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- Los Angeles Times, Monday, May 21, 2012 10:14 AM
"Battleship" cost Universal Pictures $209 million to make, but grossed just $25.3 million, finishing a distant second to the third weekend of Disney's "The Avengers," according to Sunday estimates. The debut of "Battleship" — whose ticket sales were about 40% lower than some predictions — was even worse than the $30.2-million March opening of the Edgar Rice Burroughs disaster "John Carter."
