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The 8 Biggest Box Office Bombs Of Summer 2016

While several films such as Finding Dory, The Secret Lives of Pets and even Suicide Squad (despite its poor critical reception) did some very impressive business at the box office, this summer season was packed full of dud movies. Interestingly, many of them were films that were predicted to be big successes but, in the event, fell someway short of the mark.

2) The BFG

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Budget: $140 million

Domestic gross: $54.3 million

Worldwide box office: $160 million

Despite all their massive successes earlier in the year, Disney were also culpable for one of 2016’s biggest flops. A big reason why The BFG bombed is because the studio shot themselves in the foot by scheduling it opposite their own Finding Dory – meaning that the movie’s intended audience were siphoned off elsewhere.

Still, it is surprising that the film did this badly. Particularly as it’s a Steven Spielberg flick, which have always been smash hits in the past. And it received a warm reception from critics. Maybe Roald Dahl just doesn’t do it for kids like he used to?

As with Pete’s Dragon, Disney probably won’t be too perturbed by this failure. However, they will certainly be rethinking their scheduling strategy in the hopes of avoiding a similar situation again in future.

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