[Narrator] In one year, Disney grossed over $2.7 billion

on "Avengers: Endgame" and lost $170 million

on "Dark Phoenix" and other titles.

Turns out that in the 2010s, not even bankable stars,

big marketing campaigns, or impressive CGI

can guarantee box office success.

We're going to take a look at exactly what went wrong

with some of the most expensive movie flops of the decade.

We've drawn up a list using reported losses

from various media outlets.

"I am telling you, I am nobody."

[Narrator] "Jupiter Ascending."

The problem wasn't its cast members Mila Kunis

and Channing Tatum, or even the bizarre plot

of a cleaning lady with an interplanetary inheritance.

It was overspending.

Directors the Wachowskis had previously worked

with Studio 8 President Jeff Robinov

on the 1999 hit "The Matrix."

Robinov signed off on casting and production design

and approved a huge budget but left the studio

before the films' completion.

Fixing VFX issues prerelease also added to the mix.

The movie opened to poor reviews,

and you can guess what happened next.

Name a film from the past decade featuring

anthropomorphised, shape-shifting cars and trucks.

You're probably thinking of a "Transformers" movie.

And there's a reason why you wouldn't know

the bomb "Monster Trucks," about a high-school senior

who discovers a creature that feeds on oil.

Part of its failure can be blamed on a lack

of on-screen talent, with Lucas Till

not providing much of an audience draw.

Also, in the age of successful animated features,

targeting the kids market with a live-action cars movie

that wasn't based on a well-known Nickelodeon

or Hasbro property was a big risk.

"I like a good adventure."

"I'm looking for an adventure of my own."

[Narrator] This movie not only changed its title months

before opening but also underwent a change in director.

The movie was originally titled

"Jack the Giant Killer," which suggests that it was planned

to be a grittier, edgier retelling of Roald Dahl's

"Jack and the Beanstalk."

It also suffered from a glut of similar releases.

It came out shortly after Jeremy Renner's

"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,"

another childlike fantasy flick.

"You didn't eat your broccoli."

"No broccoli, no TV."

[Narrator] Disney's animated feature sold

just $6.9 million

in tickets in its North America opening weekend.

The plot line of a child whose mother is taken away

from him was off-putting for family audiences,

as was the unique animation style.

Producer Robert Zemeckis opted for motion capture instead

of hand-drawn or Pixar style of computer animation,

which led to comments about characters'

unnatural facial expressions being terrifying.

"I long for the day that I can come back for you"

"and explain everything."

[Narrator] By 2015, starring in crowd pleasers

such as "Les Miserables" and the "X-Men" franchise

had to put Hugh Jackman in a bankable position

as a leading man.

But this adaptation of the classic

JM Barrie children's story "Peter Pan" was criticized

for its simple plot and pantomime performances.

After flopping with domestic audiences,

it went on to underperform

in the world's second-largest film market: China.

Why?

It was released during a summer

of competitive family-friendly films,

such as French animated feature "The Little Prince"

and Marvel's "Ant-Man."

Poor Hugh.

"It is inevitable."

[Narrator] "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword"

was panned by critics

and made just $15 million in its opening weekend.

This would be manageable for a small-budget British movie,

but it was the exact opposite:

a Guy Ritchie-directed Warner Bros. flick

that cost millions.

So why did it tank so bad?

Idris Elba and Colin Farrell are rumored

to have turned down roles,

leaving Jude Law as the only A-lister.

And the story wasn't new.

Home audiences were already familiar with an adaption

of the King Arthur legend starring Clive Owen

which flopped in 2004.

Nowadays he's the internet's boyfriend.

"You're breathtaking."

[Narrator] But in 2013, Keanu Reeves hadn't had a hit

since 2003's "The Matrix Revolutions."

Samurai fantasy-adventure "47 Ronin" followed a string

of misses for the star, such as "Constantine"

and "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

The movie's release date didn't help,

competing in a December box office already packed

with "The Wolf of Wall Street,"

the "Hobbit" sequel, "American Hustle,"

"Saving Mr. Banks," and "Anchorman 2."

"Boy."

[Narrator] You'd need to be a committed movie buff

to watch all those releases over the festive period.

But we love you no matter what, Keanu.

Producer Peter Jackson of "Lord of the Rings" fame taking

on a beloved seven-book series by Philip Reeve sounds

like a license to print money.

But "Mortal Engines" took a crushingly low

$7.5 million across 3,103 theaters

at the domestic box office.

There were some obvious reasons it flopped:

lack of star power, confusing narrative

about cannibalistic megacities,

and a woman with a mysterious destiny.

But what really crushed it

was the surprising box office smashes

of release-adjacent movies.

Clint Eastwood's "The Mule" made $17.5 million

in its opening, one of the highest ever

for an Eastwood movie.

And family audiences were drawn

to "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,"

which piggybacked on the superhero trend.

"That's a copy."

[Narrator] There are negative movie reviews,

and then there are the reviews that "The Lone Ranger" got

on its opening weekend.

On paper, it sounded great: reuniting Johnny Depp

with the team behind "Pirates of the Caribbean"

and adding Armie Hammer, who was a rising star thanks

to "The Social Network."

But critics called this 149-minute outing

too long and clunky.

The Guardian reported that the filmmakers tried

to scale down the budget after being spooked

by other modern Westerns bombing,

such as 2011's "Cowboys & Aliens."

But the budget soon spiraled again,

to the tune of $215 million.

Coming in at number one

is one of the biggest box office flops

of all time: Disney's "John Carter."

What really killed this one was the trailers.

First, was a teaser featuring a morose cover

of Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage,"

which featured no real action.

♪ From dancing with the one I love ♪

[Narrator] Further trailers displayed the movie

as the most generic, boring blockbuster.

It had no real star power and a glut of special effects.

Andrew Stanton, who also directed "Finding Nemo"

and "Wall-E," reportedly overrode Disney marketing execs

to have the final say on the promotional material.

Which, let's be honest, was an error.

Even the "of Mars" was ditched from the title.

The movie is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1917 story

"A Princess of Mars."

But just "John Carter" was as vague as it was going to get.

Critics weren't kind to it either.

It went on to eventually lose close to $224 million.

A little nod here to the also-rans,

including "Deepwater Horizon," "How Do You Know,"

and "The Promise."

Did you go to see any of these box office disasters?

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