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at movies that were such massive
commercial failures that they’re planned
sequels were cancelled number 10
Battlefield Earth while you were still
learning how to spell train to conquer
galaxies battlefield air at this
infamous for being one of the worst
movies of all time filled with bad
acting and curiously angled shots the
movie also has its roots in Scientology
Scientology’s founder Elrond Hubbard
wrote the novel on which the movie is
based and famous Scientologist John
Travolta hoped that the novel would be
adapted in two parts these hopes were
soon dashed post-release
hours of observation are simply start
link the movie dramatically fell off the
box off his charts after its opening
weekend eventually grossing just shy of
30 million dollars on a 73 million
dollar budget the commercial failure
coupled with the eventual bankruptcy of
production company franchise Pictures
meant that we never got to see the
conclusion of Hubbard’s story on screen
I’ve wasted my time haven’t I number 9
the amazing spider-man 2 I’m following
you now I’m just gonna follow you
everywhere there wasn’t exactly a strong
demand for a reboot of the spider-man
franchise only five years after
spider-man 3
and unfortunately the mediocre quality
of these films didn’t do much to win
over audiences the amazing spider-man 2
received a mixed reception and
eventually grossed a disappointing
relative to the property seven hundred
and nine million dollars come on
everybody wants my money while this
iteration of the spider-man series was
meant to spawn an entire universe
including more spider-man films the
sinister six venom and black cat movies
these plans were indefinitely delayed
after the performance of the amazing
spider-man 2 Sony then reached a deal
with Marvel to bring spider-man to the
MCU effectively cancelling the amazing
spider-man franchise in the process
number eight Batman and Robin chicks dig
de car this is why Superman works alone
like Battlefield Earth
Batman and Robin is known for being one
of the worst movies of all time and like
Battlefield Earth there were high hopes
that it would pave the way for future
installments paths Warner Brothers had
commissioned a sequel based loosely on
the Daley’s of Batman and Robin it was
to be called Batman Unchained and
planned to feature scarecrow as the main
antagonist with George Clooney reprising
his role as the Caped Crusader
however Clooney decided that he was done
with the cowl after the harsh reception
of Batman and Robin and the sequel was
canceled Warner Brothers then hired
Christopher Nolan to completely reboot
number 7 Fantastic Four you guys sure
you’re in the best shape to be doing
this Hawks had big plans for their
rebooted Fantastic Four a sequel was
announced before Fantastic Four even
began filming with a planned release
date of July 14th 2017 however the movie
was a massive critical and commercial
failure earning only 168 million dollars
at the worldwide box office and a nine
percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes the
future of the franchise was immediately
thrown into question although it wasn’t
looking good for Marvel’s first family
it’s fantastic
civilian in December 2017 Disney
announced that it was purchasing Fox’s
TV and film assets a move that would
place the future of the Fantastic Four
in the hands of Marvel Studios we saw
how well it worked for spider-man so
fingers crossed
it’s clobberin time
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number six Terminator Genisys you are
nothing but a relic
I’m a deleted timeline there once was a
time when the Terminator series was the
pinnacle of action cinema nowadays we
get the likes of Terminator Genisys
which many people found to be a
convoluted watered-down mess the film
earned only 89 million dollars at the
domestic box office which was considered
a massive disappointment for the iconic
franchise I hold on to someone when you
know he must let them go Genesis was
said to be the first movie of a new
trilogy but these plans were canceled
after the movies numbers came in it was
then announced that James Cameron would
be returning to the series and that the
next film would serve as a reboot and
continue the story of Terminator 2 hasta
LaVista Genesis are you kidding me
number five The Mortal Instruments City
of Bones I’m a werewolf
not the golden mushroom Hollywood
desperately wanted to find the next
Harry Potter while some young adult
adaptations like The Hunger Games and
Twilight have found success many others
have failed but few spectacularly as The
Mortal Instruments City of Bones opened
poorly and never recovered earning only
90 million dollars on a 60 million
dollar budget wait you can see this guy
well she can she’s a witch planned for a
sequel city of ashes were made before
the release of City of Bones but due to
the disappointing box office performance
these plans were put on hold it was
eventually announced that the sequel was
cancelled and that the Mortal
Instruments would continue as a
television series I’ve no idea – number
4 Superman Returns Clark Kent Superman
Returns served as a reboot slash sequel
to the first two Superman movies and
ignored the third and fourth entries
unfortunately while many people
considered it a decent movie it was a
disappointment at the box office earning
only 391 million dollars against a more
than 200 million dollar budget
you wrote that the world doesn’t need a
Savior
but every day I hear people crying for a
sequel was planned and set to start
Brainiac and bizarro as villains with
much of the cast reprising their roles
but it was scrapped after the under
performance of Superman Returns a reboot
was planned instead and Zack Snyder’s
Man of Steel was released seven years
later I’m here to help but it has to be
on my own terms number three the Golden
Compass he’s value your lives come no
further
Warner Brothers was really swinging for
the fences with the Golden Compass but
hey like we said you’ve got to find the
next Harry Potter it was made on a 180
million dollar budget and star various a
listeners including Nicole Kidman Ian
McKellen and Daniel Craig however fans
of the novel were incensed that the
adaptation diluted the story’s anti
religious themes and significant studio
interference negatively impacted the
finished product the movie received
mediocre reviews and grossed only 70
you did the movies under performance and
alleged pressure from the Catholic
Church newline canceled the remaining
two entries of the series leaving His
Dark Materials fans without a satisfying
conclusion to the on-screen story maybe
we shouldn’t be doing this number two
John Carter that don’t duplicate fair
fight suffice it to say that Disney had
big plans for the John Carter name they
allegedly put upwards of 350 million
dollars into the movie including
marketing costs and the filmmakers
reported that they were planning to make
the series into a trilogy so to expert
view the producers even began work on
the second movie the gods of Mars before
Jon Carter was released to theaters
however the film only made 284 million
dollars and plans for the remaining two
movies were quickly canceled while
director Andrew Stanton returned to the
world of 3d animated films directing
finding dory instead before we unveil
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
I don’t want to hurt anyone number one
green lantern of all the superhero bombs
Green Lantern was the most spectacular
the movie was yet another swing and a
miss for DC has it earned a twenty six
percent on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed
only two hundred twenty million dollars
on a massive two hundred million dollar
budget when you consider that the movie
needed to make five hundred million
dollars to be considered a financial
success as speculated by The Hollywood
Reporter it’s clear that Green Lantern
was a massive failure let’s go device
the studio’s plans for an extended Green
Lantern series were immediately scrapped
making its end-credit teaser more than a
little embarrassing on I’m sorry did i
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