Ever since the release of "Jaws" in 1975, summer has become the biggest moviegoing season of the year, a trend enduring even after COVID-19 shut down theaters in March 2020. Summer 2023, for instance, exceeded $4 billion at the domestic box office. Summer 2025 wasn't that lucrative, thanks to this being the first summer (excluding 2020 and 2021) to lack a domestic blockbuster grossing $450 million or more since 2017. Still, even without a Barbenheimer event, this season hit some pretty notable financial highs, including bringing classic cinema icons Stitch and Superman roaring back to life as significant box office draws.

Even with those lucrative releases, there were still several worrisome underperformers and even outright bombs scattered throughout the season. Many of these duds were c

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