Bombs away: Hollywood braces for historic four straight weeks of megaflops

By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The summer box office has entered the Dud Zone. Unless either "R.I.P.D." or "Turbo" pulls off a major tracking turnaround by July 19, the frame will likely mark the fourth straight week that a $100 million-plus film flops - an unprecedented skid in the Tentpole Age. This summer will see at least 20 films with budgets over $100 million - six more than last year. With so much popcorn competition, major casualties were a given. ...



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