No one wants to see a movie fail.
Making movies takes countless hours of hard work, creativity, and collaboration.
There aremovies that undeservedly flop at the box office.
Movie enthusiasts and box office pundits have foreseen their poor performance.
But due to its failure,Ishtaris now synonymous with notorious box office flops.
The films behind-the-scenes chaos and bloated budget overshadowed its potential.
Nevertheless, recentlyIshtarhas been reevaluated much more objectively, with names likeQuentin TarantinoandMartin Scorseseas its proponents.
To no one’s surprise,Battlefield Earthflopped and is consistently labeled asthe worst sci-fi movie ever made.
However, the film was marred by production troubles that saw reshoots and lukewarm pre-release buzz.
The first signs of the movie’s failure started from the negative reception of the film’s look.
Ambitious and expensive, the movie did not have substantial marketing support to help it succeed.
Poor trailers failed to convey the storys grandeur, leaving audiences unfamiliar with the books confused about its premise.
The film was directed byTimur Bekmambetov(Wanted) and starredJack Huston,Toby Kebbell, andMorgan Freeman.
The new film did not share the sameepic feel that the original timelessly has.
The film seesMichael KeatonandBen Affleck’s Batmans return andintroduces Supergirl, played bySasha Calle.
Unfortunately, the movie was a victim ofDC’s lack of directionover the years.
Audiences have generally lost interest in the universe due to its lack of focus, unlike the MCU.
It was compounded bypublic controversies surrounding Miller, which overshadowed the marketing campaign.
This combination of factors resulted in what should have been a blockbuster becoming a major letdown.
The movie itself becameone of 2024’s biggest box-office failures.
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