For every film that does huge like Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle , there is films like Justice League that under-perform badly. In 2018 studios have seen a variety of films and sequels rise high and some fall below. Its time to examine this all folks.





Its hard to believe Natalie Portman was once in Thor and was portrayed a huge love interest for the character. That had things worked out and the film did better for her character as Jane Foster , she'd have done Infinity War and been in a huge global hit. Instead things didn't work out so well and Portman who is a great actress moved onto Black Swan and did films like that. But its this film in 2018 that comically tanked and the very studio with it Paramount seems to be responsible.

The film had a $40-55 million dollar budget and Paramount got scared the film was too much of a "thinking" film and decided to literally hurt the films overseas box office by releasing it to Netflix outside the North American market. The film would ultimately be a box office bust and only do $32 million domestically and $10+ million in some foreign markets that it got released.




Red Sparrow

Jennifer Lawrence had been on a roll film wise from the Hunger Games , X-Men and several other film projects. The roll came to a thud on Red Sparrow. The film is about the story of a Russian intelligence officer who is sent to make contact with a CIA agent in the hope of discovering the identity of a mole. The danger signs were last year when the film was pushed from a competitive time slot in November to March.

The films budget was $69 million and only did $46.6 million domestically and did $95+ internationally. But the film budget and promotion never was made back.







Disney has been on a roll with its Marvel films and thus far with Black Panther and Avengers : Infinity War have earned combined $2.4 billion in box office thus far. But creating new properties have been an issue and Disney had high hopes on the film adaption of A Wrinkle In Time. With production and advertisement the film had $250 million tied into it and would need a worldwide total of $400 million to break even . Instead the film under-performed domestically and did $95.1 million and only did $31.4 million internationally.








The first Pacific Rim was a slow gaining hit that finally got a sequel after talk of one had went for a few years. Guillermo del Toro who directed the 1st one even came back as producer for the sequel. For months a commercial ran about the graphics being used in the film as well. The film added Scott Eastwood and John Boyega as the main cast.

Then it was released and quickly bombed for Universal in quick fashion. The film has a $140-175 million dollar budget and another $140 million in promotion. Most claim that to break even the film would need $350 million worldwide. Its only done $288 million and has only done $59+ million domestically.