5 Reasons Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Was A Huge Flop

1. Summer Blockbuster Fatigue

In today's ever-growing landscape of high-profile blockbuster tentpole releases, one tried-and-true real estate mantra rings true: It's all about "location, location, location." In real estate terms, that means that a similar house can increase or decrease in value depending on where they're located. The same holds true to release dates, as good movies can easily fail to make a wave at the box office if placed in a bad spot. That's why the bigger studios place their tentpoles on holiday weekends. They're prime real estate for movies. The end of summer, however, is not. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For was the last "big" summer release of the year. That means that when it arrived on August 22, it came after films like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The LEGO Movie, Maleficent, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Godzilla, all of which crossed the $200 million mark at the US box office. "Smaller" releases like 22 Jump Street, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Divergent, Neighbors, Ride Along, Rio 2, The Fault In Our Stars, 300: Rise of an Empire and Edge of Tomorrow all arrived first as well, and all crossed $100 million in the US. Each of those films took a chunk out of the potential box office for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, which immediately became the "oh yeah, that's coming out..." movie of the summer. By the time A Dame To Kill For hit theaters, audiences had likely had enough of big budget studio fare, had spent most of their ticket and popcorn money on other films, and had already set their sights on the upcoming Oscar-worthy Fall releases. Tell us, what do you think of this list? Were there any reasons why Sin City: A Dame To Kill For flopped that we didn't include, or are we being a bit too harsh on this film? Sound off in the comments below! And follow James on Twitter for more articles and movie news here.