Repo Men was another film to fall victim to Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland as it debuted in fourth place and managed to lose $14 million in total.

Critically, the film didn't fair so well either, with most comments saying the two leads were decent enough but the screenplay was lacklustre and the gore was over the top.

Extraordinary Measures - Lost: $16 million

This film will have needed some extraordinary measures to really do anything big at the box office as it was released towards the end of January as Avatar was still sitting happily at the number one spot at the box office.

Critics seemed fairly mixed, but mostly positive in their praise for Brendan Fraser and for the way the true story of two parents who form a biotechnology company to save the lives of their children is portrayed.

However, Brendan Fraser isn't a massive draw for the box office these days and alongside the likes of Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones and James Cameron's Avatar, it didn't stand much of a chance.

Jonah Hex - $37 million

Without a doubt, the biggest bomb of them all this year is Jonah Hex. It opened in the US on the same weekend as Toy Story 3 and with The Karate Kid and The A-Team in their second week of release.

The film, based on a DC comics character, has Josh Brolin in the lead role as a man whose family is killed and he is left for dead, only to be later resurrected by Native Americans.

The film was universally panned by critics and did terribly at the box office, causing the studio to hold out on a wide release internationally from the US. Creative differences caused Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor to jump ship, and for Jimmy Hayward to step in.

Josh Brolin will soon appear in The Coen Brothers' True Grit, so it seems it hasn't affected him too much. The same may not necessarily be said for co-star Megan Fox who hasn't had a hit since Transformers and even then, she was kicked off the latest entry into that franchise.

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