'John Carter' | March 2012

( Disney / April 20, 2012 )

Widely considered one of the biggest box-office flops of all time, "John Carter" has failed to attract enough ticket-buyers to earn back its budget of $350 million to make and market. Critical reaction was also mixed for the film based on the 100-year-old Edgar Rice Burroughs story and directed by Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo," "Wall-E").

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Sophie Hatter at 5:40 PM April 20, 2012

John Carter was not one of the "biggest box-office flops of all time." It was a disappointment. If you think there isn't a substantial difference, compare John Carter's worldwide gross ($180 million, the last I checked) with the worldwide gross of Mars Needs Moms ($39 million).

BTW, I don't work for Disney or anything. I'm just a real fan of the movie. It was sadly mismarketed -- it's a broad-panorama epic with complicated world-buliding, and the cutest alien dog ever. Like Avatar and the Star Wars movies, you enjoy it the first time, but get more out of it the second.

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