The biggest movie turkey of them all? Disney sci-fi adventure John Carter set to lose $200m

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It's makers had hoped it would be the next big adventure movie franchise.
Disney had even planned sequels and a theme park.

But John Carter, an unlikely tale about an American Civil War soldier who ends up on Mars, is on course to lose more money than any movie in history.

Its producers admitted the film, released in the UK a fortnight ago, is set for losses of more than £120million.

 Colossal flop: Science-fiction action film John Carter has made about $184million in ticket sales worldwide so far. But box office receipts are split roughly in half with cinema owners and it cost $250million and a further $100million to promote

Disney, which was hoping the 3D production would achieve the same success as its Pirates of the Caribbean series, lavished close to £160million making John Carter and a further £63million on global marketing and advertising.

The film features newcomer Taylor Kitsch as Carter along with British stars Samantha Morton, Dominic West, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds.

But the company has now projected that it will lose millions after it failed to impress critics and the public alike.

Audience reviews have branded it ‘dull’, ‘pointless’ and ‘too long’.

Literary origins: The movie starring model/actor Taylor Kitsch (pictured) was based on a series of books written by the late Edgar Rice Burroughs, starting with A Princess Of Mars in 1912 and ending with John Carter Of Mars, published posthumously in 1964


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