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2019 Box Office Flops

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Pending Movies: Long Shot

Captive State
Budget: $25 million
Financed by: Participant Media
Domestic Box Office: $5,958,315
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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Cold Pursuit
Budget: $60 million
Financed by: StudioCanal
Domestic Box Office: $32,138,862
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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Hellboy
Budget: $50 million
Financed by: Millennium Films
Domestic Box Office: Still in release
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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Missing Link
Budget: $100 million (estimated)
Financed by: Laika
Domestic Box Office: Still in release
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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Replicas
Budget: N/A
Financed by: Riverstone Pictures; Remstar Studios
Domestic Box Office: $4,046,429
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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Serenity
Budget: $25 million
Financed by: IM Global
Domestic Box Office: $8,543,442
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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The Kid Who Would Be King
Budget: $59 million
Financed by: FOX; Working Title; TSG Entertainment
Domestic Box Office: $16,790,790
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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The Professor and the Madman
Budget: $26.3 million
Financed by: Voltage Pictures; Fábrica de Cine; Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Domestic Box Office: Still in release
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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UglyDolls
Budget: $53 million
Financed by: STX; Alibaba Pictures
Domestic Box Office: Still in release
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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Wonder Park
Budget: $100 million
Financed by: Paramount
Domestic Box Office: Still in release
Overseas Box Office: Still in release
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  1. Any chance that you can allow both the old and new viewing options? I kinda preferred the old one where there’s just the poster and name of the movie.

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    • I actually prefer that too, but I’ve run into a problem where quite a few people have dismissed this site because they thought there was no content and it was just a website that LISTS flops by showing the movie poster. So, as derivative as it is, it now says READ FULL ARTICLE. Sigh.

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      • I like the way you have put up the specific details in this format. The prior format wasn’t very informative, but i can understand why you applied this only to this year and last year’s pages – you would have to reformat 20 more pages.

        Regarding the specific details, would it be possible to make a new row to display the overall loss suffered by the studio

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        • That’s a great idea Cattus! And I am actually changing the other years, but it’s a slow process.

  2. Bad news A Dog’s Journey and The Sun Is Also a Star both got bomb from box office so can you add both of those two?

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  3. Detective Pikachu second weekend isn’t bad at all. Although 290 million only 1 week over. Maybe in the third week they can withstand Aladdin and John Wick 3. JW3 debut is 97 million USD.

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  5. Last weekend, while “John Wick 3” had nearly doubled its 2017 predecessor’s opening weekend and dethroned “Avengers: Endgame” at the top of the domestic box office, two other new releases (“A Dog’s Journey” and “The Sun is Also a Star”) didn’t really fare as well. The “Dog’s Purpose” sequel has opened to about $8 million domestically, below even the numbers for “A Dog’s Way Home,” while “Sun” debuted with a poor $2.6 million in America.

    Between these two new arrivals, I’m very sure that “A Dog’s Journey” may be able to steer clear of becoming an outright bomb, due to its overseas numbers so far (but only if it is budgeted slightly less than the first film). On the other hand, “Sun” may not really resonate much with audiences overseas, which means that it may end its box office run as a flop (although it won’t really be added here since its reported budget was only $9 million, and that you do try to avoid adding any flops that cost less than $20 million to produce).

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  6. Detective Pikachu in second weekend are below average. This is because John Wick 3 : Parabellum have strong debuts in Friday. It seems Detective Pikachu might be added in this list because of major blockbuster in this weekend. Aladdin is a big threat for Detective Pikachu. Yes because bad schedule release, and John Wick 3 ended Endgame domination. JW3PB take 22 million USD in debut

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    • It seems that it is almost safe . . . Disney has to thank the foreign figures for that.

      $170mn budget and is around $340mn WW

      Honestly, I am so confused how is Disney able to pull off most crappy movies.

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  8. Looking of this blockbuster meltdown (while the blockbuster release in week A, and another blockbuster release in A + 1, and another blockbuster A + 2), it might be a disaster for these films in bad scheduling. There are :
    Aladdin (next week is Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
    Godzilla: King of the Monsters (next week is Dark Phoenix and The Secret Life of Pets 2)
    Dark Phoenix (next 2 week is Toy Story 4, same release date like The Secret Life of Pets 2)
    The Secret Life of Pets 2 (next 2 week is Toy Story 4, same release date like Dark phoenix)
    Jumanji 3 (next week is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)

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  9. Looking for a box office meltdown, it seems Detective Pikachu can added in this list even 63% RT. In that case, if this weekend still underperformed. In facts, while Avengers Endgame in Thursday only got USD 3.4 million, and Pikachu second weekend are dropped. In Thursday it was 2.7 million USD. Despite higher than Alita : Battle Angel, in case of 170 million budget, and now John Wick 3 Parabellum was released, and Aladdin released in next week, it might be a disaster for Detective Pikachu

    Your thoughts?

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  10. That’s especially when unlike fellow studios Annapurna and Laika, I don’t think STX is run by the child of a billionaire who can more than afford to finance their films (regardless of their budgets or box office performance).

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    • They better hope that the Russo Brothers can pull people in to see 21 Bridges because I doubt that projects such as Playmobil: The Movie are going to be money makers for STX. The biggest successes they have had so far are with the Bad Moms series and The Upside so they definitely need more IPs.

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      • And Upside wasn’t even owned by STX, they just got a distribution fee for that one.

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  11. Add the geezer cheerleading comedy “Poms” to this list – only $5M this weekend when it was tracking $8M! STX, the studio behind this bomb (and the animated turkey “UglyDolls” as well) may not survive long if it keeps churning out flop after flop!

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    • Poms looks atrocious and is doing terrible, but I try to keep titles off the site that cost below $20M. But these low rent projects from STX are certainly going to destroy them. And good riddance. To see an alternative indie distributor release safe, corporate junk is a waste of resources. We already have Lionsgate doing that.

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      • I don’t mind STX for the most part. They are a studio that is dedicated to mid-to-low budget flicks that can sometimes have bizarre concepts. The best movies that I feel they have put out so far are Hardcore Henry and The Happytime Murders. Sadly, neither of them really took off despite having unique draws.

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        • I personally think that Annapurna is better at choosing better scripted flicks than STX.

          Anyhow both are long waiting for a good hit at box office.

  12. Put Tolkien on Pending List. Budget is $20 million. Only made $2 million so far and is #9 at the box office.

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    • That $20M budget figure has not been substantiated by Fox Searchlight or Chernin Ent. It was filmed in the UK and the BFI has also not reported any budget or rebates issued that would give a clearer picture about what the costs were. I will assume that eventually the actual budget will be listed from the UK gov. And by the way, if anyone knows the production company name that the movie used, plug it into the UK gov site https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/ and the budget mystery will be solved. But it literally could be any name…

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  13. It’s okay if lego Movie 2 and Dumbo are stripped from the list. But look in 2017, example Geostorm, 120 million budget, and 220 million box office, STILL CALLED FLOP. Justice league, 300 million budget, and 657 million box office, STILL CALLED FLOP. The Great Wall, 150 million budget, and 332 million box office, STILL CALLED FLOP. Pacific Rim Uprising, 170 million budget, and 290 million box office, STRIPPED IN FLOP LIST. Even Lego Movie 2 is likely worse than Lego Movie. The mummy, 195 million budget, 410 million box office, STILL CALLED FLOP.

    Can Aladdin, Toy Story 4, Godzilla : King Of The Monsters, Dark Phoenix AVOID ALL THEM? And even Uglydolls, Pikachu and John Wick 3 : Parabellum?

    Your thoughts?

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    • Dumbo was a major flop! Why the denial on here? After paying all the marketing and advertising, I doubt it will break even.

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  14. Look how many 170-200 million budget movies in this year. Still laughable if did not break even. Such as Aladdin, Godzilla King of The Monsters, Detective Pikachu and Dark Phoenix

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  15. “Pikachu” should be able to escape flop territory, as it’s projected to make around $500 million WW over a budget of $150 million.

    On the other hand, “Uglydolls” may be a safe lock for this site as despite having a staggered release schedule, I highly doubt any of its upcoming territories will be able to save it from becoming a total flop (it’ll probably tank in China as well, considering how even well-received Pixar films like “Incredibles 2” failed to crack $60 million there).

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    • With 63% of RT, it might break even. But Aladdin and Godzilla : King Of The Monsters may a big threat of Detective Pikachu performance trackdown in box office, if both have at least over 200 million debut incomes

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  16. Detective Pikachu debut is well performed in debut. Despite Avengers Endgame still #1, Detective Pikachu might be overtake Dumbo, Shazam, and Alita as well.
    170.4 million debut. Higher than Dumbo, Alita and Shazam. Can Detective Pikachu overtake these three?

    Uglydolls only 16 million USD incomes in over 1 week.

    Your thoughts about Pikachu and Uglydolls?

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  18. how much do you think Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Dora And The Lost City Of Gold, Playmobil The Movie, Gemini Man, Sonic The Hedgehog, The Addams Family, Cats, Masters Of The Universe, and Farmaggedon A Shaun The Sheep movie can make on their opening weekends, domestically and worldwide due to them tracking as flops?

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  19. “I liked Gemini Man better when it was rated R and called Looper.” -me from the future weekend when Gemini Man comes out

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  20. Long Shot 2019 will flop too, $40 million budget vs $13.6 US + $3.2 international after first week does not look good.

    Why Charlize chose to do this film is baffling…..

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    • Still, I already knew that it would probably break even in the end if ancillaries are factored in.

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    • I think that is great news. Yes, it didn’t do so well box office wise(190 million dollars worldwide on a 90-100 million dollar budget), but it’s obvious that Warner Bros. is expecting it to do well on home media. Will we get any more “Lego Movie” films in the future? Probably not, thanks to the underwhelming(if not downright terrible) numbers that “The Second Part” had. But there’s hope… …there’s hope.
      (Note: It’s surprising that Warner Bros. that Warner Bros. gave “The Second Part” the green light despite “The Lego Ninjago Movie” doing terribly at the box office. Who knows?)

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  22. Animated film in this year so far :
    HTTYDTHW : HIT
    Lego Movie 2 : FLOP
    Wonder Park : FLOP
    Uglydolls : FLOP
    Missing Link : FLOP

    Two words : animation meltdown
    Your thoughts?

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    • I think if animated films other than Disney, Disney/Pixar, and Illumination have a hard time breaking even, then it may be time to take your animation ambitions to streaming. You may have better luck, more eyeballs, and more creative freedom. Netflix in December is releasing a film called Klaus on their streaming service, which will be the first high profile 2D animated feature released by a US company in 8 years, and 2 years after MLP: The Movie was released, and a year after Mary Poppins Returns received a 2D animated sequence. Klaus hails from The SPA Studios, the brains behind the super successful Despicable Me franchise, in which the minions get put on every piece of merchandise here in the states. What will happen, though, is that Klaus will be making the 2D animation look like 3D and create a hybrid approach that blends the two mediums together. That look alone wouldn’t get people off their couches and into theater seats to see it on the big screen. It has a much better chance on streaming. Otherwise, the film would just flop in theaters like all those other films that you just mentioned.

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      • Usually, animated films from Disney, Illumination, Pixar, Dreamworks, and Sony can break even. Otherwise might be flops. This is a fact. Look of other 4 animated films still called flop :
        Lego Movie 2 : FLOP (even stripped from list, still called FLOP)
        Wonder Park : FLOP
        Uglydolls : FLOP
        Missing Link : FLOP

        i’m not lying this but it’s fact. Only HTTYDTHW are withstand in this year. It’s before Toy Story 4 and Secret Life of Pets 2 released.

        Like what you said you are right.

        Despite Uglydolls have great cast, it cannot compete against May and June most upcoming blockbusters.

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  23. I’m predicting that “Uglydolls” will take a brutal second-weekend drop (for family film standards) on par with “Dumbo,” as there’s just no way that it’d fare well against the debut of “Pikachu” (even if the Pokemon film got a mixed-okay reception from critics, audiences may still enjoy it). On the other hand, I believe that “Pikachu” will open with around $65-75 million, which may allow it to compete with “Endgame” for the May 10-12 weekend crown.

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      • I was mainly referring to the percentage drop, not the box office numbers. In reality, at the domestic box office “Uglydolls” will be lucky to even equal the opening weekend gross of “Dumbo,” or get close to the amount that “Avengers: Endgame” earned from its Thursday night previews.

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        • “Uglydolls” is already doomed. A lousy 8.5 million dollar opening weekend, terrible reviews from critics(32 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, 39 percent on Metacritic), a lackluster B+ Cinemascore(well, for an animated film, anyway), and zero buzz will give it a MASSIVE drop on it’s second weekend. Especially with “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” on it’s way in two days and “Avengers: Endgame” still going strong. “Avengers: Endgame” has already taken away a nice chunk of the family audience “Uglydolls” has, with “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” joining forces with “Endgame” and taking away ALL of the family audiences “Uglydolls” had. Add in further competition with “Aladdin”(2019), “The Secret Life Of Pets 2”, and “Toy Story 4”, and “Uglydolls” is a big contender for the main list.

  24. So uglydolls have already 8.5 million USD income in this 3 weeks. Your thoughts about second weekend Uglydolls and Detective pikachu debut?

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  25. 2019 next Box Office Flops:

    MAY:
    The Hustle
    Poms

    JULY:
    Dora and the Lost City of Gold

    AUGUST:
    Artemis Fowl
    The Kitchen
    Where’d You Go, Bernadette
    Good Boys
    Playmobil: The Movie

    SEPTEMBER:
    The Goldfinch
    Hustlers

    OCTOBER:
    Gemini Man
    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

    NOVEMBER:
    Terminator: Dark Fate
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Charlie’s Angels
    Midway

    DECEMBER:
    Cats
    Super Intelligence

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  26. Let us say some brief words in memorial of those films that came out this weekend only to die. They did not know that this was the time of the Avengers, that they would have no elbow room to even begin to breathe before being crushed by the behemoth. The Intruder may be the only one to survive it, only due to the fact that its budget is really low.

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  27. I think Lego Movie Two should be added. With Endgame in theatres, I don’t think it’s going to get much more money.

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    • LEGO Movie 2 might be able to at least double its budget, depending on how much it cost–I’ve seen figures ranging form $90 million to $100 million. If it’s the former, then it’s already earned twice its budget, though only barely.

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  28. Welcome to our fun fair of flopped movies, “Uglydolls.” If you and your attempted cuteness/appeal to young kids doesn’t allow you to fare well in the main box office bar with the Gucci-clad rich blockbusters like “Avengers: Endgame,” “Captain Marvel,” or even more moderate (but still big) motion pictures like “Shazam” or “Detective Pikachu,” then here is a place where you’ll be perpetually safe from those cannibalizing hit films.

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  29. Look how some past animated movies are performed amazing and become global hit before 2018 :
    Despicable Me 3
    HTTYD 2
    Despicable Me 2
    Ice Age 4
    Finding Dory
    Zootopia
    Coco
    Moana
    Frozen
    Toy Story 3
    Monsters University
    Minions
    Inside Out
    Finding Dory
    Shrek 2
    Shrek the Third

    And since 2018 :
    Inredibles 2

    Only one animated films are above 700 million USD, even The Grinch (518M USD) and Ralph Breaks The Internet (528M USD) and Hotel Transylvania 3 (528M USD) average box office

    2010 to 2016 shows the golden era of animated films. This animation incomes show how the mighty animation have fallen start from 2018. Can Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2 become successor of Incredibles 2? Or ended up like Trolls and Emoji Movie? Or ended up like HTTYDTHW? Wonder Park and Lego Movie 2 is completely doomed

    Your thoughts?

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    • The first set of movies is between 2010 and 2017. Your Second Set is from 2018 to 2019. If you want to make a point about under performing Animated Movies, the time sampling must be consistent (ie, every year or 5 years, etc.)

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  30. That lockdown Uglydolls against Avengers Endgame, Detective Pikachu and Aladdin might be a disaster for Uglydolls because lack of promotions, lack of audience interest, almost in Asians have no promotional or teaser Uglydolls in most cinemas, mostly can check from Youtube.

    And the sequel shocking performance of Secret of Life Pets, Secret of Life Pets 2 is locked down against Godzilla : King of The Monsters, Dark Phoenix, and Toy Story 4 because lack of promotions, and audience interest might a disaster for this sequels too if they perform are under at least one of these three films are locked down with one-two week scheduled release.

    All of the animation movies in this year are BIG THREAT for everything regardless types of animation movies and scheduled release. Yet that because this year is a demise for animation films

    Your thoughts about animation film meltdown?

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    • Yesterday at Walmart was the first time I ever saw an Uglydoll toy. Why make a movie focused on C-list toys anyway?

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      • STX Entertainment (a newcomer in film distribution, they’ve only been around since 2014 or 2015) wanted to expand their market and gain a franchise since they currently only have one with the Bad Moms series.

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        • The UglyDolls movie was originally set up at Illumination Entertainment in 2011, but it was moved to STX. UglyDolls might have been successful if it was marketed by Illumination, the marketing machine.

  31. Can uglydolls performed well against domination of Avengers Endgame which already USD 1.67 billion, and in the next week Detective Pikachu is released in next week? And even Detective Pikachu can steady like Alita : Battle Angel box office performance? The big threat is on your audience interest in these boths, and Avengers still could break Avatar record

    Because this years have some movies adapted manga/anime/video game from Japan
    Sonic the Hedgehog ; Japan (adrenaline video game which clear act 1 until boss)
    Detective Pikachu : Japan (video game from Nintendo 3DS)
    Godzilla : King of the Monsters : Japan legendary monsters
    Alita Battle Angel : Japan manga

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    • Not to mention, even if it doesn’t top the box office(that is, if “Endgame” overperforms on it’s third weekend, which is likely), it will still do very solid results for Warner Bros. And being the first video game live action film adaptation to get a Fresh score(70 percent so far) on Rotten Tomatoes is already an achievement. I could see the film making around 60 million dollars at it’s lowest opening weekend estimates, and around 85-90 million dollars at it’s highest opening weekend estimates. And even if it hits the second place spot, that will still be a huge result. Speaking of which, these are the opening weekend estimates for next week:
      1: “Avengers: Endgame”($95,000,000)
      2: “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”($70,000,000)
      3: “The Hustle”($12,000,000)
      4: “Long Shot”($9,000,000)
      5: “Poms”($8,500,000)
      If that happens, “Detective Pikachu” could get the second biggest opening weekend for a film not opening at the number 1 spot (behind “Inside Out”, which made 90 million dollars on it’s opening weekend despite opening in second place, AND competing with “Jurassic World”.) That’s very impressive, indeed.

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      • I might have overpredicted the chances “Long Shot” had, and how that film underperformed. Here’s a new list:

        1: “Avengers: Endgame”($80,000,000)
        2: “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”($75,000,000)
        3: “The Hustle”($9,000,000)
        4: “Poms”($8,500,000)
        5: “The Intruder”($5,000,000)

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  32. The first Secret Of Life Pets (2016) are shocking performance of 875 million despite not too many audience interest. However, if Secret of Life Pets 2 are ended like Lego Movie due to bad release schedule it might be worst as same as Uglydolls. The reason is Dark Phoenix, MIB International and Toy Story 4 release date in a week, can affect Secret of Life Pets 2 before Toy Story 4. HTTYDTHW are the example animation to avoid underperform in this year. Can Secret of Life Pets 2 did perform like HTTYDTHW?

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  33. The ridiculously poor box office of “The Lego Movie 2” will surely derailed the franchise.

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    • After the success of the LEGO Movie back in 2014, it looked like Warner Bros. had found a sure-found money-making franchise. However, it was clear when the LEGO Batman movie relatively underperformed that the franchise was struggling, and then came the box office flop – The LEGO Ninjago Movie. The LEGO Movie 2 also doesn’t have that freshness that the original presented, and it came directly after a box office bomb. The LEGO franchise has been over exploited, and is running on borrowed time.

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  34. The review embargo for “Uglydolls” has just lifted today, and as expected many of the critic scores were rotten. The current score is sitting at 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, although it may go lower as more critics release their takeaways from the film. While family films like this one can be quite critic-proof due to their target audience not caring about reviews, this animation from STX and Alibaba will probably experience a steeper second-weekend drop than “Wonder Park” when “Detective Pikachu” debuts with likely better reviews, considering how the Pokemon film is way more kid-friendly than “Us” (which opened in the second weekend of “Park”) and will probably take audiences away from this one. While there’s still a chance that overseas may save it (especially in Asia), I don’t really see those countries warming up to this film that much, which may cement this ugly flop (for good riddance) as the next film on the pending list here (however, we still have to see how it performs before it can be a guaranteed lock here).

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    • That budget lower than Wonder Park and Lego Movie 2 might be avoid box office bombs as long as performed well and incomes above 200 million USD. Otherwise this film is disaster for animation movies.

      Yes, most countries especially in Asia are not too hyped this films, yet because some Asians didn’t know this animated films. That lockdown Avengers and Pikachu and Aladdin is the main threat, and if this movie lack everything, Uglydolls is big disaster.

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      • And even with that, the 45 million dollar budget was just for production costs. Seeing that STX also(presumably) spent a fairly hefty amount of money marketing the film, and also trying to get a TV series and a series of smartphone apps off the ground, it will HAVE to make at least 120-150 million dollars worldwide to make at least a small profit. Which will be impossible, thanks to “Avengers: Endgame” continuing to dominate the box office and “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” and “Aladdin”(2019) coming on the horizon. Poor reviews from critics(36 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 39 percent on Metacritic) and almost zero buzz from audiences will ruin it as well. And with tracking for the film making 7 million dollars(maybe even less) at it’s HIGHEST estimate, it’s going to spell box office doom for “Uglydolls”.

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  37. I’ve just heard that the production budget for “Uglydolls” is $45 million, which is much lower than what I was expecting. If that’s the case, then it might have a chance of actually making enough money to not contend for this list, even if it may have to depend on the film’s WW box office performance in the very end.

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    • 45 millions budget isn’t good enough against Avengers Endgame. Endgame seems like dominate all, like Detective Pikachu and John Wick 3, even Secret Of Life Pets 2 might be underperformed. If Uglydolls and Secret Of Life Pets 2 are bombed, the curse of animation film in this year is real

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        • The prequel is a box office massive unknown hits. They performed well even not too many audience interest unlike this year. In 2016, you can see how many box office bombs are that. Over 10, and that budget are above 100 million USD. 25% of 2016 films are bombed regardless of condition and type films. And this year is animated films. Look how Moana, Despicable Me 2, Frozen, Finding Dory, Minions, Inside Out, Coco, Ice Age 4, Despicable Me 3, Incredibles 2, HTTYDTHW, and Zootopia can performed well (above average 700 million USD combined). Start from 2018, animated films are big threat because of box office income meltdown

          In the past they are glorious. In this present they are big threat for future box office

  38. Apparently, the “Dumbo” remake has just been removed from the pending list without getting an article here. I’m not sure why it’s no longer really contending for the list of 2019 flops, considering how it’s probably unlikely to get much higher than $327 million WW and may need more than just $340 million (which is double its reported budget) to break even (not including marketing costs) unless ancillaries are factored in.

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    • And “Missing Link” going missing from the box office as “Endgame” sends it down with “Hellboy.”

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    • So far, I haven’t heard the soundtrack for “Uglydolls” apart from Kelly Clarkson’s song “Broken and Beautiful,” which was featured on some of its trailers. In terms of that song, I consider it to be fine (still, it didn’t really click with me that much). But even if the soundtrack gets a positive reception, I don’t think its parent film will do well at the box office at all. It will make some money and certainly out-gross “Missing Link,” but most likely won’t break even due to its release date between both “Endgame” and “Pikachu,” combined with its relative lack of buzz, the fact that it’s from a smaller studio just stepping into the animation genre, and its celebrity cast/franchise plans leading to a possibly high budget.

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  42. Still, I don’t think this year will be the curse of animated films. While I do agree that “Uglydolls” will end up like “Wonder Park” because its release date is just plain terrible, “The Secret Life of Pets 2” will still become a box office hit even if it under-performs and/or doesn’t reach the levels of its 2016 predecessor. In fact, even if “Toy Story 3” doesn’t reach a billion and “Frozen 2” ends up making less than the first “Frozen,” I don’t see this year as a “curse” for animated films as it just depends on how many of them become hits, not whether they surpass their predecessors (in the case of sequels) or break out to a massive extent (in the case of non-sequels like “Uglydolls”).

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  43. I don’t know about you guys, but I totally think Endgame looks like a bomb. Only a $300 million weekend? If it doesn’t make $350 million over the weekend, it’ll be a MAJOR flop.

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  44. Imagine Uglydolls and Secret Life Of Pets 2 have amazing soundtrack, but ended like Wonder Park and Lego Movie 2. Is this year is the curse of animated films if they UNDERPERFORMED?

    Both have lack of interest audience, lack of promotion, but amazin soundtrack doesn’t mean massive hits

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  45. I have just discovered that “Hellboy” has lost over 70% of its theaters when “Endgame” debuted (even when it already has its article on this site), while “Missing Link” lost more than half of its theaters as well. At this point “Hellboy” may not last much longer in theaters (it may even be out by the time “John Wick 3” crosses $100 million domestic), and “Missing Link” may already be locked for this site as it’s not going to make much overseas (to add to a very poor domestic total).

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      • Yep, it will. It has already made more than their domestic grosses from its Thursday night previews alone.

        Perhaps “Endgame” may even be able to snap the neck of “Uglydolls” when that animated film opens next week, as I highly doubt that film will make more than $45 million at the domestic box office.

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        • I think that these will be next week’s predictions:
          1: “Avengers: Endgame”($120,000,000)
          2: “The Intruder”($15,000,000)
          3: “Long Shot”($14,500,000)
          4: “Uglydolls”($10,000,000)
          5: “Captain Marvel”($6,500,000)
          It isn’t until the following week that “Endgame” sees it’s first true competition with “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”. With a strong marketing campaign and very positive buzz, “Pikachu” is going to take “Endgame” off the top spot, take away pretty much all of the family audience that “Uglydolls” is trying to cater towards, and be a smash hit. I know that the film is tracking for a 70-90 million dollar opening weekend, but I can see “Pikachu” hitting the 100 million dollar mark on it’s opening weekend if it REALLY does well with critics and audiences. Go for it, “Endgame” and “Pikachu”!

  46. Actually, I think “Dumbo” may have flopped more because of its huge budget and the lack of much nostalgia or interest to check out the re-imagining, considering how “Dumbo” is one of those properties that people remember and love but aren’t that nostalgic towards.

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  47. I was surprised to see Dumbo on the pending list until I realized Colin Farrell was in it. That dude is extremely strong box office poison-so strong, it would appear, that he can derail the mou$e hou$e’s seemingly unstoppable classic-animation-to-Live-action train.

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  48. “Wonder Park” had just premiered in China, where it unsurprisingly tanked at the local box office there. It had opened with just $3.3 million and likely won’t last long there (especially with “Avengers: Endgame” the following weekend), which means that the animation with an un-credited director is already a lock for this site (there won’t be any big territories to save it from becoming a costly flop at this point, so barring an over-performance in certain territories it’d probably be getting an article here eventually).

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  49. Thank you for making this website! Much appreciated, I’m a box office regular and I love checking out the numbers and flops.

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  50. “Missing Link” has just had a strong hold over the Easter weekend (making about $4.3 million in its second frame), although that still won’t do much for the film as it’s probably going to lose screens to “Avengers: Endgame” next weekend.

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  52. I’ve just heard from a Deadline article released back in January that the upcoming “Uglydolls” (which may be the next film added to the pending list here) is planned to be expanded into a franchise, complete with not just a TV series on Hulu but also a series of mobile/educational apps, music (obvious by the soundtrack), and merchandise. If work for the TV series was able to result in a $100 million budget for “Wonder Park,” then I’d believe that pre-planning on the franchise expansion (in addition to the celebrity cast) may cause “Uglydolls” to have a higher budget than previously thought. If that’s true, then we could find not just “Uglydolls” possibly becoming the most expensive film from STX, but maybe also a bigger bomb than “Wonder Park” and “Missing Link” due to the immense amount of money spent on its franchise planning before it even releases in cinemas.

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    • For a film based off a toy series I know little to nothing about, that is insane. A soundtrack, a series of apps, music, AND a TV show? STX really wanted to turn it into franchise, did they? Not even “The Lego Movie” had plans as over the top as that! It’s clear that if the film flops(which is almost certain), those franchise plans would have to say “good-bye”.

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      • I guess it depends on how far long along into production the TV show is, the DreamWorks film Turbo had a show on Netflix despite the film flopping.

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        • In fact, it’s even possible that despite bombing “Wonder Park” may still release its TV show as planned, simply because the episodes were already well into production when the film came out.

      • The marketing for the film has been taking off, new toys, a tie in video game, songs, and it’s being promoted by Rotten Tomatoes. STX is really going all in.

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    • If Uglydolls and Secret Life Of Pets 2 is bombed, this year is the curse of animated movies. Cannot performed well due to bad scheduled and lack of interest

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  53. Like most people predicted Hellboy are going to flop, well said. Even Shazam slow start they might surpasses Dumbo. Dumbo already 272 million USD. Shazam isn’t too much great income despite only 80 million USD budgets.

    I wonder if UglyDolls have great soundtrack but SHIT incomes. And contacted by Detective Pikachu

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  55. You may have to first wait for the article on “Hellboy” to be added here. It’s mainly on the pending list because there’s still a chance that some other market could save it from becoming a total flop, despite a poor box office gross in North America. On the other hand, “Uglydolls” isn’t even out in theaters yet, so we can’t really make accurate predictions for its box office gross at this moment. Even if that animation is tracking to flop, it can’t be fully locked for this site until it reports its opening weekend earnings and budget, in case there’s still the chance of a surprise over-performance when it debuts in cinemas.

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  56. “Hellboy” and “Missing Link” should be added to the pending list. The former has just debuted with a low $12 million against a $50 million budget, which is not really a good sign for the film’s financial performances as foreign grosses are unlikely to bring it to at least $120 million WW (at this rate). It’s also much less than what the previous “Hellboy” films debuted with, which is a very bad start for the superhero reboot. Reception was also quite bad with critics and audiences alike, meaning that it won’t really stick around for long before it gets pulled from most theaters. On the other hand, despite good critical reviews “Missing Link” has debuted with just $6 million; the lowest start ever for a Laika animated film. Assuming that it’s budgeted similarly to other Laika films ($50-70 million), at this point it’d be lucky to even equal its production budget at the WW box office.

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  59. Hellboy has a $50M budget. With a confirmed release in China it will reach a worldwide gross of more than the $125M that’s needed to break even.

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  60. I just hear some UglyDolls soundtracks by Various Artists. Well if they are ended like Wonder Park, it might be a major disaster for animated movies
    Even The Secret Of Life Pets making shock incomes in 2016 (875 million USD), it might ended like Alice Through The Looking Glass sequels.

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    • “The Secret Life Of Pets 2″ is going to become another huge hit at the box office, if not making more than the first film.”Uglydolls” is going to be a HUGE flop. I can guarantee that.

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        • I won’t say that “Hellboy 2019” will necessarily end up like “The Lego Movie 2.” Not only is the reboot currently going to do worse than the “Lego Movie” sequel, but it’s also been getting bad reception and word-of-mouth from both critics and audiences alike (something that “The Second Part” didn’t get at all despite its under-performance at the box office).

      • Lionsgate didn’t produce Hellboy. The film itself was done by various other production companies (ex. Dark Horse Entertainment) and Lionsgate only distributed it.

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  62. Just as I predicted, Shazam > Dumbo > Hellboy
    My prediction incomes. It see,s Hellboy might end up bombed due to low rate on RT. and lower than Dumbo
    Missing Link and Uglydolls could perform badly due to lack of promotion even it is animated films.

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    • I have been noticing a bunch of promotion for both “Missing Link” and “Uglydolls” while in New York City, with advertisements for the two movies appearing on train stations, taxicabs, and even some billboards in Times Square. This implies that the animated films are actually getting some sort of marketing spend (rather than being ignored completely), although they might still do badly due to competition (“Missing Link” hasn’t been received as warmly by audiences compared to critics, and “Uglydolls” will still be facing “Endgame” and “Pikachu” which may eat into its box office potential if it gets a lot of bad reviews).

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  63. So the first reviews for Hellboy came in and they’re rather underwhelming to say the least. At the time of posting this the film has a 12% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 32% on Metacritic. Not entirely sure how or if this will affect the film’s overall performance since there doesn’t appear to be much information regarding the film’s overall production costs. Since these are still early reviews there may be potential for them to rise in the future.

    To my understanding, the film is based off a semi-notable graphic novel (which I am not especially familiar with) so there may be some potential for the film to succeed financially. However I’m not sure if it’s well-known enough among the general audience for it to gain a significant profit. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.

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  64. It’s might be curtains for the 2019 version of Hellboy, as the first reviews reached 9% on Rotten Tomatoes!!! Let hear it for Missing Link!!! It’s might the Upset of the Year!!!

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  65. Any ideas on the budget of Missing Link? Wikipedia says that it is expected to make $10 million opening, the smallest for Laika.

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  66. Let we see how far Dumbo, Shazam, and Hellboy incomes until Avengers Endgame release dates. How much box office incomes you predict it? Can this three combined still above Captain Marvel alone?

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  67. It seems Dumbo are already 213 million USD. I believe Dumbo could overtake Alita as well as before Avengers Endgame haul it. Despite Shazam incomes as same as Ant Man and The Wasp and Deadpool 2, Shazam is always above Dumbo as well. Look how Deadpool 2 could manage 732 million with just 110 million budget. And almost of all box office in the world after Hellboy, Dumbo theaters are harshly reduced available.

    Your thoughts about Hellboy 2019?

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    • Compare the performance of Dumbo against Alita in China and you have your answer.
      Dumbo will end below Alita and flop.

      Hellboy will be fine. Budget is 66M. US 70M, Rest of World minimum 140M, total 210M meaning succes.
      Why so much?
      1. Milla Jovovich is in it.
      2. People are getting sick and tired of Marvel and want something new.

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    • The budget is likely is similar to Shazam or Glass, and maybe Hellboy could perform like “Glass”, perhaps. So let we see in next weeks

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      • Shazam is $100 million, Glass was $20 million, and Hellboy is $50 million. Really different comparisons for all of them.

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  69. Disney’s “Dumbo” should be added to the pending list, as it is on track to take a 60% nosedive (pretty steep for a family film) after a lower-than-expected $45 million debut. As a result, it may reach $100 million domestic, but probably not go much higher than that. Considering how it’s unlikely for the overseas box office to contribute at least $300 million to this remake, it’d likely finish well below $400 million at the very end. Had its budget been the same as “Shazam,” it will have turned a profit after crossing $200 million WW (once ancillaries are factored in). But with a $170 million production bill, mediocre reception, and the DC film tracking to steal much of its target audience, it seems unlikely that the elephant film will be able to get out of the red, which may even cause it to challenge “Wonder Park” for the biggest bomb of 2019.

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    • I am not having all of Disney’s movies make billions because it’s too dystopic. In fact the remakes to Aladdin and Lion King might be successful, Toy Story 4 might be the last, and Jennifer Lee’s Frozen sequel could outgross its predecessor. (I’m REALLY assuming Jennifer Lee is a lesbian.)

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  70. I seen that Hilary Duff have beaten Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, in giving us her version of the Charles Manson murders, with something called The Haunting of Sharon Tate! Looks like a Real Flop to be sure of!!!

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  71. Mike J. Smith, Dabbing M.G., Ryan Sergent, Billy Bob, Manatits, Max, Tristan Michels, Dylan W, Ike Review,

    It seems Shazam could be second lowest box office incomes in all DCEU movies, despite Shazam only cost 80 million budget. Maybe they could perform like Deadpool 2 or Ant Man and The Wasp

    Your thoughts about Shazam?

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    • Shazam! has already earned about $15 million from the foreign market and it’s received relatively positive publicity prior to release. With that in mind, I doubt it’s heading into flop territory. While the DCEU has received relatively mixed reception critically, none of their films thus far have lost a significant amount of money (Justice League underperformed but isn’t considered a flop). Also, the total post-production budget of Shazam! is far closer to $100 million.

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      • I’d love to see your review of the movie. I saw Shazam weeks ago and thought it was brilliant. DC really hit out of the park this time in my opinion. I found it very hilarious and surprisingly effective with its serious moments.

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        • Shazam already got 53 million, only 7 millions above just Dumbo debuts in 3 days (46 million USD). Wonder if Avengers Endgame are storming in all theaters around the world, Dumbo might be below than Alita because most audience are hyped about MCU and DCEU films and 170 million budgets costs everything. Shazam can survive, otherwise can’t.

  72. It seems Dumbo are completely flopped in box office, due to 170 million budget (same as Alita Battle Angel), 123 million box office incomes (USD) and bad release date. Despite higher than Alita, it still called bomb because Shazam and Hellboy contact in this 2 weeks, and Shazam just 80 million USD. In the next week, if Dumbo is #2 or lower in box office, still called flop because Shazam probably could get more than “US”.

    Shazam can be box office success if they can perform like “Ant Man and The Wasp”

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    • “Dumbo” has been doing decently enough at the box office, but because Disney has spent far too much making it(170 million dollars on production costs ALONE, and probably around, say, 120-130 million dollars on marketing costs), it will only end up making a small profit at best. I definitely think “Shazam!” will do well, probably even more than it’s 50 million dollar opening weekend predictions because of it’s strong critical reception. It only cost 80 million dollars to make, and I think it will make that amount back VERY quickly.

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  73. They said that Shazam! is making 45 to 50 million this weekend. HA! I hope it’ll be a lot more than that-around 60 to 75 million on a budget of 80 million!!!

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  75. Probably not. Neither film has been receiving much buzz from their marketing so far, and they both will be released in a time when there are many films competing for their target demographic. Even when “Missing Link” will definitely get better reviews than “Uglydolls,” that film may still end up bombing because unfortunately, despite their critical praise, Laika’s films have mostly failed to break even, and the new stop-motion animation from that studio will also be opening at a time when “Shazam” (and to a lesser extent “Dumbo”) are still raking in the family audiences that it’s trying to attract.

    On the other hand, “Uglydolls” is probably even more DOA than “Missing Link.” Not only is it likely to get rotten reviews from critics and audiences (based on the trailers), but it is also opening between “Avengers: Endgame” and “Detective Pikachu,” both of which are expected to be much bigger than “Dumbo” and “Shazam.” Despite its premises and the potential to break out in certain parts of Asia, I don’t think that will be enough to bring the STX animation into the black. “Endgame” and “Pikachu” are also expected to open in those regions as well, where the two blockbusters will likely crowd most of the market share and leave little room for other films to thrive. This includes “Uglydolls,” which with its likely negative reception won’t provide much of an incentive for general audiences to choose it over the bigger films in town, especially if it seems to have only been marketing itself to families with younger children (which turns away many of the adults and older kids who would otherwise be more interested in the four-quadrant “Endgame” and/or “Pikachu”).

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  76. Can Missing Link and UglyDolls could avoid box office flops? In this year, most of the animated like WP and LM2 are flopped

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    • No. Of course not. I can definitely agree with what Dabbing Mannequins Gaming said. Both films don’t have the amount of buzz needed to generate success. “Missing Link” could get the advantage thanks to the far better critical reception(91 percent Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) than “Uglydolls” is supposedly going to get, but none of Laika’s films since “Coraline”(which is already 10 years old, by the way) have done all that well at the box office, and I feel that “Missing Link” is going to be no exception. Both “Shazam!” and “Dumbo”(that is, if it has good legs) will take away a huge chunk of Missing Link’s family audience, and could lose money as a result.
      “Uglydolls” has even more worse outcomes. Not only has the buzz it has been getting quite poor(I’m expecting the film’s reviews from critics and audiences to be REALLY bad), but with “Avengers: Endgame” and “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” storming the box office and taking away that film’s family audience, it’s not going to be a good start for STX’s family and animation division.
      Both films(especially “Uglydolls”) are suffering from huge competition from far bigger films and the lack of any buzz surrounding them. I can definitely expect both of them to be on this list at some point.

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  77. So Dumbo box office income has more than “Alita Battle Angel” in first week. Well Imagine if Dumbo dropped in next two weeks because Shazam and Hellboy, despite Hellboy doesn’t look like to interest audience, Dumbo could be ended up as “The BFG” which bombed in 2016. It seems Dumbo are going meltdown and might be worse than Wonder Park and Lego Movie 2 if second weekend dropped like The Crimes Of Grinderwald. The Crimes Of Grinderwald dropped because Ralph Breaks The Internet, even still higher box office incomes than Ralph Breaks The Internet.

    And many people believe Dumbo could be massive success just before Shazam and Hellboy released in next 2 weeks.

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    • It’s Disney’s big year, and I do not want Dumbo to make billions. In fact, I do not want all of Disney’s movies to make billions. Anyways, Wreck-It Ralph 2 never made billions and won the Oscar thanks to Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

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      • Yes. Not all fans want Disney movies want to make billions. it depend on audience interest, budgets, and plot story. RBTI isn’t bombed because break even despite 175 million USD. If they can perform such as “Cinderella”, it might be break even, otherwise flop.

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  79. Some crimes and/or films such as “MIB : International”, “Terminator : Dark Fate”, “John Wick Chapter 3 : Parabellum”, “Rambo V : Last Blood”, might be performed well as same as “Mission Impossible : Fallout”, “Johnny English Strikes Again”, “Kingsman : The Golden Circle”, and not even as Box office bomb despite they got only average 550 million USD in all of 6 films.

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  80. Well, the first of 3 days Dumbo isn’t looking bad. Even opening 3 days still lower than “Us”, they still can manage 117 million USD. But I don’t believe Dumbo can persist against “Us” in next weekend, due to Shazam this Friday release. And if Shazam could surpasses everything, Dumbo could be a big disaster, and even worse than Alita. And Hellboy 2019 might be bombed as well if underperformed due to Dumbo and Shazam. Dumbo should be learned from underperformed “Pacific Rim Uprising” in last year in order to avoid box office flop.

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  81. This weekend, Matthew McConaughey has scored his worst box office opening with “The Beach Bum,” which opened with only $1.8 million on 1,100 cinema screens. Even though its budget is just $5 million, the film has been getting mixed reviews from critics and a negative reception from audiences. Unless overseas can save the turkey by at least getting it to $10 million WW (which I highly doubt will happen), that film will probably contend for this list as another smaller-scale box office bomb in the shadow of “Dumbo” (which opened lower than expectations) and “Us.”

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    • Some box office with low budget if bombed isn’t bad as a movies with above 100 million USD. But it still called flop no matter if they could not perform at least 175 millions USD for movies with 100 million USD or less budget.

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    • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and Wonder Park got bomb from box office so you can add them now.

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  82. March 2019 film debut :
    CM : +=104 million USD (United States only)
    US : +=70 million USD (United States only)
    Dumbo : ???

    Your prediction?

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      • It’s currently sitting at 58% on RT and a 6.8 on IMDB. Wether or not it dips or rises is still up to determination. Cinemascore has not added onto their site yet, although it will likely be up shortly.

        I personally know very little about the box office performance of Christian films, but there is still clearly an audience for them. Pure Flix’s (Unplanned’s distributor) most notable prior release, God’s Not Dead, made approximately $64.6 million on a budget of about $2 million. Unplanned has a similarly low budget (6 million) and is also planned for wide release, so it is likely it will at least make a modest profit.

        I’m not sure how much the film’s R rating will have on its performance considering a majority of the studio’s previous releases were rated PG but I suppose we’ll see.

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        • Unplanned is surprisingly doing really well for its budget. 2nd largest opening for Pure Flix.

      • It’s currently sitting at 58% on RT. Wether or not it dips or rises is still up to determination. Cinemascore has not added onto their site yet, although it will likely be up shortly.

        I personally know very little about the box office performance of Christian films, but there is still clearly an audience for them. Pure Flix’s (Unplanned’s distributor) most notable prior release, God’s Not Dead, made approximately $64.6 million on a budget of about $2 million. Unplanned has a similarly low budget (6 million) and is also planned for wide release, so it is likely it will at least make a modest profit.

        I’m not sure how much the film’s R rating will have on its performance considering a majority of the studio’s previous releases were rated PG but I suppose we’ll see.

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  84. I’ve just heard that the budget for “Dumbo” was estimated to be $170 million, or roughly around the lowest estimates for the budget of “Alita: Battle Angel.” That’d clearly be a high bar for the remake to clear, considering how it’s been getting mixed critical reviews and isn’t really attracting much buzz compared to many other 2019 Disney films (along with the fact that even “Captain Marvel” and “Mary Poppins Returns” actually cost less to make than this). If the film has a budget that requires earning more than “Solo” worldwide to break even, then it’d have a likely chance of contending for this list because even with a $50 million opening and $150 million domestic total, overseas still may not be enough to turn this into a profitable hit (not to mention that even a slight under-performance can leave it vulnerable to bleeding a lot of red ink).

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    • The first 3 days Dumbo can manage box office to 117 million USD, despite lower against “US” in last week (Domestic Dumbo : 45 million USD, US 70 millions USD). But it only holds #1 before Shazam and Hellboy released, although many people think Shazam can surpasses Dumbo in next week. The 170 million USD budget could be a disaster for Dumbo if they cannot performed well in second weeks due to Shazam and Hellboy in third week. If they are ended like “Alice Through The Looking Glass”, in 2016, it’d be added in this list. Even they have budget as same as “Alita”, “Alita” scheduled released isn’t bad as Dumbo despite HTTYDTHW release in next week (these both films which released in February isn’t too bad before Captain Marvel impact).

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  85. Some of the films are not deserved to has a sequels, spin-offs, or remake from old films / animated films. The reason is :
    1. Budget of the films. If it was too expensive, the box office must be forced to double the budget or bombed like major 2016 films.
    2. Remember Alice Through The Looking Glass and Lego Movie 2? Yeah, you know why both of them bombed.
    3. Remember Solo : A Star Wars Story? Yeah, this films want to flop at box office even have 250 million budget
    4. Bad graphics, animating, filming, negative word of mouth, poor performance, lack of actions, etc.
    5. Remakes like AWIT, BFG, are bombed. Bumblebee doesn’t look well even isn’t box office bombs.
    6. The sequels are worse than prequels in all factors.
    7. The case like Justice League, 300 million budget and get only 657 million box office. Still a bomb. Reason? Solo films are better than grouping as one. (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Cyborg), and many negative word of mouth especially from Marvel and DC fans. You know some Marvel and DC fans in social media are like Tom and Jerry.

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  86. There are many reasons why film is known as Box Office Bomb :
    1. Negative word of mouth
    2. The graphics isn’t good at all
    3. The films want to be a flop even get higher RT rate (Example : Solo : A Star Wars Story)
    4. Bad scheduling release (This happen if a key movies in week 1, and another key movies in week 2. Example : Dumbo, Shazam, Hellboy)
    5. Poor performance of the film
    6. Lack of attracting audience
    7. Lack of promotionals movies
    8. For animated, similar to no.6, animated lack of programming, animating and UIs
    9. The film does not have many actions, too much talking cause film boring
    10. More actions does not mean good films, depend on how much the film get mixed negative word of mouth
    11. The budget was too expensive, and the film with most expensive budget must forced to double the box office from budget
    12. The actors lack of creativity
    13. The movies does not deserve to remaked for live action. (But I think Cinderella and beauty And The Beast are major success Disney Live action movies)

    Your thoughts?

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  87. Perhaps “Toy Story 4” may have a chance at reaching the levels of its predecessor if it is advertised as the final “Toy Story” installment, even if I highly doubt it can reach the levels of “Toy Story 3” unless more hype can be drummed up from its marketing.

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  88. Out of curiosity, how much of an effect does negative word of mouth tend to have on a film’s overall performance and “legginess”? Films bomb for a lot of reasons (overspending on marketing/production budget, crowded release dates, etc.) Mortal Engines and Robin Hood both were panned upon release, but their poor performance could be attributed to other factors. Are there any available statistics regarding this?

    (I need to stop pretending this is a forum, Jesus Christ)

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    • Overall, I think negative word of mouth (from audiences only) would generally cause the film to post weaker legs than expected of its genre, regardless of whether it’s more fan-oriented or not. Much of the general audience may check the reception for a certain movie before deciding to see it, and if they notice that the film is bad (according to the reviews) they may be more tempted to just skip that movie altogether. However, that case may not apply to family films (particularly animations geared towards kids), as children typically don’t read or care about audience word of mouth and would drag their parents to see the film if they are interested in it.

      In the case of “Mortal Engines” and “Robin Hood,” they might have bombed due to a combination of the three factors that you mentioned, along with the fact that audiences weren’t really hyped up for them in the first place. Both films have expensive budgets, and were released in crowded time frames (“Mortal Engines” had to go up against Spider-Man, Mary Poppins, Aquaman, and Bumblebee while “Robin Hood” struggled to hold its ground against a Wreck-It Ralph sequel, Creed II, the Grinch, and the Fantastic Beasts). As well, due to their relative lack of audience interest both films posted disastrous openings upon releasing in theaters (in relation to their budgets). They didn’t post strong holds in their subsequent weeks either, as a result of not just their rotten reviews/word of mouth but also the fact that their audiences had plenty of counter-programming options that were much better-received than those big-budget flops.

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      • There are many key movies are yet to be released, but audience isn’t hyped for that key movies. There are many reasons why audiences aren’t hyped some key films.
        1. Lack of audience interest
        2. Lack of promotional movies
        3. The movies isn’t good at all
        4. The budget is too expensive
        5. The movies does not deserve a sequels. This is a major problems for film industry and audiences interest, and a meltdown of sequels films.

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  90. Recently, the review embargo for “Dumbo” had dropped and it seemed like the majority of the critics posted mixed takeaways to the re-imagining (roughly 51% RT and 52 on Metacritic). While there’s the chance that audiences may respond more positively than the critics (ex. “Venom” or “Alita: Battle Angel”), there’s also the probability of audiences giving mixed-negative receptions to the elephant-starring film (although I highly doubt that will happen due to the cute nature of Dumbo). But if audience word of mouth isn’t good either, that won’t be a good sign for the film’s potential box office performance (especially with “Shazam” opening the further weekend, which despite the sheer obscurity of its title DC hero has been getting a lot of praise from its Fandango preview screenings). Therefore, if “Dumbo” under-performs heavily like “The Lego Movie 2,” it may end up contending for this list to the surprise of us (although I heard that more people were predicting this to bomb than “Lego”).

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  92. In this and next year the are many sequels and remake films. But I don’t believe sequels are worse than prequel. Some sequels are a major success, some are failure. Depend on the attraction and release scheduled date. Look how many sequels in last three years why box office was lower than prequel regardless bombed or not. Some films deserve the sequels, some are not because lack of incomes even has good actions, sci-fis and programmings.

    2017 : Major Remakes and New Blockbuster
    2018 : Major Remakes and Spin-Offs
    2019 : Major Sequels and Remakes
    2020 : Major Sequels

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  93. Comparing to next year scheduled, seems the first two months are same as this year. Not many big blockbusters, but it seems next years is likely a meltdown for MCU movies. And I think films that hyped in 2020 : Wonder Woman 1984, Sing 2, Minions 2, Bond 25, Fast and Furious 9, Kingsman 3, Mulan, Avatar 2, and many other sequels are released in 2020 such as Trolls World Tour despite not all confirmed films in 2020 release.

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  94. I won’t consider all of this to be very bad scheduling, as there has been a bunch of times where multiple blockbusters were released within weeks of one another without hurting each others’ box office grosses, provided that they didn’t over-saturate the market (this is the norm for both the summer and holiday movie-going seasons). Sure, I would agree that “Hellboy,” “Dark Phoenix,” and “Dora & the Lost City of Gold” (assuming “New Mutants” goes to streaming) are in more risky release dates and prime contenders to under-perform, but if they do then it’d probably be more because of their failure to attract much interest outside of the fans (or market themselves as must-see event films), rather than their competition.

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  95. January and February 2019 film isn’t much popular as March – December 2019, the reason is key movies aren’t contacted in next week so far, and most major movies are start from Captain Marvel until end of 2019. Look in Jan – Feb 2019, only : HTTYDTHW (early release in Worldwide), Alita : Battle Angel, Glass, The Wandering Earth are only highest grossing before CM, looking for 1st quarter of 2019 so far.

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  96. If you looking out of 2019 movie schedule, it seems major / key movies are likely 25% bad scheduling due to major interest movie, such as :
    Dumbo – Shazam – Hellboy
    Detective Pikachu – John Wick 3 – Aladdin – Godzilla : KOTM – Dark Phoenix
    Toy Story 4 – Untitled Annabelle – Spider Man : Far From Home – The Lion King
    The August 2 movies : Hoobs & Shaw, Dora and the Lost City Of Gold, The New Mutants
    Untitled Jumanji – Star Wars Episode IX

    Your thoughts about these one week of doom schedule?

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  97. Review BOM nowaday :
    WP 39 million USD
    CM 915 million USD
    Us 90 million USD just 3 days, starred by Lupita Nyong’o

    Despite Us and Five Feet Apart have lower budget than WP, but they both still perform better than WP and Lego Movie 2

    it’s before Dumbo, Dumbo 4 days remaining. Can Dumbo be better against “US?” 3 days 70 million USD “US”

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    • “Us” targets a different audience than “Dumbo” due to its R-rating and genre (horror), so it shouldn’t pose much competition against “Dumbo.” As a result, I think the re-imagining should do fine against “Us,” even if it may not surpass the Jordan Peele-directed movie’s domestic opening.

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      • Previous estimates claimed Dumbo would make around $75 million, so it’d outgross Us’ opening weekend by a little bit. Whether that’s the case is yet to be seen.

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        • Comparing all big debuts in March just 3 days after the official date release in USA:
          CM 104 million (close to 1 billion USD)
          WP 15.8 million (bombed because of poor start despite great promotionals, especially in Indonesia)
          Us 71.1 million
          Dumbo 46 million (higher than Alita Battle Angel in first 3 or 4 days, but in the end can bombed because of bad release and 170 million budget (Shazam in this Friday, and Hellboy remake in next Friday), and ended like ATTLG (2016)

  99. At this point it may end up breaking even due to ancillary sales, even if that may not be the case if only theater box office grosses are counted. Still, at least Warner Bros can be glad that the film made a lot more than “Wonder Park,” which even with ancillaries will be extremely unlikely to get out of the red.

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  100. Even though Wonder Park bombs, it can get a TV show just like Osmosis Jones, The Emperor’s New Groove, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

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  101. Actually, I think “Wonder Park” will ultimately bomb harder than “The Lego Movie 2” as it’s pacing even worse than “Lego Ninjago” (in terms of box office grosses) despite having a similar budget to the “Lego Movie” sequel. Still, I don’t think the performance of these two films will mark a major meltdown for animated movies this year, as “How to Train Your Dragon 3” became a hit for Dreamworks while sequels to “Secret Life of Pets,” “Toy Story 3,” and “Frozen” are scheduled for release later this year (and are already locked to be box office hits as well). However, the same “success” factor cannot be said for “Uglydolls,” not just because of its bland marketing (and cringey trailers) but also due to its very bad release date. It’s sandwiched between “Avengers: Endgame” and “Detective Pikachu,” both of which are way more hyped and locked for much better reviews than the first animation to come out of STX’s family division. Even if the toon can serve as counter-programming for children too young to watch “Endgame,” “Detective Pikachu” will probably remove much of its audience in its sophomore outing. As a result, I may expect that animated film to bomb like “Wonder Park,” even if it will likely be more overseas-centric due to the popularity of its brand in Asia.

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      • I agree what you said. In last years until now (2018-2019) it seems major animated movies are likely meltdown or underperforming. Look how “Ralph Breaks The Internet”, “Lego Movie 2”, “Wonder Park”, “Smallfoot”, “Early Man”, and many others even have best actor are underperfoming. Some most wanted this film, “Secret Life of Pets 2″, “Toy Story 4,” and “Frozen 2” are scheduled for release later this year (and are already locked to be box office hits as well). Toy Story 4 locked with MIB International and Untitled Annabelle. Secret Life Of Pets 2 are locked with this 5 films are released in these 5 consecutive weeks. (Detective Pikachu – John Wick 3 – Aladdin – Godzilla : KOTM – Dark Phoenix). Frozen 2 doesn’t look kinda bad despite they have Terminator : Dark Fate and Sonic The Hedgehog remake. So anything can be bombed as well due to bad release. “Maleficent : Mistress of Evil” could avoid that because the scheduled release does not contact with upcoming “Terminator : Dark Fate” and “Joker”.

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  102. There are many key movies are likely to be slow box income such as Godzilla : King Of The Monsters, Dark Phoenix, Dumbo, Hellboy, Joker, The New Mutants, Aladdin. I wonder if this year film can be better than last 4 years, and these 7 movies are success and get positive reviews. 2016 is the worst box office decade ever, and many are bombed. Due to high budget such as Godzilla : King Of The Monsters, maybe they could perform at least like Deadpool 2 and not as bad as Justice League and Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grinderwald

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    • Were Justice League and Crimes of Grindelwald really bombs though? They may have underperformed but I don’t recall them losing money.

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        • “Justice League” actually made money at the box office, had it not cost so much(300 MILLION DOLLARS!) to make and reshoot. And “The Crimes Of Grindelwald” did make decent numbers at the box office, but I’m glad that Warner Bros. is rethinking their five film plan, especially after the latter film made unspectacular numbers for them. And putting the “Dune” reboot in the third film’s place(November 2020) was a smart move. I’m actually looking forward to “Dune”. I may have not read the book or seen the 1984 film, but the story does fascinate me. I’ll give that a look next year.

  103. Wonder Park is still 25 million USD opening weekend debut. It seems Wonder Park are likely to bombed as bad as The Lego Movie 2. Despite budget are 100 million, their slow incomes are likely major meltdown for animated film in this year. Wonder if Ugly Dolls could be worse like The Lego Movie 2 and Wonder Park.

    And some live adapted action film such as Dora The Explorer and Sonic The Hedgehog might be same case like Wonder Park.

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    • “Wonder Park” has pretty much been finished. Nearly 80 million dollars worldwide on a 100 million dollar budget. Expect it to be on this list soon.
      And I have little to no hope for both “Dora and The Lost City Of Gold” and “Sonic The Hedgehog” doing well at the box office. The former film did look a bit better than expected, but it looks like a generic jungle adventure film, just with the “Dora The Explorer” name attached to it. Did the world even need a “Dora The Explorer” movie at all? And even though there have been no trailers for the film yet, “Sonic The Hedgehog” is already doomed. Competition from “Terminator: Dark Fate”, “Frozen 2”, “Jumanji: The Next Chapter”, and “Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, very poor buzz, backlash from fans, and a far too costly for it’s own good 90 million dollar budget is it’s what’s going to ruin it. I’m expecting it to become a flop on par with last year’s “Mortal Engines”. Meaning that it could be the biggest flop of 2019. That’s not good news, if you ask me.

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    • We don’t know that. Imagine Dumbo cannot surpass average Alita, Dumbo become biggest trash film ever, but I think Dumbo can surpasses Alita.

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  107. So far, “Wonder Park” has been making numbers closer to “Lego Ninjago” despite having a similar budget to “The Lego Movie 2.” As a result, I do agree with your point simply because the under-performing “Lego Movie” sequel may at least make close to double the numbers for the director-less animated feature.

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    • It seems this year is a nightmare for animated films. Lack of box office incomes, except HTTYDTHW

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  108. Look how Captain Marvel are outclassed in grossing in March against other movies. Two weekend are going to 800 million. Many people expected Dumbo are going to flopped due to Shazam and Hellboy release date after one/two weeks after Dumbo released in theatre. Dumbo released in next week. If overtakes Captain Marvel at debut, Dumbo are biggest success, else Dumbo are biggest box office bombs or failure. And even I think Shazam can outclass Captain Marvel as well as Dumbo meltdown in second weekend, and even I think Shazam could outgrossed The Wandering Earth as well. The Wandering Earth are China biggest success movies in this year, grossed 695 million USD. Look how HTTYDTHW are close to 475 million USD, maybe Shazam can perform as well as Venom (2018). despite low rate on RT. Look how schedule release affect all major movies to avoid box office bomb as well. The main threat is Dumbo, Shazam, and Hellboy before Avengers Endgame. Is it right everyone?

    Now can you predict these 3 movies (Dumbo, Shazam, and Hellboy) and can these 3 outgrossed How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden World? And the box office this combined three still above Captain Marvel alone?

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    • You’re delusional. Shazam, Dumbo, and Hellboy are not going to reach Captain Marvel. Shazam, maybe, but considering how the majority of non-comics fans seem to think it looks like an idiotic concept, probably won’t catch on with a broader audience. Hellboy is niche, and Dumbo will probably do better than people think, but not past $200 million domestically.

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      • Even if “Shazam” will likely become a hit, numbers comparable to 2015’s “Ant-Man” will already make it a success for Warner Bros, and I’d still find it unlikely for the film to reach the grosses of “Thor: The Dark World” or “Doctor Strange.”

        Meanwhile, despite tracking to be yet another successful remake from Disney, “Dumbo” will probably be more likely to reach a final gross near the 2015 “Cinderella” re-imagining, with a domestic opening compatible to “How to Train Your Dragon 3.”

        Finally, box office tracking is currently projecting “Hellboy” to have a similar opening to “Wonder Park,” which would cause it to become a box office bomb unless it shows strong legs (even though the latter’s budget is a bit higher). But “Wonder Park” has the advantage of being an animated film geared towards families with kids, which often tends to show greater holds than live-action movies (even those that receive good reviews/word of mouth and have appeal to the four quadrants). Since “Hellboy” is R-rated and probably won’t appeal to kids or teens, it likely won’t be so leggy and will even be lucky to make as much as “Wonder Park” (which will still be a flop in the end due to its high budget).

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        • Yes. I think Dumbo, Shazam, and Hellboy box office gross combined this three can surpass Captain Marvel alone. Captain Marvel already 800 million USD box office. Well if these three films could surpasses CM alone as well if they performed well in Box Office. They might no be reach Captain Marvel box office, but at least if the reviews get positive, these three is known as box office success, or else box office failure.

        • I wasn’t saying they wouldn’t be successful (except for Hellboy), I was saying that they won’t compete with Captain Marvel in the gross department.

  109. Wonder Park are likely to be flopped due to lame income for this week. Only 24 millions USD box office revenue until now. It looks like Wonder Park are underperforming and could be worse than lego Movie 2.

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  111. Guess what, Dora the Explorer has changed its name to Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and James Bobin, the man who directed the Muppets duology and Alice Through the Looking Glass is behind this. We must stop him, or PAW Patrol is history.

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    • Well, at least “PAW Patrol” is more relevant when it comes to the content that today’s little kids would watch. It’s not like “Dora the Explorer,” where the show has since diminished in popularity among its target audience, with the last episode coming out several years ago.

      And in the case of “Dora & the City of Lost Gold,” its director may be able to get temporarily sabotaged when the kid’s show adaptation hits theaters, considering how it will have to face “The Lion King” and “Hobbs & Shaw.” Due to the lack of marketing that it has so far (and its unclear target demographic), the film will likely get pummeled on all sides by its competition and end up bombing due to worse reviews and word-of-mouth, especially when there are plenty of better-reviewed counter-programming options around.

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      • Who thought that making a Dora the Explorer movie many years after the show ended was a good idea? It’s just like how Disney released The Lone Ranger in 2013, despite people having not cared about the titular character for many years.

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  112. In fact, I think “Dumbo” may even be able to surpass $400 million worldwide and out-gross “Alita: Battle Angel” at the worldwide box office, due to its overall critical praise so far. With a significantly cheaper budget than the Cameron-produced sci-fi flick, it should be able to become a solid hit for Disney and be safe from contending for this list.

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      • Yes. As long as they can persist and outgross HTTYDTHW or Alita. But If Dumbo remake get negative word of mouth or critics because of bad graphics, Dumbo might be a big disaster such as Lego movie 2 and WP.

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    • Yes Dabbing. The main question is can Dumbo stand apart in second weekend against Shazam and Hellboy next this two weeks released after Dumbo, or meltdown in second weekend?

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  113. I don’t believe Dumbo can be persistent as HTTYDTHW, Glass, The Wandering Earth, and Alita Battle Angel. Many people expected Dumbo to be flopped, and I don’t believe Dumbo can be success like Beauty And The Beast (2017), or average like Mary Poppins Returns (2018) or flop like the BFG (2016), but I think Dumbo box office could above bombed Alice Through The Looking Glass

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  115. On the weekend of March 15-17, “Wonder Park” and “Captive State” ultimately debuted with just $16 million and $3 million at the North American box office respectively.

    While “Park” performed a bit better than initial estimates, its opening is still very low for a $100 million-budgeted film at just half the opening for “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.” Therefore, with a final presumed domestic gross of $45-60 million, “Wonder Park” is in a position where it needs very strong legs and a heavy reliance on overseas grosses just to break even. But due to its “B+” audience score (which is low for animated films) and rotten critic reviews, I don’t see strong legs for this film in the domestic box office, especially with “Captain Marvel” still flying high in its second weekend and “Dumbo” opening two weeks later. On the other hand, I still haven’t heard of any animated Paramount film that went bonkers overseas, and assuming “Wonder Park” follows suit, there’s just no way that this film will be able to double its budget, and therefore it will likely be contending for this list in a matter of time.

    Meanwhile, “Captive State” fared even worse than “Wonder Park” at the box office with a lower opening over a budget of $25 million. Having a very poor “C-” on CinemaScore and mediocre reviews from critics, it’s already dead on arrival in North America. It’d likely take sharp falls in its second weekend before losing most theaters by its third weekend, likely closing its domestic box office run with less than $7 million. Plus, the thriller won’t fare well overseas either, and I’ll be surprised if it manages to make more overseas than domestically. As a result, we may see this contending for the 2019 bombs list alongside “Wonder Park” very soon.

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    • Remember Alice Through The Looking Glass?
      Remember The Lego Movie 2?
      Yeah, welcome to our club Wonder Park and Dumbo (expected)

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  118. Movies are adapted from franchise, anime, manga, video game can be avoid box office such as Tomb Raider 2018 depend on the performance and interest. Dragon Ball Super Broly (Japan), Detective Pikachu (Japan), Sonic The Hedgehog (Japan), Godzilla : King of the Monsters (Japan). The first Godzilla and Kong ; Skull Island still above average but does not too impressive despite high production costs. Resident Evil as example is the major box office success from video game adaptation.

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  119. Wonder Park are now 100 million USD budget. I’m not sure this movies such good as HTTYDTHW, or might be bad as Lego movie 2 . Even ugly Dolls could be flopped.

    I’m sure that movies like Joker, Shazam, Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants could be not as bad as Justice League due to DCEU movies has BIG MOUTH of criticized. Maybe they can be as success as Ant Man and the Wasp and Deadpool 2.

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    • If I was to judge “Wonder Park” based on the trailers alone, I’d probably consider it to be worse than “The Lego Movie 2,” with a possible reception below even “The Lego Ninjago Movie.” In terms of financial performance, I think it will likely do worse than the failed “Lego Movie” sequel but still better than “Uglydolls” (if their budgets aren’t taken into consideration) at the domestic box office, since at the very least its marketing seems to be over a wider range of mediums than the STX film (“Park” even got some footage shown around the Super Bowl, despite the fact that its target audience most likely isn’t into watching sports), and “Captain Marvel”/”Us” won’t serve as much brutal competition compared to “Avengers: Endgame”/”Detective Pikachu.”

      In terms of the superhero/antihero movies, I think “Shazam” will probably become another success for Warner Bros as its review embargo had dropped last week with a lot of praise from critics, and “Dark Phoenix” can at least perform like “Alita” worldwide due to strong interest from China (the Middle Kingdom has contributed a lot of views to its trailers, even if it’ll likely under-perform and debut below Illumination’s “Secret Life of Pets 2” in North America). Meanwhile, “Joker” can go either direction and become a smash hit or major flop, but if audiences love it then the film can have a solid performance when it releases this October, even with bad reviews from critics (no need for “Venom” numbers to become a success). However, it seems like “New Mutants” may be the most destined to fail out of the four films, as it has had a very troubled production since its announcement in 2017 and kept getting its release date pushed back. There’s a chance that Disney may just cancel this project or drop it on video streaming networks once it completes the Fox merger, but if it gets dumped into theaters the box office return may not be very good.

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      • Example : Bond 25 and Kingsman : The Great Game. Both pushed into next year. There are some movies that pushed or delayed into next year or next month or next time, depend of the development and film project

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    • Along with Wonder Park, I think that Captive State is going to end up on this list too. I just don’t forsee a future where it will break even on its $25 million budget. I have seen very little marketing for it until this past week.

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  120. Here’s something you have never heard of that coming out this weekend: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. No budget reported, a no-name heading it, and number of theatres unreported, and barely any P&A!!! All because Warner Bros. is throwing it out unannouced to compete with not only Captain Marvel , but, also Wonder Park!!!

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  121. I don’t believe Dumbo and Wonder Park can surpass Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel likely had an amazing debut incomes, and if Dumbo and Wonder Park is bombed at box Office, it might be a biggest disaster of Nickelodeon and Disney. Dumbo is now 78 years old

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    • “Dumbo” may still have the potential to succeed at the box office due to the reactions from its trailers, but it likely won’t get close to the numbers of “Captain Marvel.” On the other hand, I agree that “Wonder Park” will probably become a very huge flop for Nickelodeon, simply because it’s budget is way too high and that I expect it to perform even worse than “LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.”

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    • Dumbo is estimated to make $75 million in its first weekend in the U.S. If they kept the budget at a decent amount, it probably won’t be a bomb.

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      • Yeah, as long as Dumbo can be learn from bombed BFG and AWIT and Dumbo must gross at least 450 million like Mary Poppins Returns to avoid box office bomb. I think some animation films can be flop such as Lego movie 2, Wonder Park, even Ugly Dolls could be flop.

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        • Don’t forget these potential animated bombs as well:
          -“Missing Link” (This film is quite suitable for families with kids, but stop-motion animation hasn’t been doing well at the box office these days)
          -“Playmobil” ($75 million budget but not enough hype or interest from its trailers to generate box office numbers of at least $150 million WW)
          -“Angry Birds 2” (I think the first “Angry Birds” profited because of initial IP curiosity and interest, and it might be a one-time novelty that can’t be replicated by its sequel, which may become a minor bomb if the drop-off is very large over a larger budget + marketing spend)

        • Yes. There are many animated movies might be bombed ad well, depend on the budget. The higher the budget, the more box office incomes to avoid flop. Toy Story 4 and Frozen 2 could be a major success. Missing Link, Ugly Dolls and Playmobil should be at least 250 million box office to avoid bombed. There are many underperformed animated film such as Ralph Breaks the Internet, Cars 3 but still avoid box office bomb list. Both of these movies are 175 million USD budget and box office is under 500 million USD, despite get higher percentage in RT. Even Smallfoot have under 100 million USD but still average

  122. Alita still needs to make a lot of money still. Just barely gross more than it’s budget, see it was definitely advertised a lot.

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    • I dont think Alita will be on the list. the movie has already made $ 370mn with $170 Budget. Seems like did okayish

      I personally did not like the movie anyways.

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      • Apparently Alita needed to gross around 300-500 million just to break even, what with all the special effects and promotional material. Doesn’t look like it’s going to be a massive bomb but the return is somewhat underwhelming.

        Saw the film with some friends, it was fine. It’s not really the sort of film you watch to gain any sort of thought-provoking value. I guess it’s an alright popcorn flick if you’re into that sort of stuff but it’s not something I’d really watch again.

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        • Have you ever learn about The Mummy Tom Cruise, Justice League and The Great Wall Matt Damon?
          Even The Mummy grosses 400 million and Budget is 195 million, is called a “FLOP”
          and The Great Wall grosses 330 million and Budget is 120 million, is called a “FLOP”
          and even Justice League grosses 657 million and Budget is 300 milllion, is still a “FLOP”

          Well if you don’t flashback about 2016-2017 movies. So awful. I think Alita can learn about those 3 flopped movies to avoid box office bomb. Imagine if Dumbo and Godzilla : King of the Monsters both FLOPS due to big budget!

        • There are many underperforming movies but still not a flop, and vice versa. Look in 2016 and 2017 movie list. Those two years are biggest box office bomb in a year. Example is Justice League and Fantastic Beasts : The Crimes of Grinderwald

        • It did okay for itself in the end box office wise. It’s still certainly going to hit the 400 million dollar mark at the worldwide box office, if not more than that. It’s not sequel gaining numbers, but FAR better than expected. It WAS the last film Fox released before getting acquired by Disney… …so at least it wasn’t a bad way to end their legacy as a stand alone company.

  124. Should Lego 2 be on pending,it’s on track to make less then 100million foreign and will most likely only have 110-120 domestically

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  125. It’ll be interesting to see if LEGO Movie 2 is destined to make it onto the site. It’s certainly underperforming, but perhaps maybe not enough to be called a bomb.

    Love the site btw. Don’t listen to the clown on the 2018 page who claimed you took kickbacks to keep movies off the site. I think anyone with an IQ over 90 knows you’re just one dude doing this in his spare time.

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    • I don’t think 2018’s “Predator” film was really contending for 2018’s list of box office bombs until some time after it had a disappointing opening in the U.S., as for a while it seemed like the film would eventually double its budget (but it ultimately did not). Perhaps like with “Predator,” we may just have to see what “The Second Part” will eventually make in terms of box office grosses, of which it may get added to the 2019 list if Warner Bros ends up reporting a net money loss on the picture (or taking a write-down).

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  126. It may be a few weeks early, but the first 9-digit box office money loser for this year will likely be Paramount’s “Wonder Park.” With a $100 million budget and very low amounts of relative hype or interest, this film may probably only earn about as much as “Mortal Engines” worldwide.

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      • Looking at nowaday box office condition, Wonder Park is likely as same as The Lego Movie 2 disaster. Alita could be avoid box office bomb despite HTTYD 3 release early in certain country. Nowaday HTTYD and Alita are going to 350 million. The only good movies start in March 2019, which many people around the world can’t wait for fancy movies. Dumbo I don’t believe they will be major success such as Beauty And The Beast or Mary Poppins even Mary Poppins could only 400 Million USD

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  127. If you are asking about cold pursuit, it has a handful of markets left. The last one will be in April. Those markets aren’t known to be money makers tho, and against apparantly a 60 million dollar budget. This should’ve been in the pending list by now.

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    • Is a marketing budget listed anywhere for it? That could help determine how much it needs to break even.

      Regardless, it’s been in release for 15 days and it’s only made a little more than half its initial budget. Definitely looks like it could be a financial failure.

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      • I mean, it’s more of an international film. It doesn’t need to make big bucks here, it needs to make big bucks overseas. The Commuter didn’t do great in the States, but it made back its budget anyways.

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        • It’s reminds me of Run All night. Which had underperform, also how Edge Of Darkness was an disappointment due to the Mel Gibson controversy. Same probably gonna happen to Liam.

    • Might be difficult to determine at this point considering it may still have to open in certain foreign markets. However, the film has definitely has fallen below expectations. The Ninjago spin-off film they released two years back didn’t do especially well so I suppose this isn’t that much of a shock.

      If the budget estimate made by the L.A. Times is correct (around $99 mil) the film may be more likely to lose money.

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        • It wont make that much in Japan. All the previous ones have made around 1 million. It has 4 markets left to open as of the time writing this. Japan is its last market in the 29 of march. The movie internationally will make less than 100 million. It has a decent chance of flopping.

  130. The Kid Who Would Be King outright died in its own country. $856k in the UK this weekend, placing #6.

    It’s probably going to make the list, unfortunately.

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    • If not even the United Kingdom can save this film from the list, then which country can be able to do just that? I don’t think any of the remaining countries that this film will release in can be “worthy” enough to pull it out of the rock of box office bombs, so perhaps we should just accept this as the first big box-office bomb for 2019 (and also the first family-targeting movie that bombed this year).

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    • It still has some places to go. Mostly in march and april. The last market is in june. It has a slim chance, but I doubt it will make its money back.

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  131. I don’t believe Lego 2, Alita, Dumbo, STH, Dark Phoenix, Hellboy can be box office success. Look at the first 2 months of box office. Worst box office income ever in history if we comparing other years. Even How To Train Your Dragon only 130 millions in world wide before released in NA.

    In Chinese New Year, there are many fancy films such as Deadpool and Black Panther are a major success. However, in 2019 are mostly low rated. Start from March, this is likely a biggest box office challenges, which all great movies are unexpected to flop, and unwanted movies are major success. March – end of 2019 has great movies, but can they avoid box office bomb? The question is it

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    • Comparing to Lego Movie, Alita, and HTTYD 3, only Alita and HTTYD 3 are likely yet to avoid box office bombs.

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      • However, “Alita” may need HUGE grosses and legs to avoid contending for this list, regardless of its praise and over-performance (compared to projections). Let’s hope that the sci-fi blockbuster can overcome its hurdles and become the first official “surprise” hit for this year, rather than a lock for this list.

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  133. I know 2019 will be a big year for Disney, but I do not want all of their movies to be successful. In fact, the Dumbo remake looks pretty horrible, so please, tell Disney to cancel Genies, James and the Giant Peach, and possibly a remake to Lilo and Stitch. Also, Ignore Toy Story 4, don’t look forward to it.

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    • The only one that I think looks outright terrible from Disney this year is the Aladdin remake. Everything else looks like fine to me.

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    • Why would they cancel all of these projects? Major studios tend to prioritize a film’s financial potential at the box office over the film’s actual quality, and a majority of Disney’s live-action reboots have been relatively successful in that regard. I highly doubt any of these projects will be cancelled unless there’s some sort of behind-the-scenes issues at the studio.

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  136. Alita Battle Angel feels like a lock for The Report. The ad campaign has been surprisingly muted for a $200 million+ flick, perhaps signaling a stinker, or even if it winds up being good, a movie that no one will see regardless of the marketing, so why throw good money after bad.

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    • Stinker? Nonsense!
      It will make more than 600M WW and needs 425M to break even.
      If you think this is going to be a flop, you’re disqualified to ever guess again.

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        • Venom are expected to be flop and The Crimes of Grinderwald are expected to be success. Reality? Venom are major success, 875 million USD, and despite Grinderwald 253 million debut does NOT mean a success, and it considered as flop despite only 653 million. The reason is the Fantastic Beasts sequels has less action, and too much TALK and lack everything. Not too much big action in that sequels. Even 35% in Rotten Tomatoes more then Venom, Still consider as “FLOP”

  137. It seems like “The Lego Movie: The Second Part” is set to disappoint with a $40 million dollar U.S. opening, despite its critical praise. Let’s hope it doesn’t end up bombing from “franchise fatigue” following the disappointment of “The Lego Ninjago Movie” back in 2017. Otherwise, the film may end up contending for this list, which would be a bad sign for Warner Bros if they still want to continue the franchise.

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    • I’m happy the franchise is dying. Warner milked a mediocre movie that everyone seems to love for some reason that is beyond me into an entire franchise. Maybe they’ll finally end it.

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      • What kind of animated movies do you like? I’m just curious because you also didn’t care for Into the Spider-Verse. Maybe you just don’t care for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s writing. They also did 21 and 22 Jump Street if you were curious.

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        • You are correct, I don’t care for Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs was a creative failure, both Spider-Verse and Lego Movie were okay but severely overrated. I’ve meant to watch the Jump Street flicks, but for one reason or another I haven’t got to them.

          I enjoy stop-motion a great deal, but Laika hasn’t really interested me with most of their films. Most Disney and Pixar films are pretty good, I enjoy some indie animation films, Dreamworks Animation is a mixed bag, anime is garbage, and the less we talk about Blue Sky and Illumination the better.

        • Oh I know, but there are a few of us, and I think I know a disproportionate amount.

    • It’s actually going to only end up getting a 30 million dollar opening weekend. It’s decent enough for a more smaller film, but VERY disappointing for a film like this. Which is too bad. The film DID get good reviews from critics(85 percent Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), and had a 4,000+ theater release, AND was actually tracking to do well on it’s opening weekend(45-55 million dollars)! What happened? Did “The Lego Ninjago Movie” give viewers NO FAITH in the “Lego” film series after it flopped? Was there too much family competition(“Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” is still playing in a several theaters, and “How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is coming out in two weeks)? Not to mention that the film has a 100 million dollar budget, too. I just hope it has a long life at the box office, like it’s predecessor(“The Lego Movie”) and “The Lego Batman Movie” did. Otherwise, we can say “good bye” to any new “Lego Movie” films.

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      • Another factor to keep in mind is the many direct-to-DVD Lego movies that exist so oversaturation may have a factor in the weaker opening weekend as well.

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      • Tristan Michels : Not to offense of the showtimes, but these two months are likely box office of disaster. The incomes are not as good as last year in first two months. Many of most wanted movies in this year are start from March 2019, which starts from Captain Marvel. It might be a major pressure in box office. Wonder how shit Rotten Tomatoes always give shit rates. Lego Movie 2 has 85% on RT but shit incomes, even HTTYD 3, are yet to release in US, just got 98% and only 130 million USD in all world before US. Is the Rotten Tomatoes are not experienced in a film? Or just only give higher percent in movies such as “MCU”, great animation movies except live action, ?

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      • We can say “good-bye” to any new “Lego Movie” films now. It made a little over 180 million dollars worldwide, which is terrible results for a film that cost 100 million dollars to make. May very well be called “The Lego Movie 2: The Last Part”. I’m very sad about that, I really enjoyed “The Second Part” quite a lot. Even if it paled slightly to “The Lego Batman Movie” and paled to the first film(and yes, I still haven’t seen “The Lego Ninjago Movie”. Now that I think of it, do I even want to watch it?). Definitely going to be on this list for sure, sadly.

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  138. I wonder if a film such as : Dumbo, Aladdin, Star wars : Episode IX, The Lion king, Dora the Explorer, Sonic the Hedgehog are flop after a release

    Musical movies such as Beauty and the Beast, 2 years ago are major success despite many people claims “the actor has too much singing than their action.”

    Even I wonder film such as : Artemis Fowl, Lego Movie 2, Dora the Explorer, are flop

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    • The Lego Movie 2 is not going to flop. Artemis Fowl probably has the best chance of doing that from the list you provided.

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      • There’s also the chance that “Dora The Explorer” may bomb in addition to “Artemis Fowl,” although possible nostalgia from its former kid audience may end up saving it (or just sheer curiosity about it like what happened to “The Emoji Movie”). But even if that breaks even, “Dora” may still end up as a possible contender for some Razzie awards as I don’t really expect it to score well with critics and audiences.

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        • Yeah, if The Lego Movie 2 doesn’t pick up the slack after this weekend, How to Train Your Dragon 3 is going to bring in a lot of that family audience money in a few weeks.

        • Imagine if Dumbo was released, and that case is as same as Alita Battle Angel, it might be a worst Disney movies ever. Have you ever hear “BFG”, “AWIT”, “TN&TFR”, higher rate on RT but loss over 70 millions USD?

  139. This week is going to be good at the boxoffice. A pretty diverse wide releases – Action, Animation, Horror, Comedy every movie with at least 2500 Screens.

    Should be fun how it tackles and think at least one of them is going to land here.

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  140. Well, I was already predicting that Cold Pursuit was gonna flop because of its competition but now that there is controversy over Liam Neeson’s interview, it’s likely going to be DOA.

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    • I think it’ll do well enough internationally that it’ll justify itself. The Commuter didn’t do great in the U.S., but it did well enough overseas that it made a profit.

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    • I was thinking the controversy around the movie is going to earn it a lil more than expected just bcoz the controversy atleast created some buzz around the movie and that also he openly stated that he was ashamed of the act, i dont think nobody will call for a boycott. “JUST SAYING”

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      • I personally do not have as much of a problem with what Liam Neeson said because he didn’t act upon his hateful attitudes, admitted that he was wrong, and learned from it. Honestly, shouldn’t we commend people for learning from their mistakes? If we don’t, people won’t have any incentive to analyze their behavior and right their wrongs. That’s just my two cents, though. I thought Cold Pursuit looked like a kickass action flick when I saw a trailer for it months ago.

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    • Wishing the same !!! Disney is just taking all weak scripts and making them movies . . . thinking we all wud watch them anyways just bcoz its Disney.

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      • However, it seems like the majority of Disney’s live-action bombs are original movies that don’t serve as sequels, prequels, or re-imaginings of existing Disney properties (with some exceptions like “Solo” or “Alice Through the Looking Glass”), and the CGI remakes particularly tend to draw in lots of cash due to nostalgia from adults who grew up with their animated counterparts. As a result, it’s possible that “Dumbo” may end up turning a modest profit at the very least (although last year’s “Christopher Robin” and “Mary Poppins Returns” did end up with box performances that were okay, but not great in relation to their budgets).

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      • The only way I could see Dumbo not doing well at the box office is if Wonder Park somehow becomes an unexpected huge success.

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        • I’m doubtful “Wonder Park” is going to do well at the box office. It is already tracking for an 8-10 million dollar opening weekend. Did I mention it cost 100 million dollars to make? I think competition from “Captain Marvel”, “Us”, and “Dumbo” is what’s going to ruin it at the box office.

  142. Glass – Already at $170 mn Worldwide with plenty of territories to open. Guess this is a good jackpot with $20 mn budget and $10mn P&A.

    PS : Split did better, $260 with $9 mn budget & $ 6 mn P&A

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    • A lot of people I know aren’t seeing it since they haven’t “caught up” by watching Unbreakable.

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  143. Apparently, Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey are really mad about Serenity’s release being botched, and Aviron basically fired back that they couldn’t make it a success even if they spent a lot of money on it. I wonder if this’ll have any negative effects for Aviron going forward.

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    • Hathaway is overrated. McConaughey on the other hand has the firepower to make sure anyone at Aviron who may have legitimately screwed him over will not get meaningful work again.

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  144. EVERYBODY’S WORKING AND THE WORLD CAN GET SO CRAZY WE DRINK SO MUCH THERE’S NO TIME TO BE LAZY THE WEEK COMES UP NOW AND THEN GRAB YOUR WORK GRAB YOUR PAPER HEAD TO YOUR JOB GRAB SOME WORKERS GOT TO DO DOING PAPERS TYPING OUT PAYCHECK THERE’S NO DOUBT GO TO MICKY D’S LOT OF PLEASE SHUT UP TIME FOR ALL OF US TO BE AN ADULT IT IS WHAT THE WEEK IS ALL ABOUT BEST BUDS WORKING HARD BEST WORKERS DON’T GO WRONG THESE 2 DAYS HERE WE COME TRAFFIC LIGHT I BEAT YOUR SCORE WATCH SITCOMS ON TV TRICKA BUTSY THAT’S WHAT’S SWEE C’MON GIRL, I TALK TO YOU! I’M DYING FOR THE WEEK I’M DYING FOR THE WEEK

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  146. You have to add Serenity. With it crashing and burning both financially and critically, along with having one of the most stupid endings I’ve ever heard of, it deserves a spot. A little bummed Kid Who Would Be King is bombing. A lot like mid-2000s kids flicks.

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  147. Mojo says Replicas has made a profit of approximately 20.6 million dollars (a figure less than the film’s budget of 37.5 mil). Apparently, the overall marketing cost for the film was slightly less than 30 mil. Not sure if this counts as a bomb considering the STX buyout but it seems worth keeping tabs on.

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    • STX wasn’t involved with Replicas. Entertainment Studios was and got the distribution rights for a low enough price that I think leads them to a loss but not a catastrophic one. The film itself as a whole definitely is a bomb though.

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    • Don’t know where you got that, but that is simply not true. It’s the 24th worst. Oogieloves still claims #1.

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      • box office mojo said when i first looked on the actuals that Repilcas opened with 300,000 dollars but now it says it opened with 2 million dollars. Hmm

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  154. 2019 Box Office Flops:

    Replicas
    The Kid Who Would Be King
    Serenity
    Miss Bala
    Alitta: Battle Angel
    Captive State
    Chaos Walking
    Missing Link
    Dora the Explorer
    Artemis Fowl
    Gemini Man
    Terminator 6
    Charlie’s Angels
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Super Intelligence

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      • I’m not even sure when “Chaos Walking” is even going to come out, thanks to the reshoots. “The Kid Who Would Be King” is going to end up being a well reviewed film(82 percent Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, 70 percent on Metacritic) that ends up doing badly at the box office thanks to poor marketing, “Artemis Fowl” will end up being the ONLY film in Disney’s MASSIVE 2019 that’s going to lose money for them, “Missing Link” will end up being another Acclaimed Flop for Laika, “Alita: Battle Angel” will be a MASSIVE flop for Fox after getting it’s release date moved TWO TIMES, and “UglyDolls” will end up being a poor start to STX’s animated division.
        The jury is still out on the “Dora The Explorer” and “Sonic The Hedgehog” films. The former could end up being REALLY TERRIBLE, or REALLY GOOD(but let’s face it, was ANYONE ASKING FOR A FILM BASED OFF “Dora The Explorer” ANYWAY?), and the latter could depend on if the design works out for fans. And it has a 90 million dollar budget. We’ll see.

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        • Alita’s James Cameron. Never count him out. Avatar was supposed to be a tremendous flop, and we all know how that turned out.

        • It has 61 percent Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It has gotten perfectly okay reviews from critics, but I still think it will end up becoming a flop. “Avatar” was also supposed to be a FLOP as well, but the strong feedback it got from critics and audiences and the results it got from the 3D showings really kept the film alive for a long time, explaining why it became the highest grossing film of ALL TIME, with 2.7 BILLION dollars. I doubt that’s going to happen with “Alita”. Fox has already delayed the film TWICE, so is there any faith there?

  155. “Alita: Battle Angel” looks to be a mega-flop. That saddens me to say because the film looks promising so far. James Cameron wrote and produced the film, so I’m sure it will get good reviews. However, since it’s adapting a beloved manga, the audience for said manga is probably small. For a film that costs $200 million to make, that’s alarming.

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  156. The Upside looks like it is going to open at #1 this weekend with about $18-19 million. If it holds well and does decent overseas, it could at least break even. Replicas is toast. It’s opening at $2-3 million and with a $30 million budget, I think it’s safe to put it on the list.

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  157. My vote for the First Big Flop of 2019 is for the Upside. Not only it’s a Memorial Tribute to the Weinsteins, but, also for Kevin Hart’s bad timing (Due to his decade-old Tweets).

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  158. I would say Alita’s going to flop, but I can never count out James Cameron. The man makes obvious bombs turn into gold.

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  160. I can easily predict Chaos Walking to be a mega-flop. The signs are clearly there: cost and time overruns, negative press, reports on on-set drama and injuries, etc. Also, no trailers or posters for the film yet, and it’s scheduled for a March 1 release! Not a chance is the film gonna make the deadline. I’ll be surprised if it even gets released by the end of the year.

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    • Yeah, and while Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland are well-known for Star Wars and Spider-Man, I doubt they can pull in a huge audience based on their names alone. Also, Chaos Walking is a $100 million YA sci-fi movie and those haven’t had the greatest track record since The Hunger Games movies finished their run.

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