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The Ten Films of 2010 That That Made a Sh*tton More Money Than They Ever Deserved To

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (26)

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It was suggested by BierceAmbrose in the comments section of The Biggest Box-Office Busts that we do a list of the ten films of 2010 “that made a shit-ton more money than they ever deserved to.”

This is that list.

10. Sex and the City 2

What it made: $95 million
What it deserved to make: $0 million
$95 million more money than it deserved


9. Valentine’s Day

What it made: $110 million
What it deserved to make: $7 million
$103 million more money than it deserved

8. Jackass 3D

What it made: $116 million
What it deserved to make: $12 million
$104 million more money than it deserved


7. The Last Airbender

What it made: $131 million
What it deserved to make: $.5 million
$130.5 million more money than it deserved


6. Clash of the Titans

What it made: $163 million
What it deserved to make: $6 million
$157 million more money than it deserved

5. Grown Ups

What it made: $160 million
What it deserved to make: $2 million
$158 million more money than it deserved

4. Iron Man 2

What it made: $312 million
What it deserved to make: $125 million
$187 million more money than it deserved

3. Shrek Forever After.

What it made: $238 million
What it deserved to make: $21 million
$217 million more money than it deserved

2. Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

What it made: $300 million
What it deserved to make: $22 million
$278 million more money than it deserved


1. Alice in Wonderland.

What it made: $336 million
What it deserved to make: $55 million
$281 million more money than it deserved









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Comments

How did you compute the "What it deserved to make" price?

Posted by: Scully at December 15, 2010 3:23 PM

I imagine that was computed using a complex and detailed formula wherein Dustin researched the box office receipts over the last five years of all the movies in the same genres as these, then compared the objective quality of those similar movies with the movies in question (using a combination of Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and Yahoo). When certain movies didn't measure up critically, and performed far better commercially than their better-reviewed counterparts, they made the list. The actual dollar amounts would be the average box office of all the movies in those genres. For instance, while Iron Man 2 is the best movie on this list, it wasn't objectively as good as the first one, and probably scored closer to, say, Hancock in its reviews, which is why it deserved to make over one hundred mill, but not over three hundred.

It's really very simple.

Posted by: RobP at December 15, 2010 3:32 PM

The Last Airbender deserves top spot. M. Shite Shalamadamadingdong should have paid every audience member at least three hundred bucks to sit through that atrocity. That would almost cover my hypnosis bills.

Posted by: ed newman at December 15, 2010 3:32 PM

Serious question: Is that image above from a Twilight movie or that "Twilight Movie" parody?

Posted by: Irving Washington at December 15, 2010 3:45 PM

On reflection, I should have put the word "parody" in quotes rather than Twilight Movie.

Posted by: Irving Washington at December 15, 2010 3:46 PM

As William Munny said: "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

Posted by: DarthCorleone at December 15, 2010 3:48 PM

I infer that the header picture is from Twilight so perhaps someone who is familiar with the film could tell me why they're checking the guy for lice? Can lice live on vampire heads?

Posted by: PaddyDog at December 15, 2010 4:24 PM

Well, since this list is my fault, I feel I can ask ... no negative numbers?

I figure between the reparations owed over The Last Airbender and Endless Twilight of the Tweeners Angsty Yearnin (or whatever it's called), we could retire the national debt, send everyone to college and build a shit-ton more aircraft carriers, super-jets and mutant soldiers in mecha-suits. (Oh, you know there out there.)

I say let's go collect.

Iron Man / Thor '12
I like my overlords full of charisma and rage.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at December 15, 2010 5:02 PM

Damn, I never would have expected Dustin to put a Robert Downey, Jr. movie on a list like this. Maybe this site has actual integrity. Of a sort.

Posted by: Todd at December 15, 2010 5:23 PM

You know what never gets old? M. Night "Shamalamadingdong." It's so fucking funny. Every time.

Do you get it? It's like his name, except because his real name sounds a bit strange if you are 10 years old, or retarded, you add a ding dong on the end. Who the hell needs a three syllable last name, anyway? Go back to Iraq!

Shamalamadingdong. Fucking comedy gold, right there.

Posted by: jon29 at December 15, 2010 5:31 PM

The Last Airbender deserves top spot. M. Shite Shalamadamadingdong should have paid every audience member at least three hundred bucks to sit through that atrocity. That would almost cover my hypnosis bills.

I tried hypnosis but stray memories kept popping up at the most inconvenient times (like when I was conscious), so I opted for a nice clean pithing.

Not at all painful (I'm told) and very few side effects but I can't remember my Social Security number.

Assuming I ever had one.

Posted by: clocker at December 15, 2010 5:39 PM

Is anyone else but me discomforted by the ongoing mockery M. Night Shyamalan's name? It's like calling the retarded kid "retard." It's not clever; just mean and stupid.

Charming Potato -- that's at least clever. Shamalamadingdong is stupid and more stupid.

Posted by: superasente at December 15, 2010 6:45 PM

Aaaaaand -- now I feel stupid because jon29 already said all that.

The floor is yours, sir.

Posted by: superasente at December 15, 2010 6:46 PM

On reflection, I should have put the word "parody" in quotes rather than Twilight Movie.

Are you...sure?

-Frob

Posted by: frobme at December 15, 2010 6:53 PM

Irving and PaddyDog -
The header image is from the Eclipse movie, where the two bad vamps are trying to rip Edward's head off in order to kill him. I don't want to *spoil* the movie for anyone, but they fail. Miserably.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at December 15, 2010 7:01 PM

Shalamadamadingdong.

That joke never gets old.

Posted by: The Mutt at December 15, 2010 8:35 PM

Recently I watched both Sex and the City II and Twilight Eclipse with a friend. We figured they'd be mockably bad...but no, they were so bad there was no joy in mocking. I'm still a little damaged.

Posted by: Alarmjaguar at December 15, 2010 11:04 PM

Alarmjaguar: I actually never made it past the first Twilight movie, in which Bella and Edward make eye contact from across the crowded cafeteria and proceed to gaze longingly at each other within the first five minutes of the film. It was then I realized that no amount of mocking could save that movie, and it went off.

Posted by: Anna at December 15, 2010 11:44 PM

Looks like Dustin had a stick up his ass today

Posted by: ThatGuy at December 16, 2010 12:59 AM

I didn't hate Alice in Wonderland, but it was also pretty dumb, and it grossed over 1 billion dollars worldwide.... I hope Burton negotiated a percentage of the profits for his pay.

Posted by: e at December 16, 2010 1:17 AM

The series Sex and the City was garbage. The 1st movie was more of the same- except it was 3X as long so it was an even bigger pile of vulgar stupidity than any of the HBO episodes. The closest I will ever get to watching the sequel is the trailer, and if that was any indication, the guilty producers outdid themselves in unrealistic, unfunny, and unentertainingly boorish eye torture. I hope they lost money on it.

Posted by: mechadave at December 16, 2010 6:29 AM

Haha, anyone ever noticed how Shyamalan sounds like 'Shamalamadingdong'? Zomgroflmao!!1!!1

Posted by: bodie at December 16, 2010 8:44 AM

Of these movies I think Alice in Wonderland did deserve to make oodles of cash. And I say this only because Tim Burton has not had a real cash cow of a film since Batman. So this kind of makes up for all the good films he made that underperformed at the box office.

Posted by: Muteki at December 16, 2010 9:12 AM

Jackass deserved to make more. Dude, it had a goddamn shit volcano.

Posted by: JCR at December 16, 2010 1:35 PM

"Jackass" deserved to make more than $12 million. At very least, it exposes 3-D for the cheap gimmick that it is.

Posted by: F- That Noize at December 16, 2010 4:02 PM

Shamalamadingdong destroyed one of my favorite cartoons ever. His number should be WAY higher, as the "deserved" amount was in the negatives.

Posted by: kellyo at December 19, 2010 7:54 PM