Forbes names Cumberbatch’s “Fifth Estate” Assange bio “biggest film flop”November 29, 2013 - 15:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Fifth Estate has been named the biggest film flop of 2013, Digital Spy reveals citing Forbes magazine. The Julian Assange biopic starring Benedict Cumberbatch achieved global box office takings of $6 million, compared to its $28m budget. Using these figures, the WikiLeaks drama earned only 21% of the cost it took to produce. Sylvester Stallone's Bullet to the Head and Harrison Ford's Paranoia finish in second and third place on the list. Jason Statham project Parker sits at four, followed by Mark Wahlberg's political drama Broken City. Ryan Reynolds action comedy RIPD charts at nine, while Selena Gomez's Getaway finishes seventh. Disney's The Lone Ranger remake does not feature in the top ten, and has now broken even despite its poor showing at the US box office. Forbes' list does not include additional costs for marketing, which the magazine states can equal some films' budget. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |