10 Filmmakers Who Blamed Audiences For Movie Failures

Over the last 15 years, the entire cinematic industry has been changed drastically by the emergence of the superhero genre. While the likes of Spider-Man and the X-Men had enjoyed huge popularity, it wasn't until 2008 with the debut of Iron Man and the establishment of the MCU that the tide began to turn.

There have been plenty of filmmakers who have spoken out and talked down on comic book movies in recent years, arguably most notably Martin Scorsese, but one of the first to be affected by the phenomenon was Peter Berg.

The director of 2012's Battleship had the unenvious release spot just weeks before Marvel's The Avengers, at the time the most ambitious crossover in cinematic history. Whereas the sixth MCU outing easily surpassed $1 billion, Battleship barely scratched $300 million. Certainly not a terrible return, particularly when compared to some of the entries on this list, but take into account the $200 million budget and you can see the problem.

According to Berg, Battleship struggled because everyone went to watch The Avengers five times instead of his own film. Perhaps more of an issue was that those who did go to see Battleship came together for a Rotten score of 54%, something that was actually better than the 31% critic score.