Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars bombs at the box office. Here's what that tells us about what audiences want

The Dog Stars, 20th Century Fox's post-apocalypse blockbuster blunder, bombed at the box office, earning just $19.3M US on an estimated $80 million US budget. It was one of the most underwhelming opening weekends for a mainstream Hollywood release in a year that hasn't exactly been short on disappointing films.