Movies That Totally Tanked At The Box Office (15 pics)

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9 Oct, 2015 |
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The people who made these films had high hopes for them but when it came time to perform at the box office, they ended up becoming massive failures.

The Lone Ranger (2013)
Estimated Budget: $225 million
Gross: $149 million

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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Estimated Budget: $73 million
Gross: $29 million

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Cutthroat Island (1995)
Estimated Budget: $98 million
Gross: $10 million

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Gigli (2003) Estimated
Budget: $75 million
Gross: $7 million

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Ishtar (1987) Estimated
Budget: $55 million
Gross: $14.3 million

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Dudley Do-Right (1999)
Estimated Budget: $70 million
Gross: $9 million

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Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Estimated Budget: $44 million
Gross: $3.4 million

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Waterworld (1995)
Estimated Budget: $175 million
Gross: $88 million

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Catwoman (2005)
Estimated Budget: $100 million
Gross: $82 million

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Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Estimated Budget: $150 million
Gross: $38 million

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47 Ronin (2013)
Estimated Budget: $225 million
Gross: $150 million

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R.I.P.D. (2013) Estimated
Budget: $154 million
Gross: $78 million

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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Estimated Budget: $100 million
Gross: $7 million

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The Nutcracker in 3D (2010)
Estimated Budget: $90 million
Gross: $16 million

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Monkeybone (2001)
Estimated Budget: $75 million
Gross: $7 million

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№1 Author: Nick1090 (9 Oct 2015 03:36) Total user comments: 1257

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The lowest gross profit was $3.4 million. I wish I had only $3.4 million

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№2 Author: marrelli (9 Oct 2015 08:39) Total user comments: 0

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Quote: Nick1090

The lowest gross profit was $3.4 million. I wish I had only $3.4 million

I am going to go out on a limb and guess that is not gross profit and probably gross revenue which means the movie lost about $40m.

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№3 Author: Gumol (9 Oct 2015 09:03) Total user comments: 38

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With $100 million you can build medium size airport in Poland

The Lone Ranger (2013)
Estimated Budget: $225 million
WTF?! I must've been f-ing most expensive sand...

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№4 Author: MWarrior (9 Oct 2015 09:07) Total user comments: 1024

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Quote: Nick1090

The lowest gross profit was $3.4 million. I wish I had only $3.4 million

Yeah, but they lost 41 million!

And Waterworld is always called a "flop"for some reason, when it's not even close to being one. Here are the actual numbers:

Budget: $175 million
Total Gross: $264,218,220 M (not $88 M).

That's almost a $90 million dollar profit...

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=waterworld.htm

(The total gross is halfway down the page in that link- ignore the domestic gross at the top, which is the number they gave in this article)

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№5 Author: Aenerion (9 Oct 2015 09:51) Total user comments: 59

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No surprise with many of these attempts at movies.

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№6 Author: Maxid (9 Oct 2015 11:50) Total user comments: 694

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Uh-oh. Brendan Fraser was involved in two of these (#6 and #15.) Were there any other repeat performers?

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№7 Author: Aindy (9 Oct 2015 12:14) Total user comments: 2863

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Lone Ranger was an epic movie. Surprised me when i watched it.

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№8 Author: testererer (9 Oct 2015 13:23) Total user comments: 0

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keep in mind that for top blockbuster (like iceage, ironman, pirates of the caribbean and lone ranger) the marketing budget is like half of the total production budget.
= lone ranger pissed away 100M on commercials, adds and happy meal toys

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№9 Author: Dad (9 Oct 2015 14:04) Total user comments: 152

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Quote: Aindy

Lone Ranger was an epic movie. Surprised me when i watched it.

I torrented that bitch and could only sit through 30 minutes of it. And I want that half hour back.

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№10 Author: amcjau (9 Oct 2015 14:44) Total user comments: 885

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and what about john carter
Budget: $263,700,000
Gross: $73,058,679

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№11 Author: Tomaz86 (9 Oct 2015 14:45) Total user comments: 10834

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Alright.

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№12 Author: Phynix4 (9 Oct 2015 15:31) Total user comments: 5461

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the lone ranger was a flop because it sucked. Waterworld was decent, 47 Ronin was decent, but the rest were snoozers...

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№13 Author: flex (9 Oct 2015 19:23) Total user comments: 95

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Quote: MWarrior

Quote: Nick1090

The lowest gross profit was $3.4 million. I wish I had only $3.4 million

Yeah, but they lost 41 million!

And Waterworld is always called a "flop"for some reason, when it's not even close to being one. Here are the actual numbers:

Budget: $175 million
Total Gross: $264,218,220 M (not $88 M).

That's almost a $90 million dollar profit...

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=waterworld.htm

(The total gross is halfway down the page in that link- ignore the domestic gross at the top, which is the number they gave in this article)

As you can see in your link, those numbers are only based on grosses within USA... If they didn't ignored the rest of the world, all those movies made profits

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№14 Author: kiko (9 Oct 2015 20:30) Total user comments: 219

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woah

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№15 Author: Pete (9 Oct 2015 21:46) Total user comments: 0

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Quote: Phynix4

the lone ranger was a flop because it sucked. Waterworld was decent, 47 Ronin was decent, but the rest were snoozers...

...waterworkd was decent? What drugs are you on and where can I get some? That movie had more holes than a colander.

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№16 Author: joffenbaker (10 Oct 2015 00:38) Total user comments: 4968

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I thought Water World was an awesome movie

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№17 Author: MWarrior (10 Oct 2015 20:21) Total user comments: 1024

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Quote: flex

As you can see in your link, those numbers are only based on grosses within USA... If they didn't ignored the rest of the world, all those movies made profits

No, I checked all the others before I posted that, and they all reflect the total world-wide gross. None of them profited, other than Waterworld. And nobody ignored the rest of the world, AC (a European site) just made a mistake on the one.

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