JOHN CARTER Expected To Lose Disney 200 Million Dollars

JOHN CARTER Expected To Lose Disney 200 Million Dollars

All though the reviews have been mix Disney is expecting around a 200 millions dollar loss due to John Carter's lackluster performance at the box office. Click here for the details.

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By WaylonJones - Mar 19, 2012 01:03 PM EST
Filed Under: John Carter of Mars


Disney has released a statement to Deadline today that it expects to lose around 200 Million dollars this fiscal quarter. The company has put the blame on John Carter and its disappointing box office earnings. The company has high hopes for the third quarter though. They are looking at such films such as The Avengers and Brave to put them back in the green.

Statement from Disney:

“In light of the theatrical performance of John Carter ($184 million global box office), we expect the film to generate an operating loss of approximately $200 million during our second fiscal quarter ending March 31. As a result, our current expectation is that the Studio segment will have an operating loss of between $80 and $120 million for the second quarter. As we look forward to the second half of the year, we are excited about the upcoming releases of The Avengers and Brave, which we believe have tremendous potential to drive value for the Studio and the rest of the company.”


The film has been met with mixed reviews from sites a critics a like. RottenTomatoes currently has the film split with a 51% approval rating. The news doesn't come as a shock with as bad as Disney marketed the film. This also unfortunately seems to close the door on a possible sequel. Leave your comments about what you thought of John Carter in the boxes below.

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mil05
mil05 - 3/19/2012, 2:02 PM

Still the best Star Wars movie i have seen since Empire.
Quasimodo
Quasimodo - 3/19/2012, 2:03 PM
Great movie. :(
grandizer74
grandizer74 - 3/19/2012, 2:09 PM
I don't think you should be writing articles if you don't know the difference between loose and lose.
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 3/19/2012, 2:12 PM
Yeah, fix spelling please...lol it's bugging the crap out of me


John Carter was a good movie. Who gives a crap about the money and stuff?
WolvieCBM
WolvieCBM - 3/19/2012, 2:12 PM
Too bad. JC was a great adaptation of the ERB's novel. At least Disney had balls by investing in something original that is not a sequel or whatever. Maybe one day we will see THE GODS OF MARS. Haters are going to enjoy this one though. They are all over Twitter already. Pathetic. But hey, maybe this will give them closure, and they will move on with their lives considering this was the most important thing that happened to them in a while. :)
StarkRaving
StarkRaving - 3/19/2012, 2:21 PM
@monkeyballs3, I don't think you have to worry about Disney. Last year, they earned $40.9 billion in revenues and $4.8 billion in net income.
DavidGray
DavidGray - 3/19/2012, 2:24 PM
Next, we're gonna hear how Taylor is actually very excited to play Gambit once more.
NewNameWhoDis
NewNameWhoDis - 3/19/2012, 2:24 PM
"considering how much and how well they marketed the film."

You can't spell, AND you don't know what your talking about. They didn't market this movie well at all. That's why the buzz sucked and the movie is doing horribly. No mention of the novel or author, no mention of Mars, an AWFUL super bowl spot, no viral campaign, and no attempt to let people know about the legacy of the name and character. The visual effects for mars just made it look like a desert in the wild west, so by dropping Mars out of the title it makes it confusing as to what your seeing. It looks like a midevil Cowboys & Aliens. The marketing sucked.

I still can't wait to see it. I think it looks good.
silverdog
silverdog - 3/19/2012, 2:28 PM
I liked the movie and is sad to hear that... but after prince of Persia and pirates of the Caribbean is understandable that people are not running to Disney adventure films...
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 3/19/2012, 2:35 PM
I wasn't a fan...at all. Found it quite boring. But that's just this geek's opinion.
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 3/19/2012, 2:42 PM
You better run! I'll hunt you down and spank you! And not the good kind!
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/19/2012, 2:43 PM
Not surprised!!
RidiculousFanBoyDemands
RidiculousFanBoyDemands - 3/19/2012, 2:46 PM
Yeah, I had a feeling this would be embraced like their other franchise they tried to start Prince Of Persia. Unless it's comic book hero's or pirates Disney seems to be screwed in the live action franchise department.
ManOfKrypton
ManOfKrypton - 3/19/2012, 2:47 PM
Disney... Your marketing department was off the ball on this one!
BlueMex
BlueMex - 3/19/2012, 2:50 PM
marketing was bad for this movie. I actually enjoyed the movie, I walked in , not knowing anything about john carter of Mars.

@nailbiter111- bad comparison , John Carter is not bad as Green Lantern
thetrojan
thetrojan - 3/19/2012, 2:56 PM
great movie
I dont care about the money either
lets hopefully have a future that does not put profit before excellence any more.

i would definitely go and see another installment and will purchase a dvd also.
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 3/19/2012, 2:57 PM
Wow....fail
deadpoolstaco
deadpoolstaco - 3/19/2012, 2:57 PM
thought it was good...enjoyed it not the best movie ever but a strong sci-fi movie(which seem rare these days)....im not sure if people were afraid to give it a try or they r saving their money for the 8 million movies coming out this summer...im gonna be so broke
SeaSerpentine
SeaSerpentine - 3/19/2012, 3:05 PM
Man that sucks. I still haven't seen it yet, but I want to soon.
JudgeDeath
JudgeDeath - 3/19/2012, 3:05 PM
Wont be the only "blockbuster" to sink at the box office this year. Wrath of the Titans is next.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/19/2012, 3:06 PM
I totally agree that John Carter shouldn't be compared to Green Lantern. Carter had a great story buy bad marketing execution. Green lantern story was the problem and basically the trailer had all the cool parts. Also JC shouldn't have been in 3D, Disney needs to learn not every movie needs to be converted. I just hope that Joss Whedon was right when he says the 3D for the Avenger's wont be obnoxious.
CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 3/19/2012, 3:09 PM
Disneys marketing team is the BLAME! That was a great movie, it needs more credit and if more of the general audience saw it I feel like it could be the next star wars
thunderforce
thunderforce - 3/19/2012, 3:13 PM
Well I loved it was it perfect no but it was pretty darned good , hopefully it will gain cult status at least .
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/19/2012, 3:19 PM
I read in another article somewhere that Disney is well aware of the fact that this is not a bad movie but that their marketing department is to blame for it's failure.
lestat104
lestat104 - 3/19/2012, 3:20 PM
I think they should re-release this movie in 3D!!
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 3/19/2012, 3:22 PM
too bad,it was a good movie.
Disney should go back to making more animated 2D movies,alongside Pixar's CGI movies.ohh,and stop doing those teen-sitcoms that are not funny :P
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/19/2012, 3:22 PM
mothman: Which is pretty bad news for marvel and the avengers movie as Disney will now not only take back the money they invested in the avengers they'll also take an extra 200 million dollar bite outta marvels ass to claw back what they've lost with JC.

That is one of the most "out of the blue," "off the wall," "off the mark," "grabbed out of thin air" comments I have EVER read on this site.

Also, you can add irrelevant to that list.
JudgeDeath
JudgeDeath - 3/19/2012, 3:28 PM
@Mothman. I think your spot on with your assesment. This could damage future Marvel projects. Especially if The Avengers doesn't do as well as expected. And it's pretty tough to pull in a billion dollars.
I'm really looking forward to the movie but outside of the comic fan world there is not really much hype about it. General movie goers aren't all that excited by it.
All the talk in the outide world seems to be centred around Prometheus and TDKR.
And I think you hit the nail on the head when you said Avengers is being marketed at the Tranformers crowd, because I, along with many others, have noticed a lot of similarities in its trailers with the Transformers trailers.
Please God let it be better than Transformers!!!!!!!
HelaGood
HelaGood - 3/19/2012, 3:29 PM
the Avengers will TOTALLY get that money back. no problem.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 3/19/2012, 3:30 PM
they shouldve left "WARLORD OF MARS" in the title. who cars about a movie called JOHN CARTER?!?!?
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/19/2012, 3:31 PM
nail: Just because you didn't enjoy it, doesn't make the movie bad. The consensus seems to indicate that "most" (I didn't say everyone) people not only liked it but really liked it. This film has good word of mouth.
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