Biggest movie flops of 2012

Cloud Atlas
Estimated loss: $160 million (yet to open globally)
What went wrong? Though it might be premature to start hammering the nails in its coffin, given that it hasn't opened globally yet, it's fair to say 'Cloud Atlas' underperformed in the US market to a spectacular degree/ Costing an approximate $100 million (before you even take the ad budget into consideration), the epic Tom Hanks sci-fi was lost on American audiences, who perhaps ... more 

Cloud Atlas
Estimated loss: $160 million (yet to open globally)
What went wrong? Though it might be premature to start hammering the nails in its coffin, given that it hasn't opened globally yet, it's fair to say 'Cloud Atlas' underperformed in the US market to a spectacular degree/ Costing an approximate $100 million (before you even take the ad budget into consideration), the epic Tom Hanks sci-fi was lost on American audiences, who perhaps didn't fancy sitting through a transcendent, three-hour, six-story love story when they could just stay in and watch 'The Avengers' on DVD again. 'Cloud Atlas' could dig its heels in in Asia, where much of it is set, but it'll be another black mark against the Wachowskis after 'Speed Racer' left behind considerable skidmarks in 2008. less