Posted on 12/06/2017 1:12:22 PM PST by EdnaMode
It's time to look back on 2017 and see what happened at the multiplex. And for some titles it wasn't pretty.
Though 2017 found some success stories like the early-year releases "Get Out" and "Split" from Blumhouse, the fall favorite "It," and presumably "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" when it comes out in mid-December numerous titles were dead on arrival.
For every "Beauty and the Beast" and "Wonder Woman" in 2017, there was a dud like "CHiPs" and "mother!" that quickly followed.
Here are the 10 worst box-office earners of the year (compare them to our list from the halfway point).
Note: This selection is limited to only those titles released by the six major studios that have played in more than 2,000 screens for at least two weekends. Grosses below are all US earnings from Box Office Mojo.
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Thats incredible. What a waste of money. Its crazy to think they cant make a decent movie for half that so they can bring in a profit. Of course someone is making money off films but who? You cant lose 100 million per film for long.
Miss Sloane didnt make the list
Actually, the veracity of that movie was debunked by people who were actually there almost immediately after the movie came out.
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