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Ashton Kutcher's 'jOBS' bio-pic was not well received.
From disappointing weekend openings to films that didn't carry well domestically or overseas, there were nearly as many box-office hiccups as there were success stories.
We've compiled the worst performing
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We're going back to May, since the summer movie season officially kicked off with "Iron Man 3" May 3. (After the past few summers studios are increasingly releasing all of their big potential blockbusters from May-July leaving August a dry spell.)
These rankings are based on production budgets, how much studios had riding on the films and how hard they underperformed opening weekend along with overall worldwide grosses taken into account.
A note on a few summer releases not on this list that have been on other worst lists of the summer:
"After Earth" and "Smurfs 2" do not appear here because after accounting for foreign box office, the films should not be considered bombs. While Will Smith's "After Earth" certainly had a poor box-office opening ($27 million) and was a dud here earning $60 million, the film, a costly $130 million, went on to earn $243 million worldwide.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, insiders at Sony who distributed the film said they could lose $20 million on the film back in June.
"Smurfs 2" earned a paltry $67 million domestically, but soared overseas to take in $255.8 million worldwide.
While "Elysium" didn't break out to become Neil Blomkamp's next "District 9," the more expensive Matt Damon film has grossed $179 million. It cost an estimated $115 million. There were much bigger upsets than this TriStar film.