how bad will it bomb?

A bigger bomb than Cats?
https://www.thewrap.com/robert-downey-jrs-dolittle-could-lose-100-million-at-box-office/

I didn't even know it had been released yet until I read about it on here.

Predicted $22m, actually $29½m, WW $57m.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2164295169/?ref_=bo_we_table_3

They've been redoing this for over fifty years, with disastrous results every time. What a pointless waste.

He should've just did another Sherlock Holmes movie and rake it in but nope, had to go the Disney route. The trailer music is great though.

It's actually outstripping expectations substantially and had a strong second weekend hold. It still is yet to be released in most major international markets. The few that has been released are performing well.

There is a lot of hysteria around this as Universal rarely makes films with 175 million budgets outside of the F&F franchise and usually run a smart, frugal and tight ship. Disney releases 2 or 3 monster bombs a year with price tags even higher than this and it's become their insane, new norm(which will really bite them this year). No one is used to seeing Universal fall into that silly trap.

Its massive!

WW $158,659,985

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Dolittle-starring-Robert-Downey-Jr-not-do-too-well-at-Box-Office-and-Rotten-Tomatoes-even-though-it-is-super-funny/answer/Jim-MacQ

A weak ad campaign that made it look like a Victorian-era rehash of the Eddie Murphy version, which was mostly comedians doing animal voices with lowbrow humor, a gag that gets thin really fast.

The Murphy version having degenerated into progressively worse and cheaper sequels until nobody wanted to look at them.

Lingering memories of how desperately boring the 1960s version with Rex Harrison was.

A general lack of familiarity with the Hugh Lofting books.

General disapproval of the books by people who do know them, on the basis of racism and an endorsement of colonialism.