10 Surprising Box Office Failures
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7. Mars Needs Moms (2011) – $130 Million
Production budget of $150 million, worldwide gross of $38 million. Estimated Losses (includes some marketing costs) – over $130m. Disney’s computer-animated Mars Needs Moms is text-book overspending on a film whose ceiling wasn’t all that high to begin with. With a budget that dwarfs some of the biggest films of all-time, live-action or animated, Mars Needs Moms would have been tough for even an animation studio like Pixar to profit from. The film’s performance ultimately led Disney to lose $136 million in 2011, which goes up to about $138.8 million when adjusted for inflation.
