10 Movies Ruined By Their Title

10. John Carter

Almost 15 years after the fact, it's still tough to make sense of Disney's naming logic for their mega-budget sci-fi blockbuster adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs' seminal novel A Princess of Mars.

They ultimately opted to name it "John Carter," amid the belief that boys wouldn't want to see a film called A Princess of Mars, and though the title "John Carter of Mars" was considered, it was felt that the "Mars" of the title would risk alienating female moviegoers.

It probably also didn't help that Disney was fresh off one of their all-time biggest flops with the animated dud Mars Needs Moms, which likely scared them off invoking the planet's name in any other film's title until the end of time.

The problem is that John Carter is a title that tells you nothing at all about the movie - it's just a totally ordinary dude's name that offers no intrigue whatsoever. 

Disney was clearly so hell-bent on appealing to as broad a demographic as possible that they accidentally avoided enticing just about anyone - hence the film's disastrous box office performance.

John Carter is far from a great film, but if it had a punchier title it absolutely would've performed better.