james2025a

And following on from the biggest winner, what do you think will be the biggest loser? A good few to choose from.

mhg83

Gatsby.

Ash Ketchum

A fair number of those will be losers, but it's hard to know which will be the "biggest" loser without knowing what their respective budgets are.

Jay G.

Is the criteria for "biggest loser" simply lowest gross? Because lower budget films are at a disadvantage then; a low-budget film on the list could have the lowest gross, but still be considered a success, while a higher budget film may have a high gross, but not one that's big enough to recoup its budget.

Hokeyboy

I have the feeling LONE RANGER is gonna squat out the biggest turd.

Ash Ketchum

And it's the only film on that list I will actually pay to see. Not that I disagree with you. I just have to see every western released.

Hokeyboy

^I've always loved the Lone Ranger -- my Dad raised me on the old radio shows, I even saw that crappy '81 movie in theaters back when I was 10 -- but this looks too... revisiony for my tastes. I'll still probably end up seeing it. I'm a sucker anything Lone Ranger and Zorro. But yeah, I don't think it will connect with audiences, and given that the film's budget has ballooned again ($250m at last count?), we're looking at Dresden.

Dr. DVD

How far back did they push Gatsby?

Jaymole

I say The Gangster Squad

The Lone Ranger could be a big bomb also...too many people just won't accept anyone but Klinton Spilsbury in the role.

Maxflier

Mad Max 4

devilshalo

I'm going to say that Grown Ups 2 will fail.

Hokeyboy

Spilsbury was the Jeff Kober of his era.

Dragon Tattoo

What? Who?

printerati

I was going to say Riddick, but it looks like it only has a $38M budget. The Hansel & Gretel budget is $60M, so I'm going with that one instead. The trailer is just awful.

Why So Blu?

Robocop.

cruzness

Robocop sounds like a mediocre idea gone bad.

islandclaws

The Lone Ranger will be thankful for all eternity to get half its budget back. I see it being a huge flop financially.

Solid Snake

Have to? Wtf? You got some kind of vice on your dick that will obliterate it to that place in the sky or underground if you don't watch every western released?

Ash Ketchum

I'm a big western fan and they just don't make enough of them anymore. Although, to be honest, I've actually missed some in recent years. There was one with Guy Pearce shot in Australia that I skipped and that indie wagon train movie with Michelle Williams that I avoided. But I would prefer to see every western that comes out.

Tarantino

So you're dragging your ass to see The Lone Ranger, but you skipped one of the best westerns in recent years in The Proposition?

Ash Ketchum

No wonder I forgot the title. No self-respecting western has a title like "The Proposition." It sounds more like a romantic comedy. Can you imagine John Wayne or Randolph Scott or Roy Rogers appearing in something called "The Proposition"?

BambooLounge

Because Rainbow Valley and The Gay Ranchero are manly man titles and one should only seek out the most manly titled Westerns.

And in case you don't believe either of those to be a "self-respecting western," She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a classic Ford-Wayne Western and yeah...not exactly The Shootist in terms of masculine titles.

Ash Ketchum

Let's not forget HARD HOMBRE (1931), FLAMING FRONTIER (1937), THREE IN THE SADDLE (1946) and NIGHTTIME IN NEVADA (1948).

Jules Winfield

The Proposition sounds lifeless. At least The Gay Ranchero is something that upon hearing the title, I want to see it now.

BambooLounge

Guess it depends on what they're proposing.