2012 is pretty much done and dusted - a year when Bond, Batman and friends came, saw and conquered the box-office. It's time we turn our attention to the year's biggest losers; the movies that performed gigantic bellyflops into empty cinemas.
With Hollywood's accounting even sketchier than that of our own bankers, it's tough to determine just how much money a film has lost, but the big-budget films almost always double their production budget ...
more 2012 is pretty much done and dusted - a year when Bond, Batman and friends came, saw and conquered the box-office. It's time we turn our attention to the year's biggest losers; the movies that performed gigantic bellyflops into empty cinemas.
With Hollywood's accounting even sketchier than that of our own bankers, it's tough to determine just how much money a film has lost, but the big-budget films almost always double their production budget with advertising costs: think ailing salesmen forking out on flash new cars to convince you they're not flat broke. It's far from an exact science, but we've calculated the year's biggest bombs. Take cover.
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