Mad Max: Fury Road#Critical reception

Max Rockatansky is captured by cult leader Immortan Joe's War Boys and taken to his fortress called the Citadel. Max, a universal donor, is forced to transfuse his blood to Nux, a sick War Boy.{{Cite news |date=26 June 2015|title=Mad Max: Fury Road Plot Summary |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/mad-max-fury-road-plot-summary/articleshow/47299810.cms |access-date=27 June 2024|work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} Meanwhile, Joe sends his lieutenant Imperator Furiosa in the armoured "War Rig" to trade produce and water for petrol and ammunition with two of his allies, the Bullet Farmer and the People Eater. When Joe realises his five "wives" are fleeing in the Rig, he leads his entire army in pursuit, calling on his allies to help. Nux joins the pursuit with Max strapped to his car, and a chasing battle ensues. After entering enemy territory and fending off a rival gang, Furiosa drives into a sandstorm and loses all of her pursuers except Nux, who attempts to sacrifice himself to blow up the Rig. Max frees himself and restrains Nux, and Furiosa destroys Nux's car.

After the sandstorm, Max catches Furiosa repairing the Rig, accompanied by Joe's "wives": Toast, Capable, the Dag, Cheedo, and Angharad, the last of whom is pregnant with Joe's child. Max fights and subdues Furiosa, but her engine kill switch prevents him from stealing the Rig. Max begrudgingly agrees to help Furiosa's group escape Joe's wrath. Nux sneaks onto the Rig and attempts to kill Furiosa, but the women overpower him and throw Nux out. Nux rejoins Joe's army when it catches up. Furiosa drives through a canyon controlled by a biker gang, having prearranged to trade petrol for safe passage. The bikers betray her when they spot Joe's army approaching, forcing her to flee.

The bikers detonate the canyon walls to block Joe and pursue the Rig as Max and Furiosa fend them off. Joe drives over the blockade in a monster truck and catches up with the Rig. He sends Nux to carjack the Rig, but Nux stumbles and drops his weapon, to Joe's disgust. While helping Max, Angharad falls off the Rig, and Joe fatally runs her over. Capable finds Nux hiding in the Rig and consoles him. At night, Furiosa and Max drive through a swamp and get stuck in the mud. They slow Joe's forces with landmines, but the Bullet Farmer continues the pursuit in his ATV. Furiosa and Max work together to blind the Bullet Farmer and disable his ATV. Moved by Capable's compassion, Nux joins the group and helps get the Rig moving again.

In the morning, Furiosa tells Max that her group is escaping to a "Green Place", the bountiful land where she grew up before being kidnapped and brought to the Citadel. She spots a Green Place watchtower and identifies herself to the watchwoman, who summons their matriarchal clan called the Vuvalini. The Vuvalini recognise Furiosa as one of their own but inform a devastated Furiosa that the Green Place was the now-uninhabitable swamp from the previous night and that only seven Vuvalini left. The group decides to ride across an immense salt flat, hoping to find a new home on the other side. Max goes his own way. After seeing a vision of a child he was unable to save,Mad Max: Fury Road: Max Comic (vol. 1) #1Mad Max: Fury Road: Max Comic (vol. 1) #2 Max catches up with the group and convinces them to return to the Citadel since they do not know what lies beyond the salt flat, but do know that the now-undefended Citadel has ample water and crops.

Joe intercepts them, and in the ensuing battle, five Vuvalini are killed, Toast is captured, and Furiosa is severely wounded. Joe overtakes the Rig as they approach the canyon. While Max fights Joe's son and enforcer Rictus, Furiosa boards Joe's truck to rescue Toast, who distracts Joe, allowing Furiosa to kill him. The remnants of the group drive Joe's truck back to the Citadel, while Nux sacrifices himself by wrecking the Rig to block the canyon behind them, killing Rictus. Max transfuses his blood to Furiosa, saving her life.

Back at the Citadel, the people rejoice upon learning of Joe's death. As Max's companions are lifted to Joe's cliffside fortress, Max and Furiosa glance at each other before Max disappears into the crowd.

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{{Cast listing|

• Tom Hardy as "Mad Max" Rockatansky
• Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa
• Nicholas Hoult as Nux
• Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe
• Josh Helman as Slit, Nux's lancer
• Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus, Joe's muscular, unintelligent son
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as The Splendid Angharad, Joe's most "treasured" breeder. Pregnant with his child, she is shown to be strong yet compassionate and protective, and as the de facto leader of the other wives.
• Zoë Kravitz as Toast the Knowing, another of Joe's wives, she is the most practical and intellectual of the five, and is shown to have good knowledge of guns.
• Riley Keough as Capable, another of Joe's wives, she appears to be the most level-headed and mature of the five, and forms a bond with the War Boy Nux.
• Abbey Lee as The Dag, another of Joe's wives, she has an eccentric and bold personality. She is shown to form a bond with the Keeper of Seeds.
• Courtney Eaton as Cheedo the Fragile, another of Joe's wives. She is portrayed as the meekest and most timid, and is initially afraid to leave Joe; however, she becomes more courageous later on.
• John Howard as The People Eater, who rules Gas Town
• Richard Carter as The Bullet Farmer, who rules the Bullet Farm
• iOTA as The Doof Warrior (Coma), the guitarist who travels with Joe's war convoy
• Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic, a doctor who works for Joe
• Jennifer Hagan as Miss Giddy, the caretaker of Joe's wives
• Megan Gale as The Valkyrie, the youngest of the Vuvalini
• Melissa Jaffer as Keeper of the Seeds, one of the Vuvalini
• Melita Jurisic, Gillian Jones, Joy Smithers, Antoinette Kellerman, and Christina Koch as The Vuvalini
• Jon Iles as The Ace, head of security on the War Rig
• Quentin Kenihan as Corpus Colossus, Joe's son, who has a physical disability that stunted his growth and prevents him from being able to walk
• Coco Jack Gillies as Glory the Child, the young girl in Max's flashbacks
• Chris Patton as Morsov
• Stephen Dunlevy as The Rock Rider Chief and The Winchman
• Richard Norton as The Prime Imperator

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The film was produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller, and P. J. Voeten (who was also first assistant director).{{cite web | last=Buchanan | first=As told to Kyle | title='A fetish party in the desert': the making of Mad Max: Fury Road | website=the Guardian | date=5 March 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/05/my-biggest-anxiety-was-what-do-we-have-to-do-today-not-to-kill-anybody | access-date=27 February 2024}}

Mad Max: Fury Road had a lengthy gestation period. In 1987, George Miller had the idea of making a Mad Max instalment that was "almost a continuous chase".{{Sfn|Martin|2003|p = 7}} He got an idea for the plot in 1998 when he was walking across a street in Los Angeles, and about a year later, while travelling from Los Angeles to Australia, a story in which "violent marauders were fighting, not for oil or for material goods, but for human beings" coalesced.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Miller said he worked with five storyboard artists to design the film in storyboard form before writing the screenplay, producing about 3,500 panels, which is almost the same as the number of shots as in the finished film, as he wanted the film to be almost a continuous chase, with relatively little dialogue, and to have the visuals come first.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-interview/ |title=Writer/Director George Miller Talks Mad Max: Fury Road, Returning to the Post-Apocalyptic World, Thousands of Storyboards, and More at Comic-Con |last=Radish |first=Christina |publisher=Collider |date=31 July 2014 |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073006/http://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-interview |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=live}} The screenplay was written with Nico Lathouris and cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles.{{cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/08/30/exclusive-a-look-at-brendan-mccarthy-and-grant-morrisons-long-lost-movie-pitch-shatterland/ |title=Exclusive: A Look At Brendan McCarthy And Grant Morrison's Long Lost Movie Pitch, Shatterland |first=Brendon |last=Connolly |work=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=30 August 2013 |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907101812/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/08/30/exclusive-a-look-at-brendan-mccarthy-and-grant-morrisons-long-lost-movie-pitch-shatterland/ |archive-date=7 September 2013 |url-status=live}}

The film entered pre-production at 20th Century Fox in the early 2000s and was set to star Mel Gibson, who had portrayed Max Rockatansky in the first three films in the series, with Sigourney Weaver contemplated for the female co-lead which would later become Imperator Furiosa, suggested by Gibson himself after they had worked together in Peter Weir's The Year of Living Dangerously, and Miller agreed on the idea. However, production was indefinitely postponed after the September 11 attacks in 2001 caused "the American dollar [to collapse] against the Australian dollar, and our budget ballooned",{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/film/max-max-fury-roads-george-miller-on-his-post-apocalyptic-classics-and-mel-gibson |title=Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller Q&A |website=Time Out Worldwide |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221095200/https://www.timeout.com/film/max-max-fury-roads-george-miller-on-his-post-apocalyptic-classics-and-mel-gibson |url-status=live }} as Miller has said in several interviews since the film was released in 2015,{{cite web |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |date=12 May 2015 |title=Cannes: How George Miller Rebooted an Iconic Franchise With 'Mad Max: Fury Road' (Q&A) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-how-george-miller-rebooted-794780 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514161858/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-how-george-miller-rebooted-794780 |archive-date=14 May 2015 |access-date=13 May 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/mad-max-fury-road-oral-history.html |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic |date=12 May 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517072503/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/mad-max-fury-road-oral-history.html |archive-date=17 May 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} or due to security concerns and tightened travel and shipping restrictions during the lead up to the Iraq War caused issues with the proposed Namibian shoot, as had been reported previously.{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/george-miller-fourth-mad-max-film/ |title=George Miller Explains the Genesis of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' |first=Russ |last=Fischer |date=11 November 2011 |website=/Film |access-date=19 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925221404/http://www.slashfilm.com/george-miller-fourth-mad-max-film/ |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-fury-road-set-photos/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Set Photos |first=Ben |last=Moore |website=Screen Rant |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116070128/https://screenrant.com/mad-max-fury-road-set-photos/ |archive-date=16 November 2018 |url-status=live}} In either event, Miller said he then "had to commit to Happy Feet because we had the digital facility booked to do it", and by the time he got back to work on the Mad Max project four years later, Gibson "had all that turbulence in his life". Both Miller and Gibson himself said the passage of time had made Gibson's age a factor, since the film "wasn't about an old road warrior".

In 2006, Miller said he was thinking about making Fury Road without Gibson.{{cite web |url=http://www.moviehole.net/news/20061031_mad_max_is_dead_says_gibson.html |title=Mad Max is dead, says Gibson |access-date=25 May 2007 |last=Morris |first=Clint |date=31 October 2006 |work=Moviehole.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326054758/http://www.moviehole.net/news/20061031_mad_max_is_dead_says_gibson.html |archive-date=26 March 2007}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=396868 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325063129/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=396868 |archive-date=25 March 2007 |title=Director Miller Wants More Penguins, "Mad Max 4" Without Mel Gibson |access-date=25 May 2007 |last=Ngo |first=Binh |date=26 January 2007 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} He confirmed his intention to make another Mad Max film in 2007 and stated that he thought Gibson was focused on his own films and was also "too old" to play the part.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematical.com/2007/03/14/mad-max-4-announced-mel-gibson-will-not-star/ |title=Mad Max 4 Announced – Mel Gibson Will Not Star! |access-date=25 May 2007 |last=Stewart |first=Ryan |date=14 March 2007 |work=Cinematical.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523234032/http://www.cinematical.com/2007/03/14/mad-max-4-announced-mel-gibson-will-not-star/ |archive-date=23 May 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/miller-planning-mad-max-4/news-story/124e344b3adb03d8f57b16bb276c3138 |title=Miller planning Mad Max 4 |access-date=25 May 2007 |agency=Australian Associated Press |author-link=Australian Associated Press |date=17 March 2007 |publisher=News.com.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109154729/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/miller-planning-mad-max-4/news-story/124e344b3adb03d8f57b16bb276c3138 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |url-status=live}} On 5 March 2009, it was announced that an R-rated animated feature film inspired by Japanese anime, but adapted for Western audiences, was in pre-production that would be taking much of the plot from Fury Road and would not feature Gibson's voice. Miller was also developing an action-adventure tie-in video game based on the fourth film with God of War II designer Cory Barlog. Both projects were expected to take two to two-and-a-half years and, according to Miller, would be released in 2011 or 2012. The animated Fury Road was going to be produced by Dr D Studios, a digital art studio founded in 2008 by Miller and Doug Mitchell.{{cite web |first=Eric |last=Ditzian |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2431646/exclusive-fourth-mad-max-in-developmentas-3-d-anime-feature/ |title=Exclusive: Fourth 'Mad Max' In Development...As 3-D Anime Feature |publisher=MTV |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402143635/http://www.mtv.com/news/2431646/exclusive-fourth-mad-max-in-developmentas-3-d-anime-feature/ |archive-date=2 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}

On 18 May 2009, it was reported that location scouting was underway for Fury Road, which "could go into production later this year". Miller had decided to shoot a live-action film after all, and "already had the various vehicles built for years now – as they were built for the doomed Fury Road shoot".{{cite web |url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2009/rumor-mad-max-4-is-live-action-scouting-locations-now/ |title=Rumor: Mad Max 4 is Live Action, Scouting Locations Now? |first=Alex |last=Billington |work=FirstShowing.net |date=18 May 2009 |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803013456/http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/rumor-mad-max-4-is-live-action-scouting-locations-now/ |archive-date=3 August 2014 |url-status=live}} By this time, the project had moved from Fox to Warner Bros. In October, Miller announced that principal photography on Fury Road would commence at Broken Hill, New South Wales in August 2010.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-10-24/miller-to-unleash-mad-max-fury-on-nsw/1116332 |title=Miller to unleash Mad Max Fury on NSW |newspaper=ABC News |location=Australia |date=24 October 2009 |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210121721/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-10-24/miller-to-unleash-mad-max-fury-on-nsw/1116332 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |url-status=live}} That same month, British actor Tom Hardy was in negotiations to take the lead role of Max, and it was also announced that Charlize Theron would play a major role.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-4-tom-hardy-teresa-palmer/ |title=Tom Hardy Talks Mad Max 4; Teresa Palmer is in the Film [Updated] |first=Chris |last=Schrader |work=Screen Rant |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116065638/https://screenrant.com/mad-max-4-tom-hardy-teresa-palmer/ |archive-date=16 November 2018 |url-status=live}} The finalists for the part of Max were Hardy, Armie Hammer, and Jeremy Renner, with Michael Fassbender, Joel Kinnaman, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana, and Eminem (who did not wish to leave the United States) all having been considered at various stages of the film's extended development.{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Tom Hardy Allegedly Spat at Armie Hammer During 'Mad Max' Audition, Then Won the Role |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/tom-hardy-armie-hammer-mad-max-audition-1235175972/ |website=Variety |access-date=9 February 2022 |date=9 February 2022 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209195024/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/tom-hardy-armie-hammer-mad-max-audition-1235175972/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=25 April 2022 |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/oral-history-casting-mad-max-fury-road-tom-hardy-charlize-theron.html |title=When Max Met Furiosa |work=Vulture |access-date=31 July 2023 |archive-date=31 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731213424/https://www.vulture.com/article/oral-history-casting-mad-max-fury-road-tom-hardy-charlize-theron.html |url-status=live }} Hardy announced he had been cast on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in June 2010.{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Adam |title=Tom Hardy landing the starring role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" is an amazing turn of events for that franchise. |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2434618/exclusive-mad-max-speaks-bronson-star-tom-hardy-on-his-coming-game-changer/ |date=1 December 2009 |publisher=MTV |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325163916/http://www.mtv.com/news/2434618/exclusive-mad-max-speaks-bronson-star-tom-hardy-on-his-coming-game-changer/ |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

In July 2010, Miller announced plans to shoot two Mad Max films back-to-back, entitled Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max: Furiosa.{{cite web |url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/07/george-miller-working-on-not-one-but-two-new-mad-max-films.php |title=George Miller Following 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with 'Mad Max: Furiosa |first=Todd |last=Brown |date=2 July 2010 |publisher=Twitch Film |access-date=23 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116150509/http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/07/george-miller-working-on-not-one-but-two-new-mad-max-films.php |archive-date=16 November 2011}} Weta Digital was involved with the film when it was scheduled for a 2012 release.{{cite web |title=Weta to Work on Mad Max: Fury Road |url=https://www.wetanz.com/weta-to-work-on-mad-max-fury-road/ |publisher=Weta Digital |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704024917/http://wetanz.com/weta-to-work-on-mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=4 July 2010}} The company was to handle visual effects until production was postponed from its November 2010 start date.{{cite web |title=Mad Max 4 Filming in 3D... Eventually |first1=Tara |last1=Daley |first2=Max |last2=Nicholson |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/07/mad-max-4-filming-in-3d-eventually |website=IGN |access-date=6 May 2015 |date=7 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924173517/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/07/mad-max-4-filming-in-3d-eventually |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live}} Specialty physical effects house Wētā Workshop provided conceptual designs, early character look development, prototyping and specialty make-up effects.{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/companycredits/ |website=IMDB |access-date=19 December 2024 |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414042757/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/companycredits |url-status=live }}

After unexpected heavy rains caused wildflowers to grow in the desert around Broken Hill, filming was moved from Broken Hill back to Namibia in November 2011.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15818157 |title=Mad Max foiled by flower garden, says director |first=Genevieve |last=Hassan |work=BBC News |date=21 November 2011 |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210122547/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15818157 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |url-status=live}} Other potential locations scouted included the Atacama Desert in Chile, Chott el Djerid in Tunisia, and Azerbaijan.{{cite web |url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2015/05/19/42913/mad-max-fury-road-how-15-years-of-design-made-the/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': How 15 years of design made 'the last real action film' |last1=Lanz |first1=Michelle |last2=Roe |first2=Mike |publisher=KPCC |date=19 May 2015 |access-date=2 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908015942/http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2015/05/19/42913/mad-max-fury-road-how-15-years-of-design-made-the/ |archive-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=live}}

Miller said he did not feel he had to top the production design of the previous films in the series. Instead, he wanted the design to harken back to the earlier films and reflect the changes of the past 30 years. Colin Gibson, the production designer, said the filmmakers developed an internally consistent history to explain the film's look and justify its use of hot rods.{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/mad-max-fury-road-director-george-miller-talks-1.10380820 |title=Director George Miller talks 'Mad Max: Fury Road' |last=Beale |first=Lewis |work=Newsday |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809082647/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/mad-max-fury-road-director-george-miller-talks-1.10380820 |archive-date=9 August 2015 |url-status=live}} He designed the vehicles in the film, some of which were constructed as early as 2003,{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mad-max-fury-road-how-cars-were-made-2015-5 |title=Here's how the insane vehicles were created in 'Mad Max: Fury Road' |last=Guerrasio |first=Jason |work=Business Insider |date=13 May 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702193656/https://www.businessinsider.com/mad-max-fury-road-how-cars-were-made-2015-5 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |url-status=live}} and all of which were fully functional.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/03/mad-max-fury-road-meet-the-aussies-behind-the-wheel-of-furiosas-war-rig |title=Mad Max: Fury Road: meet the Aussies behind the wheel of Furiosa's War Rig |last=Buckmaster |first=Luke |work=The Guardian |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118114808/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/03/mad-max-fury-road-meet-the-aussies-behind-the-wheel-of-furiosas-war-rig |archive-date=18 November 2018 |url-status=live}} Of the 150 vehicles constructed, only 88 survived to the end of filming, with the others built to facilitate their intended method of destruction.{{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Hannah |title=Every Killer Car in Mad Max: Fury Road Explained |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-12/every-killer-car-in-mad-max-fury-road-explained |access-date=18 January 2021 |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=5 May 2015 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828120933/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-12/every-killer-car-in-mad-max-fury-road-explained |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}} The War Rig, the film's most prominent vehicle, was made by combining a Tatra 815 and Chevrolet Fleetmaster and fusing a Volkswagen Beetle to the hull, among other modifications.{{cite news |last1=Cavacitui |first1=Anne |title=These Are The Modifications On The Tatra T815 Truck From Mad Max |url=https://www.hotcars.com/mad-max-truck-tatra-t815-modifications/ |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=HotCars |date=15 September 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218215221/https://www.hotcars.com/mad-max-truck-tatra-t815-modifications/ |url-status=live}} The cars were designed with an emphasis on detail and characterisation, and effort was made to show the various characters' attempts to recycle the remains of civilisation and their feelings of guilt and loss.

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Cinematographer John Seale came out of retirement to shoot Fury Road,{{cite web |last=Radish |first=Christina |title=Mad Max: Fury Road: 18 Things to Know about the Making of George Miller's Epic |url=https://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-18-things-to-know/ |publisher=Collider |access-date=1 May 2015 |date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502123414/http://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-18-things-to-know/ |archive-date=2 May 2015 |url-status=live}} replacing Dean Semler, the cinematographer of the previous two Mad Max films, who left the film near the end of its preparation period.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/artisans/production/mad-max-fury-road-artisans-namibia-1201493590/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': Global Crew of Artisans Ride Into Namibia for Arduous Shoot |last=Caranicas |first=Peter |work=Variety |date=13 May 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730015308/http://variety.com/2015/artisans/production/mad-max-fury-road-artisans-namibia-1201493590/ |archive-date=30 July 2015 |url-status=live}} It was the first project Seale filmed with digital cameras. He outfitted his crew with six Arri Alexa Pluses and four Alexa Ms, as well as a number of Canon EOS 5Ds and Olympus PEN E-P5s that were used as crash cams for the action sequences;{{cite web |last=Hogg |first=Trevor |title=80 kilometers an Hour Through the Desert: DP John Seale on Mad Max: Fury Road |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/94242-dp-john-seale-on-mad-max-fury-road/ |website=Filmmaker |access-date=14 May 2015 |date=12 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515043341/http://filmmakermagazine.com/94242-dp-john-seale-on-mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=15 May 2015 |url-status=live}} as the Canon cameras were simple consumer-grade ones, when one would break, the crew would simply source new ones locally from an airport store.{{cite web |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/george-miller-mad-max-dvd |title=George Miller at the MAD MAX FURY ROAD DVD Launch |date=7 October 2015 |access-date=29 September 2022 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929222422/https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/george-miller-mad-max-dvd |url-status=live }} Because of the fast-paced editing style Miller intended for the film, he asked Seale to keep the point of interest of each shot in the centre of the frame so the audience did not have to search for it.{{cite web |last=Tapley |first=Kristopher |title=How 'Mad Max: Fury Road' lured Oscar winner John Seale back behind the camera 9 |url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/how-mad-max-fury-road-lured-oscar-winner-john-seale-back-behind-the-camera/single-page |work=HitFix |access-date=25 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021191031/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/how-mad-max-fury-road-lured-oscar-winner-john-seale-back-behind-the-camera/single-page |archive-date=21 October 2015}}

Principal photography began in July 2012 in Namibia, with most of the filming based in the Dorob National Park.{{Cite web |first=Erin |last=Conway-Smith |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-02-29/how-mad-max-fury-road-caused-actual-fury-worlds-oldest-desert |title=How 'Mad Max: Fury Road' caused actual fury in the world's oldest desert |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108182647/https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-02-29/how-mad-max-fury-road-caused-actual-fury-worlds-oldest-desert |archive-date=8 January 2021 |url-status=live}} Some scenes were also shot at the Cape Town Film Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.{{Cite web |first=Garry |last=Maddox |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/mad-max-fury-road-big-muddy-smash-caps-epic-shoot-20131129-2ygwb.html |title=Mad Max Fury Road: Big muddy smash caps epic shoot |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 November 2013 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108180505/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/mad-max-fury-road-big-muddy-smash-caps-epic-shoot-20131129-2ygwb.html |archive-date=8 January 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.capetownfilmstudios.co.za/images/media/CTFS%20-%20Productions%20Hosted.pdf |title=Productions Hosted |publisher=Cape Town Film Studios |year=2018 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108203309/https://www.capetownfilmstudios.co.za/images/media/CTFS%20-%20Productions%20Hosted.pdf |archive-date=8 January 2021 |url-status=live}} In October 2012, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Warner Bros. sent an executive to Namibia to keep the production on track.{{cite web |first1=Borys |last1=Kit |first2=Kim |last2=Masters |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-sends-studio-representative-380010 |title=Warner Bros. Sends 'Studio Representative' to Namibia to Keep 'Fury Road' on Track (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=18 October 2012 |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113225335/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-sends-studio-representative-380010 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=live}} Filming wrapped on 8 December 2012, although the opening and closing scenes at the Citadel had still not been shot.

A draft from the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project that accused the producers of damaging parts of the Namib desert, endangering a number of plant and animal species, was leaked in February 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Fragile-desert-damaged-by-Mad-Max-film-crew/tabid/418/articleID/289169/Default.aspx |work=3 News NZ |title=Fragile desert 'damaged' by Mad Max film crew |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=5 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728144533/http://www.3news.co.nz/Fragile-desert-damaged-by-Mad-Max-film-crew/tabid/418/articleID/289169/Default.aspx |archive-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/05/mad-max-fury-road-namibia |work=The Guardian |first=Nastasya |last=Tay |location=Johannesburg |title=Mad Max: Fury Road sparks real-life fury with claims of damage to desert |date=5 March 2013 |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202021458/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/05/mad-max-fury-road-namibia |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=live}} The Namibia Film Commission said it had "no reservations" after visiting the set during production and disputed claims reported in the media, calling the accusations "unjust rhetoric".{{cite web |url=http://www.thelocationguide.com/blog/2013/03/ng-film-namibia-film-commission-disputes-mad-max-4-location-filming-damage-claim/ |title=Namibia Film Commission disputes Mad Max 4 location filming damage claim |last=Goundry |first=Nick |work=The Location Guide |date=7 March 2013 |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518065733/http://www.thelocationguide.com/blog/2013/03/ng-film-namibia-film-commission-disputes-mad-max-4-location-filming-damage-claim/ |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Filming went over budget and producers forced the film to wrap before any of the Citadel scenes had been shot. A change of leadership at Warner Bros. later allowed production to continue and the missing scenes be filmed.{{cite web | title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Originally Wrapped Production without a Beginning or an Ending | url=https://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-reshoots-details-beginning-ending/ | website=Collider | date=13 May 2020 | access-date=2 June 2024 | archive-date=2 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602141720/https://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-reshoots-details-beginning-ending/ | url-status=live }}

In September 2013, it was announced that the film would add pick-ups of the opening and closing scenes at the Citadel. Filming continued on 22 November 2013 at Potts Hill and Penrith Lakes in Western Sydney,{{cite web |title=Mad Max: Fury Road to Roar Through Sydney Streets |first=Ben |last=Moore |url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=21051&s=News_files |website=Urban Cinefile |access-date=6 May 2015 |date=7 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082810/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=21051&s=News_files |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead}} and concluded in December 2013 at Fox Studios Australia.{{cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |url=http://if.com.au/2013/09/02/article/Mad-Max-Fury-Road-shoot-rolls-on/CVYMLUFTFB.html |title=Mad Max: Fury Road shoot rolls on |work=IF Magazine |date=2 September 2013 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105190343/http://if.com.au/2013/09/02/article/Mad-Max-Fury-Road-shoot-rolls-on/CVYMLUFTFB.html |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Miller invited playwright Eve Ensler to act as an on-set adviser. Impressed with the script's depth and what she saw as feminist themes, she spent a week in Namibia, where she spoke to the actors about issues of violence against women.{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/3850323/mad-max-fury-road-eve-ensler-feminist/ |title=Vagina Monologues Writer Eve Ensler: How Mad Max: Fury Road Became a 'Feminist Action Film' |last=Dockterman |first=Eliana |magazine=Time |date=7 May 2015 |access-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517182110/http://time.com/3850323/mad-max-fury-road-eve-ensler-feminist/ |archive-date=17 May 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}

According to Miller, 90% of the effects in the film were achieved practically.{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-amazing-visuals-from-the-latest-mad-max-fury-road-trailer-and-what-they-might-mean-2015-4?IR=T |title=All the crazy visuals from the latest Mad Max Fury Road trailer |first=Peter |last=Farquhar |work=Business Insider |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084857/http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-amazing-visuals-from-the-latest-mad-max-fury-road-trailer-and-what-they-might-mean-2015-4?IR=T |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live}} Both the Doof Wagon and the Doof Warrior's guitar are fully functional, and none of his scenes were rendered using CGI—even when the guitar shoots fire.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2161513/mad-max-fury-road-guitar-player-doof-warrior-colin-gibson/ |title=That Insane 'Mad Max' Flame-Throwing Guitar Is No CGI Trick — Here's How They Actually Made It |last=Zalben |first=Alex |publisher=MTV |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829121013/http://www.mtv.com/news/2161513/mad-max-fury-road-guitar-player-doof-warrior-colin-gibson/ |archive-date=29 August 2015 |url-status=dead}} Second unit director and supervising stunt coordinator Guy Norris was in charge of over 150 stunt performers, some of whom were from Cirque du Soleil.{{cite news |last=Brevet |first=Brad |title=Do Practical Effects Even Matter Anymore? To 'Mad Max' & 'Mission: Impossible'... Yes! |url=http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/do-practical-effects-even-matter-anymore-to-mad-max-mission-impossible-yes-they-do/ |website=Rope of Silicon |access-date=5 May 2015 |date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506215101/http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/do-practical-effects-even-matter-anymore-to-mad-max-mission-impossible-yes-they-do/ |archive-date=6 May 2015 |url-status=live}}

Hardy later said he had a hard time seeing Miller's vision during production, which frustrated him. He understood after seeing the finished film, however, and started his Cannes press briefing with a lengthy apology to Miller, calling the director "brilliant".{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/tom-hardy-mad-max-apology |title=Tom Hardy Publicly Apologizes to Mad Max Director George Miller |first=Julie |last=Miller |website=Vanity Fair |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308144815/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/tom-hardy-mad-max-apology |archive-date=8 March 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Theron and Hardy clashed on set during filming.{{Cite news |date=28 March 2016 |first=Alex |last=Bhattacharji |title=Charlize Theron: Hollywood's Humble Heroine |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/charlize-theron-hollywoods-humble-heroine-1459198716 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123075112/https://www.wsj.com/articles/charlize-theron-hollywoods-humble-heroine-1459198716 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |author=Scott Raab |title=The Warm Embrace of Charlize Theron |date=21 April 2015 |website=Esquire |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a34510/charlize-theron-interview-0515/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123080614/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a34510/charlize-theron-interview-0515/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=22 February 2022 |first=Kyle |last=Buchanan |title="It Was Horrible": Inside Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy's 'Mad Max' Feud |website=Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/mad-max-fury-road-tom-hardy-charlize-theron-excerpt |access-date=25 November 2023 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603194130/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/mad-max-fury-road-tom-hardy-charlize-theron-excerpt |url-status=live }} Hardy would show up late to set frequently, disrupting the shooting schedule.{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=13 May 2024 |title='Mad Max' Director Says 'There's No Excuse' for Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron's 'Fury Road' Set Feud: Tom 'Had to Be Coaxed Out of His Trailer' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/mad-max-feud-tom-hardy-charlize-theron-fury-road-fights-explained-1236000549/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515001826/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/mad-max-feud-tom-hardy-charlize-theron-fury-road-fights-explained-1236000549/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=31 July 2022 |title=The Fury Road feud: why Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy hated each other |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/fury-road-feud-did-charlize-theron-hate-tom-hardy/ |access-date=15 May 2024|work=The Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}

Miller recruited his wife, Margaret Sixel, to edit the film, as he felt she could make it stand out from other action films.{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-interview |title=Mad Max: Fury Road Director George Miller: "I Can't Help but Be a Feminist" |last=Rich |first=Katey |work=Vanity Fair |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=28 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831073626/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-interview |archive-date=31 August 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Sixel had 480 hours of footage to edit, which took three months to watch.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/on-the-set-of-mad-max-fury-road-with-director-george-miller-20150423-1mhimu.html |title=On the set of Mad Max: Fury Road with director George Miller |last=Maddox |first=Garry |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 April 2015 |access-date=28 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622053253/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/on-the-set-of-mad-max-fury-road-with-director-george-miller-20150423-1mhimu.html |archive-date=22 June 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} The film contains about 2,700 cuts in 120 minutes, or 22.5 cuts per minute, compared to Mad Max 2{{'}}s 1,200 cuts in 90 minutes, or 13.33 cuts per minute.{{cite web |last=Plante |first=Chris |title=Comparing the number of shots in Mad Max: Fury Road with The Road Warrior |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/12/8592629/mad-max-fury-road-cuts-director-interview-the-road-warrior |website=The Verge |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906063617/https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/12/8592629/mad-max-fury-road-cuts-director-interview-the-road-warrior |archive-date=6 September 2015 |date=12 May 2015 |url-status=live}}

According to Seale, "something like 50 or 60 percent of the film is not running at 24 frames a second, which is the traditional frame rate. It'll be running below 24 frames because George, if he couldn't understand what was happening in the shot, he slowed it down until you could ... Or if it was too well understood, he'd shorten it or he'd speed it up back towards 24. His manipulation of every shot in that movie is intense."{{cite web |last=Tapley |first=Kristopher |title=How 'Mad Max: Fury Road' lured Oscar winner John Seale back behind the camera |url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/how-mad-max-fury-road-lured-oscar-winner-john-seale-back-behind-the-camera/single-page |work=HitFix |access-date=14 May 2015 |date=11 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021191031/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/how-mad-max-fury-road-lured-oscar-winner-john-seale-back-behind-the-camera/single-page |archive-date=21 October 2015}} The Washington Post noted that the changing frame rate gives the film an "almost cartoonishly jerky" look.{{cite news |last=Merry |first=Stephanie |title=Could a blockbuster win the Oscar? With 'Mad Max,' 'Star Wars,' it doesn't seem impossible. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/12/16/the-oscar-race-for-best-picture-could-be-more-blockbuster-heavy-than-ever/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221025804/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/12/16/the-oscar-race-for-best-picture-could-be-more-blockbuster-heavy-than-ever/ |archive-date=21 December 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}

The film contains 2,000 visual effects shots.{{cite magazine |title=The Incredible FX Behind Mad Max: Fury Road |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/06/design-fx-mad-max-fury-road |magazine=Wired |date=2 June 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130053631/http://www.wired.com/2015/06/design-fx-mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=30 January 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} The lead effects company was Iloura, which produced more than 1,500 effects shots for the film.{{cite web |title=Mad Max Fury Road |url=http://iloura.com.au/news/mad-max-fury-road |website=Iloura.com.au |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228061644/http://iloura.com.au/news/mad-max-fury-road |archive-date=28 February 2015 |date=12 November 2014}} Additional visual effects studios that worked on the film include Method Studios, Brave New World vfx, Stereo D, 4DMax, BlackGinger, The Third Floor, and Dr D Studios.{{cite web |title=Iloura and Method Studios extend its VFX leadership with Tom Wild and James Whitlam |url=http://www.campaignbrief.com/2013/09/iloura-and-method-studios-exte.html |website=Campaign Brief |access-date=6 May 2015 |date=20 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521015557/http://www.campaignbrief.com/2013/09/iloura-and-method-studios-exte.html |archive-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Mad Max: Fury Road |url=http://www.cinefex.com/upcomingfilms/upcoming.php?id=441 |website=Cinefex |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318051739/http://www.cinefex.com/upcomingfilms/upcoming.php?id=441 |archive-date=18 March 2015 |url-status=live}} The effects work included altering lighting and time of day, weather effects, terrain replacement, and plate composition.{{cite web |url=http://www.fxguide.com/featured/a-graphic-tale-the-visual-effects-of-mad-max-fury-road/ |title=A graphic tale: the visual effects of Mad Max: Fury Road |publisher=Fxguide |date=29 May 2015 |access-date=2 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602011050/http://www.fxguide.com/featured/a-graphic-tale-the-visual-effects-of-mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=2 June 2015 |url-status=live}}

Sound designer Mark Mangini stated that he viewed the War Rig as an allegory for Moby-Dick, with Immortan Joe playing the role of Captain Ahab. As such, the mechanical truck sounds of the Rig were layered with whale calls to provide a more animal-like quality, and when the tank is pierced with harpoons and milk sprays out, sounds of whales breathing from their blow-holes were incorporated. For the final destruction of the War Rig, the only sounds used were slowed down bear growls to symbolise the death of the truck as a living creature.{{cite web |last=Kim |first=James |title='Mad Max' sound designer Mark Mangini was inspired by 'Moby Dick' |url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/02/02/46162/mad-max-sound-designer-mark-mangini-was-inspired-b/ |website=The Frame |date=2 February 2016 |access-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204092420/http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/02/02/46162/mad-max-sound-designer-mark-mangini-was-inspired-b/ |archive-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live}}

Although Miller was contractually obligated to deliver a PG-13 film, Warner Bros. decided to hold test screenings for two different versions: a studio cut and a Miller cut. The Miller cut tested better than the studio cut, so Warner Bros. decided to release the film with an R-rating.{{cite book |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |title=Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road |publisher=William Morrow |year=2022 |page= |isbn=978-0-06-308434-6}}

Miller had originally planned to shoot the film in native 3D, but this idea was eventually scrapped, due to both budgetary concerns and doubts that the 3D cameras could withstand the tough desert filming conditions and extensive stunt work, and it was converted to 3D in post-production instead.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/mad-max-fury-road-wont-shoot-in-3d-but-will-be-post-converted-251490/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Won't Shoot in 3D, but Will be Post-Converted |date=29 June 2012 |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012040808/https://www.indiewire.com/2012/06/mad-max-fury-road-wont-shoot-in-3d-but-will-be-post-converted-251490/amp/ |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Mad Max: Fury Road (soundtrack)}}

The musical score for Mad Max: Fury Road was written by the Dutch composer Junkie XL.{{cite web |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' to Feature Music by Junkie XL |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/10/16/mad-max-fury-road-to-feature-music-by-junkie-xl/ |website=Film Music Reporter |access-date=8 April 2015 |date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315062615/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/10/16/mad-max-fury-road-to-feature-music-by-junkie-xl/ |archive-date=15 March 2015 |url-status=live}} Prior to his involvement, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, and Marco Beltrami were attached at separate times to score the film.{{cite web |last=Goldwasser |first=Dan |title=John Powell – Interview |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=211 |website=Soundtrack.Net |access-date=8 April 2015 |date=November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415120048/http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=211 |archive-date=15 April 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=New Project: Mad Max 4, Fans of Film Music audiopodcast |url=http://marco-beltrami.com/news2012.htm |website=The Marco Beltrami Universe |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027052531/http://marco-beltrami.com/news2012.htm |archive-date=27 October 2014 |date=6 September 2012}} A soundtrack album was released by WaterTower Music on 12 May 2015.{{cite web |title=WaterTower Music to Release 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Soundtrack |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/03/05/watertower-music-to-release-mad-max-fury-road-soundtrack/ |website=Film Music Reporter |access-date=8 April 2015 |date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415032249/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/03/05/watertower-music-to-release-mad-max-fury-road-soundtrack/ |archive-date=15 April 2015 |url-status=live}}

Miller described the film's key theme as survival, which he said it has in common with the American Westerns that were "such a staple for the better part of a century in American cinema",{{cite web |last=Lesnick |first=Silas |title=George Miller Interview: Hope and Fear on Fury Road |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/439319-george-miller-interview-hope-and-fear-on-fury-road |publisher=ComingSoon.net |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519170357/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/439319-george-miller-interview-hope-and-fear-on-fury-road |archive-date=19 May 2015 |date=13 May 2015}} while several critics wrote that the primary theme of Mad Max: Fury Road is the attempt to retain humanity in the face of apocalyptic events.{{cite news |last=Semley |first=John |title=Thirty years later, Mad Max's vision of our postapocalypse feels more prescient than ever |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/thirty-years-later-mad-maxs-vision-of-our-postapocalypse-feels-more-prescient-than-ever/article24433410/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519164053/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/thirty-years-later-mad-maxs-vision-of-our-postapocalypse-feels-more-prescient-than-ever/article24433410/ |archive-date=19 May 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |date=14 May 2015}}{{cite web |last=Lawson |first=Richard |title=Mad Max: Fury Road Might Be the Best Thing You See This Summer |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road-review |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519164231/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road-review |archive-date=19 May 2015 |date=11 May 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Max begins the film as a survivor haunted by visions of deceased people and recovers his humanity by partnering with Furiosa.

Feminism is another theme that has received academic attention.{{Cite journal |last=Payne |first=Darin |year=2017 |title=Shifting Gears and Paradigms at the Movies: Masculinity, Automobility, and the Rhetorical Dimensions of "Mad Max: Fury Road" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44779945 |journal=Studies in Popular Culture |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=102–135 |jstor=44779945 |issn=0888-5753 |access-date=29 November 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164513/https://www.jstor.org/stable/44779945 |url-status=live}} Charlize Theron as Furiosa is the dramatic centre of the film. Throughout, Furiosa demonstrates the physicality of a hero committed to a rescue mission that "sets up the start of a matriarchy as an antidote to the barbarian, warlike tribes that came before".{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Sara |title=Oops! I Made a Feminist Manifesto: George Miller and "Mad Max" |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/05/oops-i-made-a-feminist-manifesto-george-miller-and-mad-max-203671/ |access-date=10 May 2017 |publisher=IndieWire |date=16 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906081359/http://www.indiewire.com/2015/05/oops-i-made-a-feminist-manifesto-george-miller-and-mad-max-203671/ |archive-date=6 September 2017}} These elements contrast this film with the male-centred stories of the previous Mad Max films.{{cite news |last=Pappademas |first=Alex |title='Mad Max' As Hell: The Masterful, Maniacal, Surprisingly Feminist 'Fury Road' |url=http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/mad-max-as-hell-the-masterful-maniacal-surprisingly-feminist-fury-road/ |access-date=10 May 2017 |website=Grantland |date=15 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521215223/http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/mad-max-as-hell-the-masterful-maniacal-surprisingly-feminist-fury-road/ |archive-date=21 May 2017 |url-status=live}}

Miller described the film as "a very simple allegory, almost a western on wheels".{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/jul/28/comic-con-2014-mad-max-fury-road-trailer-release-tom-hardy |first=Ben |last=Child |title=Comic-Con 2014: Mad Max: Fury Road roars into view |work=The Guardian |date=28 July 2014 |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917093459/http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/jul/28/comic-con-2014-mad-max-fury-road-trailer-release-tom-hardy |archive-date=17 September 2014 |url-status=live}} Further themes pointed out by critics include vengeance, solidarity, home and redemption.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |title=Review: 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' Still Angry After All These Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/movies/review-mad-max-fury-road-still-angry-after-all-these-years.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 May 2015 |date=14 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517040355/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/movies/review-mad-max-fury-road-still-angry-after-all-these-years.html |archive-date=17 May 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Home dominates the motivations of Max, Furiosa and the Five Wives: Max's home was destroyed, Furiosa was taken from her home and the wives are in search of a new home to raise their children.{{cite web |last=Schnelbach |first=Leah |title=The Hype is Real. Mad Max: Fury Road is One of The Best Films of the Year |url=https://www.tor.com/2015/05/15/the-hype-is-real-mad-max-fury-road-is-one-of-the-best-films-of-the-year/ |website=Tor.com |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519162625/http://www.tor.com/2015/05/15/the-hype-is-real-mad-max-fury-road-is-one-of-the-best-films-of-the-year/ |archive-date=19 May 2015 |date=15 May 2015 |url-status=live}} The unity of these characters harnesses a concern for family, which is a common theme in Miller's films (Happy Feet, Happy Feet 2 and Babe: Pig in the City).{{cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |title=What George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road Has in Common With Lorenzo's Oil and Babe: Pig in the City |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/george-millers-post-nuclear-families.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |website=Vulture |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519173738/http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/george-millers-post-nuclear-families.html |archive-date=19 May 2015 |date=18 May 2015}} Themes of ecological collapse and moral decadence are also present in the film.{{cite web |last=Margonelli |first=Lisa |title=How the New Mad Max Movie Messed With Namibia |url=https://slate.com/technology/2013/02/mad-max-fury-road-filming-and-environmental-damage-in-namibia.html |website=Slate |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110041954/http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/02/mad_max_fury_road_filming_and_environmental_damage_in_namibia.html |archive-date=10 January 2015 |date=19 February 2013 |url-status=live}}

{{See also|Mad Max: Fury Road (comic book)}}

In May 2015, Vertigo Comics began publishing a comic book prequel limited series consisting of four issues, with each issue focusing on the backstory of one or two of the film's characters. The first issue, titled Mad Max: Fury Road – Nux and Immortan Joe #1, was released on 20 May; the second, Mad Max: Fury Road – Furiosa #1, was released on 17 June; the third, Mad Max: Fury Road – Mad Max #1, was released on 8 July; and the fourth, Mad Max: Fury Road – Mad Max #2, was released on 5 August.{{cite news |url=http://www.hitfix.com/harpy/dig-deep-into-the-lore-of-mad-max-fury-road-with-vertigo-comics |title=Dig deep into the lore of Mad Max: Fury Road with Vertigo Comics |first=Donna |last=Dickens |work=HitFix |date=20 May 2015 |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523020144/http://www.hitfix.com/harpy/dig-deep-into-the-lore-of-mad-max-fury-road-with-vertigo-comics |archive-date=23 May 2015 |url-status=live}} A deluxe-edition hardcover collection of art inspired by the film, titled Mad Max: Fury Road – Inspired Artists Deluxe Edition, was released by Vertigo on 6 May.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mad-max-fury-road-swerves-772767 |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Swerves Into Stores With Prequel Comic and Art Book |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=12 February 2015 |access-date=2 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214085131/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mad-max-fury-road-swerves-772767 |archive-date=14 February 2015 |url-status=live}}

The film had its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on 7 May 2015.{{cite web |last1=Day |first1=Deborah |title=Mel Gibson Drops in on Tom Hardy at 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Los Angeles Premiere (Photos) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/tom-hardy-mel-gibson-meet-mad-max-fury-road-los-angeles-premiere/ |work=TheWrap |access-date=8 May 2015 |date=7 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510224705/http://www.thewrap.com/tom-hardy-mel-gibson-meet-mad-max-fury-road-los-angeles-premiere/ |archive-date=10 May 2015 |url-status=live}} It screened out-of-competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on 14 May,{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-mad-max-fury-road-784266 |title=Cannes: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' to Screen |first=Gregg |last=Kilday |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327145839/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-mad-max-fury-road-784266 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |url-status=live}} and it was theatrically released in the United States the next day.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/mad-max-fury-road-release-date-may-15-2015-640487/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Set For Summer 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=20 November 2013 |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213214916/http://deadline.com/2013/11/mad-max-fury-road-release-date-may-15-2015-640487/ |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=live}}

Miller said the Blu-ray Disc release of the film would include black-and-white and silent versions of the film, with the latter accompanied by the musical score, and described the black-and-white cut as the best version.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-fury-road-bluray-black-white-silent-version/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Blu-Ray Includes Black & White, 'Silent' Cut |first=Andrew |last=Dyce |work=Screen Rant |date=23 May 2015 |access-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613034406/http://screenrant.com/mad-max-fury-road-bluray-black-white-silent-version/ |archive-date=13 June 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/george-miller-talks-mad-max-fury-road-deleted-scenes-contact-superhero-movies/ |first=Steve 'Frosty' |last=Weintraub |title=George Miller Talks Mad Max: Fury Road, Deleted Scenes, Being a DC Comics Kid |publisher=Collider |date=20 May 2015 |access-date=4 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513184306/http://collider.com/george-miller-talks-mad-max-fury-road-deleted-scenes-contact-superhero-movies/ |archive-date=13 May 2019 |url-status=live}} However, when details for the initial UK and US releases of the Blu-ray were announced, the alternate cuts were missing.{{cite web |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |title=Looks Like That Black-And-White Version Of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Isn't Getting A Blu-Ray Release After All |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/looks-like-that-black-and-white-version-of-mad-max-fury-road-isnt-getting-a-blu-ray-release-after-all-20150714 |publisher=IndieWire |access-date=18 July 2015 |date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220443/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/looks-like-that-black-and-white-version-of-mad-max-fury-road-isnt-getting-a-blu-ray-release-after-all-20150714 |archive-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mad-max-fury-road-coming-to-blu-ray-on-september-1-no-black-white-version-though/ |title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Coming To Blu-ray On September 1, No Black & White Version Though |last=Brevet |first=Brad |work=Rope of Silicon |date=21 July 2015 |access-date=8 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811040041/http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mad-max-fury-road-coming-to-blu-ray-on-september-1-no-black-white-version-though/ |archive-date=11 August 2015 |url-status=live}} The film was released on both 3D and standard Blu-ray as well as DVD in the UK on 5 October 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a658826/mad-max-fury-road-uk-blu-ray-release-wont-include-george-millers-black-and-white-cut.html |title=Mad Max Fury Road UK's Blu-ray release won't include George Miller's Black and White Cut |last=Mckee |first=Briony |work=Digital Spy |date=18 July 2015 |access-date=20 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720162350/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a658826/mad-max-fury-road-uk-blu-ray-release-wont-include-george-millers-black-and-white-cut.html |archive-date=20 July 2015 |url-status=live}} In the US, it was released digitally on 11 August 2015, and physically on 1 September. In addition to the stand-alone release, a box set containing all four Mad Max films and a documentary about the series titled The Madness of Max was released the same day.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/22/mad-max-fury-road-blu-ray-announced |title=Mad Max: Fury Road Blu-ray announced |last=Osborn |first=Alex |work=IGN |date=22 July 2015 |access-date=8 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801175031/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/22/mad-max-fury-road-blu-ray-announced |archive-date=1 August 2015 |url-status=live}}

Producer Doug Mitchell confirmed in December 2015 that the black-and-white version of the film existed and could potentially see a future theatrical release.{{cite web |last=Robertson |first=Adi |title=We could see a black-and-white Mad Max: Fury Road in theaters next year |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/14/10105274/mad-max-fury-road-black-and-white-theater-release |website=The Verge |date=14 December 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217025058/http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/14/10105274/mad-max-fury-road-black-and-white-theater-release |archive-date=17 December 2015 |url-status=live}} In January 2016, Miller announced that the black-and-white version would appear on a later DVD release,{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-george-miller-mad-max-20160121-story.html |title=Oscars 2016: 'Mad Max' director George Miller amazed by fans' tattoos, love for Doof Warrior |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Margy |last=Rochlin |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=25 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123204006/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-george-miller-mad-max-20160121-story.html |archive-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} and it debuted as part of the Mad Max: High Octane anthology released in October 2016, with the black-and-white version of Fury Road called the Black & Chrome Edition. The Black & Chrome Edition was made without the involvement of cinematographer John Seale, but Seale said the idea was "beautifully dramatic" and he thought "the new version will emphasise" the actors' performances.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/21/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-tom-hardy-black-and-chrome |title=The Mad Max effect: why cinema is having a monochrome moment |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |date=21 April 2017 |work=The Guardian |access-date=24 January 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206204333/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/21/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-tom-hardy-black-and-chrome |archive-date=6 February 2020 |url-status=live}}

Home media editions of Mad Max: Fury Road were among the top-selling video titles in the US in 2015 and 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2015 |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2015 |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009013239/https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2015 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2016 |title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2016 |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108112659/https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2016 |archive-date=8 January 2021 |url-status=live}} {{As of|2023}}, over three million copies have been sold, for a total revenue of $56.4 million.{{Cite The Numbers |id=Mad-Max-Fury-Road |title=Mad Max: Fury Road |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115192515/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Mad-Max-Fury-Road |archive-date=15 November 2020 |url-status=live}}

Mad Max: Fury Road grossed $154.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $226.1 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $380.4 million{{cite Box Office Mojo |title=Mad Max: Fury Road |id=1392190 |access-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203131913/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1392190/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |url-status=live}} against a production budget of $154.6–185.2 million. It was the 21st-highest-grossing film of 2015.{{Cite web |title=2015 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818152249/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ |archive-date=18 August 2020 |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=Box Office Mojo}} Although the film made a gross profit, The Hollywood Reporter calculated that the net loss incurred by the film was around $20–40 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-profitability-goes-martian-872507 |title=And the Oscar for Profitability Goes to ... 'The Martian' |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=14 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012024433/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-profitability-goes-martian-872507 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In the United States and Canada, the film was released in 3,702 theatres the same weekend as Pitch Perfect 2.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/pitch-perfect-2-box-office-mad-max-fury-road-preview-1201425226/ |title='Pitch Perfect 2' Expected To Push 'Mad Max' Off Road – Box Office Preview |first1=Anita |last1=Busch |first2=Nancy |last2=Tartaglione |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=13 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514160305/http://deadline.com/2015/05/pitch-perfect-2-box-office-mad-max-fury-road-preview-1201425226/ |archive-date=14 May 2015 |url-status=live}} It earned $16.77 million its opening day,{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/05/16/friday-box-office-mad-max-fury-road-races-to-16-8m/ |title=Friday Box Office: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Races To $16.8M |first=Scott |last=Mendelson |work=Forbes |date=16 May 2015 |access-date=17 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521064335/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/05/16/friday-box-office-mad-max-fury-road-races-to-16-8m/ |archive-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} which included $3.7 million from Thursday night screenings at 3,000 theatres.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-pitch-perfect-2-795874 |title=Box Office: 'Pitch Perfect 2' Outsings 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Thursday Night |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=15 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515204739/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-pitch-perfect-2-795874 |archive-date=15 May 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/pitch-perfect-2-mad-max-the-fury-box-office-thursday-1201427235/ |title='Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Mad Max' Off To Rollicking Good Starts – Box Office Thursday |first=Anita |last=Busch |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=15 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516230219/http://deadline.com/2015/05/pitch-perfect-2-mad-max-the-fury-box-office-thursday-1201427235/ |archive-date=16 May 2015 |url-status=live}} The film grossed $45.4 million its opening weekend, finishing in second at the box office behind Pitch Perfect 2 ($69.2 million).{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2015&wknd=20&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for May 15-17, 2015 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=17 May 2015 |access-date=17 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519202050/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2015&wknd=20&p=.htm |archive-date=19 May 2015 |url-status=live}}

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|97|8.60|439}} The website's "critics consensus" reads: "With exhilarating action and a surprising amount of narrative heft, Mad Max: Fury Road brings George Miller's post-apocalyptic franchise roaring vigorously back to life."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=mad_max_fury_road |type=m |title=Mad Max: Fury Road |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209234251/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mad_max_fury_road |archive-date=9 February 2024 |url-status=live}} {{MC film|90|51}}{{cite Metacritic |id=mad-max-fury-road |type=movie |title=Mad Max: Fury Road |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209234320/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mad-max-fury-road/ |archive-date=9 February 2024 |url-status=live}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film a full five out of five and praised its acting, screenplay, choreography, stunts, humour, and direction, describing it as a "Krakatoan eruption of craziness".{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mad-max-fury-road/review/ |title=Mad Max: Fury Road review: 'a Krakatoan eruption of craziness' |author-link=Robbie Collin |last=Collin |first=Robbie |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720105503/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/mad-max-fury-road/review/ |archive-date=20 July 2017 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian awarded it four out of five and wrote that it is "extravagantly deranged, ear-splittingly cacophonous, and entirely over the top", a "bizarre convoy chase action-thriller in the post-apocalyptic desert".{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/11/mad-max-fury-road-review-tom-hardy |title=Mad Max: Fury Road review – Tom Hardy is a macho Mr Bean in brilliantly pimped reboot |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |work=The Guardian |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090909/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/11/mad-max-fury-road-review-tom-hardy |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live}} Lindsay Bahr of the Associated Press described the film as "radically visionary".{{cite news |url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2015/05/14/another-classic-post-apocalyptic-mayhem |title=Mad Max: Another classic of post-apocalyptic mayhem |last=Bahr |first=Lindsay |date=14 May 2015 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225233800/https://dailygazette.com/2015/05/14/another-classic-post-apocalyptic-mayhem/ |url-status=live}} Robert W. Butler of The Kansas City Star gave the film a scoring of three out of four, saying, "A mind-boggling exercise in pure action Mad Max: Fury Road is overwhelming, achieving the sort of visual poetry typically ascribed to Ben-Hur{{'}}s chariot race or one of Sam Peckinpah's blood ballets".{{cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/tv-movies/article20844642.html|title='Mad Max: Fury Road' revs up the insane action: 3 stars|access-date=28 October 2024|archive-date=30 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130182748/https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/tv-movies/article20844642.html|url-status=live}}

IGN reviewer Scott Collura gave the film 9.2 out of 10, writing, "The over-the-top stunts and eccentric characters and designs are all hugely important to Fury Road, as are the troubled figures like Max himself and Furiosa, but it's the overriding sense of the film's uniqueness, its striving to be something more than just another action movie, that is most impressive."{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/11/mad-max-fury-road-review |title=Mad Max: Fury Road Review |first=Scott |last=Collura |work=IGN |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=11 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511215704/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/11/mad-max-fury-road-review |archive-date=11 May 2015 |url-status=live}} Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four and wrote that Theron and Hardy are "one of the best action duos ever, in one of the best action movies".{{cite web |last=Roeper |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/5/14/18421410/mad-max-fury-road-crazy-chases-tough-women-in-one-of-the-best-action-movies-ever |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': Crazy chases, tough women in one of the best action movies ever |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106233240/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/5/14/18421410/mad-max-fury-road-crazy-chases-tough-women-in-one-of-the-best-action-movies-ever |archive-date=6 January 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}} Similarly, Rolling Stone{{'}}s Peter Travers called the film "a new action classic", and gave particular praise to its editing, costumes, and soundtrack.{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/mad-max-fury-road-250978/ |title=Mad Max: Fury Road |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=13 May 2015 |access-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614190246/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/mad-max-fury-road-250978/ |archive-date=14 June 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a mixed review, praising the cinematography and Theron's performance, but describing the film as a "long, dull chase".{{cite web |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |author-link=Mick LaSalle |date=15 May 2015 |title=Despite cool touches, 'Mad Max' is mostly a long, dull chase |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Clever-touches-enliven-two-hour-Mad-Max-6263383.php |website=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=27 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318234244/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Clever-touches-enliven-two-hour-Mad-Max-6263383.php |archive-date=18 March 2018 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}

The film has been praised by scholars on several fronts. Women's studies scholars have praised the dominant role taken by Furiosa and the range of atypical female roles, including the wives and the gun-toting Vuvalini,{{cite web |title=Why Mad Max: Fury Road could be the loudest silent movie ever |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/why-mad-max-fury-road-could-be-the-loudest-silent-movie-ever-20150526-gh9f66.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |first=Paul |last=Byrnes |date=31 May 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703045152/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/why-mad-max-fury-road-could-be-the-loudest-silent-movie-ever-20150526-gh9f66.html |archive-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} and disability studies scholars have commended its positive, non-stigmatising portrayals of physical and psychological disabilities.{{Cite journal |last1=Fletcher |first1=Brandon |last2=Primack |first2=Alvin J. |date=1 June 2017 |title=Driving toward disability rhetorics: narrative, crip theory, and eco-ability in Mad Max: Fury Road |journal=Critical Studies in Media Communication |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=344–357 |doi=10.1080/15295036.2017.1329540 |s2cid=148747361}}

{{Main|List of accolades received by Mad Max: Fury Road}}

At the 88th Academy Awards, Mad Max: Fury Road received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects; and won Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. Its six awards were more than any other film at that year's ceremony and set a new record for the most wins by an Australian film.{{Cite web |date=28 February 2016 |title=Oscars: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-winners-list-updated-results-856950/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509015439/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-winners-list-updated-results-856950/ |archive-date=9 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-mad-max-australian-record-871333 |title=Oscars: 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Sets Australian Record With Six Wins |first=Pip |last=Bulbeck |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229215755/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-mad-max-australian-record-871333 |archive-date=29 February 2016 |url-status=live}} The film's other nominations include seven British Academy Film Awards (winning four),{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=14 February 2016 |title=BAFTA Awards: Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-bafta-winners-complete-list-856951/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412232853/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-bafta-winners-complete-list-856951/ |archive-date=12 April 2022 |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} thirteen Critics' Choice Movie Awards (winning nine),{{Cite web |date=17 January 2016 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-critics-choice-awards-winners-856447 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411071053/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-critics-choice-awards-winners-856447 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and two Golden Globe Awards.{{Cite web |date=10 January 2016 |title=Golden Globes: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-winners-2016-list-853010/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413013039/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-winners-2016-list-853010/ |archive-date=13 April 2022 |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} It won Best Film at the National Board of Review Awards 2015,{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=1 December 2015 |title=Mad Max: Fury Road Named Best Film by National Board of Review |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-board-review-2015-winners-844862 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203220125/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-board-review-2015-winners-844862 |archive-date=3 December 2015 |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and was named one of the ten best films of 2015 by the American Film Institute.{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=16 December 2015 |title=Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lands on AFI's Top 10 List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/star-wars-force-awakens-lands-849517/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513195429/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/star-wars-force-awakens-lands-849517/ |archive-date=13 May 2021 |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Listed on over 170 film critics' top-ten lists for 2015, including 58 first-place rankings and 26 second-place rankings, the film topped Metacritic's tally of film critics year-end best film lists,{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2015 |title=Best of 2015: Film Critic Top Ten Lists |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=15 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210190401/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2015 |archive-date=10 December 2015 |url-status=live}} and it was also named Rotten Tomatoes' best scoring film of 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2015 |title=Top 100 Movies of 2015 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128230819/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2015 |archive-date=28 November 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/critics-pick-the-best-films-and-performances-of-2015-in-indiewires-annual-poll-20151214 |title=Critics Pick the Best Films and Performances of 2015 in Indiewire's Annual Poll |first=Steve |last=Greene |publisher=IndieWire |date=14 December 2015 |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215222649/http://www.indiewire.com/article/critics-pick-the-best-films-and-performances-of-2015-in-indiewires-annual-poll-20151214 |archive-date=15 December 2015 |url-status=live}} A 2016 BBC poll of 177 film critics listed Mad Max: Fury Road as the 19th-best film of the 21st century,{{Cite web |date=19 August 2016 |title=The 21st Century's 100 greatest films |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230650/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |archive-date=17 August 2021 |access-date=18 September 2016 |website=BBC}} and The New York Times placed it nineteenth on its own list.{{Cite web |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |author-link=Manohla Dargis |last2=Scott |first2=A. O. |author-link2=A. O. Scott |date=9 June 2017 |title=The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230831/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html |archive-date=17 August 2021 |access-date=8 July 2017 |website=The New York Times}} Empire and The Independent respectively named it first and 19th-best in 2020.{{Cite web |date=18 March 2020 |title=The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies-century/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230233/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies-century/ |archive-date=17 August 2021 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Empire}}{{Cite web |last=Hooton |first=Christopher |date=22 December 2020 |title=The 100 best films of the 21st century, according to the critics |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/best-films-21st-century-movies-b1768316.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230423/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/best-films-21st-century-movies-b1768316.html |archive-date=17 August 2021 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=The Independent}} The film's screenplay was listed number sixty-eight on the Writers Guild of America's "101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)" in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=6 December 2021 |title=101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century: Horror Pic Tops Writers Guild's List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/greatest-screenplays-of-21st-century-list-writers-guild-get-out-1234885622/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206184612/https://deadline.com/2021/12/greatest-screenplays-of-21st-century-list-writers-guild-get-out-1234885622/ |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} The February 2020 issue of New York Magazine lists Mad Max: Fury Road as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=New York Magazine|access-date=30 March 2025}}

In addition, several critics considered Fury Road to be one of the greatest action films ever made,Multiple sources; see, for example:

• {{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/mad-max-fury-road-oral-history.html |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic |date=12 May 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517072503/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/mad-max-fury-road-oral-history.html |archive-date=17 May 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}
• {{cite web |last=Roeper |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/5/14/18421410/mad-max-fury-road-crazy-chases-tough-women-in-one-of-the-best-action-movies-ever |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': Crazy chases, tough women in one of the best action movies ever |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106233240/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/5/14/18421410/mad-max-fury-road-crazy-chases-tough-women-in-one-of-the-best-action-movies-ever |archive-date=6 January 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}
• {{cite web |title=Top 100 Action & Adventure Movies |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_action__adventure_movies |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818055305/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_action__adventure_movies |archive-date=18 August 2015 |url-status=live}}
• {{cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Jack |title=Mad Max: Fury Road: One of the greatest action films of all time? Here are the top 12 according to Metacritic |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mad-max-fury-road-one-of-the-greatest-action-films-of-all-time-here-are-the-top-12-according-to-metacritic-10254063.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722182351/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mad-max-fury-road-one-of-the-greatest-action-films-of-all-time-here-are-the-top-12-according-to-metacritic-10254063.html |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |first=Tom |last=Breihan |url=https://www.avclub.com/mad-max-fury-road-might-already-be-the-best-action-mov-1820691831 |title=Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made |date=1 December 2017 |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222192548/https://www.avclub.com/mad-max-fury-road-might-already-be-the-best-action-mov-1820691831 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live}}
• {{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/best-action-movies-1183713/mad-max-fury-road-2015-4-1189695/ |title=50 Best Action Movies of All Time |last=Fear |first=David |date=11 August 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230211258/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/best-action-movies-1183713/mad-max-fury-road-2015-4-1189695/ |url-status=live }}
• {{Cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g26455274/best-action-movies/ |title=These Are the 27 Best Action Movies Ever Made |last1=Leitch |first1=Will |last2=Grierson |first2=Tim |last3=St. Clair |first3=Josh |date=1 September 2020 |website=Men's Health |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422085233/https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g26455274/best-action-movies/ |url-status=live }} while it appeared on numerous "best films of the decade" lists.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-best-films-of-the-2010s |title=The Best Films of the 2010s |date=4 November 2019 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410122546/https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-best-films-of-the-2010s |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-best-films-of-the-2010s |title=The best films of the 2010s: the 50 movies of the decade |date=10 December 2019 |website=Time Out |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230211257/https://www.timeout.com/film/the-best-films-of-the-2010s |url-status=live }} It was ranked first on The A.V. Club critics' "The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s",{{cite web |title=The 100 best movies of the 2010s |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-100-best-movies-of-the-2010s-1839846306 |website=The A.V. Club |date=18 November 2019 |access-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210045220/https://film.avclub.com/the-100-best-movies-of-the-2010s-1839846306 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |url-status=live}} third on Variety{{'}}s "The Best Films of the Decade",{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/feature/best-movies-decade-2010-2019-1203433606/ |title=The Best Films of the Decade |work=Variety |date=19 December 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103225917/https://variety.com/feature/best-movies-decade-2010-2019-1203433606/ |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live}} and ninth on The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s "The 10 Best Films of the Decade".{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/10-best-films-decade-1260056/item/9-mad-max-fury-road-2015-10-best-films-decade-1260078 |title=The 10 Best Films of the Decade |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=6 December 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102013312/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/10-best-films-decade-1260056/item/9-mad-max-fury-road-2015-10-best-films-decade-1260078 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |url-status=live}} It also appeared (unranked) on The New York Times{{'}} "The 10 Most Influential Films of the Decade (and 20 Other Favorites)",{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/movies/best-movies-2010s-decade.html |title=The 10 Most Influential Films of the Decade (and 20 Other Favorites) |work=The New York Times |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221174117/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/movies/best-movies-2010s-decade.html |archive-date=21 December 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |last2=Scott |first2=A. O.}} Wired{{'}}s "The 24 Absolute Best Movies of the 2010s",{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/best-movies-2010s/ |title=The 24 Absolute Best Movies of the 2010s |magazine=Wired |date=26 December 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101013153/https://www.wired.com/story/best-movies-2010s/ |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} and the Los Angeles Times{{'}} "The Best Movies of the Decade: Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang's Essential Picks".{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-30/best-movies-decade-end-kenneth-turan-justin-chang |title=The best movies of the decade: Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang's essential picks |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 December 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101113157/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-30/best-movies-decade-end-kenneth-turan-justin-chang |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} In Metacritic's tally of lists of the best films of the decade, Fury Road topped more lists than any other film, with 20 critics placing it at number one.{{cite web |title=Best Movies of the Decade (2010–19) |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-movies-of-the-decade-2010s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528042027/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-movies-of-the-decade-2010s |archive-date=28 May 2023 |access-date=28 May 2024 |publisher=Metacritic}}

{{Main|Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga}}

During the writing process for Fury Road in 2011, Miller and McCarthy found that they had enough story material for two additional scripts.{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Brook |date=25 November 2011 |title=George Miller's new script |url=http://www.afr.com/p/george_miller_new_script_q1wYu1EFjLM0cyZa4s97fI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407192950/http://www.afr.com/p/george_miller_new_script_q1wYu1EFjLM0cyZa4s97fI |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=8 April 2015 |website=The Australian Financial Review}} Miller told Wired in May 2015 that if the film became successful, he would tell the other two stories.{{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-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514004411/http://www.wired.com/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road |archive-date=14 May 2015 |access-date=12 May 2015 |magazine=Wired}} In November 2017, it was reported that a lawsuit filed by Miller's production company against Warner Bros. over a disputed $7 million bonus was likely to delay the production of any further Mad Max films.{{Cite news |last=Maddox |first=Garry |date=11 November 2017 |title=Director George Miller sues Warner Bros over Mad Max: Fury Road earnings |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/george-miller-sues-warner-bros-over-mad-max-fury-road-earnings-20171110-gziinh.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115053005/https://amp.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/george-miller-sues-warner-bros-over-mad-max-fury-road-earnings-20171109-gziinh.html |archive-date=15 January 2018 |access-date=7 January 2018 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} However, the legal dispute was resolved in 2019 or 2020, enabling pre-production to move forward.{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Dhruv |date=11 May 2024 |title=New Mad Max Movie Plan Continues A Weird Franchise Decision After Fury Road |url=https://screenrant.com/mad-max-prequel-movie-plan-weird/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Adrienne |date=27 May 2024 |title=Furiosa's Original Movie Plan Was Completely Different 15 Years Before $168 Million Blockbuster |url=https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-anime-plan-different/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527192836/https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-anime-plan-different/ |url-status=live }}

In October 2020, a prequel to Fury Road, titled Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, entered "advanced development" at Warner Bros, in collaboration with Miller and Mitchel under their Kennedy Miller Mitchell banner.{{cite news |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=13 October 2020 |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 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/furiosa-mad-max-spinoff-george-miller-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234596503/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014034604/https://deadline.com/2020/10/furiosa-mad-max-spinoff-george-miller-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234596503/ |archive-date=14 October 2020 |access-date=13 October 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} Miller directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Nico Lathouris. Anya Taylor-Joy portrayed a young Furiosa, Chris Hemsworth portrayed her nemesis Dementus, and Tom Burke portrayed her mentor Jack; in addition, Jacob Tomuri, Tom Hardy's stuntman in Fury Road, had a cameo appearance as Max Rockatansky, and Josh Helman and Bryan Probets portrayed Scabrous Scrotus and Chumbucket, characters created for the 2015 Mad Max video game (set between Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road). The film was released on 24 May 2024.{{cite web |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/ |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |work=Deadline |date=10 September 2021 |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=26 October 2021 |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/ |url-status=live }}

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In March 2015, during an interview with Esquire, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films following Fury Road.{{cite web |last=Collinge |first=Miranda |date=30 March 2015 |title=Tom Hardy Is Esquire's May Cover Star |url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/8074/tom-hardy-esquire-interview/ |url-access=limited |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331190806/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/8074/tom-hardy-esquire-interview/ |archive-date=31 March 2015 |access-date=3 April 2015 |work=Esquire}} In July 2019, Miller told IndieWire that three films were being considered: two Mad Max stories and a Furiosa story, the latter of which was eventually produced first.{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Anne |author-link=Anne Thompson (film journalist) |date=23 July 2019 |title=George Miller Looks Back on 'Mad Max: Fury Road', and Forward to More Furiosa |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-interview-best-action-movie-of-decade-furiosa-sequel/ |url-status=live |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/ |archive-date=23 July 2019 |access-date=30 July 2020 |website=IndieWire}}

In May 2015, Miller revealed that one of these proposed films would be titled Mad Max: The Wasteland,{{cite web |last1=Lussier |first1=Germain |date=18 May 2015 |title=George Miller Gives 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Sequel a Title |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-sequel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519013857/http://www.slashfilm.com/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-sequel/ |archive-date=19 May 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |website=/Film}}{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=18 May 2015 |title=George Miller Promises 'More Max,' Starting With 'Mad Max: The Wasteland' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/mad-max-george-miller-announces-more-movies-mad-max-the-wasteland-1201499904/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519013352/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/mad-max-george-miller-announces-more-movies-mad-max-the-wasteland-1201499904/ |archive-date=19 May 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |website=Variety}} although he clarified that The Wasteland was a working title.{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=12 October 2015 |title=Mad Max Fury Road sequel won't star Charlize Theron's Imperator Furiosa |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a673073/mad-max-fury-road-sequel-wont-star-charlize-therons-imperator-furiosa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114210753/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a673073/mad-max-fury-road-sequel-wont-star-charlize-therons-imperator-furiosa/ |archive-date=14 November 2015 |access-date=11 November 2015 |work=Digital Spy}} The Wasteland is another Fury Road prequel that would trace Max's travels in the Wasteland in the year preceding his capture by Immortan Joe's forces at the start of Fury Road.{{Cite web |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=29 May 2024 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503092307/https://ew.com/george-miller-update-future-mad-max-franchise-furiosa-8640844 |url-status=live }}

Following the release of Furiosa, The Hollywood Reporter clarified that The Wasteland was not yet in development.{{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=29 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 }} In June 2024, Hardy, while promoting The Bikeriders, said in an interview that, "I don't think [The Wasteland is] happening."{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffconway/2024/06/18/tom-hardy-discusses-the-bikeriders-and-his-career-i-never-really-chased-wanting-to-be-a-celebrity/ |title=Tom Hardy Discusses 'The Bikeriders' and His Career: 'I Never Really Chased Wanting to be a Celebrity' |last=Conway |first=Jeff |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/20240618143609/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffconway/2024/06/18/tom-hardy-discusses-the-bikeriders-and-his-career-i-never-really-chased-wanting-to-be-a-celebrity/ |url-status=live}}

In February 2025, Miller expressed further interest in making The Wasteland despite Furiosa underperforming. Though he wished to commit to other projects first saying that The Wasteland, "is not something I would do next, because there’s two things I’m keen to do next. But if for whatever reason the planets align, you can never tell. Too often, you’re lining up to do a movie and then something happens. Some things fall into place and some don’t, so all I can say is we’ll see.{{Cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=2025-02-27 |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=2025-02-28 |website=Vulture |language=en}} {{notelist}}

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