List of U.S. and Canadian box office bombs
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The following is a partial list of U.S. and Canadian box office bombs.
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[edit] Domestic box office
The domestic box office is the U.S. and Canada box office combined and is the "domestic" market in Hollywood terms. All grosses published reflect domestic earnings, i.e., United States and Canada, unless otherwise noted.[1] Hollywood distribution considers the U.S. and Canada as one ' domestic' market. Movies released in the U.S. are released in Canada on the same day and the box office receipts are combined.[2][3]
Foreign films often qualify as U.S. box office bombs although their international distribution makes it possible to recoup production and marketing costs, and so should generally be excluded. For example, the film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the US box office revenue of $2,208,939 only accounted for 3.7% of the costs, while worldwide revenues of $100 million accounted for approximately 170% of those costs.
[edit] The size of a bomb in terms of net loss sustained or by loss percentage
The size of a box office bomb can be determined by either the net loss sustained, or by a loss percentage (1 - gross revenue/production costs). By using the latter, the biggest U.S. box office bomb listed below is Zyzzyx Road (2006) with a loss percentage of 99.9985% of production costs. [4]. The biggest box office bomb in terms of dollars spent that were not recouped is Alexander with a loss of $120,702,809.
[edit] List of box office bombs
- Films with a U.S. gross less than 10% of budget are highlighted in yellow. Lowest on record highlighted in red.
| Title | Year | Budget | U.S. Gross | % of budget | Net loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Good Year | 2006 | $35,000,000 | $7,459,300 | 21.3% | $27,540,700 |
| A Simple Wish | 1997 | $28,000,000 | $8,345,056 | 29.8% | $19,654,944 |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen[5] | 1989 | $46,000,000 | $8,083,123 | 17.6% | $37,916,877 |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash[6] | 2002 | $100,000,000 | $4,411,102 | 4.4% | $95,588,898 |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | 2000 | $76,000,000 | $26,005,820 | 34.2% | $49,994,180 |
| The Alamo[7] | 2004 | $107,000,000 | $22,414,961 | 20.9% | $84,585,039 |
| An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | 1998 | $10,000,000 | $45,779 | 0.5% | $9,954,221 |
| Albino Alligator | 1997 | $5,000,000 | $353,480 | 7.1% | $4,646,520 |
| All the King's Men[8] | 2006 | $55,000,000 | $7,221,458 | 13.1% | $47,778,542 |
| All the Pretty Horses | 2001 | $57,000,000 | $15,540,353 | 27.3% | $41,459,647 |
| All the Queen's Men | 2001 | $25,000,000 | $22,723 | 0.08% | $24,977,277 |
| Alexander[9] | 2004 | $155,000,000 | $34,297,191 | 22.1% | $120,702,809 |
| Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | 2006 | $40,000,000 | $659,210 | 1.6% | |
| Ali[10] | 2001 | $107,000,000 | $58,203,105 | 54.4% | $48,796,895 |
| Alone in the Dark | 2005 | $20,000,000 | $5,178,169 | 28.9% | $14,821,831 |
| An American Carol | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $7,003,000 | 35.0% | $12,997,000 |
| American Teen | 2008 | $5,000,000 | $942,441 | 18.8% | $4,057,559 |
| Angela's Ashes | 1999 | $25,000,000 | $13,038,660 | 52.2% | $11,961,340 |
| Anna and the King | 1999 | $75,000,000 | $39,251,128 | 52.3% | |
| Around the World in 80 Days[11] | 2004 | $110,000,000 | $24,008,137 | 21.8% | $85,991,863 |
| Arthur and the Invisibles[12] | 2006 | $86,000,000 | $15,132,763 | 17.6% | $70,867,237 |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | 2007 | $30,000,000 | $3,909,149 | 13.03% | |
| The Astronaut's Wife | 1999 | $34,000,000 | $10,672,566 | 31.4% | |
| At First Sight | 1999 | $60,000,000 | $22,365,133 | 37.3% | |
| Australia | 2008 | $130,000,000 | $49,554,002 | 38.1% | $80,445,998 |
| The Avengers[13] | 1998 | $60,000,000 | $23,322,832 | 38.9% | |
| Babe: Pig in the City | 1998 | $90,000,000 | $18,314,860 | 20.4% | $71,685,140 |
| Babylon A.D. | 2008 | $70,000,000 | $22,428,771 | 32.04% | |
| Baby's Day Out | 1994 | $50,000,000 | $16,581,575 | 33.2% | |
| The Bachelor | 1999 | $51,000,000 | $21,760,240 | 42.7% | |
| Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever[14] | 2002 | $70,000,000 | $14,294,842 | 20.4% | |
| Bangkok Dangerous | 2008 | $45,000,000 | $15,298,133 | 34.0% | |
| Barb Wire | 1996 | $23,000,000 | $3,793,614 | 16.5% | |
| Basic Instinct 2[15] | 2006 | $70,000,000 | $5,946,136 | 8.5% | |
| Battle in Seattle | 2008 | $8,000,000 | $224,169 | 2.8% | |
| Battlefield Earth[16] | 2000 | $73,000,000 | $21,471,685 | 29.4% | |
| Be Kind Rewind | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $11,175,164 | 55.9% | |
| Bee Season[17] | 2005 | $14,000,000 | $1,180,560 | 8.4% | |
| Being Human | 1994 | $40,000,000 | $1,519,366 | 3.8% | |
| Beloved[18] | 1998 | $80,000,000 | $22,852,487 | 28.6% | |
| Beyond Borders | 2003 | $35,000,000 | $4,426,297 | 12.6% | $30,573,703 |
| Bicentennial Man | 1999 | $100,000,000 | $58,223,861 | 58.2% | $41,776,139 |
| Birth | 2004 | $20,000,000 | $5,095,038 | 25.4% | $14,904,962 |
| The Black Cauldron | 1985 | $44,000,000 | $21,288,692 | 48.4% | $22,711,308 |
| The Black Dahlia[19] | 2006 | $50,000,000 | $22,545,080 | 45.1% | |
| Blindness | 2008 | $25,000,000 | $3,351,751 | 13.6% | |
| Blonde and Blonder | 2008 | $8,000,000 | $42,183 | 5.3% | |
| Blonde Ambition[20] | 2007 | $10,000,000 | $6,422 | 0.06% | |
| Blood and Chocolate | 2007 | $15,000,000 | $3,526,588 | 23.5% | |
| Blood and Wine | 1997 | $26,000,000 | $1,083,350 | 4.2% | |
| The Blood of Heroes | 1990 | $7,700,000 | $882,290 | 11.5% | |
| Bloodrayne[21] | 2006 | $25,000,000 | $2,405,420 | 9.6% | |
| Body of Evidence[22] | 1993 | $30,000,000 | $13,273,595 | 44.2% | |
| Body of Lies | 2008 | $70,000,000 | $39,189,913 | 55.9% | |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities[23] | 1990 | $47,000,000 | $15,691,192 | 33.4% | |
| Bound By Honor | 1993 | $35,000,000 | $4,496,583 | 12.8% | |
| Bogus | 1996 | $32,000,000 | $4,357,406 | 13.6% | |
| Bottle Rocket | 1996 | $7,000,000 | $407,488 | 5.8% | |
| Breakfast of Champions | 1999 | $12,000,000 | $178,287 | 1.5% | |
| Brideshead Revisited | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $6,432,256 | 32.2% | |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey[24] | 2005 | $24,000,000 | $49,981 | 0.2% | |
| Bringing Out the Dead | 1999 | $55,000,000 | $16,797,191 | 30.5% | |
| Bully | 2001 | $21,000,000 | $480,811 | 2.3% | |
| Canadian Bacon | 1995 | $11,000,000 | $163,971 | 1.4% | |
| Can't Stop the Music | 1980 | $20,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 10.0% | |
| Cassandra's Dream | 2008 | $15,000,000 | $973,018 | 6.5% | |
| Cat People | 1982 | $18,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 38.9% | |
| Cats Don't Dance | 1997 | $60,000,000 | $3,566,637 | 5.9% | $56,433,363 |
| Catwoman | 2004 | $100,000,000 | $40,202,379 | 40.2% | |
| The Caveman's Valentine | 2001 | $13,500,000 | $687,194 | 5.1% | |
| Celebrity | 1998 | $12,000,000 | $5,078,660 | 42.3% | |
| Chain Reaction | 1996 | $55,000,000 | $21,226,204 | 38.6% | |
| Chairman of the Board | 1998 | $10,000,000 | $306,715 | 3.1% | |
| Chapter 27 | 2008 | CAD 5,000,000 | $56,215 | 1.12% | |
| Charlie Bartlett | 2008 | $12,000,000 | $3,950,984 | 33.3% | |
| Chasing Liberty | 2004 | $23,000,000 | $12,195,626 | 53% | |
| Chill Factor | 1999 | $34,000,000 | $11,263,966 | 33.1% | |
| City of Ember | 2008 | $55,000,000 | $7,823,153 | 14.2% | |
| City Hall | 1996 | $40,000,000 | $20,278,055 | 50.7% | |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | $44,000,000 | $26,000,000 | 59.1% | |
| Code Name: The Cleaner | 2007 | $20,000,000 | $8,135,024 | 40.7% | |
| Color of Night | 1994 | $40,000,000 | $19,726,050 | 49.3% | |
| The Condemned | 2007 | $23,000,000 | $7,327,940 | 31.8% | |
| Connie and Carla | 2004 | $27,000,000 | $8,085,771 | 29.9% | |
| Cool as Ice | 1991 | $6,000,000 | $1,193,062 | 19.8% | |
| The Core | 2003 | $74,000,000 | $31,111,260 | 41.8% | |
| The Corruptor | 1999 | $25,000,000 | $15,164,492 | 60.7% | |
| The Cotton Club | 1984 | $58,000,000 | $25,928,721 | 44.7% | $32,071,279 |
| The Country Bears | 2002 | $35,000,000 | $16,990,825 | 48.5% | $18,009,175 |
| Cradle Will Rock | 1999 | $32,000,000 | $2,899,970 | 8.7% | |
| Crazy in Alabama | 1999 | $15,000,000 | $1,954,202 | 13.0% | |
| Cutthroat Island | 1995 | $92,000,000 | $10,017,322 | 10.8% | |
| Crash | 1996 | $10,000,000 | $3,357,324 | 33.6% | |
| Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | 1998 | $2,300,000 | $574,838 | 25.0% | |
| Dante's Peak | 1997 | $115,000,000 | $67,163,857 | 58.4% | |
| Dark City | 1998 | $27,000,000 | $14,435,076 | 53.5% | |
| Daylight | 1996 | $80,000,000 | $32,885,565 | 40% | |
| Death Defying Acts | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $5,665 | 0.03% | |
| Death to Smoochy | 2002 | $50,000,000 | $8,364,691 | 16.7% | |
| Deception | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $4,948,835 | 24.7% | |
| The Deep End of the Ocean | 1999 | $40,000,000 | $13,508,635 | 33.8% | |
| Deep Rising | 1998 | $45,000,000 | $11,203,026 | 24.9% | |
| Delgo[25] | 2008 | $40,000,000 | $694,782 | 1.7% | $39,305,218 |
| Desert Blue | 1999 | $5,000,000 | $99,147 | 2.0% | |
| Detroit Rock City | 1999 | $16,000,000 | $4,217,115 | 26.4% | |
| The Devil's Own | 1997 | $90,000,000 | $42,885,593 | 47.7% | |
| Dick | 1999 | $13,000,000 | $6,241,697 | 48% | |
| Dirty[26] | 2006 | $3,000,000 | $274,245 | 9.1% | |
| Dirty Love | 2005 | $9,000,000 | $36,099 | 0.4% | |
| A Dirty Shame | 2004 | $15,000,000 | $1,339,668 | 8.9% | |
| Disaster Movie | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $14,309,628 | 71% | |
| Domino | 2005 | $50,000,000 | $10,169,202 | 20.3% | |
| Doogal[27] | 2006 | $20,000,000 | $7,417,319 | 37.1% | $12,582,681 |
| Doom | 2005 | $60,000,000 | $28,212,337 | 47.02% | |
| Dragonfly | 2002 | $75,000,000 | $30,063,805 | 40% | |
| D-Tox | 2002 | $55,000,000 | $79,161 | 0.14% | |
| Driven | 2001 | $72,000,000 | $32,616,869 | 44% | |
| Dudley Do-Right | 1999 | $70,000,000 | $9,974,410 | 14.2% | $60,025,590 |
| Duplex | 2003 | $40,000,000 | $9,652,000 | 24.1% | |
| D-War | 2007 | $75,000,000 | $10,616,869 | 14.2% | |
| EDtv | 1999 | $80,000,000 | $21,431,897 | 28.0% | |
| Ed Wood | 1994 | $18,000,000 | $5,887,457 | 32.7% | |
| Elegy | 2008 | $13,000,000 | $3,581,642 | 27.6% | |
| The End of the Affair | 1999 | $23,000,000 | $10,660,147 | 46.3% | |
| Escape from L.A. | 1996 | $50,000,000 | $25,426,861 | 50.9% | |
| Event Horizon | 1997 | $60,000,000 | $26,673,242 | 44.5% | |
| eXistenZ | 1999 | $20,700,000 | $2,840,417 | 13.7% | |
| The Express | 2008 | $40,000,000 | $9,643,725 | 24.1% | |
| Extreme Measures | 1996 | $38,000,000 | $17,378,193 | 45.7% | |
| Extreme Ops | 2002 | $40,000,000 | $4,835,968 | 12.1% | |
| Eye of the Beholder | 2000 | $35,000,000 | $16,500,786 | 47.1% | |
| Fair Game | 1995 | $50,000,000 | $11,497,497 | 23.0% | |
| Faithful | 1996 | $13,000,000 | $2,104,439 | 16.2% | |
| Father's Day | 1997 | $85,000,000 | $28,598,376 | 34% | $56,401,624 |
| Femme Fatale | 2002 | $35,000,000 | $6,630,252 | 18.9% | |
| Fever Pitch | 1985 | $8,000,000 | $618,847 | ||
| Fierce People | 2007 | $8,000,000 | $85,410 | 1.1% | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | 2001 | $137,000,000 | $32,131,830 | 23.3% | $104,868,170 |
| Fire Down Below | 1997 | $42,000,000 | $16,228,448 | 38.6% | |
| First Knight | 1995 | $75,000,000 | $37,361,412 | 49.8% | |
| Flash of Genius | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $4,295,905 | 21.5% | |
| Flawless | 1999 | $27,000,000 | $4,485,485 | 16.6% | |
| Flawless | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $1,198,612 | 6% | |
| Fled | 1996 | $30,000,000 | $17,192,205 | 57.3% | |
| Flight of the Intruder | 1991 | $35,000,000 | $14,471,440 | 41.3% | |
| Fly Me to the Moon | 2008 | $27,000,000 | $12,413,329 | 50.0% | $14,586,671 |
| Flyboys | 2006 | $60,000,000 | $13,082,288 | 21.8% | |
| Forces of Nature | 1999 | $75,000,000 | $52,888,180 | 70.5% | |
| Formula 51 | 2002 | $27,000,000 | $5,204,007 | 19.3% | |
| The Fountain | 2006 | $35,000,000 | $10,144,010 | 28.9% | |
| The Four Feathers | 2002 | $80,000,000 | $18,306,166 | 22.5% | |
| Freaked | 1993 | $12,000,000 | $29,296 | 0.2% | |
| Freddy Got Fingered | 2001 | $15,000,000 | $7,098,549 | 49.8% | |
| From Justin to Kelly | 2003 | $12,000,000 | $4,922,166 | 41.6% | |
| The Funeral | 1996 | $12,500,000 | $1,212,799 | 10.1% | |
| The Game of Their Lives | 2005 | $20,000,000 | $375,750 | 1.9% | |
| Get Carter | 2000 | $63,600,000 | $14,967,182 | 23.5% | |
| Gettysburg | 1993 | $25,000,000 | $10,731,997 | 42.9% | |
| Ghosts of Mississippi | 1996 | $30,000,000 | $13,323,144 | 44.4% | |
| Gigli | 2003 | $54,000,000 | $6,087,542 | 11.3% | |
| Girl 6 | 1996 | $12,000,000 | $4,880,941 | 40.7% | |
| Glitter | 2001 | $22,000,000 | $4,273,372 | 18.1% | |
| The Glimmer Man | 1996 | $45,000,000 | $20,404,841 | 45.3% | |
| Gloria | 1999 | $30,000,000 | $4,167,493 | 13.9% | |
| The Golden Compass | 2007 | $180,000,000 | $70,107,728 | 38.9% | $109,892,272 |
| Gods and Generals | 2003 | $56,000,000 | $12,882,034 | 23% | |
| The Good German | 2006 | $32,000,000 | $1,308,696 | 4.0% | |
| Hamlet | 1996 | $18,000,000 | $4,708,156 | 26.2% | |
| Hamlet 2 | 2008 | $9,000,000 | $4,886,216 | 54.3% | |
| Happily N'Ever After | 2007 | $47,000,000 | $15,589,393 | 33.2% | $31,410,607 |
| Hard Rain | 1998 | $70,000,000 | $19,819,000 | 27.7% | |
| Harold | 2008 | $10,000,000 | $13,229 | 0.13% | |
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | 1991 | $23,000,000 | $7,018,525 | 30.5% | |
| Hart's War | 2002 | $70,000,000 | $19,076,815 | 27.2% | |
| Harvard Man | 2001 | $5,500,000 | $56,653 | 1.0% | $5,443,347 |
| Head | 1968 | $750,000 | $16,111 | 2.1% | |
| Heartbeeps | 1981 | $10,000,000 | $2,154,696 | 21.5% | |
| Heaven's Gate | 1980 | $44,000,000 | $3,484,331 | 7.9% | |
| Hero | 1992 | $42,000,000 | $19,487,173 | 46.4% | |
| The Hoax | 2007 | $25,000,000 | $7,164,995 | 28.7% | |
| Hollywood Ending | 2002 | $16,000,000 | $4,839,383 | 31.5% | |
| Holy Man[28] | 1998 | $60,000,000 | $12,069,719 | 20.1% | |
| Home Fries | 1998 | $35,000,000 | $10,459,961 | 29.9% | |
| Home On The Range | 2004 | $110,000,000 | $50,030,461 | 45.5% | $59,969,539 |
| Hoot | 2006 | $15,000,000 | $4,889,754 | 32.5% | $10,110,246 |
| The Hottie and the Nottie | 2008 | $9,000,000 | $27,696 | 0.3% | |
| The House of the Spirits | 1994 | $40,000,000 | $6,265,311 | 15.6% | |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | 2008 | $28,000,000 | $2,760,531 | 9.9% | |
| House of Wax | 2005 | $40,000,000 | $32,064,800 | ||
| Howard the Duck | 1986 | $30,000,000 | $16,295,136 | 53.3% | $13,704,864 |
| Hudson Hawk | 1991 | $65,000,000 | $17,218,080 | 26.1% | |
| The Hudsucker Proxy | 1994 | $25,000,000 | $2,816,518 | 11.3% | |
| Hurlyburly | 1998 | $15,000,000 | $1,798,862 | 12.0% | |
| The Ice Storm | 1997 | $18,000,000 | $7,885,782 | 43.8% | |
| Idiocracy | 2006 | $30,000,000 | $444,000 | 1.5% | |
| Idle Hands | 1999 | $25,000,000 | $4,023,741 | 26.8% | |
| I'll Be Home For Christmas | 1998 | $30,000,000 | $12,214,338 | 40.7% | $17,785,662 |
| Illuminata | 1999 | $10,000,000 | $836,641 | 8.4% | |
| Inchon | 1981 | $46,000,000 | $5,200,986 | 11.3% | |
| In Dreams | 1999 | $30,000,000 | $12,017,369 | 40.1% | |
| In Her Line of Fire | 2006 | $1,000,000 | $884 | 0.09% | $999,116 |
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | 2008 | $60,000,000 | $4,775,656 | 8.0% | $55,224,344 |
| The Insider | 1999 | $68,000,000 | $28,965,197 | 42.6% | |
| The Invasion | 2007 | $65,000,000 | $15,055,795 | 23.2% | |
| The Iron Giant | 1999 | $48,000,000 | $23,159,305 | 48.2% | $24,840,695 |
| Ishtar | 1987 | $55,000,000 | $14,375,181 | 35.9% | |
| The Island | 1980 | $22,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 45.5% | |
| The Island | 2005 | $122,200,000 | $35,799,026 | 29.2% | |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | 1996 | $40,000,000 | $27,663,982 | ||
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | 1998 | $65,000,000 | $40,002,112 | 61.5% | |
| Jack Frost | 1998 | $85,000,000 | $34,562,556 | 40.7% | |
| Jade | 1995 | $50,000,000 | $9,795,017 | 19.6% | |
| Jakob the Liar | 1999 | $15,000,000 | $4,956,401 | 33.0% | |
| Judge Dredd | 1995 | $90,000,000 | $34,694,000 | 38.5% | |
| The Juror | 1996 | $44,000,000 | $22,730,924 | 51.7% | |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | 2002 | $100,000,000 | $35,168,677 | 35.1% | |
| Kansas City | 1996 | $19,000,000 | $1,353,824 | 7.1% | |
| Kill Me Again | 1989 | $4,000,000 | $283,694 | 7.0% | |
| The King and I | 1999 | $25,000,000 | $11,993,021 | 48.0% | |
| Kiss of Death | 1995 | $40,000,000 | $14,942,422 | 37.4% | |
| King Arthur | 2004 | $90,000,000 | $51,882,244 | 57.6% | |
| Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | $130,000,000 | $47,396,698 | 36.5% | |
| Knock Off | 1998 | $33,000,000 | $10,319,915 | 31.3% | |
| Kundun | 1997 | $28,000,000 | $5,686,694 | 20.3% | |
| Lady in the Water | 2006 | $75,000,000 | $42,285,169 | 56.4% | |
| The Land Girls | 1998 | $8,000,000 | $146,083 | 1.8% | |
| Last Action Hero | 1993 | $85,000,000 | $50,016,394 | 58.8% | |
| The Last Castle | 2001 | $72,000,000 | $18,208,078 | 25.3% | |
| Last Man Standing | 1996 | $67,000,000 | $18,115,927 | 27.0% | |
| The Last Time I Committed Suicide | 1997 | $4,000,000 | $12,863 | 0.3% | |
| Laws of Attraction | 2004 | $32,000,000 | $17,871,255 | 55.9% | |
| Legend | 1985 | $30,000,000 | $15,502,112 | 50.5% | |
| The Legend of Bagger Vance | 2000 | $60,000,000 | $30,695,227 | 51.2% | |
| The Life Before Her Eyes | 2008 | $13,000,000 | $303,439 | 2.3% | |
| Lifeforce | 1985 | $25,000,000 | $11,603,545 | 46.4% | |
| Light It Up | 1999 | $13,000,000 | $5,985,690 | 46.0% | |
| Light Sleeper | 1992 | $5,000,000 | $1,050,861 | 21.0% | |
| Limbo | 1999 | $8,300,000 | $2,160,710 | 26.0% | |
| The Limey | 1999 | $10,000,000 | $3,204,663 | 32.0% | |
| Lions for Lambs | 2007 | $35,000,000 | $15,000,115 | 42.9% | |
| Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | 1992 | $35,000,000 | $1,368,000 | 3.9% | $33,632,000 |
| Little Nicky | 2000 | $80,000,000 | $39,442,871 | 49.7% | |
| Lolita | 1997 | $58,000,000 | $1,060,056 | 1.8% | |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | 1996 | $65,000,000 | $33,447,612 | 51.5% | |
| The Lookout | 2007 | $16,000,000 | $4,600,585 | 28.8% | |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | 2003 | $80,000,000 | $20,991,364 | 25.9% | $59,008,636 |
| Lords of Dogtown | 2005 | $25,000,000 | $11,273,517 | 45.1% | |
| The Loss of Sexual Innocence | 1999 | $4,000,000 | $399,793 | 10.0% | |
| Lost & Found | 1999 | $14,000,000 | $6,552,255 | 46.8% | |
| The Lost City | 2005 | $9,600,000 | $2,484,186 | 25.9% | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | 2000 | $13,000,000 | $299,792 | 2.3% | |
| The Love Guru | 2008 | $62,000,000 | $32,200,122 | 51.9% | |
| Lucky Numbers | 2000 | $65,000,000 | $10,014,234 | 15.4% | |
| The Lucky Ones | 2008 | $20,000,000 | $266,967 | 1.3% | |
| Lucky You | 2007 | $50,000,000 | $7,355,993 | 15% | |
| Mad City | 1997 [29] | $50,000,000 | $10,541,523 | 21.1% | |
| The Majestic | 2001 | $72,000,000 | $27,796,042 | 38.6% | |
| Manderlay[30] | 2006 | $14,200,000 | $78,378 | 0.6% | |
| March or Die | 1977 | $7,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 14.3% | |
| Marci X | 2003 | $20,000,000 | $1,648,818 | 8.2% | |
| Margot at the Wedding | 2007 | $10,000,000 | $2,012,086 | 20.1% | |
| Marie Antoinette | 2006 | $40,000,000 | $15,962,471 | 39.9% | $24,037,529 |
| Married Life | 2007 | $12,000,000 | $1,507,990 | 12.6% | $10,492,010 |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | $70,000,000 | $37,754,208 | 53.9% | |
| Mary Reilly | 1996 | $47,000,000 | $5,707,094 | 12.1% | |
| Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | 1994 | $45,000,000 | $22,006,296 | 48.9% | |
| Maximum Risk | 1996 | $25,000,000 | $14,102,129 | 56.4% | |
| Meet Joe Black | 1998 | $90,000,000 | $44,606,335 | 49.6% | |
| McHale's Navy | 1997 | $42,000,000 | $4,408,420 | 10.5% | |
| Meet the Deedles | 1998 | $24,000,000 | $4,308,981 | 18.0% | $19,691,019 |
| Meet Dave | 2008 | $60,000,000 | $11,803,254 | 19.7% | $48,196,746 |
| Megaforce | 1982 | $20,000,000 | $5,675,599 | 28.4% | $14,324,401 |
| Memoirs of an Invisible Man | 1992 | $40,000,000 | $14,358,033 | 35.9% | |
| Mercury Rising | 1998 | $60,000,000 | $32,983,332 | 55.0% | |
| Message in a Bottle | 1999 | $80,000,000 | $52,880,016 | 66.1% | |
| The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | 1999 | $85,000,000 | $14,276,317 | 16.8% | |
| Michael Collins | 1996 | $28,000,000 | $11,092,559 | 39.6% | |
| Mighty Joe Young | 1998 | $90,000,000 | $50,632,037 | 56.3% | $39,367,963 |
| Miller's Crossing | 1990 | $14,000,000 | $5,080,409 | 36.3% | |
| Mini's First Time | 2006 | $6,000,000 | $49,034 | 0.8% | |
| Miracle at St. Anna | 2008 | $45,000,000 | $7,916,887 | 17.8% | |
| The Mod Squad | 1999 | $50,000,000 | $13,263,993 | 26.5% | |
| Molly | 1999 | $21,000,000 | $17,396 | 0.08% | |
| The Molly Maguires | 1970 | $11,000,000 | $1,100,000 | 10.0% | |
| Money Train | 1995 | $68,000,000 | $35,324,232 | 51.9% | |
| Monument Ave. | 1998 | $11,000,000 | $333,760 | 3.0% | |
| Moonlight Mile[31] | 2002 | $21,000,000 | $6,835,856 | 32.6% | |
| Mr. Bug Goes to Town | 1941 | $713,511 | $241,000 | 33.78% | |
| Mrs. Winterbourne | 1996 | $25,000,000 | $10,039,566 | 40.2% | |
| Multiplicity | 1996 | $45,000,000 | $20,133,326 | 44.7% | |
| Mumford | 1999 | $28,000,000 | $4,559,569 | 16.3% | |
| My Favorite Martian | 1999 | $65,000,000 | $36,850,101 | 56.7% | |
| Mystery, Alaska | 1999 | $28,000,000 | $8,890,140 | 31.8% | |
| My Big Fat Independent Movie | 2005 | $3,000,000 | $4,655[32] | 0.2% | |
| Naked Lunch | 1991 | $18,000,000 | $2,641,357 | 14.7% | |
| The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | 1991 | $36,000,000 | $17,373,527 | 48.3% | $18,626,473 |
| New York Minute | 2004 | $30,000,000 | $14,045,006 | 46.8% | $15,954,994 |
| Newsies | 1992 | $15,000,000 | $2,819,485 | 18.8% | $12,180,515 |
| The Next Best Thing[33] | 2000 | $25,000,000 | $14,990,582 | 59.9% | |
| No Good Deed | 2003 | $12,000,000 | $181,600 | 1.5% | |
| Nomad | 2007 | $40,000,000 | $79,123 | 0.2% | |
| North | 1994 | $40,000,000 | $7,138,449 | 17.8% | |
| Nothing But Trouble | 1991 | $40,000,000 | $8,479,793 | 21.2% | |
| The Oh in Ohio | 2006 | $5,000,000 | $418,689 | 8.3% | |
| Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 | $30,000,000 | $5,321,508 | 17.7% | |
| One Night Stand | 1997 | $24,000,000 | $2,618,335 | 10.9% | |
| Osmosis Jones | 2001 | $75,000,000 | $13,596,911 | 17.1% | $61,403,089 |
| Party Monster | 2003 | $5,000,000 | $742,898 | 14.8% | $4,257,102 |
| Passengers | 2008 | $25,000,000 | $292,437 | 1.2% | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin | 1995 | $28,000,000 | $3,983,912 | 14.23% | $24,016,088 |
| Peter Pan | 2003 | $140,000,000 | $48,462,608 | 30.7% | $91,537,392 |
| Pirates | 1986 | $40,000,000 | $1,641,825 | 4.1% | |
| Poseidon | 2006 | $160,000,000 | $60,674,817 | 37.9% | $99,325,183 |
| The Postman | 1997 | $80,000,000 | $17,593,391 | 22% | |
| The Producers | 2005 | $40,000,000 | $19,398,532 | 43.1% | $25,601,468 |
| The Promotion | 2008 | $8,000,000 | $408,709 | 5.1% | |
| Psycho | 1998 | $60,000,000 | $21,456,130 | 35.8% | |
| Punisher: War Zone | 2008 | $35,000,000 | $8,050,977 | 23% | |
| Quest for Camelot | 1998 | $40,000,000 | $22,717,758 | 56.8% | $17,282,242 |
| Raise the Titanic![34] | 1980 | $36,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 19.4% | |
| Ravenous | 1980 | $12,000,000 | $2,062,405 | 17.2% | |
| The Real Cancun | 2003 | $7,500,000 | $3,825,421 | 51.0% | |
| Redline | 2007 | $26,000,000 | $6,881,022 | 26.5% | |
| Red Planet | 2000 | $75,000,000 | $17,473,245 | 23.3% | |
| Repo! The Genetic Opera | 2008 | $8,500,000 | $146,750 | 1.7% | |
| Return To Oz | 1985 | $25,000,000 | $11,137,801 | 44.6% | $13,862,199 |
| Revolution | 1985 | $28,000,000 | $359,000 | ||
| Ride with the Devil | 1999 | $35,000,000 | $630,779 | 1.8% | |
| Ringmaster | 1998 | $20,000,000 | $9,257,103 | 46.3% | |
| Roar | 1981 | $17,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 11.8% | |
| RoboCop 3 | 1993 | $22,000,000 | $10,696,210 | 48.6% | |
| Rock & Rule | 1983 | $8,000,000 | $30,379 | 0.4% | $7,969,621 |
| Rock Star | 2001 | $57,000,000 | $17,008,282 | 29.8% | $39,991,718 |
| The Rocker | 2008 | $15,000,000 | $6,409,528 | 42.7% | |
| Rollerball | 2002 | $70,000,000 | $18,990,542 | 27.1% | |
| Salvador | 1986 | $4,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 33.3% | |
| Santa Claus: The Movie | 1985 | $50,000,000 | $23,717,291 | 47.4% | $26,282,709 |
| Say It Isn't So | 2001 | $25,000,000 | $5,520,393 | 22.0% | $19,479,607 |
| The Scarlet Letter | 1995 | $50,000,000 | $10,382,407 | 20.8% | |
| Scorched | 2003 | $7,000,000 | $8,000 | 0.1% | |
| Screamers | 1995 | $20,000,000 | $5,711,695 | 28.6% | |
| September Dawn[35] | 2007 | $11,000,000 | $1,066,555 | 9.7% | |
| Sex Drive | 2008 | $19,000,000 | $8,402,485 | 44.2% | |
| Shade | 2003 | $10,000,000 | $25,032 | 0.25% | |
| Shanghai Surprise | 1986 | $17,000,000 | $2,315,683 | 13.6% | |
| Shining Through | 1992 | $56,000,000 | $21,633,781 | 38.6% | |
| Shoot 'Em Up | 2007 | $40,000,000 | $12,807,139 | 32.0% | |
| Showgirls | 1995 | $45,000,000 | $20,302,961 | 45.1% | |
| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | 2000 | $30,000,000 | $29,245 | 0.1% | |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | 2003 | $60,000,000 | $26,483,452 | 44.1% | $33,516,548 |
| The 6th Day | 2000 | $82,000,000 | $34,543,700 | 42.1% | |
| Slither | 2006 | $29,500,000 | $7,802,450 | 26.4% | |
| Slow Burn | 2007 | $15,500,000 | $1,237,615 | 7.9% | |
| Snoopy Come Home | 1972 | $1,000,000 | $245,073 | 24.5% | $754,927 |
| Solaris | 2002 | $47,000,000 | $14,970,038 | 31.9% | |
| Soldier | 1998 | $75,000,000 | $14,623,082 | 19.5% | |
| The Soloist | 2009 | $60,000,000 | $30,000,000 | 50.0% | |
| Son of the Mask | 2005 | $84,000,000 | $17,018,422 | 20.26% | $66,981,578 |
| Sorcerer | 1977 | $22,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 45.5% | |
| A Sound of Thunder | 2005 | $80,000,000 | $1,900,451 | 2.4% | |
| Southland Tales | 2007 | $15,000,000 | $275,380 | 1.8% | |
| Speed 2: Cruise Control | 1997 | $110,000,000 | $48,608,066 | 43.7% | |
| Speed Racer | 2008 | $120,000,000 | $43,945,766 | 36.6% | $76,054,234 |
| Stardust | 2007 | $70,000,000 | $38,634,938 | 55.2% | |
| The Statement | 2003 | $27,000,000 | $765,637 | 2.8% | |
| Stay | 2005 | $50,000,000 | $3,626,883 | 7.3% | |
| Stop-Loss | 2008 | $25,000,000 | $10,911,750 | 43.6% | |
| Stealth | 2005 | $138,000,000 | $31,704,416 | 23.0% | |
| Steel | 1997 | $16,000,000 | $1,710,972 | 10.7% | |
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | 2009 | $60,000,000 | $10,854,228 | 18.1% | $49,145,772 |
| Striptease | 1996 | $50,000,000 | $33,109,743 | ||
| The Stupids | 1996 | $25,000,000 | $2,415,593 | 9.7% | |
| Stuart Saves His Family | 1995 | $15,000,000 | $911,310 | 6.1% | |
| Super Mario Bros. | 1993 | $42,000,000 | $20,915,465 | 49.8% | $21,084,535 |
| Surfer, Dude | 2008 | $6,000,000 | $52,132 | 0.9% | |
| Swept Away | 2002 | $10,000,000 | $598,645 | 6.0% | |
| Synecdoche, New York | 2008 | $12,400,000 | $2,545,000 | 20.5% | |
| Tall Tale | 1995 | $32,000,000 | $8,247,627 | 25.7% | $23,752,373 |
| Terminal Velocity[36] | 1994 | $50,000,000 | $16,478,900 | 32.9% | |
| Thirteen Days | 2000 | $80,000,000 | $34,566,746 | 43.2% | |
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | 2001 | $62,000,000 | $15,738,632 | 25.4% | |
| The 13th Warrior | 1999 | $85,000,000 | $32,694,788 | 38.5% | |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | 2005 | $15,000,000 | $5,027,684 | 33.5% | |
| Thumbelina | 1994 | $28,000,000 | $11,373,501 | 40.62% | $16,626,499 |
| Thunderbirds | 2004 | $57,000,000 | $6,880,917 | 12.1% | $50,119,083 |
| Titan A.E. | 2000 | $75,000,000 | $22,753,426 | 30.3% | $52,246,574 |
| Tough Guys Don't Dance | 1987 | $5,000,000 | $858,250 | ||
| Town & Country | 2001 | $90,000,000 | $6,810,050 | 7.6% | |
| Treasure Planet | 2002 | $140,000,000 | $38,176,783 | 34.8% | $101,823,217 |
| A Troll in Central Park | 1994 | $23,000,000 | $71,368 | 0.31% | $22,928,632 |
| True Crime | 1999 | $55,000,000 | $16,649,768 | 30.3% | |
| U Turn | 1997 | $19,000,000 | $6,633,400 | 34.9% | |
| Undiscovered | 2005 | $9,000,000 | $1,069,318 | 11.9% | |
| Unknown | 2006 | $3,700,000 | $24,686 | 6.7% | |
| Until the End of the World | 1991 | $23,000,000 | $829,625 | 3.6% | |
| Vampire's Kiss | 1989 | $2,000,000 | $725,131 | 36.3% | |
| Virus | 1999 | $75,000,000 | $14,036,005 | 18.7% | |
| Volcano | 1997 | $90,000,000 | $49,323,468 | 54.8% | |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 2007 | $35,000,000 | $18,317,151 | 52.3% | |
| War, Inc. | 2008 | $5,000,000 | $580,862 | 11.6% | $4,419,138 |
| Waterloo | 1970 | $25,000,000 | $1,400,000 | 5.6% | $23,600,000 |
| Waterworld | 1995 | $175,000,000 | $88,246,220 | 50.4% | $86,753,780 |
| Welcome to Mooseport | 2004 | $26,000,000 | $14,470,947 | 55.7% | $11,529,053 |
| What Just Happened | 2008 | $25,000,000 | $1,090,947 | 4.4% | $23,909,053 |
| The Whole Ten Yards | 2004 | $40,000,000 | $16,323,969 | 40.8% | |
| The Wicker Man | 2006 | $40,000,000 | $23,649,127 | 59.1% | |
| Wimbledon | 2004 | $31,000,000 | $17,001,133 | 54.8% | |
| Windtalkers | 2001 | $115,000,000 | $40,911,830 | 35.6% | |
| Wing Commander | 1999 | $30,000,000 | $11,576,087 | 38.6% | |
| Without Limits | 1998 | $25,000,000 | $770,000 | 3.1% | |
| The Wiz | 1978 | $24,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 54.2% | $11,000,000 |
| The World's Fastest Indian | 2005 | $25,000,000 | $5,128,124 | 20.5% | |
| Wyatt Earp | 1994 | $63,000,000 | $25,052,000 | 39.8% | |
| Veronica Guerin | 2003 | $17,000,000 | $1,571,504 | 16.6% | |
| Very Bad Things | 1998 | $30,000,000 | $9,898,412 | 33.0% | |
| Wah-Wah | 2005 | $7,000,000 | $234,750 | 3.4% | $6,765,250 |
| xXx: State of the Union | 2005 | $60,000,000 | $26,873,932 | 44.8% | |
| The Yards | 2000 | $20,000,000 | $882,710 | 4.4% | |
| Yes | 2005 | $1,700,000 | $396,035 | 23.3% | |
| Young Adam | 2004 | $6,400,000 | $767,373 | 12.0% | |
| Zabriskie Point | 1970 | $7,000,000 | $900,000 | 12.9% | |
| Zathura | 2005 | $65,000,000 | $28,045,540 | 43.1% | $36,954,460 |
| Zero Effect | 1998 | $5,000,000 | $2,080,693 | 41.6% | |
| Zodiac | 2007 | $65,000,000 | $33,080,083 | 50.9% | |
| Zoom | 2006 | $30,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 34.3% | $18,000,000 |
| Zyzzyx Road | 2006 | $2,000,000 | $30 | 0.000015% | $1,999,970 |
[edit] References
- ^ Box Office Mojo Key Terminology
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Zyzzyx Rd. (2006) - Box office / business
- ^ The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
- ^ The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
- ^ The Alamo (2004) (2004)
- ^ All the King's Men (2006)
- ^ Alexander (2004)
- ^ Ali (2001)
- ^ Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- ^ Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
- ^ The Avengers (1998)
- ^ Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
- ^ Basic Instinct 2 - Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information - The Numbers
- ^ Battlefield Earth (2000)
- ^ Bee Season (2005)
- ^ Beloved (1998)
- ^ The Black Dahlia (2006)
- ^ Blonde Ambition Box Office/Business
- ^ BloodRayne (2006)
- ^ Body of Evidence (1993)
- ^ The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
- ^ The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2005)
- ^ "Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. Face Bomb-Making Charges For 'Delgo'". Defamer. http://defamer.com/5110616/jennifer-love-hewitt-freddie-prinze-jr-face-bomb+making-charges-for-delgo. Retrieved on 2008-12-15.
- ^ Dirty (2006)
- ^ Doogal (2006)
- ^ Holy Man (1998)
- ^ Mad City (1997) - Box office / business
- ^ Manderlay (2006)
- ^ Moonlight Mile (2002)
- ^ My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
- ^ The Next Best Thing (2000)
- ^ Raise the Titanic (1980) - Box office / business
- ^ September Dawn (2007)
- ^ Terminal Velocity (1994) - Box office / business
[edit] See also
- List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada
- Blockbuster motion picture
- Films considered the worst ever
[edit] External links
- The Numbers - Movie Budgets, movie budgets page from The Numbers. Contains charts of biggest money-making and money-losing movies.
- Movies that were box office bombs - Boston.com
- 7 Film Failures That Killed Studios
- Movie Disasters: Historic Box Office Bombs
- GetBack.com: Biggest Film Flops and Fiascoes
- Biggest Box-Office Bombs of All Time - Inside Movies Blog

