When it comes to movies, they can't all be winners. And lately, more and more of them are proving to be financial disasters. This year has seen its fair share of box-office bombs and 2018 seemed to follow the same trend. Here are the biggest losers of the year:
Loss: $20 million
10. Holmes & Watson
Loss: $21 million
9. The Girl in the Spider's Web
Loss: $26 million
8. The Happytime Murders
Loss: $34 million
7. Annihilation
Loss: $34 million
6. Welcome to Marwen
Loss: $60 million
5. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Loss: $65.8 million
4. Solo
Loss: $76.9 million
Both Lucasfilm and Disney would love to explain away Solo's box office failure with excuses about an ill-advised release date, an abundance of competition and skimpy marketing. But the truth is, like The Last Jedi, Solo just wasn't a very good Star Wars movie.
3. Robin Hood
Loss: $83.7 million
2. A Wrinkle in Time
Loss: $131 million
While Disney enjoyed staggering success in 2018 (courtesy of movies such as Black Panther and Infinity War), the studio had its share of failures as well (most notably in the form of Solo). A Wrinkle in Time falls into the second category. Vivid colors and discussions about self-confidence abound but staying awake through this snooze-fest long enough to catch it all is a challenge. Despite the fact that the source material was published more than half a century ago, Wrinkle comes off as a much less-entertaining rip-off of the 1984 film The Neverending Story. The only thing missing was a furry white dragon.
1. Mortal Engines
Loss: $175 million
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