10 Over-Hyped $100 Million Budgeted Movies NOBODY Even Remembers Now

As much as hype can elevate a movie to tremendous success, it can also kill a film that fails to meet expectations or even falls way, way short of them.

Yet even many failed flop blockbusters are still memorable - people are still talking about how insanely misguided Battlefield Earth was almost 25 years later, after all.

But what about those films that arrived on a tidal wave of studio hype, failed to make much of a dent with critics or audiences, and then quickly fell off a cliff?

Inspired by this fascinating recent Reddit thread, this article explores those massively over-hyped, big-budget blockbusters costing $100 million or more that nobody remembers today.

Despite their massive budgets, insane ensemble casts, and intriguing plots, these movies made not a single ripple in the cultural conversation, coming and going in a mere instant before being basically forgotten by the masses.

When these films are occasionally brought up online, it'll probably take you a minute to remember much about them - if anything at all. In spite of their incredible promise, each scarcely feels like a movie we've ever actually seen...

Hands up if you remember Mortal Engines - the Peter Jackson-produced steampunk blockbuster which tumbled into cinemas in late 2018.

Adapted from Philip Reeve's much-loved post-apocalyptic YA book series, Mortal Engines was widely touted pre-release as the new Hunger Games - Hollywood's latest attempt to adapt an acclaimed YA series into a breakout cinematic phenomenon.

With Jackson not only producing the film but also co-writing the script alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens - who won Oscars for co-writing The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King with him - it was easy to buy into the excitement.

Yet despite glossy trailers showing off the film's hefty budget - said to be between $100-150 million - Mortal Engines came and went without making much of a splash.

Reviews were wildly mixed, with most failing to see it as anything more than a generic YA tentpole releasing years after the well dried up. Despite some interesting design ideas, the characters and story were absolute nothingburgers.

As a result, the film grossed just $83.7 million globally, ensuring any prospect of a sequel or wider franchise was immediately dead in the water. And in the four years since its release, it's basically fallen off the face of the Earth.