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The 8 Biggest Box Office Bombs Of Summer 2016

While several films such as Finding Dory, The Secret Lives of Pets and even Suicide Squad (despite its poor critical reception) did some very impressive business at the box office, this summer season was packed full of dud movies. Interestingly, many of them were films that were predicted to be big successes but, in the event, fell someway short of the mark.

1) Ben-Hur

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Budget: $100 million

Domestic gross: $19.6 million

Worldwide box office: $41.4 million

Unlike The BFG, everyone predicted that Ben-Hur would be a massive flop – and it definitely did not disappoint in t hat regard. This remake of the classic biblical epic might have roped in Morgan Freeman, but it’s not enticing many folks to flock to cinemas to see it.

While it couldn’t have helped that the reviews for it were savage, Ben-Hur‘s failure might be to do with the fact that traditional epic movies are not really in vogue at the moment. Plus, it didn’t really have a big hook – it’s not part of a popular franchise, it didn’t feature a famous central star and it was not made by a celebrated filmmaker.

To be fair to Ben-Hur, it has yet to reach a few countries across the globe, so it could make a bit more money back. However, the damage has already been done and the film is set to go down as the biggest box office bomb of a summer that churned out many disappointments.

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