Disney has a struggling 2023 with a series of projects that have failed in terms of revenue, from Mermaid With temporary sales to the “super products of bombs” like Indiana Jones part 5, animation Elemental… Now, another movie continues to put Disney in trouble, contributing to the company’s estimated loss of $ 900 million.
According to Hollywood media, Haunted Mansion is Disney’s next disappointment, becoming one of the “bomb” projects this summer. The film only grossed nearly $33 million worldwide in its opening weekend (with just $9 million in international markets outside of North America). This is also the film with the biggest flop in the past 20 years of Disney, considering the movie projects inspired by the Disneyland theme park.
Currently, revenue estimation sites say that it is likely that the film will only earn more than 50 million USD, compared to a budget of more than 150 million USD, which means a loss in the range of 90-100 million USD (more than 2,000 billion VND).
Screen Rant also gave up to 10 reasons for the box office failure of Haunted Mansion, in which the cast has a bland, unnatural “chemical reaction”. The Collider site revealed that paying too much for the cast made the cost of the movie Haunted Mansion affected. Each actor of the film, including main actors such as LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish… to Jamie Lee Curtis’ cameo role, has a salary of around 5 million USD, with a total cost of casting alone up to 75 million USD. – accounts for almost half of the total film budget.
Since then, the production investment, the setting and especially the film’s effects have been difficult, being criticized as ugly and outdated as the 2003 film.
In addition, the ongoing Hollywood actor strike also affects the film’s promotion more or less. The Screen Rant page questioned why Disney did not choose to release movies on Halloween, instead of the Summer movie season and under pressure from many other “blockbuster”.
Inspired by the famous haunted house game at Disneyland, Haunted Mansion Follow the guide to visit the haunted house Ben to embark on an adventure, helping Gabbie and her mother escape from the ghosts wandering around in the cheap mansion they just moved in.