Box Office News  'John Carter's' Uphill Battle to Breaking Even
Mar 13, 2012 | 1:07pm EDT  ALTMega-budgeted blockbusters all
face the same challenge: make back the money. Sure, profit is
always helpful, but at a certain point, throwing the "event,"
impressing the audiences and earning back all the cash poured
into the endeavor becomes the bigger priority.  Not an easy
task, and no movie in theaters right now (or, quite possibly, in
movie history) is starring up that mountainside like Disney's
John Carter. The movie opened last weekend with a $30.6 million
domestic gross, which wouldn't seem too shabby…if it weren't for
the reported budget of $250 million (which may be closer to $400
million after marketing). The silver lining for the Taylor
Kitsch-led adventure flick is that it was a hit overseas,
bringing in another $40 million and finally crossing the $100
million worldwide line this week. That may sound like the path
to breaking even, but the zen road to financial inner-peace is a
bit trickier than it may