We always hear about new movies being made, but these new movies tend to be familiar titles. In general, movies that are original titles are more likely to fail than a property that has past recognition. The media is filled with news and hype for the new Star Wars film and the movie will unsurprisingly make a ton of money. Companies see such success as something they want to replicate. So you tend to see reboots or sequels to successful properties in order to avoid wasting money on something original. For this post, we will be going over some of the most unsuccessful movies that hit theaters. Some of these may shock you seeing as they come from a big studio like Disney and not many people keep up with this type of stuff. With that, let’s take a look at some of the biggest bombs that hit the theaters.
John Carter (2012)
Source: movies.disney.com
You may not remember this one, in fact not many really do. It was a science fiction movie that cost the Disney Company $306.6 million according to forbes.com. This film seems to be an attempt to expand their demographic in the science fiction genre. This is not to say that there was a lack of these films in Disney’s portfolio, this was more of a way to make an action packed blockbuster that would rake in audiences and money. Unfortunately, they didn’t rake in much. With the purchase of Marvel, Disney is able to gain what they originally wanted and much more. Super hero movies are now a hot and relevant subject in the film industry and the failure that John Carter created was more than likely cleaned up.
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Source: movies.disney.com
When you look at what this film had going for it, it’s really surprising that this wasn’t a moderate success. Movies that have Johnny Depp as one of their main characters just seem that it would do well. Sadly the cast and the production team didn’t bring in the numbers that Disney was hoping for. It was confirmed by Disney that they lost $190 million due to The Lone Ranger’s failings at the box office. This was most likely the result of the harsh reviews that plagued its chances. Bad reviews were sighted by some of the crew that worked on The Lone Ranger and they even have a video that can be seen at hypable.com showing just that. With this, Disney most likely signed off for more Pirates of the Caribbean rather than a sequel to this blunder.
Tomorrow Land (2015)
Source: movies.disney.com
An original idea that comes from one of Disney’s own parks is brought to the silver screen. It was impressive to find out that this film had big-name actors like George Clooney and a prolific creator like Brad Bird who is known for his work on many of Pixar’s most celebrated films. It almost seemed that this film could’ve been very successful with the great crew that they had. The opposite happened and the film has a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is said to lose $120 to $140 million. This was saddening news mainly because there are reports of Disney changing focus on these types of movies. It would explain why the next Tron movie was canceled in 2015. If you’re reading this in the future, then hopefully the Tron thing works out okay.
We come to a conclusion that is very apparent within Hollywood. Reboots and sequels are constantly made so that viewers can find interest in understanding something that they have nostalgic value in. This isn’t to say that Disney won’t take any risks with original titles. In fact, Frozen is a display of this risk of originality becoming a huge success. Understand that even though sequels like Star Wars 7 and Avengers 3 will come out, this in no way harms their quality. Both of these will most likely be incredible and greatly successful. The original titles that Disney produces in the future will hopefully not die down and not be grouped up with the three listed above as the some of the worst-performing Disney movies at theaters.
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