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John Carter

Building the Perfect Bomb: The Numbers Behind Box Office Flops
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Building the Perfect Bomb: The Numbers Behind Box Office Flops

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J.C. Macek III
/ 13 July 2015
The biggest "box office bombs" of all time, much like the biggest hits, are not always the ones you're expecting them to be.
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Jeremiah Massengale
/ 19 June 2012
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