There's not many of 2015 left and the movie year is drawing to quite a triumphant close. However, while there are a whole host of films that have enjoyed both critical and commercial success, there are some that have struggled with the critics as well as at the box office.
Tomorrowland
Sadly, every year there are movies that don't perform as well as expected - despite some having huge amounts of money spent on them - and the last twelve months has been no different. We take a look at some of the movies that have not been a financial success in 2015.
- Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland was set to be one of the big live-action movie from Disney this year, but it has been a major loss for the studio. The movie marked the return of Brad Bird to the director's chair for his first feature film since the success of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol back in 2011.
The movie starred George Clooney, Hugh Laurie and was a major role for young actress Britt Robertson - who took on the central role of Casey. Early trailers did promise much, but it did not win over the critics upon release.
Most movies would be happy with a $209 million haul at the global box office - but the movie only just scraped back its production budget of $190 million. That budget could be as much as £320 million when you add in all of the marketing costs. Sadly, Tomorrowland was an expensive flop for the studio.
However, it has been a rather successful year for Disney overall with hits like Big Hero 6, Cinderella, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Disney/Pixar film Inside Out over the last twelve months.
- Pan
I am a huge fan of Joe Wright as a filmmaker as he has brought us some cracking films such as Pride and Prejudice, Atonement and Hanna during his career. I was excited to hear that he was bringing Pan to the big screen, but it really didn't work out that well.
The movie was inspired by the original tale of Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie but Wright and writer Jason Fuchs put a new spin on the tale that we knew so well. A wonderful cast was assembled as Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, and Amanda Seyfried were on board. We were also introduced to the acting talents of Levi Miller, who took on the title role.
However, an experienced and successful director, as well as a great cast, was not enough to save Pan, as it received negative reviews and really did underperform at the global box office. Pan did look set to be one of the big family-friendly autumn hits... instead, it was a major flop for Warner Bros.
The movie, which I had been looking forward to, has a production budget of $150 million - and that does not include all of the marketing costs. The movie has taken just $124.8 million at the box office and could lose Warner Bros an estimated $100 million.
- Mortdecai
It is fair to say that Johnny Depp has been struggling to find a movie hit in recent years... and that search went on after the release of the awful Mortdecai at the beginning of the year. Davis Koepp was in the director's chair for the film, which was based on the book Don't Point That Thing at Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli.
Depp took on the title role in the film and was joined by an all-star cast, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, and Jeff Goldblum. Sadly, this impressive cast of A-listers and award winners was not enough to make Mortdecai a success - far from it.
It was one of the first films of 2015 to truly be mauled by the critics - I think it is fair to say that there were very few who actually liked this film. If it was a critical miss then it was a bit of a box office disaster as it failed to make back its budget.
Mortdecai has a budget of $60 million - where all this money was spent remains a bit of a mystery - but, by the end of its theatrical run, the movie had grossed only $47.3 million at the global box office; making it more than a bit of a flop.
Depp has turned things around this autumn as his latest film Black Mass - which sees him take on the role of gangster Whitey Bulger - has been winning over the critics. Depp is being tipped as a potential Best Actor Oscar contender for his central performance in the Scott Cooper-directed film.
- Seventh Son
Seventh Son is a movie that was pushed back and back and when that happens, you know that something is not quite right. The movie finally hit the big screen at the end of March and really did sink very quickly and without a trace.
Seventh Son was based on the book The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delany and saw Sergey Bodrov back in the director's chair - he brought us the fantastic Mongol a few years ago. Sadly, this was not a glorious moment in his filmmaking career.
The movie brought together an impressive cast as Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, Olivia Williams, Kit Harington, and Djimon Hounsou all came together to star - they were not enough to save this film.
Seventh Son - which could have been the start of a fantastic new fantasy franchise - made just over $114 million at the global box office; very narrowly making back its budget of $95 million. Legendary Entertainment knew that they had a flop on their hands and did very little to market the film on the run up to the release. As well as struggling at the box office, the movie also failed to hit the mark with the critics.
- Jupiter Ascending
Andy and Lana Wachowski have made some terrific and successful films in the past with the likes of The Matrix and Cloud Atlas under their belt, but Jupiter Ascending was a flop for them earlier this year.
This was the first film for the directing siblings since Cloud Atlas - that I was a big fan of - and saw the Wachowskis on writing duties as well as being back in the director's chair. This is another film that got pushed back on the release schedule in the UK... and it soon came clear as to why.
Jupiter Ascending saw Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, and Sean Bean all-star and none of them was covered in glory with this movie. What had promised to be a sprawling sci-fi epic did not win over the critics and struggled at the box office.
The movie was made for a whopping $176 million and made $183.9 million by the end of its theatrical run. While it did make back its production budget, this did not include all the marketing costs on top of that. It was a rather costly flop for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow.
The Wachowski's careers have been incredibly hit and miss as they have tasted success with The Matrix, but Speed Racer was another major disappointment for them a few years ago.
- Fantastic 4
This summer saw the Fantastic 4 franchise get a reboot after the not too successful movies of the mid-noughties... sadly; this film didn't work out too well either. There was some real early promise from the first couple of trailers, but it really was not the movie that many were expecting.
The movie saw Josh Trank in the director's chair for his first film since the success of his debut Chronicle and there was a lot of talk about unrest on the set during filming and re-shoots being ordered by studio executives. Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell came together to take on the roles of Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm.
Personally, I was excited to see Trank but his own stamp on this Marvel franchise as I was such a huge fan of Chronicle and it is such a shame that this did not work out for the filmmaker and the very talented central cast.
The movie was not met well by the critics upon release and is struggled to really pull people into the cinema. The film had a budget of $120 million and it did make $168 million by the end of the theatrical run, but it is rumoured that Fox made a loss of $75 million after marketing costs are added.
I think it is about time that Marvel took this great franchise back and breathed new life into it themselves - that is what they are going to do with Spider-Man in 2017 as a new franchise is heading our way.
- Blackhat
We love Chris Hemsworth here ate FemaleFirst, and while he has enjoyed success with the likes of Avengers: Age of Ultron it has not all bee plain sailing for the Aussie actor.
Hemsworth teamed up with filmmaker Michael Mann earlier this year for thriller Blackhat and it was a film that really struggled critically and commercially.
The crime thriller is the genre we all know Mann for with the likes of Heat and Public Enemies under his belt, but this was not up to his usual standard. I didn't think it was that poor a film, but it really did struggle to make money upon release - despite a cast list that included Hemsworth and Viola Davis.
Made for $70 million, Blackhat made just $19.5 million at the global box office and was one of the first big box office flops of 2015.
Other movies that also failed to perform well this year include Aloha, Child 44, Unfinished Business, Jem and the Holograms, and animation film Strange Magic.