10 Box Office Bombs You Could Spot From A Mile Away

1. Gods Of Egypt

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One question will always remain surrounding Gods of Egypt; who exactly was this made for?

Blockbuster movies usually tend to have a target audience in mind, especially with a budget of $140 million to consider, but who exactly was clamoring for this to get made? A poorly-rendered high-concept fantasy based on Ancient Egyptian deities with a B-list cast and whitewashing so blatant that both the studio and the director had to publicly apologize. Sounds like a winner.

What Gods of Egypt does have going for it though, is that its batsh*t crazy. Just not in a good way. The sets look cheap, the effects are crap, the acting is either scene-chewingly OTT or painfully robotic, often in the same scene. The people making this clearly have no idea what the hell is going on, so why should we?

While it did crack $150 million at the global box office (with China being its biggest market) and Lionsgate avoided a massive loss thanks to some handy tax incentives, from the very first second people laid eyes on an image from Alex Proyas' curiosity it had 'bomb' written all over it.

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