George Clooney's Tomorrowland is Disney's biggest flop for 2 years losing $140m

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The big budget film cost about $330 million to produce and market. Global ticket sales to date are $170 million
The Hollywood Reporter says it's Disney's worst summer flop since 2013's The Lone Ranger

By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:06 EST, 10 June 2015 | Updated: 16:35 EST, 10 June 2015

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Even the newly-married, headline-grabbing George Clooney couldn't save Tomorrowland.

The Disney big budget fantasy adventure based on one of is signature theme park rides is set to lose the studio between $120 and 140 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday.

It's the biggest summer flop for the Mouse House since Johnny Depp's The Lone Ranger in 2013 which also failed big time to connect with audiences, costing Disney $190 million.

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Lackluster: George Clooney's Tomorrowland is set to be Disney's worst-performing summer release in two years and it's poor performance is set to cost the studio about $140 million

Flop: Clooney, 54, has his name above the title in Disney's Tomorrowland but it wasn't enough to save the poorly-reviewed fantasty adventure film inspired by the signature theme park ride

Directed by Brad Bird, and co-starring Hugh Laurie and Britt Robertson, the movie cost $180 million to make and had a marketing budget upwards of $150 million.

But its global ticket sales to date are just under $170 million, according to THR.com.

It's not Disney's biggest flop ever though.

That title still belongs to the 2012 film John Carter which did so poorly it cost the studio an unprecedented $200 million, the worst write down in the history of Hollywood.

Wife by his side: The actor took bride Amal with him for the film's premieres around the globe as a way to drum up publicity. But despite fan excitement, the ploy failed to get audiences into movie theatres to see the film

Golden girl Amal joins husband George Clooney on red carpet

Family friendly: The couple brought along Amal's niece Mia Alamuddin to the LA premiere of Tomorrowland

The first sign Tomorrowland was in trouble came when it struggled to entice audiences into movie theatres over the long Memorial Day weekend opening with a weak $42.7 million over four days.

And despite the global star power of leading man Clooney, overseas audiences didn't warm to it much either.

In China, where American movies are eagerly anticipated, Tomorrowland opened this month with $13.98 million, lagging far the $38.3 million opening of Japanese animated film Stand by Me Doraemon.

It is likely another blow for Clooney who took wife Amal Clooney with him to the film's red carpet premieres in the hope of generating as much publicity as possible.

The Oscar-winning actor, 54, hasn't had a huge box office hit in a leading role for some time.

Star status: While he's one of the most famous men in the world, the Oscar winner hasn't headlined a huge box office hit in years. He did have a supporting role in Sandra Bullock's acclaimed movie Gravity in 2013

In the Sony email hack last December, the star was revealed to be fretting over his 2014 World War Two drama The Monuments Men which he co-wrote, directed and starred in.

On January 29, just ahead of the film's February release, Clooney sent an email to studio head Amy Pascal with the subject line: 'It's getting worse.'

'I need some protection from all the reviews,' he wrote. 'Let’s just make it a hit. I haven’t slept in 30 hours. And it’s 7 am.'

Pascal responded via email: 'We will protect you by making money… that’s the best revenge.'

Self-doubt: Hacked Sony emails in December 2014 revealed Clooney was worried that The Monuments Men, which he co-wrote, directed and starred in, would be a box office flop. He's seen here in a scene from the film with co-star Hugh Bonneville

Disney is likely to move on from Tomorrowland's disappointing performance, coming as it does off the back of the hugely successful 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron that has just passed the $1 billion mark.

The studio also has Star Wars: The Force Awakens coming out in December.

So far, the summer season has been the domain of smaller budget films like Pitch Perfect 2 and Spy.

The Elizabeth Banks-directed sequel starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Hailee steinfeld had a budget of $29 million and to date has grossed $250 million.

Melissa McCarthy's espionage comedy Spy, co-starring Jason Statham and Jude Law, came in at number one at the U.S. box office this past weekend and has already recouped what it cost to make.

Produced for $65 million, it's already made a worldwide total of $88.5 million.

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