‘Yellowstone’ Alum Kevin Costner On Wanting ‘Horizon’ To Succeed At Box Office: “My Ego Would Like That”

Kevin Costner is weighing in on the pressure he feels for Horizon: An American Saga to do well at the box office.

The former Yellowstone star largely self-financed the Western film series, which he also co-wrote and stars in. With the film dropping in theaters, he’s opening up about where his expectations are set.

“I’ve lived with movies and what happens to them on their opening weekend,” Costner told Entertainment Weekly. “If we put so much pressure on that, we’re bound to be disappointed. I’m really happy that Horizon looks like what it’s supposed to look like, and that’s the way it’ll look the rest of its life. And that’s really important to me in this process.”

He continued, “Would I love that it would be highly, highly successful? Of course, I’d like that. My ego would like that; everyone would like that. But I am happiest that the movie that you and I are talking about looks the way I want it to look.”

Costner announced this week that he will not return to Yellowstone, the Paramount Network series in which he starred as John Dutton.

“I want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on Horizon and doing all the things that’s required, and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love, I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5B or into the future,” he said. “It was something that really changed me. I loved it. And I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning, and I love the relationship we’ve been able to develop, and I’ll see you at the movies.”