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20 Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2012
20 Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2012

Business Insider ranked the 25 biggest box-office bombs of 2012, based on comparisons of the film’s budgets with domestic and worldwide intake and opening weekend expectations versus actual intake. Check out the top 20 below.

20. “Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike”
Opening Weekend: $1.8 million
Estimated Budget: $10 million
Worldwide Gross: $3.3 million

19. “Alex Cross”
Opening Weekend: $11.4 million
Estimated Budget: $35 million
Worldwide Gross: $25.7 million

18. “Chasing Mavericks”
Opening Weekend: $2.3 million
Estimated Budget: $20 million
Worldwide Gross: $5.9 million

17. “The Five-Year Engagement”
Opening Weekend: $10.6 million
Estimated Budget: $30 million
Worldwide Gross: $53.8 million

16. “Wanderlust”
Opening Weekend: $6.5 million
Estimated Budget: $35 million
Worldwide Gross: $21.5 million

15. “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”
Opening Weekend: $22.1 million
Estimated Budget: $57 million
Worldwide Gross: $132.6 million (U.S., $51.8 million)

14. “Big Miracle”
Opening Weekend: $7.8 million
Estimated Budget: $40 million
Worldwide Gross: $24.7 million

13. “Playing For Keeps”
Opening Weekend: $5.8 million
Estimated Budget: $35 million
Worldwide Gross: $10.8 million

12. “Total Recall”
Opening Weekend: $25.6 million
Estimated Budget: $125 million
Worldwide Gross: $198.5 million


11. “The Watch”
Opening Weekend: $12.8 million
Estimated Budget: $68 million
Worldwide Gross: $70 million

10. “Rise of the Guardians”
Opening Weekend: $23.8 million
Estimated Budget: $145 million
Worldwide Gross to date: $222.6 million

9. “Oogieloves”
Opening Weekend: $444,000
Estimated Budget: $20 million
Worldwide Gross: $1 million

8. “Dark Shadows”
Opening Weekend: $29.7 million
Estimated Budget: $150 million
Worldwide Gross: $239.1 million

7. “That’s My Boy”
Opening Weekend: $13.5 million
Estimated Budget: $70 million
Worldwide Gross: $57.7 million

6. “Rock of Ages”
Opening Weekend: $14.4 million
Estimated Budget: $75 million
Worldwide Gross: $56.4 million

5. “A Thousand Words”
Opening Weekend: $6.2 million
Estimated Budget: $40 million
Worldwide Gross: $20.6 million

4. “Dredd 3D”
Opening Weekend: $13.4 million
Estimated Budget: $50 million
Worldwide Gross: $30.9 million

3. “Cloud Atlas”
Opening Weekend: $9.6 million
Estimated Budget: $100 million
Worldwide Gross: $62.8 million

2. “Battleship”
Opening Weekend: $25.5 million
Estimated Budget: $209 million
Worldwide Gross: $302.8 million (the film earned $65.2 million in the U.S.)

1. “John Carter”
Opening Weekend: $30 million
Estimated Budget: $250 million
Worldwide Gross: $282.8 million

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