Deadline’s annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year’s most profitable films. For the second year in a row, we decided to look at those ambitious features which did not connect with the masses. Here are the movies our experts said posted the worst losses.
The Film
Mortal Engines
Universal
Total Loss: -$174.8M
Peter Jackson owned the rights to Philip Reeve’s early millennium Scholastic sci-fi series for roughly a decade. The three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker was fascinated by the book’s conceit of mobile cities inhaling smaller cities for their resources, a concept never before seen on screen, and had the potential to be visually exciting. Jackson wanted to direct, but was sidelined by The Hobbit trilogy. He entrusted Mortal Engines to his protege Christian Rivers, who was called up here to make his feature directorial debut after serving in various positions for Jackson...
The Film
Mortal Engines
Universal
Total Loss: -$174.8M
Peter Jackson owned the rights to Philip Reeve’s early millennium Scholastic sci-fi series for roughly a decade. The three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker was fascinated by the book’s conceit of mobile cities inhaling smaller cities for their resources, a concept never before seen on screen, and had the potential to be visually exciting. Jackson wanted to direct, but was sidelined by The Hobbit trilogy. He entrusted Mortal Engines to his protege Christian Rivers, who was called up here to make his feature directorial debut after serving in various positions for Jackson...
- 4/8/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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