While 2026 has offered up several unexpected blockbusters — look no further than the summer’s two horror breakouts, Obsession and Backrooms — there have been a handful of underperformers as well. Amazon MGM released the blockbuster Project Hail Mary, but the studio also watched Masters of the Universe crash and burn with less than $120 million worldwide against a reported budget of $175 million. Warner Bros. has had a notoriously difficult year, with major flops such as Supergirl drawing intense negative buzz after grossing around $125 million worldwide against a reported budget of more than $180 million. More recently, the studio’s ambitious political satire Digger emerged as one of the biggest bombs of all time, with a projected final haul of under $50 million against a reported budget of $180 million. And then there’s Disney. The studio had two massive underperformers this year, one of which has already failed to redeem itself on streaming. Now, it’s the other film’s turn to try and save face.
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