In the age of streaming services, theaters have become an unreliable source of income for studios. Movies like Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Deadpool & Wolverine proved that cinema culture is here to stay, but it is becoming harder to tell when audiences will show up in person. Recently, several movies that were expected to make big bucks at the box office flopped. However, some films were doomed from the start. Everyone could smell the disappointment, except those who were involved in making them.