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This year has been one of stark contrasts at the box office. On one side, you have the spectacular failures that defied all logic despite studios sinking every resource the studio could throw at it. On the other hand, you have critically hailed "masterpieces" like Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, which earned rave reviews and Oscar buzz, yet is still projected to cost its studio over $100 million in losses after being released in the cinema. Both are considered by the film industry as financial disappointments, but for very different reasons - but who have been the biggest disappointments at the cinema so far this year? To figure that out, we ignored the simple "gross vs. budget" line and instead followed the rule in Hollywood that a movie needs to make 2.5 times its production cost just to cover marketing, distribution, and the cinema's cut—anything less is a guaranteed loser. All the loss estimates we're using come from websites such as IMDB and Box Office Mojo, but keep in mind, they are educated guesses based on our rule of thumb. By applying this critical 2.5x threshold to major blockbusters and focusing on the biggest misses, we can accurately rank the most embarrassing financial disappointments of the year. So, what films are up for the proverbial wooden spoon alongside One Battle After Another? Related topics: BoostFilmMoneyCultureCinemas
