shoot-life-changing-experience/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216044500/https://ew.com/movies/anya-taylor-joy-calls-furiosa-shoot-life-changing-experience/ |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=16 February 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US}} According to Goran D. Kleut, who portrayed The Octoboss, Miller asks every actor who auditions with him to try out the "Mad as Hell" monologue.

Hemsworth, an Australian, had grown up watching the Mad Max films. In 2010, he had previously applied for the title role in Fury Road that eventually went to Tom Hardy. Hemsworth later explained that he was not a big enough star at the time to earn the role; his most notable role, Thor, had not yet debuted in the 2011 film of the same name.{{cite web |last=Riley |first=Jenelle |date=23 May 2024 |title=Chris Hemsworth on 'Sick and Twisted' Role in 'Furiosa', Having Imposter Syndrome, and Facing His Mortality with 'Limitless' Series |url=https://variety.com/2024/awards/actors/chris-hemsworth-furiosa-character-limitless-series-1236011152/ |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529164522/https://variety.com/2024/awards/actors/chris-hemsworth-furiosa-character-limitless-series-1236011152/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} To accurately portray resource scarcity in the wasteland, Hemsworth cut his calorie intake in half compared to when he prepares for a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film.{{cite web |last=Griffin |first=Griff |date=4 June 2024 |title=Chris Hemsworth Diet Revealed: How Actor Got Shredded for 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/chris-hemsworth-diet-revealed |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Men's Journal |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604215526/https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/chris-hemsworth-diet-revealed |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Describing and elaborating on his character's motivations, Hemsworth said: "He's a pretty horrible individual. Through the whole film we kept coming back to, 'This is evil, but what is the intention behind it?' It's not just sadistic insanity. There is a real purpose, the wheels are turning, he's plotting and planning and ten steps ahead of everyone else." Amid the character's harshness, Hemsworth imagines Dementus as something of a father figure to Furiosa, adding: "I think that's how he sees himself. I think there's a paternal quality and nature to the relationship in his eyes. [Furiosa] would, I'm sure, argue to her death the complete opposite."{{cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=3 August 2024 |title='Furiosa': Chris Hemsworth's Warlord Dementus is 'A Pretty Horrible Individual', He Says – Exclusive |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/furiosa-chris-hemsworth-dementus-pretty-horrible-individual-exclusive/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |website=Empire |publisher=Bauer Media Group |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516183254/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/furiosa-chris-hemsworth-dementus-pretty-horrible-individual-exclusive/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}

In 2021, Miller cast Alyla Browne as a young Furiosa; she had previously worked with Miller on Three Thousand Years of Longing. Miller said that she reminded him of a young Furiosa and that she impressed him while doing the splits on set.{{cite web |last=Kessel Odom |first=Dani |date=18 March 2024 |title=Who Plays Furiosa as a Child in Mad Max's Prequel Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/who-plays-child-furiosa-mad-max-prequel-alyla-browne/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320135905/https://screenrant.com/who-plays-child-furiosa-mad-max-prequel-alyla-browne/ |archive-date=20 March 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Star Alyla Browne on Getting the Role of Young Anya Taylor-Joy by Doing the Splits and Seeing the R-Rated Film Despite Being 14: 'I'm in It, So I'm Allowed!' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/alyla-browne-furiosa-mad-max-interview-cannes-1235998723/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516131101/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/alyla-browne-furiosa-mad-max-interview-cannes-1235998723/ |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{cite magazine |last=Slatter |first=Sean |date=15 July 2024 |title=Teen Spirit: Alyla Browne on playing young versions of Alice Hart, Furiosa and calling Sigourney Weaver for advice on 'Sting' |url=https://if.com.au/teen-spirit-alyla-browne-on-playing-young-versions-of-alice-hart-furiosa-and-calling-sigourney-weaver-for-advice-on-sting/ |access-date=15 July 2024 |magazine=IF Magazine |url-access=subscription |language=en-AU |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715064531/https://if.com.au/teen-spirit-alyla-browne-on-playing-young-versions-of-alice-hart-furiosa-and-calling-sigourney-weaver-for-advice-on-sting/ |url-status=live}} Tom Burke joined the cast in the autumn of 2021 as Praetorian Jack, replacing Abdul-Mateen. Burke said that while most of his scenes were shot sitting down in a truck, he had to spend long hours in the gym becoming "as lithe as possible", given that he might have to safely jump off the War Rig many times in a row until Miller got a take he was satisfied with.{{cite web |last=King |first=Jack |date=27 May 2024 |title='Furiosa's' Tom Burke on Praetorian Jack's gnarly exit: 'We're doing this on my first day? Really?' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/furiosa-tom-burke-interview |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=British GQ |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605160107/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/furiosa-tom-burke-interview |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}

When principal photography commenced in June 2022, the producers disclosed that Nathan Jones and Angus Sampson were set to reprise their roles from Fury Road.{{cite web |last=Lambert |first=Harper |date=1 June 2022 |title='Furiosa': Chris Hemsworth Announces Start of Filming on 'Mad Mad: Fury Road' Prequel |url=https://www.thewrap.com/furiosa-filming-chris-hemsworth-set-image/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031142904/https://www.thewrap.com/furiosa-filming-chris-hemsworth-set-image/ |archive-date=31 October 2023 |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}} They additionally announced that Quaden Bayles, who worked on Three Thousand Years of Longing after a video about his mistreatment at school went viral, would appear in a minor role.{{cite web |last=Massoto |first=Erick |date=22 August 2022 |title='Furiosa': George Miller Casts Bullied Child Who Went Viral in 'Mad Max' Prequel |url=https://collider.com/furiosa-cast-quaden-bayles-viral-george-miller-mad-max/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601093633/https://collider.com/furiosa-cast-quaden-bayles-viral-george-miller-mad-max/ |archive-date=1 June 2023 |access-date=22 August 2022 |website=Collider |language=en-US}} During the production, Miller agreed to cast Lachy Hulme, who was already playing the role of Rizzdale Pell, as a younger Immortan Joe, succeeding Fury Road{{'}}s late Hugh Keays-Byrne, who died in 2020. Miller initially wanted to use a body double for Joe and record his lines in post-production with ADR, but Hulme convinced Miller that he could replicate Keays-Byrne's voice and eyes. "When you are working on a Dr. George Miller movie, there's no pressure on you because you're in an incredibly supportive environment", Hulme said. During pre-production, Hulme fell off a motorcycle while practicing for a scene as Rizzdale Pell. Afterwards, Miller decided all the actor's bike riding would be performed by his stunt double, Chris Matheson.{{cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=11 March 2024 |title='Furiosa' is 'David Lean, But with Motorbikes Instead of Camels' Says New Immortan Joe, Lachy Hulme – Exclusive |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/furiosa-immortan-joe-lachy-hulme-exclusive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311151428/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/furiosa-immortan-joe-lachy-hulme-exclusive/ |archive-date=11 March 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Empire |publisher=Bauer Media Group |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Jake |date=10 June 2024 |title=Immortan Joe's Glorious Return |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/immortan-joe-interview-furiosa-lachy-hulme |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=Inverse |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612011524/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/immortan-joe-interview-furiosa-lachy-hulme |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

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Filming took place in Australia from May to October 2022. Principal photography began on 1 June 2022.{{cite web |last=Utichi |first=Joe |date=17 May 2022 |title=Inside George Miller's 20-Year Quest to Make 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', as 'Furiosa' Revs Her Engines – Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/george-miller-cannes-three-thousand-years-of-longing-1235020237/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517070142/https://deadline.com/2022/05/george-miller-cannes-three-thousand-years-of-longing-1235020237/ |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Stephens |first=Romy |date=20 May 2022 |title='Mad Max: Furiosa' filming drives economic recovery in Hay after COVID-19 and drought |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/mad-max-brings-economic-boost-to-hay-nsw/101060362 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209181154/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/mad-max-brings-economic-boost-to-hay-nsw/101060362 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=22 May 2022 |publisher=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{cite web |last=Rajput |first=Priyanca |date=1 September 2022 |title=2022 Film and high-end TV productions shooting globally: latest updates |url=https://www.kftv.com/news/2022/08/31/2022-film-and-high-end-tv-productions-shooting-globally-latest-updates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901170025/https://www.kftv.com/news/2022/08/31/2022-film-and-high-end-tv-productions-shooting-globally-latest-updates |archive-date=1 September 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |last=Glynn |first=Jennifer |date=28 October 2022 |title=Anya Taylor-Joy Wraps Filming on 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Prequel 'Furiosa' |url=https://collider.com/anya-taylor-joy-furiousa-wraps-filming-mad-max-prequel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107204110/https://collider.com/anya-taylor-joy-furiousa-wraps-filming-mad-max-prequel/ |archive-date=7 November 2022 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Collider |language=en-US}} Miller shot the film at various locations in New South Wales: Broken Hill/Silverton, Hay (the "Stowaway" action sequence), Kurnell (the Bullet Farm and the final confrontation between Furiosa and Dementus), Terrey Hills (the Green Place), Melrose Park (Gastown), and the Disney lot in Sydney (the Citadel).{{cite web |last=de Semlyen |first=Phil |date=23 May 2024 |title=Where was 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' filmed? All the Australian filming locations behind the action epic |url=https://www.timeout.com/australia/news/where-was-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-filmed-all-the-australian-filming-locations-behind-the-action-epic-052324 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=Time Out Australia |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525171117/https://www.timeout.com/australia/news/where-was-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-filmed-all-the-australian-filming-locations-behind-the-action-epic-052324 |url-status=live |language=en-AU}} The action sequence where the raiders ambush the War Rig took 78 days to shoot, where close to 200 stunt performers worked on it every day; the sequence became known during production as "Stowaway to Nowhere".{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-15-minute-action-sequence-interview/ |title='Mad Max' prequel 'Furiosa' has a 15-minute action sequence that took 200 stunt people 78 days to shoot – and it's 'very important' for understanding Anya Taylor-Joy's character |last1=Garbutt |first1=Emily |last2=Farley |first2=Jordan |website=GamesRadar+ |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524003804/https://www.gamesradar.com/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-15-minute-action-sequence-interview/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/furiosa-action-scene-15-minutes-filmed-78-days-anya-taylor-joy-1235976528/ |title='Furiosa' Has a 15-Minute Action Scene That 'Took Us 78 Days to Shoot' and Required Nearly 200 Stunt Workers on Set Daily: 'It Was Very Important' |last=Sharf |first=Zack |website=Variety |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516023742/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/furiosa-action-scene-15-minutes-filmed-78-days-anya-taylor-joy-1235976528/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Miller stated that Furiosa was an easier shoot than Fury Road, alluding to the latter's troubled production, and complimented Warner Bros.' new leadership for implementing an "approach to filmmaking [that was] much more collaborative than it was adversarial".{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Andrew |date=24 May 2024 |title=George Miller on the making of 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/george-miller-on-the-making-of-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-404539 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526141430/https://www.shortlist.com/news/george-miller-on-the-making-of-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-404539 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Shortlist |language=en-US}} Burke said that Miller wanted a different kind of filming style from Fury Road, which used short takes and long cuts; he noted that Miller specifically wanted to shoot the scene where Dementus taunts Jack and Furiosa in one take.

In lighting most of Furiosa{{'}}s exterior shots, Duggan and gaffer Shaun Conway recognized that "nearly all of our story would be told during daytime, so everything relied on sunlight", Duggan said. "And because we were in mid-El Niño, the weather during the shoot was unpredictable, with pouring rains and winds up to 50 miles per hour. So, we added a lot of artificial light to create sunlight, which helped us create a harsh look that was quite different than what you'd expect." To augment their locations' natural light, the filmmakers relied on a uniform approach, employing an array of six 18K HMI PARs at varying degrees of spot. "The six PARs were mounted to three heavy-duty telescopic handlers that were easily moveable and could withstand the conditions, and the lamps were protected from the rain", Duggan noted. "We found that the 18K array could cover almost half a football field and accommodated the size of most of our exterior-location sets. We could put the light wherever we wanted to; whenever the sun was coming in and out, we'd follow and match that direction." He continued: "George told us we weren't going to wait for anything to light our sets, so we had to be prepared with one solution. And that meant we didn't have to stop shooting — we could just keep on going. Of course, we always oriented the sets, or our camera, to make use of sidelight or backlight from the actual sun, but the brute power of those PARs gave us all the light we needed."

Taylor-Joy praised Miller's commitment to safety on set,{{cite web |last=Handler |first=Rachel |date=16 May 2024 |title=Anya Taylor-Joy Says It 'Doesn't Make Any Sense How Safe Furiosa Was' |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/anya-taylor-joy-on-how-safe-the-stunts-of-furiosa-were.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=Vulture |url-access=registration |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516163354/https://www.vulture.com/article/anya-taylor-joy-on-how-safe-the-stunts-of-furiosa-were.html |url-status=live |language=en-US}} but said that working on the film was, nonetheless, a challenging experience. With just 30-odd spoken lines of dialogue, she would go "months" on the film's set without speaking a single word on camera: "I've never been more alone than making that movie ... I don't want to go too deep into it, but everything that I thought was going to be easy was hard." When asked what proved more difficult than she expected on the Furiosa set, the actress said: "Next question, sorry. Talk to me in 20 years."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movies/anya-taylor-joy-furiosa.html |title=Anya Taylor-Joy Still Can't Make Sense of What She Went Through |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 May 2024 |access-date=13 May 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513213952/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/movies/anya-taylor-joy-furiosa.html |url-status=live |language=en-US}} In a later interview, responding to a question regarding how she was "able to portray the nuance and complexity of Furiosa without much dialogue", Taylor-Joy explained: "[The character] was just immediately there. The second that I read the first script, even though the script changed quite a bit by the time we got to filming, I had her essence very deeply embedded within me. I was also supremely protective. I think I fought more for this character than I had fought for any other character. George had such a specific vision for what he wanted her to be and I just felt like it was my responsibility to fight for any moment where you could see a little bit of her rage come out."{{cite web |url=https://www.voguehk.com/en/article/celebrity/anya-taylor-joy-vogue-hong-kong-2024/ |title=Anya Taylor-Joy on Dance, Discipline & the Power of Conviction |last=Fischer |first=Carina |website=Vogue Hong Kong |date=1 September 2024 |access-date=3 September 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007001406/https://www.voguehk.com/en/article/celebrity/anya-taylor-joy-vogue-hong-kong-2024/ |url-status=live}} Sharing her most memorable note given by Miller throughout the filming process, she said: "[George] wanted [Furiosa] to be incredibly stoic. And I felt like my contribution was that I've always felt like you need to see the humanity behind that, if you want people to fully invest in a character. George encourages you to be in almost like a university-type setting where every choice you have to justify – and you don't justify it once. You justify it thousands of times if it's going to make it in the movie. It was really great training for me not only as an actor but also as somebody that hopes to direct one day. Your conviction has to be unwavering if you want something to make it into one of his movies."

Hemsworth arrived on set nursing a back injury, but said that he was excited to work on Furiosa because playing Dementus allowed him to get "out of that typecast space of the muscly action guy and ... play a character with complications and darkness". He explained that "suffering without a purpose is awful", but "suffering with purpose can be rejuvenating and replenishing".{{cite web |last=Valby |first=Karen |date=30 April 2024 |title=Chris Hemsworth on Fear, Love, 'Furiosa'—And Naming a Son After a Brad Pitt Character |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chris-hemsworth-cover-story |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Vanity Fair |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529163707/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chris-hemsworth-cover-story |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Burke said that Miller was willing to collaborate with his actors to structure Furiosa and Jack's relationship, explaining that while Miller wanted a romance, Burke felt the characters should "push romance to the side until they believe they are riding off to a safer place".{{cite web |last=Zuckerman |first=Esther |date=28 May 2024 |title=Tom Burke is Glad There Wasn't More Romance in 'Furiosa' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/furiosa-tom-burke-praetorian-jack |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Vanity Fair |url-access=limited |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528202219/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/furiosa-tom-burke-praetorian-jack |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

While promoting the film, the actors disclosed several ideas that Miller considered or even shot but ultimately cut. Taylor-Joy said that Miller shot but ultimately deleted a scene where Furiosa cuts off Dementus's tongue, an act which is mentioned but not shown in the theatrical version.{{cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=24 May 2024 |title=Anya Taylor-Joy says she has Chris Hemsworth's prosthetic tongue in a box: 'Silenced him' |url=https://ew.com/anya-taylor-joy-has-chris-hemsworth-prosthetic-tongue-in-a-box-8653832 |access-date=8 June 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531010925/https://ew.com/anya-taylor-joy-has-chris-hemsworth-prosthetic-tongue-in-a-box-8653832 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Burke said that Miller vetoed the idea of a training montage where Jack teaches Furiosa about road war because it was too much of a cliché.

File:Waterhouse Hylas and the Nymphs Manchester Art Gallery 1896.15.jpg's painting Hylas and the Nymphs (1896) after conquering Gastown; Miller used the painting's verdant, watery setting to contrast with the burned-out desert landscapes of Furiosa.{{cite web |last=Chen |first=Min |date=28 May 2024 |title=As Seen on 'Furiosa': A Romantic Painting Emerges Amid a Desert Wasteland |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/as-seen-on-furiosa-john-william-waterhouse-2493649 |access-date=8 June 2024 |publisher=Artnet |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528195507/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/as-seen-on-furiosa-john-william-waterhouse-2493649 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}]]

Fury Road{{'}}s VFX supervisor Andrew Jackson returned for Furiosa. His home studio DNEG worked with Framestore, Metaphysic.ai, Rising Sun Pictures, and slatevfx.{{cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=16 November 2022 |title=George Miller's 'Furiosa' to Kick off DNEG VFX Facility in Sydney |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/dneg-sydney-vfx-george-miller-furiosa-1235434058/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326014902/https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/dneg-sydney-vfx-george-miller-furiosa-1235434058/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Sarto |first=Dan |date=19 March 2024 |title=Warner Bros. Drops New Trailer for 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://www.awn.com/news/warner-bros-drops-new-trailer-furiosa-mad-max-saga |access-date=1 May 2024 |publisher=Animation World Network |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501200649/https://www.awn.com/news/warner-bros-drops-new-trailer-furiosa-mad-max-saga |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Frei |first=Vincent |date=20 March 2024 |title=Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/ |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=The Art of VFX |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501200650/https://www.artofvfx.com/furiosa/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=26 May 2024 |title='Furiosa': How AI Helped Combine Anya Taylor-Joy's Features with Child Actor Alyla Browne |url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/furiosa-ai-anya-taylor-joy-alyla-browne-1236016222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526170519/https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/furiosa-ai-anya-taylor-joy-alyla-browne-1236016222/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He had received an Academy Award nomination for Fury Road and subsequently won the Oscar for Tenet (2020).{{cite magazine |last=Slatter |first=Sean |date=26 April 2021 |title=Australia's Andrew Jackson takes home Academy Award for 'Tenet' |url=https://if.com.au/australias-andrew-jackson-takes-home-academy-award-for-tenet/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |magazine=IF Magazine |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603010540/https://if.com.au/australias-andrew-jackson-takes-home-academy-award-for-tenet/ |url-status=live |language=en-AU}} Jackson said that Furiosa "leans much more heavily [than Fury Road] on visual effects" and that Miller "completely embraced the idea that CG is the way to go to build worlds and do whatever we need to do in post".

In addition to traditional CGI work, such as augmenting backdrops and stitching together the work of multiple stuntmen who shot their scenes separately for safety reasons, Jackson used VFX to heighten certain action scenes, such as the "Stowaway" action sequence, where VFX animated The Octoboss's demise and the final chase sequence, where a CGI version of Furiosa's (otherwise practical) car was used to animate "things just far too dangerous to be doing with a real car, like side-swiping motorbikes".{{cite web |last=Failes |first=Ian |date=8 June 2024 |title='It's like a constantly evolving three-dimensional puzzle' |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2024/06/08/its-like-a-constantly-evolving-three-dimensional-puzzle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608162627/https://beforesandafters.com/2024/06/08/its-like-a-constantly-evolving-three-dimensional-puzzle/ |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=befores & afters |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60885360/furiosa-stunts-stowaway-to-nowhere/ |title=How 'Furiosa' Brought Its Death-Defying 'Stowaway' Sequence to Life |last=Romano |first=Evan |website=Men's Health |date=24 May 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524143500/https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60885360/furiosa-stunts-stowaway-to-nowhere/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Failes |first=Ian |date=30 July 2024 |title=This featurette breaks down the Stowaway scene from 'Furiosa' |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2024/07/30/this-featurette-breaks-down-the-stowaway-scene-from-furiosa/ |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=befores & afters |language=en-US |archive-date=7 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907075037/https://beforesandafters.com/2024/07/30/this-featurette-breaks-down-the-stowaway-scene-from-furiosa/ |url-status=live}} VFX helped "generat[e] a feeling of movement" by making background elements move faster and animating flying equipment like The Octoboss's rippling black parachute.{{cite web |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |date=7 June 2024 |title='Furiosa' Director George Miller Embraced More CG and AI in Latest Franchise Installment |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/furiosa-vfx-cg-ai-george-miller-1235012239/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=IndieWire |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607210415/https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/furiosa-vfx-cg-ai-george-miller-1235012239/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

As Furiosa ages from a child to a young woman over the course of the film, Miller and Jackson hired Rising Sun Pictures to use machine learning (a non-generative form of artificial intelligence) to blend Taylor-Joy's and Browne's faces together. Taylor-Joy said that Miller "wanted the transition ... to be seamless". She spent two days shooting with Rising Sun so that they could map her facial expressions. By her estimate, at the start of the film, about 35% of Browne's face was modified to look like her own, a figure that increased to 80% during Browne's final scenes in the Citadel. Additionally, in Taylor-Joy's early scenes in the Citadel, her eyes were partially modified to look more like Browne's. Taylor-Joy stressed that the actors' union went on strike in part to demand better regulation of AI tools and that Miller's use of AI was consensual. Metaphysic.ai performed a similar function for the Bullet Farmer, blending Lee Perry's facial features with those of the late Richard Carter, who portrayed the Bullet Farmer in Fury Road.

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Furiosa was the most expensive film in Australian history, with a budget of AU$333.2 million. Over 3,000 people worked on the film, including some ex-convicts who were hired as supporting artists.{{cite web |last=Dalton |first=Ben |date=4 December 2023 |title=Chris Hemsworth says George Miller hired 'ex-criminals' as extras on 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/chris-hemsworth-says-george-miller-hired-ex-criminals-as-extras-on-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/5188478.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208160209/https://www.screendaily.com/news/chris-hemsworth-says-george-miller-hired-ex-criminals-as-extras-on-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/5188478.article |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=10 March 2024 |website=Screen Daily |language=en-GB}} In addition, to take advantage of Australian tax credits for VFX work, DNEG opened a Sydney branch to spearhead special effects work on Furiosa; it estimated that the office, once fully staffed, would employ up to 500 VFX artists.{{cite magazine |last=Keast |first=Jackie |date=16 November 2022 |title=DNEG to set up shop in Sydney, with first project 'Furiosa' |url=https://if.com.au/dneg-sets-up-shop-in-sydney-with-first-project-furiosa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125021838/https://if.com.au/dneg-sets-up-shop-in-sydney-with-first-project-furiosa/ |archive-date=25 November 2022 |access-date=3 June 2024 |magazine=IF Magazine |language=en-AU}}

The film was awarded extensive government subsidies, including a filming incentive from the New South Wales government and various "offsets from the federal government". Miller said that government support "made [shooting in Australia] possible".{{cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=19 April 2021 |title=George Miller's 'Furiosa' Receives Incentives for Australia Shoot |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/george-miller-furiosa-receives-incentives-for-australia-shoot-1234954435/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031142904/https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/george-miller-furiosa-receives-incentives-for-australia-shoot-1234954435/ |archive-date=31 October 2023 |access-date=19 April 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Queensland University of Technology professor Amanda Lotz estimated that Screen NSW contributed AU$50 million in direct subsidies to Furiosa{{'}}s budget.{{cite web |last=Lotz |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda D. Lotz |date=16 June 2024 |title=Australia's taxpayers have reasons to be mad about 'Furiosa' |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Australia-s-taxpayers-have-reasons-to-be-mad-about-Furiosa |access-date=18 June 2024 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-JA |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007001406/https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Australia-s-taxpayers-have-reasons-to-be-mad-about-Furiosa |url-status=live}} Additionally, the federal government offers all qualifying films a tax rebate equivalent to 40% of the amount of money the production spends in Australia.{{cite web |title=Screen Australia |url=https://www.ausfilm.com.au/why-film-in-australia/australian-screen-businesses/federal-state-local-government-agencies/screen-australia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515031447/https://www.ausfilm.com.au/why-film-in-australia/work-with-the-best/federal-state-local-government-agencies/screen-australia/ |archive-date=15 May 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |publisher=Ausfilm |language=en-AU}} Lotz estimated this federal rebate at AU$133 million (40% of AU$333.2 million), and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian said that she hoped Furiosa would contribute AU$350 million to the Australian economy. Although a May 2024 ABC report estimated the size of the NSW filming incentive as AU$175 million (over half the film's reported budget), the ABC subsequently amended its report to remove that estimate. Other reports suggested that the AU$175 million figure applies to the total size of the NSW subsidy fund (spread out over five years) and not to Furiosa specifically.

Furiosa{{'}}s VFX artists allowed production to keep shooting in Australia even though the weather in New South Wales was not ideal for a desert-based film. By contrast, Miller had to move the Fury Road shoot from Australia to Namibia because rain caused wildflowers to grow in the Australian desert, which would not have happened in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.{{cite web |date=10 September 2015 |title=DP John Seale Takes Codex into the Namibian Desert for 'Mad Max: Fury Road' |url=https://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/dp-john-seale-takes-codex-into-the-namibian-desert-for-mad-max-fury-road/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405151152/https://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/dp-john-seale-takes-codex-into-the-namibian-desert-for-mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Below the Line |language=en-US}} According to Framestore, during the opening chase sequence where Mary tracks Furiosa's kidnappers through a series of sand dunes, "we ended up pretty much having to replace all of the ground". Colourist Eric Whipp, who also worked on Fury Road, said that because the desert scenes needed to look like Namibia and "there was a huge mix of sunny and cloudy days" during the shoot, "a lot of the backgrounds in this film are full CG".{{cite web |date=11 June 2024 |title=Creating George Miller's graphic prequel 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |url=https://www.tvbeurope.com/production-post/creating-george-millers-graphic-prequel-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga |access-date=11 June 2024 |publisher=TVB-Europe |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611185127/https://www.tvbeurope.com/production-post/creating-george-millers-graphic-prequel-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}

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Fury Road composer Tom Holkenborg (also known as Junkie XL) returned to score Furiosa, as his third collaboration with Miller after Fury Road and Three Thousand Years of Longing.{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Joe |title=Junkie XL on returning to the 'Mad Max' saga for 'Furiosa' |url=https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/junkie-xl-on-returning-to-the-mad-max-saga-for-furiosa |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=Composer Magazine |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526020139/https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/junkie-xl-on-returning-to-the-mad-max-saga-for-furiosa |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Holkenborg moved to Sydney to pen the score and also helped prepare the final mix.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-junkie-xl-tom-holkenborg-interview-cannes-1235941833/ |title='Furiosa' Composer Tom Holkenborg on His Approach to 'Mad Max Saga' Score: 'Restraint Was the Way Forward' |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=27 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527191545/https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-junkie-xl-tom-holkenborg-interview-cannes-1235941833/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} He explained that because Furiosa was a character-driven film, the film's score had to be character-driven as well: "Musically, everything was being told from a first-person perspective, which is being her [Furiosa], how she, watches the world around her, The Wasteland, its cruelties."

Holkenborg added that Miller wanted a "way, way more subtle score" for Furiosa than Fury Road, the latter of which was "just massive action over 48 hours" and an "over-the-top rock opera".{{cite web |last=Warmann |first=Amon |date=24 May 2024 |title='Furiosa's' Composer Tom Holkenborg on Returning to the 'Mad Max' Wasteland |url=https://www.curzon.com/journal/furiosa-composer-interview/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Curzon |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526154606/https://www.curzon.com/journal/furiosa-composer-interview/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB}} In particular, Miller vetoed reusing the song "Brothers in Arms" from Fury Road (which plays when Max and Furiosa help each other escape the Rock Rider canyon) during the Bullet Farm action sequence because he wanted to focus the audience's attention on the fact that Furiosa was willing to sacrifice her best chance at finding the Green Place to save Jack's life, and directed Holkenborg to use Fury Road{{'}}s musical motifs for the Green Place instead. Miller explained that the Bullet Farm sequence needed to be "kind of a love story in the middle of an action scene". He wanted to show that "through their actions, [Furiosa and Jack] actually are prepared to give of themselves entirely to the other".{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Mekado |date=31 May 2024 |title=Watch an Ambush at the Bullet Farm in 'Furiosa' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/movies/furiosa-clip.html |access-date=1 June 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531174308/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/movies/furiosa-clip.html |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Furthermore, Holkenborg "used AI to make deep fake voices from another voice", explaining: "What if the source sound was a drum rhythm, and what if the destination sound was an electric guitar? But the software doesn't know what to make of it. So it gave us a happy accident that we used throughout the score".{{cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=31 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Composer Tom Holkenborg Reveals How He Used AI in the Score to Create 'Deep Fake Voices' |url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/furiosa-composer-score-ai-deep-fake-voices-1236021377/ |access-date=1 June 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601094150/https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/furiosa-composer-score-ai-deep-fake-voices-1236021377/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Warner Bros. in-house record label WaterTower Music released the official soundtrack album on 17 May 2024.{{cite web |date=3 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Soundtrack Album Details |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/05/03/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-soundtrack-album-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506073147/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/05/03/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-soundtrack-album-details/ |archive-date=6 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}

On 29 November 2023, the Warner Bros. booth at CCXP featured a first-look image of Taylor-Joy's Furiosa.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/furiosa-ccxp-booth-images/ |title='Furiosa' CCXP Booth Features First Image of Anya Taylor-Joy as the 'Mad Max' Legend |last=McPherson |first=Chris |website=Collider |date=29 November 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208085917/https://collider.com/furiosa-ccxp-booth-images/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The following day, the teaser trailer of the film was released. On 19 March 2024, the official trailer debuted.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/furiosa-trailer-mad-max-fury-road-prequel-1235939554/ |title='Furiosa' New Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy Shaves Her Head and Loses an Arm in 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Prequel |last=Dunn |first=Jack |website=Variety |date=19 March 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403143303/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/furiosa-trailer-mad-max-fury-road-prequel-1235939554/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} At CinemaCon, Warner Bros. screened extended footage of the film on 9 April; Miller, Taylor-Joy, and Hemsworth appeared together for the first time in public to promote the film.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-warner-bros-cinemacon-2024-1235879760/ |title='Furiosa': Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth & George Miller Kick Off Warner Bros CinemaCon 2024 with Extended First Look |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=9 April 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526133357/https://deadline.com/2024/04/furiosa-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-warner-bros-cinemacon-2024-1235879760/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Running about five minutes, the extended preview shown at CinemaCon revealed that the film would be split into three distinct chapters ("Her Odyssey Begins", "A Warrior Awakens", and "A Ride Into Vengeance").{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/furiosa-cinemacon-footage-description-mad-max-fury-road-1851399236 |title=A Sneak Peek at 'Furiosa' Broke the Action Down to 3 Epic Chapters |last=Lussier |first=Germain |website=Gizmodo |date=11 April 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |archive-date=30 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430165210/https://gizmodo.com/furiosa-cinemacon-footage-description-mad-max-fury-road-1851399236 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The final film actually features a total of five chapters: "The Pole of Inaccessibility", "Lessons from the Wasteland", "The Stowaway", "Homeward", and "Beyond Vengeance".{{cite web |last=Morrison |first=Sean |date=24 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Chapter Titles Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-movie-chapter-titles-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527180542/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-movie-chapter-titles-explained/ |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}

A trio of first-look images from the film were released exclusively by Total Film on 19 April.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-furiosa-mad-max-saga-prequel/ |title=Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth are ready to ride eternal in these exclusive new images from 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' |last=Farley |first=Jordan |website=GamesRadar+ |date=19 April 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521203916/https://www.gamesradar.com/anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-furiosa-mad-max-saga-prequel/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} On 16 May, an extended sneak peek{{efn|Titled as "FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA {{!}} Sneak Peek 'Chapters' Trailer" on the Warner Bros. YouTube channel}} was released by Odeon Cinemas and was released on YouTube the following day.{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-trailer-sneak-peek-six-minutes-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Releases Six Minutes of Footage |last=Bonomolo |first=Cameron |website=ComicBook.com |date=16 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529035400/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-trailer-sneak-peek-six-minutes-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, screening out-of-competition, on 15 May 2024.{{cite web |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |last3=Bamigboye |first3=Baz |author-link3=Baz Bamigboye |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Gets Nearly 8-Minute Standing Ovation After Its Cannes World Premiere |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-reactions-world-premiere-ovation-cannes-1235916996/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515200837/https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-reactions-world-premiere-ovation-cannes-1235916996/ |archive-date=15 May 2024 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} The film was released theatrically in Australia and India on 23 May 2024, and in the United States on 24 May 2024.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=10 September 2021 |title=Warner Bros. Moves 'Mad Max' Spinoff 'Furiosa' to Memorial Day Weekend 2024; 'Salem's Lot' to Debut Early Fall 2022 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/warner-bros-moves-furiosa-to-memorial-day-weekend-2024-salems-lot-to-fall-2022-1234830681/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026025209/https://deadline.com/2021/09/warner-bros-moves-furiosa-to-memorial-day-weekend-2024-salems-lot-to-fall-2022-1234830681/ |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} It was originally scheduled to be released on 23 June 2023, but was delayed to May 2024.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=23 December 2020 |title=Warner Bros. Dates Three Pics for 2023 Theatrical Release (Not HBO Max): 'Furiosa', 'Coyote vs. Acme' & 'The Color Purple' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/warner-bros-dates-three-pics-for-2023-theatrical-release-not-hbo-max-furiosa-coyote-vs-acme-the-color-purple-1234661184/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223230907/https://deadline.com/2020/12/warner-bros-dates-three-pics-for-2023-theatrical-release-not-hbo-max-furiosa-coyote-vs-acme-the-color-purple-1234661184/ |archive-date=23 December 2020 |access-date=1 June 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |title='Furiosa' Delays Release by a Year, 'Salem's Lot' Opening in September 2022 |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/furiosa-salems-lot-release-dates-delay-1235061291/ |date=10 September 2021 |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222170734/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/furiosa-salems-lot-release-dates-delay-1235061291/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The film opened in China on 7 June 2024, becoming the first Mad Max film to be theatrically released there.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-1235900104/ |title=China Box Office: 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Cleared for Release |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 May 2024 |access-date=7 June 2024 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515164614/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-1235900104/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-box-office-china-chris-hemsworths-movie-is-at-1-despite-poor-ticket-sales-heres-how-much-it-aims-to-score-during-debut-weekend/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Box Office (China): Chris Hemsworth's Movie is at #1 Despite Poor Ticket Sales, Here's How Much it Aims to Score During Debut Weekend |last=Mallik |first=Esita |publisher=Koimoi |date=8 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608173057/https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-box-office-china-chris-hemsworths-movie-is-at-1-despite-poor-ticket-sales-heres-how-much-it-aims-to-score-during-debut-weekend/ |url-status=live |language=en-IN}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/china-box-office-weekend-be-my-friend-furiosa-civil-war-1236030403/ |title=China Box Office: 'Be My Friend' Opens Ahead of 'Furiosa' and 'Civil War' on Dragon Boat Holiday Weekend |last=Frater |first=Patrick |website=Variety |date=9 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610080853/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/china-box-office-weekend-be-my-friend-furiosa-civil-war-1236030403/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

In May 2024, on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Miller confirmed that the film would be receiving a black-and-white treatment, similar to what he did for Fury Road (referred to as the "Black & Chrome" edition) in 2016, expressing his interest in black-and-white as a format for film.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-black-white-chrome-version/ |title='Furiosa' Will Get Black & White Version Like 'Mad Mad: Fury Road', Confirms George Miller |last=Northrup |first=Ryan |website=Screen Rant |date=27 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529040125/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-black-white-chrome-version/ |url-status=live |quote=We've done it already. It's the last thing I did on this film, and I call it 'Tinted Black & Chrome', or I want to call it 'Tinted Black & Chrome'. I must say, it's really interesting. I'm still trying to demystify why the black and white, for me, has something more elemental to it. I still can't quite put my finger on it. It's not because they look like old black-and-white movies, it's something else. It's like if we took a picture of ourselves right now, it might look a little more dramatic if it was black and white. |language=en-US}}

The film was released on VOD and digital platforms on 24 June.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/shopping/news/how-to-watch-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-online-1236043546/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Releases on Digital and Blu-ray |last=Obias |first=Rudie |website=Variety |date=24 June 2024 |access-date=25 June 2024 |archive-date=25 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625011142/https://variety.com/2024/shopping/news/how-to-watch-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-online-1236043546/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Following its digital release, it was reported that Furiosa led the home viewing charts. The film came in at #1 on the iTunes VOD chart for 1 July and held the same position on the Fandango at Home chart{{efn|iTunes ranks films daily by number of transactions, while Fandango at Home lists by revenue.}} for the week of 24–30 June.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/a-family-affair-furiosa-lead-netflix-vod-charts-1235022027/ |title=Aussies Rule as Nicole Kidman's 'A Family Affair' Leads Netflix, 'Furiosa' #1 on VOD |last=Brueggemann |first=Tom |website=IndieWire |date=1 July 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701204523/https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/a-family-affair-furiosa-lead-netflix-vod-charts-1235022027/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/furiosa-vod-success/ |title='Furiosa' Finds VOD Success After Underwhelming Theatrical Run |last=Dela Paz |first=Maggie |website=CBR |date=3 July 2024 |access-date=5 July 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007001516/https://www.cbr.com/furiosa-vod-success/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/furiosa-on-demand-chart/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Rides to VOD Victory After Stalling at Box Office |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |website=Collider |date=6 July 2024 |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007001405/https://collider.com/furiosa-on-demand-chart/ |url-status=live}}

It was released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on 13 August.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/06/18/furiosa-a-max-saga-gets-digital-streaming-premiere-date/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Gets Digital Streaming Premiere Date |last=Lammers |first=Tim |website=Forbes |date=18 June 2024 |access-date=18 June 2024 |url-access=limited |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618153955/https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/06/18/furiosa-a-max-saga-gets-digital-streaming-premiere-date/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/11070/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' DVD Release Date |publisher=DVDs Release Dates |access-date=18 June 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525190728/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/11070/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-4k-bluray-movie-releases-2024/ |title='Furiosa', 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes', 'Succession' and More Arrive on Disc in August |last=Gilchrist |first=Todd |website=Variety |date=1 August 2024 |access-date=11 August 2024 |archive-date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801175307/https://variety.com/lists/best-4k-bluray-movie-releases-2024/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Special features include the hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary "Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa", which interweaves concept art, set footage and interviews with cast and crew, providing an overview of the project from conception to post-production, while shorter featurettes delve into Furiosa and Dementus, and Taylor-Joy's and Hemsworth's performances. An extended breakdown of the "Stowaway" action sequence is also included. The disc is rounded out by a featurette on the film's vehicular designs and their construction.{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-4k-uhd-review-george-miller/ |title=4K UHD Review: George Miller's 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' on Warner Home Video |last1=Uhlich |first1=Keith |last2=Cole |first2=Jake |website=Slant Magazine |date=11 August 2024 |access-date=11 August 2024 |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811202955/https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-4k-uhd-review-george-miller/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The same day, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition was released simultaneously on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and digital streaming, and is also featured in the "Mad Max 5-Film 4K Collector's Edition", which was released on 24 September.{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34886 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black and Chrome Edition' 4K Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |date=23 July 2024 |access-date=23 July 2024 |archive-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727023646/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34886 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/furiosa-4k-uhd-release-date/ |title='Furiosa' Gets a New Look with Special 4K UHD Black & Chrome Edition |last=McPherson |first=Chris |website=Collider |date=23 July 2024 |access-date=23 July 2024 |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724151622/https://collider.com/furiosa-4k-uhd-release-date/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/07/23/black--white-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-gets-digital-streaming-date/ |title=Black & White 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Gets Digital Streaming Date |last=Lammers |first=Tim |website=Forbes |date=23 July 2024 |access-date=23 July 2024 |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724222838/https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/07/23/black--white-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-gets-digital-streaming-date/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/mad-max-blu-ray-4k-box-set-2024 |title='Mad Max' Should End with George Miller |last=Allen |first=Joe |website=Inverse |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=26 September 2024 |archive-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926214010/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/mad-max-blu-ray-4k-box-set-2024 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The film became available for streaming on Max on 16 August.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-streaming-premiere-date-max-1236035651/ |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Sets Max Premiere Date |last=Grobar |first=Matt |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=9 August 2024 |access-date=9 August 2024 |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809162117/https://deadline.com/2024/08/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-streaming-premiere-date-max-1236035651/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} On 30 December, alongside Fury Road, the film became available to stream on Netflix.{{cite web |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furiosa-mad-max-netflix-release-date-cast-details |title=You Can Stream 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' and 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Right Now |last=Corbett |first=Erin |publisher=Netflix |date=30 December 2024 |access-date=31 December 2024 |archive-date=30 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230143223/https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/furiosa-mad-max-netflix-release-date-cast-details |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga grossed $67.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $105.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $172.8 million. The film's box-office performance has been deemed a failure. Critics and film pundits noted that the franchise's limited appeal in general and prequels, in particular, contributed to poor box-office performance.{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/furiosa-box-office-crash-alarm-bell-summer-movie-season/ |title='Furiosa' Box Office Crash Sounds the Alarm Bell for the Summer Movie Season |last=Crow |first=David |website=Den of Geek |date=27 May 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528015039/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/furiosa-box-office-crash-alarm-bell-summer-movie-season/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-movie-box-office-disappointing-underperformed-reasons/ |title=10 Reasons 'Furiosa' Underperformed at the Box Office Despite Its 90% Rotten Tomatoes Score |last=Sherlock |first=Ben |website=Screen Rant |date=5 June 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604151422/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-max-movie-box-office-disappointing-underperformed-reasons/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/furiosa-global-box-office-160-million/ |title='Furiosa' Runs Out of Gas at the Global Box Office |last=McPherson |first=Chris |website=Collider |date=16 June 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616213346/https://collider.com/furiosa-global-box-office-160-million/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-mad-saga-vod-release-date/ |title='Furiosa' VOD Release Date Revealed After 'Mad Max' Movie's Box Office Struggles |last=Northrup |first=Ryan |website=Screen Rant |date=18 June 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618162540/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-mad-mad-saga-vod-release-date/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Variety reported that industry insiders estimated that Furiosa needed to gross $350–375 million to turn a profit and that it would end up losing $75–95 million for the studio and its co-funders. However, a Warner Bros. spokesperson claimed that the film had a lower break-even point.{{cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=12 June 2024 |title=Why Does Hollywood Care About Box Office Opening Weekends? |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-opening-weekend-why-does-it-matter-1236033313/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612163733/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-opening-weekend-why-does-it-matter-1236033313/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} As much as half of the film's budget was covered by the NSW and Australian federal governments.

In the United States, Furiosa{{'}}s $32.3 million gross in its four-day opening weekend was described as "disappointing"; industry analysts had projected $40 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdd10p0pj5o |title='Furiosa' sees worst Memorial Day opening in 30 years |last=Rufo |first=Yasmin |publisher=BBC |date=28 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528100309/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdd10p0pj5o |url-status=live |language=en-GB}} Of that $32.3 million, the film earned $10.4 million on its first Friday,{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2024-05-24/ |title=Domestic Box Office for May 24, 2024 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526005042/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2024-05-24/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} including an estimated $3.5 million from Thursday night previews, the latter of which was similar to the $3.7 million made by Fury Road.{{cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=24 May 2024 |title=Box Office: 'Furiosa' Races to $3.5 Million in Previews |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-furiosa-previews-mad-max-1236014816/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526043348/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-furiosa-previews-mad-max-1236014816/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=25 May 2024 |title=Box Office: 'Furiosa' Off to Slow Start with $10.2 Million Opening Day, 'Garfield' Dines on $8.4 Million |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/furiosa-mad-max-opening-day-garfield-1236016001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526012443/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/furiosa-mad-max-opening-day-garfield-1236016001/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Although Furiosa was the highest-grossing film during the Memorial Day weekend, beating The Garfield Movie and Sight,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/box-office-garfield-furiosa-1235941424/ |title='Furiosa' Wins Awful Memorial Day Frame with $32M+, But 'Garfield' Will Bite Back Next Weekend – Tuesday Update |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=28 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528012001/https://deadline.com/2024/05/box-office-garfield-furiosa-1235941424/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} that weekend had the lowest total box-office receipts since 1995, and Furiosa was the lowest-grossing film to finish in first over Memorial Day since Casper ($22 million before inflation adjustment; also released in 1995).{{cite web |last=Fuster |first=Jeremy |date=28 May 2024 |title=4 Reasons Why the Memorial Day Box Office Was So Awful and What it Means for a Struggling Theatrical Business {{!}} Analysis |url=https://www.thewrap.com/why-furiosa-memorial-day-box-office-was-bad/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528130931/https://www.thewrap.com/why-furiosa-memorial-day-box-office-was-bad/ |archive-date=28 May 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}

Furiosa{{'}}s $10.8 million second weekend (a 59% drop from the opening weekend, excluding Memorial Day itself) was also considered a disappointment, as The Garfield Movie dropped only 42% and won the weekend; for comparison, Fury Road had a 46% drop in its second weekend.{{cite web |last=Brueggemann |first=Tom |date=2 June 2024 |title=After a $65 Million Summer Box Office Weekend, the Worst is Over |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/furiosa-flop-summer-box-office-weekend-1235011366/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=IndieWire |archive-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602195234/https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/furiosa-flop-summer-box-office-weekend-1235011366/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-garfield-furiosa-haikyu-dumpster-battle-1235945804/ |title='Garfield' Still the Big Cat, But 'Furiosa' Moves Back into 2nd Place Over 'IF' as Summer Box Office Recession Continues – Monday AM Update |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=3 June 2024 |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601153408/https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-garfield-furiosa-haikyu-dumpster-battle-1235945804/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Klein |first=Brennan |date=2 June 2024 |title='Furiosa' Box Office Breaks Unwanted 'Mad Max' Record in Week 2 |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-box-office-week-2-drop-record/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Screen Rant |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603051406/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-box-office-week-2-drop-record/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} As a whole, ticket sales for that weekend were down 65% from 2023.{{cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2 June 2024 |title=Box Office: 'Garfield' Beats 'Furiosa' in Another Bummer Weekend |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-garfield-beats-furiosa-bummer-weekend-1236022787/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604025311/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-garfield-beats-furiosa-bummer-weekend-1236022787/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Domestic receipts fell an additional 61% in the third weekend, when Furiosa was pre-scheduled to surrender its premium large format screens, which are typically booked months in advance, to the premiere weekend of Bad Boys: Ride or Die.{{cite web |last=Malhotra |first=Rahul |date=9 June 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' is Spinning its Wheels at the Global Box Office |url=https://collider.com/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-global-box-office-144-million/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=Collider |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609203742/https://collider.com/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-global-box-office-144-million/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Watel |first=Stephanie |date=16 June 2023 |title=IMAX's CEO Discusses Battle Between 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer', and 'Mission Impossible' |url=https://movieweb.com/imaxs-ceo-discusses-battle-between-barbie-oppenheimer-and-mission-impossible/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=MovieWeb |archive-date=27 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827142642/https://movieweb.com/imaxs-ceo-discusses-battle-between-barbie-oppenheimer-and-mission-impossible/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=9 June 2024 |title=Sony Puts Summer Back on Track As Will Smith & Martin Lawrence's 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' Clocks $56M Opening – Sunday AM Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-bad-boys-ride-or-die-1235961796/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609175523/https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-bad-boys-ride-or-die-1235961796/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Furiosa{{'}}s domestic box-office relied heavily on PLF screens.

Internationally, Furiosa grossed $33.3 million in the first three days,{{cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=26 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Opening Action Muted with $59M Global Debut; Why Didn't it Strong-Arm the Marketplace? – International Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-global-international-box-office-1235941482/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526165406/https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-global-international-box-office-1235941482/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} industry analysts had projected $40–45 million.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Tartaglione |first2=Nancy |date=21 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Trucking to $80M-$85M Worldwide Start; 'The Garfield Movie' Consuming $30M+ U.S. – Memorial Day Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-garfield-the-movie-box-office-1235926082/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521185640/https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-garfield-the-movie-box-office-1235926082/ |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} A week prior, the film had opened at number one in Australia, earning AUD$3.33 million.{{cite web |date=27 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Opens at No.1 in Australia |url=https://numero.co/reports/2024/05/27/furiosa-opens-at-no1-in-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527034700/https://numero.co/reports/2024/05/27/furiosa-opens-at-no1-in-australia |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=Numero |language=en-AU}} During its second weekend, Furiosa performed relatively better in international markets, grossing $21 million, which Deadline Hollywood called "a good 38% drop ... but coming off a low base".{{cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2 June 2024 |title='The Garfield Movie' Purrs Past $150M WW; 'Furiosa' Battles to $114M – International Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/furiosa-mad-max-garfield-movie-global-international-box-office-1235957312/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603011104/https://deadline.com/2024/06/furiosa-mad-max-garfield-movie-global-international-box-office-1235957312/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The film premiered in Japan on 31 May 2024, one week behind the United States, and became the first non-Japanese film of 2024 to debut at number one.{{cite web |last=Schley |first=Matt |date=5 June 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' first overseas title to lead Japan box office in 2024 |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-first-overseas-title-to-lead-japan-box-office-in-2024/5194252.article |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=Screen Daily |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605102315/https://www.screendaily.com/news/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-first-overseas-title-to-lead-japan-box-office-in-2024/5194252.article |url-status=live |language=en-GB}} Reported by Variety, it also held the number one spot in China on its first day (7 June), over the country's Dragon Boat Festival holiday weekend, but its $3.58 million take in its first three-day weekend left it outside the top five. However, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the film opened in sixth place with $3.7 million as a batch of local releases dominated ticket sales; Chinese ticketing app Maoyan forecasted Furiosa to finish its run with about $7.5 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-furiosa-civil-war-fizzle-1235918316/ |title=China Box Office: 'Furiosa' and 'Civil War' Both Fizzle |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=10 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610112222/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-furiosa-civil-war-fizzle-1235918316/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Industry analysts identified a variety of reasons for Furiosa{{'}}s opening weekend, which was considered weak in light of what film consultant David A. Gross called "outstanding reviews and a good audience score".{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/furiosa-box-office-analysis-mad-max-misfire-1236016825/ |title=After 'Furiosa' Misfires, When Will Summer Movie Season Rebound? |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |website=Variety |date=26 May 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527004138/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/furiosa-box-office-analysis-mad-max-misfire-1236016825/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The opening weekend was not entirely unexpected; in April 2024, Deadline Hollywood reported that "some" sources were expecting Furiosa to compete neck-and-neck with The Garfield Movie.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=30 April 2024 |title=Summer Box Office Pines for $3 Billion: 'Garfield' Could Scratch 'Furiosa', 'Beetlejuice 2' Might See Best Opening Just Outside of Season & Other Zany Forecasts |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/box-office-summer-2024-deadpool-wolverine-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-furiosa-inside-out-2-1235899216/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527172500/https://deadline.com/2024/04/box-office-summer-2024-deadpool-wolverine-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-furiosa-inside-out-2-1235899216/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} However, following Furiosa{{'}}s disappointing second weekend, an anonymous studio executive told a reporter that "it's mind-numbing that Furiosa hasn't grossed $50 million domestically."{{cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=5 June 2024 |title=The Summer Box Office Crisis: Is the Sky Really Falling This Time? |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/summer-box-office-2-1235915564/ |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605184535/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/summer-box-office-2-1235915564/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Gross and The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s Pamela McClintock wrote that Furiosa was hurt by the industry-wide disruption to the film production schedule caused by the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, a position that (according to The New York Times) the film studios had been pushing for several months.{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=26 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' is a Box Office Dud, Adding to Hollywood Woes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/business/media/furiosa-box-office-memorial-day-weekend.html |access-date=11 June 2024 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609181039/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/business/media/furiosa-box-office-memorial-day-weekend.html |url-status=live |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} According to Gross: "Moviegoing thrives on momentum and rhythm: one strong movie after another bringing fans to the multiplex once or more per month. Right now, the schedule is thin."{{cite news |last=Faughnder |first=Ryan |date=4 June 2024 |title=With a disastrous summer box office, Hollywood reaps what it sowed |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2024-06-04/wide-shot-june-4-edition-the-wide-shot |access-date=5 June 2024 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-access=subscription |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605223614/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2024-06-04/wide-shot-june-4-edition-the-wide-shot |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Despite being a female-fronted action film, Furiosa{{'}}s opening weekend viewership skewed heavily male (72%) and young (55% of viewers were between ages 18–34). TheWrap{{'}}s Jeremy Fuster speculated that one of the reasons for the "awful" underperformance was because the film is not a four-quadrant tentpole, writing: "Furiosa wasn't ever expected to be a Fast & Furious or Disney remake-level moneymaker for theaters, skewing more towards male audiences and to longtime Mad Max fans." Forbes{{'}} Paul Tassi praised Hemsworth and Taylor-Joy's performances, but questioned whether Furiosa commanded the same kind of brand recognition as a traditional IP-led tentpole feature, given that it was "a prequel spin-off of a side character in Fury Road who is not even being played by the same actress this time".{{cite web |last=Tassi |first=Paul |date=27 May 2024 |title=It is Not Shocking That 'Furiosa' is Struggling at the Box Office, Despite Reviews |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/05/27/it-is-not-shocking-that-furiosa-is-struggling-at-the-box-office-despite-reviews/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Forbes |url-access=limited |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530180318/https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/05/27/it-is-not-shocking-that-furiosa-is-struggling-at-the-box-office-despite-reviews/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} After Bad Boys: Ride or Die debuted above expectations, box-office analyst Scott Mendelson tweeted that "sequels soar, prequels stumble, and 'originals' struggle, just like nearly every other summer".{{cite tweet |number=1799918849988730892 |title=Will Smith is as much of a star before 'The Slap' as he has been for the last decade. Thus far, Summer 2024 has been one in which sequels soar, prequels stumble, and 'originals' struggle, just like nearly every other summer |user=ScottMendelson |date=8 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=en-US}}

Furiosa{{'}}s domestic grosses disproportionately came from premium large format screenings (PLFs) like IMAX and Dolby Cinema, which command higher ticket prices than screenings in regular theatres, and (according to Warner Bros. executives) may appeal more to diehard fans.{{cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=2 April 2024 |title='Godzilla' and 'Dune' Power IMAX-Led Premium Screen Boom While Theaters Struggle |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/godzilla-dune-imax-premium-screen-boom-1235863930/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516164109/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/godzilla-dune-imax-premium-screen-boom-1235863930/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} In its opening weekend, 54% of Furiosa{{'}}s domestic gross came from PLFs, compared to 48% for Oppenheimer, 44% for Dune: Part Two, 42% for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and 37% for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.{{cite web |date=18 March 2024 |title=Marketing Spice: the evolution of 'Dune: Part Two's' audience |url=https://vistagroup.co.nz/blog/marketing-spice-the-evolution-of-dune-part-twos-audience |access-date=3 June 2024 |publisher=Vista Group |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507110743/https://vistagroup.co.nz/blog/marketing-spice-the-evolution-of-dune-part-twos-audience |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Conversely, Screen Rant{{'}}s Kate Bove suggested that Hollywood studios' eagerness to push content onto their own streaming services had encouraged everyday filmgoers to put off watching Furiosa in theatres on the assumption that Warner Bros. would "quickly transition" Furiosa to Max. She added that high budgets for tentpole features were "rais[ing] the bar for box office success".{{cite web |last=Bove |first=Kate |date=28 May 2024 |title=6 Reasons So Many Movies Are Struggling at the Box Office in 2024 |url=https://screenrant.com/movies-box-office-2024-struggling-reasons/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529170055/https://screenrant.com/movies-box-office-2024-struggling-reasons/ |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}

Several critics and filmmakers urged audiences to watch the film without being put off by its weak box-office results. Vulture{{'}}s Bilge Ebiri, who praised Miller for taking "a big franchise sequel and turn[ing] it into something strange, sublime, and potentially off-putting", urged analysts to focus on long-term performance and to give Furiosa time to grab a foothold in the marketplace, rather than write off the film based on its opening weekend.{{cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |author-link=Bilge Ebiri |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' isn't Trying to Make the Apocalypse Look Cool |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/furiosa-review-the-apocalypse-isnt-supposed-to-be-cool.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529173814/https://www.vulture.com/article/furiosa-review-the-apocalypse-isnt-supposed-to-be-cool.html |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Vulture |url-access=registration |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |author-link=Bilge Ebiri |date=28 May 2024 |title=Movies Like 'Furiosa' Were Never Meant to Save Hollywood |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/movies-like-furiosa-were-never-meant-to-save-hollywood.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529232403/https://www.vulture.com/article/movies-like-furiosa-were-never-meant-to-save-hollywood.html |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=Vulture |url-access=registration |language=en-US}} Ebiri also pointed to the 2023 cultural phenomenon of "Barbenheimer" (Barbie and Oppenheimer), which accumulated 75% of its total grosses after the opening weekend due to strong word of mouth. Director Wes Ball, whose film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes had moved up its release date to avoid directly competing with Furiosa,{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=11 January 2024 |title='Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Stomps to Early May |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-may-release-date-furiosa-1235727295/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=3 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303115225/https://deadline.com/2024/01/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-may-release-date-furiosa-1235727295/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} encouraged people to go and watch the film on the big screen on Twitter by tweeting: "Like the movie or not, creative swings like this don't come around often. When they do, try to enjoy the ambition of it all in a great theater ... Furiosa was made because Fury Road was beloved, not because it was a box office hit."{{cite web |last=Ankers-Range |first=Adele |date=30 May 2024 |title='Zelda' Director Urges People to 'Enjoy the Ambition' of 'Furiosa' by Watching it 'In a Great Theater' |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/zelda-director-urges-people-enjoy-ambition-of-furiosa-watching-in-a-great-theater |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530081254/https://www.ign.com/articles/zelda-director-urges-people-enjoy-ambition-of-furiosa-watching-in-a-great-theater |archive-date=30 May 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=IGN |language=en-US}}

{{RT prose|90|7.9|419|Retroactively enriching Fury Road with greater emotional heft if not quite matching it in propulsive throttle, Furiosa is another glorious swerve in mastermind George Miller's breathless race towards cinematic Valhalla.|ref=yes|access-date=16 January 2025}}{{cbignore}} {{MC film|79|64|ref=yes|access-date=20 June 2024}}{{cbignore}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, the same as Fury Road, while those polled by PostTrak gave the film an average of 4 1/2 stars out of 5, with 70% saying they would definitely recommend it.{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=Home |publisher=CinemaScore |access-date=25 May 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Writing for RogerEbert.com, Robert Daniels awarded the film 4 out of 4 stars, and called it "one of the best prequels ever made". He praised the action sequences, performances, and storyline.{{cite web |last=Daniels |first=Robert |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' movie review (2024) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/furiosa-movie-review-2024 |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516023856/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/furiosa-movie-review-2024 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood viewed the film as possessing "the best screenplay of any Mad Max film".{{cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Review: Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy Take Dystopian Franchise to New Levels – Cannes Film Festival |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-mad-max-review-anya-taylor-joy-1235916545/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516021812/https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-mad-max-review-anya-taylor-joy-1235916545/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} The Guardian{{'}}s Peter Bradshaw called Taylor-Joy "an overwhelmingly convincing action heroine".{{cite web |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' review – Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/15/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-is-tremendous-chris-hemsworth |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518052432/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/15/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-is-tremendous-chris-hemsworth |url-status=live |language=en-GB}} Writing for Empire, John Nugent awarded the film 5 out of 5 stars, and described Taylor-Joy as "phenomenal", finding the "right balance of steeliness and fractured humanity that Theron instilled".{{cite web |last=Nugent |first=John |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Review |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=Empire |publisher=Bauer Media Group |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516183256/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB}} Jada Yuan from The Washington Post thought that Hemsworth had "created one of the all-time-great screen villains"{{cite news |last=Yuan |first=Jada |date=18 May 2024 |title=In 'Furiosa', Chris Hemsworth steals the spotlight |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/05/18/furiosa-chris-hemsworth-cannes/ |access-date=19 May 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url-access=subscription |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520184017/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/05/18/furiosa-chris-hemsworth-cannes/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} and Jake Wilson of The Sydney Morning Herald saw him "steal[ing] the show".{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/chris-hemsworth-steals-the-show-in-this-ambitious-addition-to-mad-max-saga-20240521-p5jffd.html |title=Chris Hemsworth steals the show in this ambitious addition to 'Mad Max' saga |last=Wilson |first=Jake |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521232516/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/chris-hemsworth-steals-the-show-in-this-ambitious-addition-to-mad-max-saga-20240521-p5jffd.html |url-status=live |language=en-AU}}

In a critical review, Owen Gleiberman of Variety perceived Furiosa as "franchise overkill" and as filled with "pretension".{{cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Review: The Origin Story of Furiosa Has Dazzling Sequences, but George Miller's Overstuffed Epic is No 'Fury Road' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-george-miller-1236000189/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516021816/https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-george-miller-1236000189/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} Nicholas Barber of BBC also disliked some aspects of the film, giving it 3 out of 5 stars. He viewed the plot as meandering and as draining, writing: "You soon reach the point where you're sick of sand, sick of explosions, sick of off-puttingly sadistic violence."{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' review: 'More exhausting than exhilarating' |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240515-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-more-exhausting-than-exhilarating |access-date=16 May 2024 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516021815/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240515-furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-more-exhausting-than-exhilarating |url-status=live |language=en-GB}} Stephanie Zacharek's review in Time similarly criticised the film as "a slog that's working hard to persuade us we're having a good time".{{cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |author-link=Stephanie Zacharek |date=15 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' is All Spectacle and No Vision |url=https://time.com/6978271/furiosa-review/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |magazine=Time |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516180656/https://time.com/6978271/furiosa-review/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} John McDonald of the Australian Financial Review opined that part of the film's "failure may be attributed to the writing, but also to Hemsworth's woodenness as an actor".{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=John |date=23 May 2024 |title=Movie review: 'Furiosa' – drives hard but takes too many wrong turns |url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/movie-review-furiosa-drives-hard-but-takes-too-many-wrong-turns-20240521-p5jfdi |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=Australian Financial Review |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523204005/https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/movie-review-furiosa-drives-hard-but-takes-too-many-wrong-turns-20240521-p5jfdi |url-status=live |language=en-AU}}

In July 2024, Theron confirmed she had seen the film, stating: "It's amazing, it's a beautiful film." When asked if she had talked to Taylor-Joy at all throughout the process or since its release, Theron said: "No, we've really been trying to connect. It's been one of those – we can actually make a comedy out of it. We keep running into each other and in places when we don't have time to really talk to each other, so we're constantly like, 'Oh my god, OK, let's get together!' And then life takes over. But it will happen when it's right."{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlize-theron-furiosa-reaction-anya-taylor-joy-1235948215/ |title=Charlize Theron Calls 'Furiosa' 'A Beautiful Film', Says She Hasn't Discussed Movie with Anya Taylor-Joy but 'We've Really Been Trying to Connect' |last=Chuba |first=Kirsten |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 July 2024 |access-date=22 July 2024 |archive-date=14 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714152139/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlize-theron-furiosa-reaction-anya-taylor-joy-1235948215/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

By year's end, RogerEbert.com critic Matt Zoller Seitz, along with Cortlyn Kelly, named Furiosa as the best of the top ten films of 2024.{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Chaz |title=Two Thumbs Up! The Individual Top Tens of 2024 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-top-tens-of-2024 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |date=13 December 2024 |language=en-US}} having called it "a triumph from George Miller" despite its imperfections and "a film in the tradition of other late-career masterpieces by great directors, clearly less interested in recycling the same established templates yet again, and revisiting familiar themes and situations that were once presented more straightforwardly with a more ambivalent or complicated attitude."{{cite web |last=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz |title='Furiosa' Doesn't Feel Like Any Other 'Mad Max' Film, and That's What's Wonderful About It |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/furiosa-wonderful |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |date=24 June 2024 |language=en-US}} Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck, writer for Collider, ranked it as the best action film of the year, writing: "Furiosa produces another classic tale of vengeance. This movie is a worthy entry in the Mad Max franchise and continues to revolutionize action movies with impressive practical stunts. The oil tanker scene alone is one of the best sequences in an action movie, but the nonstop narrative has exhilarating and heart-pumping moments that establish Furiosa as one of the greatest action movies ever, let alone the best of 2024."{{cite web |last=Kloberdanz-Dyck |first=Lucas |date=24 December 2024 |title=The 10 Best Action Movies of 2024, Ranked |url=https://collider.com/best-action-movies-2024-ranked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228144559/https://collider.com/best-action-movies-2024-ranked/ |archive-date=28 December 2024 |access-date=13 March 2025 |website=Collider |language=en-US}}

Many filmmakers, including Maggie Betts, Davy Chou, Robert Eggers, Jeff Fowler, Drew Goddard, Luca Guadagnino, Don Hertzfeldt, David Lowery, Pascal Plante, Celine Song, Nacho Vigalondo and Adam Wingard cited the film as among their favorites of 2024.{{cite web |last=O'Flat |first=Chris |title=65 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2024 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/directors-pick-best-films-2024/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=IndieWire |date=30 December 2024}}

In the days after the film's disappointing opening weekend, pundits suggested that it had lowered the chances that Warner Bros. would greenlight Mad Max: The Wasteland,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/next-mad-max-movie-might-not-happen-box-office-performance-furiosa/ |title=Next 'Mad Max' Movie Might Not Happen Due to 'Furiosa' Box Office Underperformance {{!}} THR News Video |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605103726/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/next-mad-max-movie-might-not-happen-box-office-performance-furiosa/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=McClintock |first1=Pamela |last2=Couch |first2=Aaron |date=29 May 2024 |title='Furiosa' Box Office Puts Brakes on George Miller's Next 'Mad Max' Movie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mad-max-the-wasteland-furiosa-1235911133/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529203325/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mad-max-the-wasteland-furiosa-1235911133/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}} a second Fury Road prequel focusing on Max Rockatansky that Miller had teased for years.{{cite web |last=Gilchrist |first=Todd |date=24 August 2022 |title='Three Thousand Years of Longing' director George Miller on metaphors, mythmaking, and his 'Mad Max' prequel 'Furiosa' |url=https://www.avclub.com/3000-years-of-longing-george-miller-interview-mad-max-1849431458 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=The A.V. Club |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516031909/https://www.avclub.com/3000-years-of-longing-george-miller-interview-mad-max-1849431458 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} At that time (May 2024), The Hollywood Reporter reported that The Wasteland was not yet in development. Miller had previously clarified that The Wasteland{{'}}s source material (lore and other background material written in preparation for Fury Road) had not yet been adapted into a screenplay.{{cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=1 May 2024 |title=George Miller provides update on his plans for the future of the 'Mad Max' franchise |url=https://ew.com/george-miller-update-future-mad-max-franchise-furiosa-8640844 |access-date=31 May 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517014128/https://ew.com/george-miller-update-future-mad-max-franchise-furiosa-8640844 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} He also said that he was "waiting to see the reception on Furiosa" before taking more concrete steps to develop The Wasteland into a feature film.{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Martin |date=28 May 2024 |title='The Wasteland': George Miller's Next 'Mad Max' Film is a 'Saga' Similar to 'Furiosa' |url=https://theplaylist.net/the-wasteland-george-millers-next-mad-max-film-is-a-saga-similar-to-furiosa-20240528/ |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=The Playlist |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528161157/https://theplaylist.net/the-wasteland-george-millers-next-mad-max-film-is-a-saga-similar-to-furiosa-20240528/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}

Several weeks after the release of Furiosa, Hardy (who was promoting The Bikeriders at the time) said "I don't think it's happening" in an interview, either talking about his involvement in the film or the film itself.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tom-hardy-addresses-mad-max-movie-the-wasteland-8665527 |title=Tom Hardy doesn't think he'll be in the rumored 'Mad Max' movie 'The Wasteland' |last=Wang |first=Jessica |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=18 June 2024 |access-date=22 July 2024 |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618212303/https://ew.com/tom-hardy-addresses-mad-max-movie-the-wasteland-8665527 |url-status=live |language=en-US}} In October 2024, while promoting Venom: The Last Dance, Hardy was further asked about whether he'll reprise his role for an additional Mad Max film, responding: "No, I haven't been told anything about it yet, but obviously I'd love to do that ... George already has a script called The Wasteland, which is like quite specific, so I'm aware of that. It depends on whether they're making it."{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-the-wastelands-tom-hardy-return-update/ |title='Mad Max': Tom Hardy Gives Far More Hopeful Response to 'The Wasteland's' Return |last=Northrup |first=Ryan |website=Screen Rant |date=24 October 2024 |access-date=25 November 2024 |language=en-US}}

In February 2025, Miller stated in an interview with Vulture that he was still interested in making The Wasteland despite Furiosa{{'}}s underperformance at the box office and would do so if given permission by Warner Bros, but admitted that he wanted to focus on other projects first.{{cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |author-link=Bilge Ebiri |date=27 February 2025 |title=George Miller Has Lots of Stories Left to Tell, and One of Them is a New 'Mad Max' |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/george-miller-says-he-has-another-mad-max-movie-on-deck.html |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=Vulture |url-access=registration |language=en-US}}

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