These Hollywood Box Office Results Remind Us How Hard It Is To Make A Franchise

Blackhat (2015)

The God of Thunder himself couldn’t save this storm in the cinema. Thor star Chris Hemsworth starred in Blackhat in January 2015, marking the year’s first major flop in Hollywood. The budget was fairly modest – racking in at $70 million – but Marvel fans failed to turn up and it only racked in $12 million in the box office.

Blackhat was released near American Sniper which went on to make $570 million. Actor Chris Hemsworth didn’t take it to heart: he starred in Avengers: Age of Ultron a few months later which made $1.4 billion.