10 Infamous Sci-Fi Movie Disasters That Cost Obscene Money

6. Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms
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Disney doesn't usually suffer from a lot of box office bombs but when they do, they bomb hard. As you'll read later on in this article, the studio don't exactly have the best track record when it comes to big-budget movies set on the Red Planet, but in terms of sheer embarrassment Mars Needs Moms could well be the Mouse House's biggest-ever flop.

Made during that weird time when Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture technology was briefly popular, Mars Needs Moms remained stuck firmly in the Uncanny Valley, with the digitally-created aliens looking a lot more convincing than their human counterparts.

Usually unimpeachable when it comes to their family-friendly output, Disney's $150m sci-fi failed to even hit $40m at the global box office in the wake of widely unenthusiastic responses from both critics and audiences, with Mars Needs Moms reportedly leaving the studio an eye-watering $144m in the red.

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