Disney's Mars Needs Moms: A Box Office Flop

0:00It's April 21st. Welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Disney dominates the box office with giants like the two Avatar Flicks, Avengers movies, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, and Inside Out 2, raking in. Over $2 trillion combined. But for every smash there's a dud, and 2011's Mars Needs Mom stands out as a colossal flop. This motion capture animated flick costs Disney $150 million and tanked hard, becoming the year's biggest bomb. The story came from Berkeley Breed's Simple Children's book, where a kid learns to appreciate his mom after Martians snatch her for every day. Parenting duties like soccer runs and booboo fixes. The movie twisted it into a wild action romp with laser guns, accrued human sidekick, and villainous flat-headed aliens overseen by a strict supervisor. Voices included Joan Kusak as mom and Seth Green handling motion and initial lines before a kid dubbed him over. Fans and critics

1:03hated the creepy animation waxy faces, glassy eyes, and uncanny movements that killed any charm, despite ambitious tech like a made up. Alien language. Breed sold the rights in 2008, hoping for laughs and heart, but later called it a series of bad choices after seeing early scenes. That mixed pathos was zero fun. Production went overboard, mimicking avatar scale, but the childish title in ugly visuals scared off families. Breed shared his disappointment on Patreon, admitting he cried at a test clip, but knew it missed the mark. Disney keeps swinging for fences, and Breed's next adaptation, HitPig in 2024, followed the same path straight to flop. Cityproof even sweet books don't always survive the studio machine.