For months before it came out, costly reshoots and budget overruns had Hollywood gossiping mercilessly about the disaster the Disney had on its hands with its $250 million "John Carter." Nothing the studio threw at the project — eye-popping special effects, hunky Taylor Kitsch or the Pixar team — could save it. "John Carter" opened to $30 million in March, went downhill from there, and Disney had to swallow $200 million.
