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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Battleship is a Box Office Bomb!

What is going on with Battleship? Who gave the green light to launch this disaster movie? According to IMDb, Battleship's production budget reached $209 million. In 3 weeks of wide release,  Battleship has earned $55.4 million in total ticket sales. The upside down earnings certify Battleship as a box office bomb. Hopefully, the international box office shows more support for the alien invasion movie. Battleship is a box office bomb!

John Carter obviously is working overtime to break even. Two months ago, Disney expected to deliver a blockbuster with their John Carter movie. Who really knows what went wrong. TheMovieBlog.com identified the movie trailer as the culprit, which a staff writer and commenters there blamed for leaving out important plot points to tell the storyline.

Thus, the movie trailer compromised the storyline. Somehow, movie fans never gravitated toward the movie. Many adolescents identified the movie as dumb. John Carter has earned $179.3 million in the worldwide box office to bring the movie closer, bridging the production budget gap of $250 million - $70.7 million deficit.  John Carter is available on DVD. We haven't watched the movie yet, so we can't make the determination whether the poor marketing resulted in the box office failure.

Battleship needs a major boost, already proving to be a major box office flop. According to IndieWire.com, Chairman of Comcast Brian Roberts admitted Battleship as a box office flop which has a negative impact on NBC/Universal, the television and movie company Comcast publicly owns (full story here). We don't see Battleship remaining in the top 10 after this weekend. In a month, this movie looks to be a major failure.

No disrespect to John Carter lead actor Taylor Kitsch, but this Snakes on a Plane actor somehow is involved in two box office bombs in the same year, while superstar Channing Tatum is having an awesome year with The Vow, 21 Jump Street, and upcoming movies G.I. Joe and Magic Mike. The two actors are on the opposite side of the movie road.

Taylor Kitsch has one more shot to make an impact in 2012. Savages is due to be released in movie theaters on July 6, 2012. To be honest, chances are that Savages may land Taylor another flop on his resume. Third time is a charm. Hopefully, Kitsch breaks the losing streak in Savages.

The box office revelation is a clear sign, avoid making Martians and Aliens near Earth. The movies are obviously a major miss in the movie box office. According to IMDb, Taylor is in the running to land a major role in the Hunger Games sequel. Will the Friday Night Lights television star recover with his upcoming Savages (2012) and Lone Survivor movies? The box office will deliver the real results, test the actor's Hollywood star power.

What is the lesson here? Alien movies near Earth are risky productions (i.e. John Carter and Battleship). On the contrary, an alien movie such as Prometheus will become a major box office success. The movie business is a tough industry that relies on major hits. No movie studio wants to be connected to a box office bomb.


Battleship is a certified box office bomb!

 

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