"Flushed Away": DreamWorks' $100 Million Dump

Rats.

As the Wall Street Journal will report in tomorrow's paper, DreamWorks Animation's fourth quarter was plagued by the underperformance of the rodential adventure "Flushed Away" -- the film is a $109 million write-off that drowned the studio's last quarter, in a net loss of over $21 million.

It's a shame DreamWorks in stuck in the middle of a two-year deal with McDonald's; the rat-themed "Flushed" would have clearly been a better fit for Taco Bell.