For some onlookers,
John Carter's opening weekend box office take of $30 million in the US earmarked the film as a failure. No one can be 100% sure about the movie's financial future until the upcoming second weekend returns but it would take a Moses-size miracle for the $250-$300 million film to become profitable in the United States. (To be fair, its $70 million international opening weekend gross is
far more encouraging.)
If ...