8. Escape Plan (Oct 18)
Budget: $70 million
Predicted Box Office: $80 million
Why It's Going To Bomb: The year in movies has not been kind to either of Escape Plan's stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Sly kicked off the year with Bullet to the Head, which was a catastrophic financial failure, and The Last Stand for Arnie, which scarcely scraped past its budget and was in no way a success. The issue appears to be that neither Sly nor Arnie appears to be much of a box office draw
on their own anymore, hence why The Expendables movies were both major financial successes - the appeal was in seeing so many action stars thrown into the mix together. While the pairing of Arnie and Sly is likely to help bolster the film's box office, don't expect this one to be a major hit or make much past its budget, because the inclusion of younger talents (Jason Statham) and an international flavour (Jet Li, Van Damme) were vital in The Expendables' success. Vinnie Jones and 50 Cent just don't cut it, unfortunately.