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The 10 Biggest Box Office Bombs Of Summer 2017

It's official: the summer movie season of 2017 is the worst in over a decade. The box office haul in North America from the last few months has taken such a dip that you would have to go back to 2006 to find a similar figure. With people staying out in the sunshine this year and not disappearing into the dark of movie theaters, then, this naturally means that some films that were supposed to blow up the box office just became, er, box office bombs.

The Mummy

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Budget: $125–195 million

Domestic gross: $80.1 million

Worldwide gross: $407.8 million

Looking to get in on some Marvel and DC action, Universal had big hopes for their Dark Universe franchise that would blend their classic horror monsters together. With The Mummy, a reboot of a movie series that made big bucks in its last incarnation, the studio must have thought they could put their feet up and watch the money come rolling in. Especially as it featured one of the biggest stars in the world: Tom Cruise.

Well, they thought wrong, as the pic only pulled in $80.1 million on home turf. As with Transformers though, the overseas gross has bumped up the total box office to something slightly more acceptable. On the surface, at least. We know that with promotional costs added on, the movie’s complete budget was closer to $345 million, which means its $400 million total hardly breaks even.

The failure of The Mummy could be one of the most destructive box office bombs of the summer, as it might just result in Universal’s Dark Universe plans getting ripped up. Although with talents like Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem and possibly Angelina Jolie lined up to star in future films, you can bet they won’t abandon the franchise altogether.

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