If the dwindling number of pages on your Far Side calendar hasn’t tipped you off yet, 2012 is almost over, and it’s almost time for us to wrap up the year with lists! LISTS EVERYWHERE! Well, here’s a taste of things to come, as the A/V Club has compiled a list of the biggest 2012 box office flops.
1. The Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure (Box office: $1 million / Budget: $20 million)
2. A Thousand Words (Box office: $20 million / Budget: $40 million)
3. Dredd (Box office: $28 million / Budget: $50 million)
4. Big Miracle (Box office: $25 million / Budget: $40 million)
5. Wanderlust (Box office: $21 million/ Budget: $30 million)
6. Rock Of Ages (Box office: $56 million / Budget: $74 million)
7. People Like Us (Box office: $12 million / Budget: $16 million)
8. That’s My Boy (Box office: $57 million / Budget: $70 million)
9. Premium Rush (Box office: $29 million / Budget: $35 million)
10. Red Tails (Box office: $50 million / Budget: $58 million)
Let this be a lesson to everyone: If you make a horrible movie that encourages kids to do everything that you are not supposed to do in a movie theatre, don’t be surprised when absolutely no one wants to sit through that steaming pile.