you gotta spend money to make money and
sometimes lose money hey guys it's
Phoebe with WatchMojo today we're
counting down our picks for the top ten
biggest movie flops of the last decade
and they've requested your assistance
with a giant problem well
giants we're taking a look at movies
released between 2010 and 2011 we're
ranking our picks based on how high
financial expectations were and how much
money they lost the studio's let's get
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number ten Dark Phoenix while the
previous x-men movies had been
critically hit and miss all of them were
financially successful so when Fox gave
Dark Phoenix the go-ahead it seemed like
another guaranteed blockbuster please
stop not until I know you're gonna be
okay unfortunately the film was a storm
of unforeseen obstacles what was
originally supposed to be a two-part
movie suddenly had to be squeezed into
one if you break something anything I
can fix it
not anything reshoots were ordered due
to negative test screenings and tweaks
were allegedly also made to avoid
comparison to an MCU movie meanwhile
Disney was in the midst of acquiring Fox
which was partially blamed for the
film's poor marketing horrible reviews
were the final nail in the coffin for
Dark Phoenix which made roughly 250
million dollars on a 200 million dollar
budget reportedly losing 100 million
dollars it's currently the lowest
grossing x-men movie to date
we're not leaving anyone behind I am NOT
putting this team in more danger number
9 Green Lantern coming out the same year
as Thor and Captain America the First
Avenger Green Lantern was seen as a
potential launching point for a DC
Cinematic Universe
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given the film's abysmal box office
returns it's not surprising that DC
decided to start fresh with Man of Steel
two years later plans for a Green
Lantern trilogy were also quickly
scrapped with a 200 million dollar
production budget and another 100
million dollars going towards marketing
the film reportedly needed to bring in
five hundred million dollars to be
deemed a worthwhile investment
the Rinne never makes mistake this time
it did unfortunately for the studio
Green Lantern made just under two
hundred and twenty million dollars
worldwide losing more than what it costs
to produce Deadpool how ironic that a
film about a superhero draped in green
couldn't bring in the green number eight
Fantastic Four a couple years before
Disney came along with 71 billion
dollars to burn Fox made a last-ditch
effort to prove that they could make a
watchable Fantastic Four movie did
audiences embrace Fox's gritty take on
the colorful superhero team well by the
end of its opening weekend the film came
in second at the domestic box office to
Mission Impossible rogue nation which
had already been out for over a week in
North America Fantastic Four grossed
56.1 million dollars which is about how
much it's 2005 predecessor made in its
opening weekend alone hey it's fantastic
with an overall intake of one hundred
and sixty seven point nine billion
dollars the film lost nearly 100 million
on a budget of no less than 120 million
we guessed their loss was the MC use
gain
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enough when your world is destroyed and
I'm all that's left
then it will be enough number seven
monster trucks a film about monster
trucks that are literally monsters
living inside trucks doesn't exactly
scream bonafide hit nevertheless we
guess the idea offers a few
possibilities for tie-in merchandise
there's something going on here
something crazy and and I don't even
know how to begin to explain maybe this
could have actually turned a respectable
profit with a modest budget of twenty
five million dollars
this studio unwisely decided to throw
125 million dollars at monster trucks
however we can only assume one of the
studio heads thought this was going to
be the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
or Ninja Turtles built a fanbase with
comics toys and a cartoon though monster
trucks went blindly charging into the
fast lane without any driving experience
grossing sixty four point five million
dollars worldwide what was intended to
jumpstart a franchise instead lost an
estimated one hundred and twenty 3.1
million dollars their family
he was looking for his parents number
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JOHN CARTER disney's broken one box
office record after another in recent
years but the company has also produced
some of the decades biggest bombs
bhasu a world on the brink was the
dangus new power threatens to destroy
our city of helium the mouse house
seemingly had high hopes that this
adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs
classic sci-fi novel would be another
Pirates of the Caribbean why else would
they have invested 350 million dollars
into its production and marketing you
could take a trip to outer space for
just a fraction of the film's budget you
come--the earn is that what she's funds
are holy messengers of the goddess all
that money couldn't pack theaters though
as John Carter only made seventy three
million dollars domestically and two
hundred and eighty four point 1 million
overall although John Carter led to a
200 million dollar write down Disney
bought Lucasfilm only a few months later
so it wasn't the end of the world for
them by the ancient rite of moons and
water are you bound together
husband and wife number five The BFG on
paper The BFG appeared to be too big to
fail my giant country it was being
distributed by Disney it was based on a
cherished book by literary legend Roald
Dahl and mark director Steven
Spielberg's returned to family friendly
entertainment
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unlike some of the other films on this
list the BFG also had mostly positive
reviews on its side for whatever reason
though more people wanted to see the
purge election year and the legend of
tarzan over the 4th of July weekend
won't be like that will stop the Giants
will make them go away forever making
just over 55 million dollars in North
America and 180 3.3 million dollars in
total The BFG had much smaller returns
than expected like Willy Wonka
BFG could become a cult classic someday
but it likely won't recoup its 140
million dollar budget any time soon
there's only one word for that Magister
number four
Mars Needs Moms motion capture animation
can really rack up a film's budget but
with the right source material ie the
Polar Express or A Christmas Carol
it can result in high financial rewards
my life would be so much better if I
didn't have to be a nagging mom yo my
life would be so much better if I didn't
have a mom at all a quirky children's
book like Mars Needs Moms wasn't
especially well suited for such uncanny
valley technology however a project like
this should have gone for a bright
cartoony look with a budget no bigger
than 30 million dollars Aled Jimmy
Neutron
instead somebody wrote a 150 million
dollar check for an inevitable bomb Mars
Needs Moms made 39 million dollars and
yes that was the film's worldwide gross
I know it's not fair not only was this
Disney's biggest dud to date but it
spelled the end for image movers digital
between John Carter and this Disney
should just stay away from Mars
number 3 47 Ronin we're so happy Keanu
Reeves made it come back in the late
2010 because 47 Ronin looked like a
certified career killer this he'll need
demons
power to see past a witch's disguise are
you a demon
no this action samurai fantasy was
apparently a production nightmare as
first-time director Carl Rinsch received
a one hundred and seventy five million
dollar budget and following reshoots was
excluded from the editing process I will
not rest until justice is done will not
sleep until our master lies in peace and
will not pray unless it is to ask the
heavens forgiveness
one source claimed that the film's
budget rose to two hundred and twenty
five million dollars meaning it would
have to bring in five hundred million
dollars just to break even
while the universal executive contested
those numbers forty-seven Ronin still
needed to make much more than thirty
eight million dollars domestically we
are 47 it didn't do much better in Japan
where the film opened with 1.3 million
dollars u.s. with a final gross of just
151 point eight million dollars Reeves
is lucky that John wick was less than a
year away
number two cats the stage version of
cats made almost four billion dollars
worldwide breathing new life into the
Broadway musical haven't seen you before
have I the cinematic version of cats was
such a catastrophic flop that it
probably would have killed the movie
musical if frozen 2 hadn't come out a
month earlier that said cats was
completely overshadowed by the frozen
sequel
not to mention rise of Skywalker
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Katz is already developing a so bad it's
good reputation not unlike the room
where the room costs just six million
dollars to make however cats had a 95
million dollar budget right well that's
not going to work is it that's why I say
to you so it's gonna take a lot of late
night screenings and Home Media sales
for this thing to ever show a profit at
the beginning of 2020 Universal is
looking at an estimated loss somewhere
between 71 and 100 million dollars
me-ouch I want to say cats was robbed
but no no it was just really really bad
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
what'll be will be you stand up strong
would you head up don't try don't let
them have the satisfaction we've made a
breakthrough with the nanotechnology we
can rebuild any material faster than
before
since that extent sells tissue
regeneration the medical applications
are now there with us how much Laura I
said how much 83 dollars 83 dollars are
you crazy
why that's practically our food budget
for two whole months I don't even know
why I kept it what's this charting I was
just trying to keep it safe to keep okay
so how does it work
you give NSA the data they run in water
no they have a remote login we run it
you're not thinking come on they got the
keys to the kingdom
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notifications number one mortal engines
with a production budget somewhere
between 100 and 150 million dollars
mortal engines was a risky venture for
Universal
give me everything you have when Peter
Jackson is attached as a screenwriter
and producer though a risk can start to
seem like a sure thing I've heard that
before just need a little more time Oh
plus the film was based on a beloved why
a novel by Philip Reeve inviting plenty
of franchise potential the studio knew
it was in big trouble when mortal
engines only brought in 7.5 million
dollars over its opening weekend I will
take away things went downhill from
there as the film plummeted 77 percent
during its second weekend grossing just
eighty three point seven million dollars
worldwide mortal engines crashed and
burned thanks - unenthusiastic reviews
and a crowded holiday season high post
production costs further contributed to
the studio's monumental loss of one
hundred and seventy four point eight
million dollars you've failed do you
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