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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.
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Published: Sep 6, 2016 06:10 pm

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8) Pete’s Dragon

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Pete's Dragon

Budget: $65 million

Domestic gross: $55.5 million

Worldwide box office: $78.3 million

Despite very positive reviews and great word of mouth, this remake of Disney’s 1977 classic was far away from the strong successes of the House of Mouse’s other live-action reboots in recent years – for instance, Cinderella and The Jungle Book. Admittedly, it is still playing in theaters, so it could rake in a few more dollars, but so far, the movie has made a fairly paltry sum worldwide.

On the other hand, Pete’s Dragon’s modest budget means it is not as sore a loss as it would otherwise be. Plus, it was always expected to earn less due to the original being a lesser known property than those previously mentioned remakes. Given all their other hits this year, Disney execs most likely won’t lose any sleep over this one.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered. Since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester, he has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade. The MCU is his comfort place but, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is The Incredibles.
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