10 Biggest Box Office Bombs Of 2015 (So Far)
4. Seventh Son
Estimated Losses: $85m
Seventh Son was a movie that everybody knew was going to be a box office bomb long before it was released; the literary adaptation was originally set for release in February 2013, but didn't hit theaters in the United States until a full two years later.
Despite a cast that features Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Olivia Williams, Alicia Vikander and Djimin Honsou, Seventh Son is an incredibly boring movie, that is as conventional as big-budget fantasy movies come. Although it does boast some decent CGI, Sergei Bodrov's $95m feature is beset with overacting, laughable dialogue and a mountain of genre cliches.
The movie could only open in fourth place at the domestic box office with a weak $7.2m debut, and wrapped up its run with just $17.2m. Although Seventh Son fared much better overseas, earning $93.4m, the lengthy post-production process and marketing costs have industry analysts projecting a total loss of around $85m for the long-delayed project.