From “mother!” to “The House,” these are the movies that crash and burned this year. It’s time to look back on 2017 and see what happened at the multiplex. And for some titles it wasn’t pretty.
Though 2017 found some success stories — like early-year releases “Get Out” and “Split” from Blumhouse, fall favorite “It,” and presumably “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” when it comes out — there were numerous titles that were dead on arrival.
For every “Beauty and the Beast” and “Wonder Woman” in 2017, there was a dud like “CHiPs” and “mother!” that quickly followed.
Here are the 10 worst box-office earners of the year (compare them to our list from the halfway point).
Note: This selection is limited to only those titles released by the six major studios that have played in more than 2,000 screens for at least two weekends. Grosses below are all US earnings from Box Office Mojo.
10. “The House” — $25.
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