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The worst new TV shows of 2017, ranked from bad to completely unwatchable

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2017 was a great year for television, but for every standout show there were a few terrible ones.

Take Netflix for example.

2017 brought us some exciting Netflix originals, including comedies "American Vandal" and "Big Mouth." But Netflix also gave us some real belly flops like "Iron Fist," "Friends From College," and "Disjointed."

Network television also had a pretty bad year generally, delivering mostly unwatchable or mediocre shows, from "Marvel's Inhumans" to "9JKL."

As you round up all the TV you missed in 2017, make sure to avoid all of the worst new shows that came out this year.

Here are the worst new TV shows of 2017:

SEE ALSO: All the TV shows that have been canceled in 2017

14. "Powerless" — NBC

Set in the DC universe, "Powerless" follows a group of non-superheroes working in a world where Batman, Superman, the Joker, and other DC heroes and villains roam cities, either saving or destroying them. It had potential, but didn't go far enough with the premise to save itself. Vanessa Hudgens and Alan Tudyck were a charming part of the cast, but ultimately couldn't pull off the dull storylines and cliche character dynamics. "Powerless" is not nearly as bad as the other shows on this list, but it was the most disappointing one. 



13. "The Good Doctor" — ABC

This gimmicky ABC drama has a great cast. Freddie Highmore continues to prove he should be taken seriously as an actor, and Richard Schiff is amazing, as always. But the cast can't make this emotionally manipulative drama worthwhile, though it has potential. The show has solid ratings, so it can trust its reliable audience and make the story a little more nuanced, but will it?



12. "Will" — TNT

"Will" is a sexy, punk-rock version of William Shakespeare's life. It's not the most offensive show on this list, and the premise is fine. But given the crazy premise, the show was actually really dull. It just didn't take full advantage of how silly its concept was, so it wasn't even fun to hate-watch. 



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A list of celebrities who have fled the raging California fires

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  • Wildfires are spreading through Southern California.
  • Thousands of people, including a handful of celebrities, are being forced to evacuate their homes.


As multiple wildfires continue to blaze through Southern California, thousands of people are being forced to evacuate their homes — and celebrities are among them.

A handful of A-listers, like Chelsea Handler and Chrissy Teigen, have reported that they have been evacuated from their homes. 

The first fire broke out in Ventura County on Monday, and new fires have continued to break out in many parts of of Southern California. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from fires thus far, according to NBC News.

As wildfires continue to rage through California with no end in sight, it's likely that more celebrities will be forced to evacuate their homes, if they haven't been already. 

Here are some of the celebrities who have been evacuated from their homes so far:

SEE ALSO: Firefighters struggle to contain multiple wildfires consuming parts of Southern California

Chrissy Teigen

Model and television host Chrissy Teigen wrote that she never thought she would actually play out what she considered to be a "hypothetical game of what would you grab if there was a fire," in a tweet on Wednesday.

Teigen said she brought her daughter Luna, limited edition Oreos, and her Spike TV award with her.

Teigen is currently expecting her second child with her husband, singer John Legend. 



Lea Michele

Actress and singer Lea Michele tweeted that she took what she "loved most" from her home Wednesday morning before heading to a friend's house.

 



Jennifer Tilly

Actress Jennifer Tilly shared a picture of herself checking into a hotel, on Twitter Wednesday.

Tilly wrote that it was the "fourth hotel" she had been to.

The actress added, "Seems like everyone is evacuating the wildfires."

 



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MEET THE YOUTUBE MILLIONAIRES: These are the 10 highest-paid YouTube stars of 2017 (GOOG)

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Since it launched in 2005, YouTube has become the de facto launchpad for the next generation of internet celebrities.

It's no secret that YouTube's biggest stars are using sponsored videos and advertising to make a living on the platform in addition to making a name for themselves.

Over the past few years, some of them have even snagged big-time shows from services like Netflix or YouTube Red, the company's subscription tier.

But who on YouTube is getting paid the most?

Forbes recently published its look at which YouTube stars made the most money in 2017. The publication based its rankings on raw estimates of pretax earnings.

Here they are:

Maya Kosoff contributed to an earlier version of this post.

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No. 10: Lilly Singh — $10.5 million

Income: $10.5 million

Lilly Singh produces comedy sketches, music videos, and other media on her one-woman YouTube channel, "Superwoman," where she has a rabid fan base of over 12.7 million followers. Singh has also released a feature film, called "Trip to Island Unicorn," for YouTube Red, the company's premium service.



No. 8 (tie): Ryan ToysReview — $11 million

Income: $11 million

Likely the envy of elementary school kids worldwide, the 6-year-old Ryan of YouTube's Ryan ToysReview makes millions for his family by opening and reviewing new toys. The family-run channel has over 10 million followers.

 



No. 8 (tie): Smosh — $11 million

Income: $11 million

Smosh, started by comedy duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, was one of the first YouTube sensations, becoming well known for the duo's slapstick comedy videos that parodied video games and pop culture.

Anthony Padilla left the Smosh channel in June 2017 to create his own solo YouTube account, which now has over 2 million followers.



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An actress says Dustin Hoffman groped her repeatedly while doing a Broadway play together: 'Night after night I went home and cried'

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  • Actress Kathryn Rossetter has accused Dustin Hoffman of groping her while the two acted in a Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman" in 1983.
  • Rossetter said it was "a horrific, demoralizing and abusive experience at the hands (literally) of one of my acting idols."
  • Rossetter said Hoffman asked her for a back rub which led to him groping her off stage in the middle of almost every show.

 

On the heels of twowomen accusing actor Dustin Hoffman of sexual harassment, a third has now written a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter

On Friday, the trade ran the account of actress Kathryn Rossetter, who worked alongside Hoffman in the Broadway revival production of "Death of a Salesman" in 1983 as well as the TV movie. Hoffman played the lead Willy Loman. 

Rossetter alleges in the column that after Hoffman went out of his way to campaign for Rossetter to get the role of Willy Loman's mistress, "the Woman in Boston," he began to physically violate her throughout the production. She says it started during the first week of rehearsals when Hoffman invited Rossetter to his hotel room. There he asked her to give him a back rub. He took off his shirt, according to Rossetter, and she gave him what she called a "very lame rub" until the hotel maid walked in on them. 

"That was the beginning of what was to become a horrific, demoralizing and abusive experience at the hands (literally) of one of my acting idols," Rossetter wrote in the THR column.

The actress performed alongside Hoffman six to eight shows a week, and in that time, she claimed the actor would fondle and grope her off stage "almost every show." 

"One night in Chicago, I felt his hand up under my slip on the inside of my thighs," Rossetter wrote. "I was completely surprised and tried to bat him away while watching the stage for my cues. After the show he was busy with the producer and director so I had no access to him to address it."

"One night he actually started to stick his fingers inside me," she wrote. "Night after night I went home and cried. I withdrew and got depressed and did not have any good interpersonal relationships with the cast. How could the same man who fought to get me the job, who complimented my work, who essentially launched my career, who gave me the benefit of his wisdom as an actor, how could he also be this sexual power abuser? Was I doing something? Was it my fault?"

And it didn't stop when the shows ended. At parties, Rossetter said that whenever Hoffman took a picture with her he would put his hand around her rib cage and then grab her breast just before the picture was taken.

"Only by luck do I have one such picture — where the camera caught him in the act," Rossetter wrote. That picture is included in the THR column.

Here it is:

The groping off stage continued. One night, Rossetter said she missed her laugh cue because while groping her, Hoffman suddenly grabbed the bottom of her slip and pulled it over her head, exposing her breaks and body to the crew, which Rossetter claims Hoffman told to come backstage at that moment "for a surprise."

Rossetter said she finally got her chance to confront Hoffman one night, she pushed him against a wall and screamed, "F--- you! How would you like it if someone did that to you before you walked out on stage every night, Mr. Method Actor? Leave me alone!" Rossetter said he left her alone for three days, and then went back to groping her.

Hoffman issued a statement regarding the previous accusers, stating: "I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am."

The actor was then confronted by HBO's "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver at a benefit screening of "Wag the Dog" on Monday about the first allegation against him. A woman alleged that when she was 17 years old and a production assistant on the set of the "Death of a Salesman" TV movie, Hoffman groped and sexually harassed her.

"I still don't know who this woman is," Hoffman told Oliver. "I never met her. If I met her, it was in concert with other people."

Rossetter ended her THR column by writing about Hoffman: "He robbed me of my joy in the experience and he left dirty fingerprints on my soul." 

According to THR’s editor’s note in the column, Hoffman’s representatives declined to comment but brought forth individuals who worked on “Death of a Salesman” and did not witness the conduct described in the column. The people who came forward include Hoffman’s brother-in-law (and assistant at the time) Lee Gottsegen, actresses Anne McIntosh, Debra Mooney and Linda Hogan, actors Michael Quinlan and Andrew Bloch, and production stage manager Tom Kelly.

“It just doesn’t ring true,” Kelly said of Rossetter's accusations. “Given my position, it’s insulting to say this kind of activity would go on to the extent of sexual violation.”

Business Insider contacted Dustin Hoffman's representative for comment but did not get a response.

Read the entire column in The Hollywood Reporter.

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Jobs and careers in the eSports & video gaming industry continue to grow

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eSports is on the brink of becoming a billion-dollar industry and continues to grow exponentially.

In Asia, it was recently announced that eSports would become a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hanghou, China. Even the International Olympic Committee has been considering eSports gaming as a sanctioned sport for the Games.

The global audience for eSports will reach 385.5 million this year, according to research firm Newzoo. With growth this rapid, opportunities for more jobs and careers to support this expanding industry are sprouting faster than ever.

Athlete

Though still in the early stages of development, eSports league teams continue to grow in number, and they look a lot like teams in other sports leagues. Teams hire players, train them, build stadiums, and sell tickets for fans to watch games.

And similar to established sports leagues, there’s big money involved, Activision Blizzard was seeking $20 million per team and players are being paid in excess of $100,000 per year in certain cases.  

However, to become a player in a professional league, the time commitment is no less than any other sports team. For example, to excel at League of Legends, the world’s most popular competitive video game, only a select few can handle the pro-level regimen required to gain the extensive game knowledge, elite mechanical skills, and reflexes to compete.

Marketing

For brands and marketers, there are huge opportunities to build new fan bases and engage with this growing audience, which is made up largely of young people who are willing to spend hour after hour at venues and online. As a marketer, assets such as naming rights, branded content, experiential activation, tech integration, jersey branding, and so forth are available for brands willing to invest in the eSports space.

As the market continues to mature, more opportunities will grow in co-branded merchandise, as well as direct selling to fans during livestreams. Currently, brand sponsorships are made up of largely endemic brands such as Razer, Hyper, and Turtle Beach, (all of which are gaming accessory manufacturers) and other major brands such as Coca-Cola, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bud Light and Gillette closer behind. However, eSports still remains largely untapped.

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Event Planning

As the growth and success of eSports leagues continue to rise, the execution of tournaments and competitions requires thorough planning and precise detailing. Understanding the event production and conceptualizing design, as well as developing and maintaining productive business relationships are only just the standard requirements to excel in eSports events.

Understanding the culture and community of video gaming can have a heavy influence on the success of tournaments. With thousands of attendees and millions of viewers, some tournaments have millions of dollars in prize money on the line. And other festivities. such as musical performances and shows, can surround the main event. Hosts of such events treat teams as they do with traditional sports teams, and use similar broadcasting tools, such as professional livestream broadcasting, commentating, and signings.

Streaming/Broadcast

Starting as an online-only venture, eSports was only thought as a niche group. But recently, eSports have proved that their size and level of engagement are that of any other sports event.

Amazon’s Twitch recorded 100 million viewers per month in 2014, a 66% increase in viewership from 2013. and Newzoo projects that figure to grow to 345 million by 2019. As an audience, eSports viewers are highly engaged, so projections indicate that 213 million people will watch competitive gaming this year.

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Streaming and broadcasting have been instrumental in bringing eSports to the masses, and on-demand platforms such as Twitch and YouTube only add value as larger stakeholders and events emerge.

But eSports have more restrictions in terms of broadcasting. In traditional sports, there are no rights to the game. For example, in baseball, there are no rights to claim the rules and regulations, of the game which allows anyone to play it.

However, in eSports, those rights belong to the publisher of a game, such as Sony or EA, who own the underlying IP in that game. Publishers grant rights on an exclusive basis to licensees and broadcasters and charge fees accordingly. The growth and demand for major broadcasters into the eSports arena could incentivize publishers and event organizers to have tighter control and to more actively enforce rights. This is despite the history of eSports growing from a culture of players and fans who created and shared content with one another, all of which exposed publisher’s games to the public and caused the industry to explode at the rate it is today.

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The market for eSports continues to grow, and it's showing no signs of slowing down in the coming years. That's why BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has put together a comprehensive guide on the future of professional gaming called The eSports Ecosystem.

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How a professional Santa Claus answers 'Can you bring back Grandma?' and more awkward questions kids ask

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Santa Jim Boston 9Kids really do say the darndest things, especially when they're excited.

And when you've been playing Santa Claus for more than a decade, you hear it all.

So we asked Jim Manning, a full-time children's entertainer who's played Santa Jim in Boston for the past 14 years, to shed some light on the most awkward things kids say at Christmas and how he responds.

Feel free to take some notes for your own curious Santa fans.

Manning says:

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'Will you get me that toy?'

I never commit to any presents. You could have a child grab me by the shoulder and ask, "Santa, will you bring me an X-box?" And I will say, "We will see what we can do." Because even if a parent is whispering in my ear "We will definitely get them that toy," I don't know that they're going to find it in the store, and I don't know that they're going to deliver. So I never commit to any single present.



'Can I have a puppy?'

I also get asked about pets a lot — "Can I have a puppy?" "Can I have a kitty?" — and I explain that, because it gets so cold on the sleigh, I don't bring animals with me. And that's a decision to make with Mommy and Daddy.



'You don't look like the other Santa I saw'

Sometimes kids will come up and say, "You're different from the other Santa Claus I saw," and I'll say, "Well, that was one of my helpers," which is something I encourage all Santas to do.

You're the real Santa, and everybody else is your helper, so as to not cause confusion.

It's really a case-by-case basis, but I try to stay on the kids' level as much as I can.



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Season 2 of HBO's 'Big Little Lies' is officially happening — with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman returning

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  • Season two of "Big Little Lies" is officially happening.
  • Most of the cast is returning, including Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.
  • The entire season will be directed by Andrea Arnold ("American Honey," Amazon's "Transparent").


Get ready for more drama out of California's Central Coast.

HBO's Emmy-winning limited series "Big Little Lies" is returning for a second season. In a release sent out by the network on Friday, it promises in season two “relationships will fray, loyalties will erode ... the potential for emotional and bodily injury shall loom.” 

The hit first season walked away with eight primetime Emmy awards, including outstanding lead actress for Nicole Kidman, who will return for the second season. Reese Witherspoon will also be back, as well as the show's creator David E. Kelly. The release also states that most of cast from season one will return, so expect appearances by Laura Dern, who also won an Emmy for her performance, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, and Adam Scott.

The show is based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty and revolves around the lives of a group of families living in the affluent city of Monterey, California. Kidman and Witherspoon will also be executive producing.

The entire second season will be directed by Andrea Arnold, who is know for directing episodes of Amazon series "Transparent" and "I Love Dick." She also directed the 2016 hit indie film "American Honey."

The season will be seven episodes.

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Apple is buying Shazam for $400 million (AAPL)

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  • Apple is buying Shazam, a music recognition app. 
  • Apple will pay $400 million for the company, which was last valued at $1 billion.


Apple is close to acquiring music recognition app Shazam for $400 million, a source familiar with the matter told Business Insider on Friday.

The deal could allow Apple to integrate a popular consumer feature directly into its iPhones at a time when Apple's innovation crown is under threat from Google and Samsung. 

The Shazam app allows users to identify the music that's playing nearby, such as a song in a restaurant or cafe. The app quickly became one of the most popular smartphone apps when it launched in 2009 and has been downloaded more than one billion times by consumers.

Google recently incorporated similar technology into its high-end Pixel 2 smartphone. Google's version of the technology constantly monitors nearby music, displaying each song title on the phone's screen — a handy feature that may have led Apple to conclude it needed to offer a similar function in its iPhones in order to not appear behind the curve. 

Shazam CEO Rich Riley previously told Business Insider that the company would make sense insider a larger company looking for a foothold in music or advertising.

Representatives for Apple and Shazam did not respond to a request for comment about the acquisition. News of the deal was first reported Friday by TechCrunch, which said the deal was expected to be signed this week. 

Reports of Apple's interest in Shazam surfaced on the same day that Apple announced that longtime executive Jony Ive will resume day-to-day management of the company's design team.

Acoustic fingerprints and augmented reality

The $400 million price that Apple is offering for Shazam is lower than the most recent post-money valuation of $1.02 billion, according to Pitchbook. However, that valuation is "a bit artificial," the person close to the deal told Business Insider. Later investors received a liquidation preference and will get their invested money back first before other shareholders, including employee options. 

Shazam, which was founded in 1999, made $50 million in revenue last year, according to another person familiar with the company. 

The company is based in London and has created a database of more than 11 million "acoustic fingerprints" that it uses to identify songs. More recently Shazam has developed augmented reality technology that allows users to point their phones at a special label to see additional information. A partnership with gin maker Bombay Saphire makes the bottle appear to undergo various transformations when consumers point their phones at it. 

Shares of Apple were unchanged in after hours trading on Friday.

Email the author at kleswing@businessinsider.com.

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Netflix's holiday movie 'A Christmas Prince' is good dumb fun — but its portrayal of journalism is outrageous

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  • Netflix's "A Christmas Prince" is the streaming service's attempt at a Christmas movie like those you see on Lifetime and Hallmark.
  • It is silly, but fun.
  • The most absurd aspect is the way journalists are portrayed, so we pointed out all the times when the protagonist violates the most basic ethical standards of journalism. 
  • Don't assume that journalism is what you see in "A Christmas Prince," please.

 

"A Christmas Prince" is Netflix's fun (and dumb) attempt at a Lifetime Christmas movie, but it represents journalism in a ridiculous way.

"A Christmas Prince" follows Amber, a young journalist in a dead-end job at a publication called Now Beat that is some sort of mix between Vice, Vogue, and Us Weekly. Amber, who loves Christmas, is sent to the fictional country of Aldovia the week of Christmas to report on the playboy Prince Richard, who looks a bit like Patrick Wilson.

Prince Richard must be coronated as king on Christmas Eve in place of his deceased father, but there are rumors that he will abdicate. You can figure out the rest.

"A Christmas Prince" is a terrible movie, but it's also great. It is so bad, and so predictable, yet impossible to stop watching. At a certain point you might wonder if "A Christmas Prince" is satirizing itself.

Sappy Christmas movies like those on Lifetime and Hallmark (and now on Netflix) follow a similar formula: A female protagonist (probably blonde) is really focused on her career. It's Christmas time, and she's working overtime despite the fact that it is Christmas! Then a man, whether he is an angel, an elf, Santa Claus, or a prince, saves the day, which is Christmas. 

These admirably lazy movies always have a protagonist with a big-city career: journalism, advertising, personal shopper. I can't tell you if the portrayal of personal shoppers in these movies is accurate, but I can tell you that the portrayal of journalists is wrong, especially in "A Christmas Prince."

At a time when the President of the United States calls journalism "fake news" quite routinely, it's a bit disheartening to see such a misrepresentation of the profession from Netflix. But it's also funny.

As a guide for non-journalists, we highlighted all the instances in "A Christmas Prince" when its protagonist, Amber, who stresses that she wants to be a "real" journalist, lacks journalistic integrity. We also pointed out some other flaws in its portrayal of journalism. 

Here are all of the problems with journalistic integrity in Netflix's "A Christmas Prince":

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Vaughn, one of the writers at Now Beat magazine, uses a fake quote in his article.

Vaughn is a jerk. He is clearly an awful person, and an even worse journalist. 

Within the first minute of the film, Vaughn displays our first of many journalist no-nos. 

Vaughn was assigned a 300-word piece about a show at New York Fashion Week — which happens in September and February, never in December ("A Christmas Prince" takes place in December). Vaughn wrote 650 words, and Amber says he included a quote from a designer who was not "on the floor."

This suggests that Vaughn — who our dear protagonist clearly has some trouble with on a regular basis — quoted a person who was not at the event. Did he make up the quote? Probably. That's not ok, and neither is suggesting that someone was somewhere they were not.

Making up quotes gets you blacklisted from the industry. It doesn't just provoke an eye roll from someone editing your piece.



Amber sneaks into the royal private residence. Once there, she lies about her identity to pursue her story.

Journalists are not supposed to lie about their identity for a story. Journalists are also not supposed to be deceptive about their intentions because this can have an effect on their reporting. 

There are some cases in which journalists go undercover. For example, women's activist Gloria Steinem went undercover as a Playboy bunny for her 1963 exposé on the treatment of women at Playboy Clubs. But generally you are supposed to identify yourself as a journalist when talking to someone for a story, especially when asked.

Amber lies her way into a private residence by pretending to be the new tutor for Princess Emily, all so she can write a story about Prince Richard. Amber is not exposing criminals or the mistreatment of human beings, and it seems like she is just breaking journalistic norms for personal gain.

And not only is she lying about who she is, she is also stealing the identity of the tutor (who will arrive herself soon), and teaching a child under false pretenses — while trying to get information out of her!



Amber goes to Aldovia without doing any research on the royal customs.

Amber didn't do her research. 

Although Amber didn't plan on lying her way into the private home of the Aldovian royal family, it's clear that while she came prepared to meet Prince Richard, she did not do a simple Google of "Aldovian royal customs." When she meets the queen, she has no idea she is supposed to curtsy, and she doesn't know that she is supposed to address the princess as "Your Royal Highness."

You'd think a journalist would have done at least a quick Google search to find out more about royal customs in the country she's heading to, especially if she intends on meeting with a royal privately.



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A 6-year-old boy is making $11 million a year on YouTube reviewing toys

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  • The 6-year-old Ryan of YouTube's Ryan ToysReview made $11 million in revenue this year from his YouTube account, according to Forbes.
  • Surely the envy of elementary school kids worldwide, the adolescent YouTube star reviews new toys in videos that his family produces. 
  • Ryan ToysReview tied for the eighth spot this year on Forbes' annual list of the highest-earning YouTube accounts. 

 

Ryan, the 6-year-old "host" of Ryan ToysReview, a popular toy-review channel on YouTube, is also reportedly a multi-millionaire.

A family-run YouTube channel, Ryan ToysReview generated around $11 million in pretax income in 2017, according to Forbes' annual list of the highest-earning YouTube celebrities.

The raw estimate of $11 million tied Ryan ToysReview with the YouTube comedy stalwart Smosh for eighth place on the Forbes list.

Last year, The Verge profiled the channel and Ryan's parents, who have shot and produced the account's frequently (nearly daily) released videos since Ryan ToysReview started in March 2015.

The account began when Ryan, then simply a 4-year-old fan of toy-review videos, asked his parents why he couldn't also review toys on YouTube.

Ryan ToysReview started out slowly until a July 2015 video went viral. The video featured Ryan opening and reviewing a "GIANT EGG SURPRISE" box containing over 100 toys from Pixar's "Cars" series. It currently has close to 800 million views.

The channel now tends to review new toys or kids' food products, and the videos usually feature earnest and enthusiastic commentary from Ryan with off-camera guidance from his parents. 

According to The Verge, the channel's viewership, which boasts a current audience of 10 million subscribers, translates to around $1 million a month in advertising revenue alone.

Watch this astronomically lucky child review a DIY candy dispenser below:

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There's one thing every parent should do before gifting a video game console

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It's Christmas Day and you're the nicest person: You splurged on an expensive video game console as a gift. 

As you sip on a hot cup of coffee, your loved one rips open the box and their face lights up with joy. A new game console! Everyone's very excited.

Unfortunately, that excitement quickly fades as the setup process begins:

  1. First, there's the joy of unpacking the box. Look at all this shiny new stuff!
  2. Then there's the process of hooking up the game console to your TV. Less fun maybe, but a necessary step on the way to new video games!
  3. And finally, the console is hooked up. Time to play some new video games! Right? Right?! Nuh uh.

It's 2017, so it's actually time to update your system with the latest firmware.

Xbox One firmware update

And then video games, right?

Nope! You'll need to install each game individually if you bought them on disc, and then they'll almost certainly require some form of downloaded update. 

And then video games? Maybe? Please?

Maybe, if you don't have to update the software that runs your gamepad. On Xbox One controllers from before June 2015, that process requires plugging in each controller individually and updating it. Seriously! If it's from after June 2015, it may still need an update — but you can do it wirelessly, at least.

(NOTE: Follow Microsoft's instructions right here for how to update your gamepad.)

Long gone are the days of plug-and-play game consoles.

Nintendo Switch (software update)

Even Nintendo's latest console, the Switch, requires an update when you first hook it up.

The processes vary a bit from Xbox One to PlayStation 4 to Switch, but they're all essentially forcing you to do the same thing: plug in your system and download software from the internet that enables the game console to do basically anything, from play games to watch Netflix.

And that's why you, intrepid gift giver, should go above and beyond and set up that console with new firmware before gifting it. 

This is blessedly simple across all three game consoles: simply plug the system in as if it were yours and follow setup instructions. The consoles are all designed to be straightforward and simple to setup.

In case this is your first time, here are explicit instructions from each console maker directly:

You may have to create a temporary login, but they're easily deletable; the person who gets the game console will thank you. Or maybe they won't! But at very least you'll feel pretty good when they can simply turn the system on and enjoy it for what it is — a game console — rather than what it isn't: an expensive paperweight that needs an hour or more to talk to the internet before it can do anything.

Happy holidays!

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A Disney-Fox deal is not just about Netflix — it also has major ad sales ramifications

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  • While Disney seems to want some of 21st Century Fox's content assets primarily as part of its budding war with Netflix, don't forget about ad sales.
  • The combined media entity would immediately boast a broader array of TV networks to sell to marketers, allowing it to command more clout in the market and deliver elaborate cross-network packages.
  • Fox's ad team could also help nudge Disney ahead in data-driven ad sales, where it's fallen behind, ad buyers say.


Investors, commentators, and stakeholders alike are watching closely as Disney closes in on a deal to acquire a collection of valuable assets from 21st Century Fox — a deal that would alter the existing media landscape as we know it.

It would help Disney battle accelerated cord cutting, give it an even bigger repository of content, and help prepare it to take on Silicon Valley giants including Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple.

But less examined thus far is the fact that the merger would make Disney all the more attractive in the eyes of media buyers purchasing ads on behalf of marketers.

Disney is expected to snap up not only Fox's film and television studio but also cable channels including National Geographic and FX worth $8.7 billion. That represents a massive boost to Disney's TV advertising portfolio, whose cable-channel assets have been limited to Freeform and the very niche (and mostly ad-free) Disney Channel.

"From a cable point of view, Fox brings in rich assets in the form of FX and National Geographic, an area in which Disney has so far been limited," one TV ad buyer told Business Insider. "It sounds like a very synergistic compilation of companies and broadens its appeal to marketers."

Jason Maltby, the president and co-executive director of national broadcast at Mindshare, agreed, saying that Fox presented Disney with a much broader range of networks to sell to giant advertisers. "From a marketplace standpoint, fundamentally what this does is that it allows Disney to become a bigger player in the cable arena," he said.

The combined entity would also be able to provide advertisers more opportunities to purchase custom, complex ad packages that include a mix of TV and digital ads, said Jim Fosina, the founder and CEO of Fosina Marketing Group.

It also helps that the Disney-ABC TV Group reorganized earlier this year, laying the precedent for what comes ahead. The restructuring put ad sales for its entire portfolio, which includes ABC, Disney Channel, Freeform, and Radio Disney, under the company's sales chief, Rita Ferro. Buyers expect Fox's assets to be incorporated under Ferro as well.

"A consolidated Disney where they go to one place for all their needs is far more attractive to marketers," a TV ad buyer added. "A broader portfolio and reduced competition also allows Disney to attempt to garner a higher premium."

In other words, Disney could promise one-stop shopping and would set itself up to be one of the few big TV ad players left standing.

Ad buyers have been pushing for such streamlining for years, said Steven Piluso, the head of media and integration at Media Storm. He recalled having to go through numerous sales reps and silos within 21st Century Fox and News Corp, with it being common "to talk to eight to nine different reps to get a deal done." Consolidation is welcome, he said.

A combined arsenal of Disney-Fox assets might also enable marketers to chalk out larger-scale ad programs that could tap into Disney and Fox's intellectual property — and its data.

For example, recently the Nissan Rogue was promoted in conjunction with "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" across Disney's networks, stations, and shows like "Jimmy Kimmel Live" — even on ESPN, which is typically run independently. Campaigns like that could become bigger and more common.

"They have more leverage in the marketplace, more insight into how budgets are allocated, and, ultimately, a tighter grip on the future," Mindshare's Maltby said.

That grip could be strengthened by more data. Advertisers have increasingly pushed the TV industry to embrace elements of digital advertising — in terms of audience targeting using data and software — an area where Disney has been seen as lagging.

Fox recently formed a consortium with Turner and Viacom to launch OpenAP— through which advertisers can mix and match data sets to be used for ad targeting on multiple TV networks.

The deal could bring Disney into that fold.

"Until this point, Disney could not have played in behavioral marketing," Maltby said. "This really gives them the opportunity to play in that space and go beyond targeting based on gender and age and do it based on purchase behavior."

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The biggest iPhone game of 2017, HQ Trivia, is coming to Android for Christmas

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  • Smash-hit iPhone game "HQ Trivia" is coming to Android on Christmas, the game's maker says.
  • The game combines trivia questions with a live video feed of a host, and it's become a massive success.
  • Thus far, the game was limited by its availability on one platform.


The breakout hit iPhone game of 2017 has undoubtedly been "HQ Trivia," a live trivia game that went from curiosity to viral hit seemingly overnight. And now, in a few weeks, it's finally coming to Android.

The makers announced the news in a tweet on December 5, which read, "Hey world, we hear you also have Android phones? HQ has a nice little stocking stuffer coming your way." The game's Twitter profile more directly confirms the release date: "Coming for Android this Christmas," it says.

In the last few weeks, "HQ Trivia" has exploded in popularity and users. Live games regularly garner a quarter million players, all attempting to answer every question correctly — winners get real cash as a prize, which is paid out to players through Paypal. 

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It's this combination of trivia, cash prizes, and a live video feed that's drawn so many players. But it's one of the game's "hosts," a man named Scott Rogowsky, who's kept so many fans invested.

Rogowsky is the man in the suit seen above, known for his quirky personality and penchant for creating slang words. He calls players "HQties" (pronounced "H-cuties"), makes hilarious hand gestures, and lets slip little bits about himself while hosting the phone-based, live game show. He's often the subject of memes from the game's prolific, passionate fanbase.

He even appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" due to the game's massive sudden popularity:

It's not clear which Android phones will work with "HQ Trivia" when it arrives on December 25, but we'd expect the last few years of major flagship phones from Samsung, LG, and others to be included.

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Everything we know so far about Quentin Tarantino's 'Star Trek' movie, which will be rated R

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  • Quentin Tarantino wants to direct a Star Trek movie.
  • The catch? It has to be rated R.
  • JJ Abrams is reportedly helping Tarantino find a writer, and will be a producer.

 

Quentin Tarantino has plans to direct a Star Trek movie, and his only demand is that it is R rated.

Deadline reported on Monday that Tarantino pitched an R-rated Star Trek movie to Paramount. On Thursday, Deadline reported that the rumored project is moving forward at a rapid speed, and they're already selecting a screenwriter.

JJ Abrams, who has directed two Star Trek films, is helping Tarantino and will be a producer. The movie likely won't come out for a few years, but we can't hide our excitement. A Star Trek movie from Tarantino — one of the most ambitious directors of all time — is an exciting concept, and we can't wait to see the finished product. 

Here's everything we know so far about Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek movie:

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Tarantino approached Paramount with the idea

According to Deadline, Tarantino approached Paramount about directing a Star Trek movie, Tarantino-style. This typically means blood, violence, cursing, witty dialogue, and a very long running time. 

Tarantino worked with Miramax and The Weinstein Company on all his previous films, but is working with other studios after the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against long-time collaborator Harvey Weinstein surfaced in October. 

 



Tarantino will direct his movie based on the Manson Family first

This means we likely won't see his Star Trek movie for at least a few years. 

His project about the Manson Family has the working title of "Helter Skelter," and will be released by Sony.



This will be Tarantino's first dive into a franchise — he usually writes and directs screenplays for original stories.

"Jackie Brown" (1997) was based on a novel, but every other movie he's made was an original screenplay.

But Tarantino isn't going into the franchise world completely inexperienced: in the past he's directed episodes of "CSI" and "ER."



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Kids on 'SNL' ask Santa if Trump, Roy Moore, and Al Franken are on the naughty list

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  • "Saturday Night Live" took on the continuing fallout over powerful men accused of sexual misconduct with a skit featuring kids asking Santa uncomfortable political questions.
  • Politics, and the sexual misconduct news, were the focus of a few skits this week.
  • James Franco hosted and SZA was the musical guest.


In this week's cold open of "Saturday Night Live," a bevy of woke kids asked Santa a series of uncomfortable political questions.

The first boy asked if Santa could tell him what Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota did, and which list embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore was on.

Santa (played by Kenan Thompson) said Franken, who resigned from the Senate this week following a growing number of sexual harassment accusations, was on his naughty list this year.

The elf (played by Kate McKinnon) said Moore wasn't on a list, suggesting he was on the sex offender registry instead. Several women have accused Moore of acting inappropriately or pursuing relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.

The next child asked, "Is President Trump on the naughty list?"

Santa said Trump "may have said or done a few naughty things," while McKinnon said under her breath, "19 accusers— Google it." Santa told the girl we could all learn a lesson from the news.

"I learned that if you admit you did something wrong, you get in trouble," the little girl said. "But if you deny it, they let you keep your job!"

The rest of the kids talked about NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem, the "dying" coal industry, the GOP tax plan, "feminazis," opioids, Trump moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, and the sexual harassment allegations against fired NBC host Matt Lauer.

"Earmuffs, earmuffs!" Santa told one of the children. "Where the hell they get these kids from? I never thought I'd say this, but I think our public schools are too good!"

The last little girl, Jenny, said she didn't want any presents, she just wanted everything to be OK.

"I know that things seem particularly insane right now, like truly mind-bendingly insane. And we seem to have lost all perspective on what's naughty or nice," McKinnon told her. "As bad as things might seem, I promise you, Jenny, it will be OK. ... Most people in America are good people, and eventually good people will fix our country."

Jenny said she'd put all her money in Bitcoin just in case.

Elsewhere on the episode, on which James Franco hosted and SZA was the musical guest, sexual harassers apologized to their workplace victims, and Michael Che went undercover as a liberal white woman named Gretchen.

Steve Martin, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill also crashed Franco's opening monologue, and "Weekend Update" addressed Trump moving the US embassy and the allegations against Moore and Franken.

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These are the $800 knives that celebrity chefs like Mario Batali swear by

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Chelsea Miller started making custom knives in 2011 and has grown her client list to include some of the top chefs in the world. Business Insider visited her Brooklyn studio to learn how she does it. Following is a transcript of video.

Chelsea Miller: I'm Chelsea Miller and I make knives.

Some of the world's best chefs use her knives.

Chelsea Miller: The chefs at Eleven Madison, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura. Chefs who make some really, really delicious food. Let's say that.

And they don't come cheap.

Chelsea Miller: My smaller knives start at $200, the largest knife, the chef knife are $800.

I moved to New York when I was 18 and I was singing, dancing, acting, and as much as I love that kind of storytelling, I grew up in Vermont on a farm, homeschooled, my father was a blacksmith, and I was really missing that quality of working with your hands and that creative process.

So I went home for a while at the end of 2011 and started playing around in my father's shop. These knives came out of that exploration.

My friends encouraged me to take out a booth at the Brooklyn Flea and the Brooklyn Flea is an incredible place to be as a creator because there's an incredible amount of foot traffic and a lot of high profile writers, photographers, chefs. And that's how I got my first publications in Saveur Magazine and The New York Times and it really blew up from there.

Most of all my knives have a grater on the side, which is very unique because I've never seen a knife with a grater, but also that is the original function of the original material that I make it from. They're made from horseshoe rasps which have that rasp on the side that was originally used for filing horse's hooves. So in my mind, I thought, "Why take that away?" We can incorporate that into this new tool.

Since I've started my own business, I've noticed a real progressive movement towards more and more and more handmade things and a lot more consciousness about where you items are coming from. Trying to buy things that are going to last you your lifetime instead of something that's meant to be thrown away the second you open it.

I leave a window of about three to six months. If I were making one knife at a time, that would take me a couple of days, but because I have so many I tend to make them in batches, so as many as I can, I start from the beginning process, maybe 10 knives at the same time. So for a few weeks I'll be working on those first initial processes on those knives altogether. Then I'll move on to the next stage.

I use the forge for all of my smaller knives and essentially what we're doing is we're heating the metal and then using the hammer to hammer out the metal, lengthen the metal, to give us a longer, smoother material. And I don't do that with the chef's knives because I want to leave that grater on the side of the knife.

So with the larger chef's knives, I've already cut out the pieces in Vermont with an oxy acetylene torch and then once I get them here, I start the stock removal process. So I start with my bench grinder, grinding away the excess metal on one side to leave the grater on the other.

And then I'll move to my belt sander, and using a series of belts that go from very coarse to very fine, I'll bring that blade down to a fine edge and make it all shiny and smooth and sharp.

Each piece, depending on the way that it looks, it calls for a different piece of wood. So I'll shuffle through a lot of wood to find the right wood for the right knife.

And we'll cut out the wood, we will sand the handle a little bit, then we'll drill the holes, glue it together, clamp it, and then wait for it to cure. I usually let it cure for about 24 hours.

Then we'll take that off, sand the handle down, all the excess glue off the edges. And then we'll put a final sharpen on the blade, oil up the handle, and it's ready to go off and cut some vegetables.

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JIM ROSS: Hulk Hogan will make a huge comeback to the WWE in 2018 — here's why

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Hulk Hogan, one of the most famous wrestling superstars in the history of WWE, has been missing from the company for a long time. In 2015, after an audio tape surfaced wherein Hogan can be heard using a racial slur, WWE swiftly terminated his contract. The tape was part of the sex tape posted by Gawker in 2012. 

In 2016, Gawker lost a gigantic lawsuit to Hogan after a Florida jury found that the media company had violated Hogan’s privacy by posting a one-minute, 41-second clip of the sex tape online along with commentary. Gawker eventually settled with Hogan for $31 million. 

Upon terminating Hogan, WWE, removed all traces of the famed wrestler from its website, removing links to his profile, merchandise, and photographs. But lately, there have been rumblings suggesting Hogan might soon return to WWE. 

We asked one of the most highly revered figures in WWE history, Jim Ross, if he thinks Hogan will make a comeback soon. Ross is promoting the release of his new book "Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling," which he wrote with Paul O'Brien. 

WWE did not respond to our request for a comment. Following is a transcript of the video. 

Jim Ross: I don't have any insider knowledge that Hulk will be back in WWE, but if he isn't in 2018, I will be shocked.

[Jim Ross is a legendary WWE announcer and executive. He wrote a new memoir about his career in wrestling]

[An audio recording of Hogan using a racial slur surfaced in 2015. WWE swiftly terminated Hogan's contract]

The world has an interesting way of forgiving others. The guy paid his price. He had a trial. He lost jobs. He had a court case. I don't know what more he needs to do. And why are we his judge and jury? It seems right for, arguably the greatest alumnus of WWE ever with the most global name identity, will make his presence felt in WWE in some way. 

I don't know what Terry – Hulk Hogan is able to do physically. I know he's still training. He's about my age — 64, but he's in really good shape. He looks awesome. So, I would say that Hulk is – there's a ticket for Hulk to punch somewhere to get back in WWE, at least on a reoccurring role-type basis, in my opinion.

If I were there, I would encourage that development. If you don't like him, don't watch the damn thing, but I believe he belongs on that television show or WWE in general, and that somewhere in 2018 that will happen.  

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Indies 'The Disaster Artist' and 'I, Tonya' shine as the box office prepares for 'The Last Jedi'

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  • With Hollywood studios bracing for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" opening next weekend, independent films are benefiting at the box office.
  • "I, Tonya" had an impressive opening weekend.
  • Movies like "The Disaster Artist" and "Lady Bird" continue to preform well as they expand to more theaters.


Another week passes, and it's another one where "Coco" tops the domestic box office.

With its estimated $19 million take over the weekend, according to The Wrap, that makes three straight weekends the latest Disney/Pixar title has been No. 1.

Why has it been such an easy road to dominance? Because all the other studios are taking a breath until another Disney title, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," comes in and takes the torch from "Coco" and dominates the box office (likely for the rest of 2017).

As the studios see it, why release one of their big titles these past two weekends and spend millions on marketing when it's likely just going to suffer the buzz saw that is a new "Star Wars" movie? That's allowed independent movies to sneak in and attract audiences.

It's a perfect time as many are hoping to get recognition on Monday morning when Golden Globes nominations are announced, which will only lead to more interest in the weeks to come.

Neon/30WEST's "I, Tonya," an unconventionally told biopic focused on the life of infamous figure skater Tonya Harding, opened on four screens this weekend and scored an impressive $245,000. That's a $61,000 per-screen average.

With the movie's star Tonya Harding likely to get a Golden Globes nomination (and maybe even an Oscar), Neon/30WEST has a title that more and more audiences will check out as the film expands its release in the weeks to come.

the shape of water fox searchlightSame with Fox Searchlight's "The Shape of Water." Guillermo del Toro's unique love story was on 41 screens this weekend and earned $1.1 million (a $26,000 per-screen average). It was only on two screens last weekend.

And A24 had two titles crack the top 10 this weekend. "The Disaster Artist" went from 19 screens last weekend to 840(!) this weekend, and it proved to be the right move.

James Franco's funny and touching behind-the-scenes look at the making of "The Room," regarded as one of the worst movies ever made, took in $6.4 million to take fourth place.

"The Disaster Artist" came in second behind "Coco" in the Friday estimates, earning $2.6 million ("Coco" made $4.3 million). The movie was made for $10 million.

And Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird" came in ninth place with $3.5 million  ($22 million lifetime total) and continues to be one of the feel good titles of the holiday season. The movie is now in over 1,500 theaters. This is another title that will only see its box office numbers increase with likely Golden Globes and other major award nominations to follow.

Studio titles took home second and third place this weekend, with "Justice League" and "Wonder," respectively. "Justice League" took in $9.6 million, putting its domestic total to $212 million. "Wonder" continues to be the little engine that could, earning $8.5 million to put its total over $100 million.

Hollywood is desperate for a home run at the box office, and that will come next weekend with the release of "The Last Jedi."

The only question is: How high will that opening number be?

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Sinking NFL viewership is threatening to crush ad sales

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  • TV ratings for the National Football League have declined in each of the past two seasons.
  • RBC Capital Markets says that this is going to hurt ad sales as investors shy away in an increasingly competitive landscape.


When it comes to TV ratings, the National Football League needs a Hail Mary.

Average game viewership has fallen to 15 million this season, down from 16.5 million last year, and the lowest since 2008, according to data compiled by RBC Capital Markets.

The firm also finds that the league's audience is down on a year-over-year basis, and notes that it hasn't seen meaningful growth since 2013, when the measure climbed 5%. RBC says this has had an adverse effect on how advertisers view the prospect of buying time slots during NFL games.

"The sustained decline is what worries investors about media's willingness to offload the NFL's monetization risk," analyst Steven Cahall wrote in a client note.

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RBC says possible reasons for the ratings skid include player protests, the NFL's ongoing concussion controversy, competition from politics, increased offerings from cable and entertainment providers, and an oversaturation of games. And there's also what Cahall considers to be the most obvious explanation:

"When a Sunday or Monday Night game is 42-7 late in the 3rd quarter, the viewer may now opt to catch up on Stranger Things or Billions instead of watching through to the end," he said. " Five or ten years ago, an unexciting 4th quarter might still have been the best thing on TV."

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The 10 biggest box-office bombs of 2017

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It's time to look back on 2017 and see what happened at the multiplex. And for some titles it wasn't pretty.

Though 2017 found some success stories — like the early-year releases "Get Out" and "Split" from Blumhouse, the fall favorite "It," and presumably "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" when it comes out in mid-December — numerous titles were dead on arrival.

For every "Beauty and the Beast" and "Wonder Woman" in 2017, there was a dud like "CHiPs" and "mother!" that quickly followed.

Here are the 10 worst box-office earners of the year (compare them to our list from the halfway point).

Note: This selection is limited to only those titles released by the six major studios that have played in more than 2,000 screens for at least two weekends. Grosses below are all US earnings from Box Office Mojo.

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10. "The House" — $25.5 million

Reported budget: $40 million 

(Note: Production budgets are estimates and do not include expenses for marketing and release.)



9. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" — $20.7 million

Reported budget: $22 million



8. "CHiPs" — $18.6 million

Reported budget: $25 million



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