Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts publicly acknowledged Friday what has been largely ignored by the Hollywood media: “Battleship” is a big, bad, “John Carter”-sized flop. [Comcast owns a controlling interest in NBCUniversal, the parent company of Universal Studios, which distributed “Battleship.”]
Speaking at the Sanford Bernstein Strategic decisions conference in New York City, Roberts said that the poor performance of the alien invasion film, which he labelled “an unfortunate, large miss,” coupled with the failure of the comedy “The Five Year Engagement,” will drag down earnings at NBCUniversal.
via Comcast Chief Admits ‘Battleship’s’ a Bomb – Yahoo! Movies.
