The 10 biggest Box Office Bombs ever.

[Hosp]

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1. "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" (2002, Warner Bros.)
Budget: $90 million to $100 million
U.S. Box Office: $4.4 million

2. "Cutthroat Island" (1995, MGM/Carolco)
Budget: $100 million-plus
U.S. Box Office: $9.9 million

3. "Town & Country" (2001, New Line)
Budget: $85 million to $90 million
U.S. Box Office: $6.7 million

4. "The Postman" (1997, Warner Bros.)
Budget: $80 million to $100 million
U.S. Box Office: $17.6 million

5. "Heaven's Gate" (1980, United
Budget: $44 million
U.S. Box Office: $3 million

6. "Cleopatra" (1963, 20th Century Fox)
Budget: $44 million ($259 million today)
U.S. Box Office: $26 million ($153 million today)

7. "Inchon" (1981)/"Battlefield Earth" (2000, Warner Bros. Pictures)
Budget: $50 million/$73 million
U.S. Box Office: $1.9 million/$21.5 million

8. "Ishtar" (1987, Columbia)
Budget: $55 million
U.S. Box Office: $12.7 million

9. "Hudson Hawk" (1991, Columbia TriStar)
Budget: $60 million-plus
U.S. Box Office: $17.2 million

10. "Howard the Duck" (1986, Universal)
Budget: $37 million
U.S. Box Office: $16 million


Said of Pluto Nash:

The Plot: Eddie Murphy is a suave nightclub owner tussling with the mob. Oh yeah, it's the year 2087, and his bar is on the moon.

Turkey Trivia: "Nash," which had been in development since 1980, sat on the shelf for two years before crash-landing in theaters. Murphy refused to promote it, though we can hardly blame him. What could he say about a movie whose trailer begins, "Somewhere between Earth and Uranus, you'll find Pluto Nash"?

What the Critics Said: "Eddie Murphy delivers his lines with that weirdly relaxed, fake-enthusiastic bonhomie that telegraphs, just below the surface, a what-am-I-doing-here? bafflement desperate enough to match Elvis Presley's in his worst bombs." -- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

The Aftermath: "Pluto" took in a paltry $2.2 million in its opening weekend, with Variety's Peter Bart declaring it "Instant Ishtar" and adding that its opening "seemed more like a boycott than a bow." Murphy followed up with back-to-back bombs "I Spy" and "Showtime" before retreating to the safety of the kiddie genre, where he hit with "Daddy Day Care."


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[Yerdaddy]

If there was a god Terminator 3 would have made the list.

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[Katylina]

What about Gigli and Glitter?

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[cozmokramer]

And yet it seems like none of those movies ruined any star's carreers...they should have.

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Ohh I loved Howard the Duck!

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Waterworld.




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[Heavy]

How about the biggest grossing low budget films?

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That "Godzilla" movie a couple years ago was pretty awful...


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[TheMojoPin]

Hey.

Dinks.

It's biggest FINANCIAL bombs, not critical. The ones that lost the most MONEY...gross compared to budget.

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[monsterone]

how did howard the duck cost 37 mil; i remember it being so low rent.



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the first thing i thought of, but how much of a budget did they through into that?

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[mikeyboy]

How about the biggest grossing low budget films?


All I know is that if you compare box office to budget, Blair Witch Project is the biggest hit ever.


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[TheMojoPin]

And before that, wasn't it "American Graffitti"?

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[Teenweek]

The most hyped, best trailer ever and biggest dissapointment easily goes to Pearl harbor.

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[Snoogans]

this whole list is a crock. it cost over 100 million to make waterworld, and i remember hearing it made like 15 mill in theatres, those movies dont even come close to that flop. this is like the blender list

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[Snoogans]

Quote:

How about the biggest grossing low budget films?




All I know is that if you compare box office to budget, Blair Witch Project is the biggest hit ever.

do you forget that clerks cost like 29,000 dollars. thats it. after it won the film festivals, and was re-released in theatres, i know it made at least a few million. no way blair witch could even be compared to that, especially since the second one tanked so bad

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[Hosp]

Trying to figure out all of the information fromBox Office Guru (http://www.boxofficeguru.com), it's probably My Big Fat Greek Wedding, grossing $241.4 million that's the highest grossing low budget movie.

And Waterworld wade 88.2 million, so even though it sucked and it lost money, it wasn't financialy crushing.

Clerks made only $3 million in the theaters, but being that it only cost $29,000 to make, that's a 10,000% return on investment and is impressive, but not what they are going by here.

And they probably aren't including Giggli yet because it's still in the theaters.

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[Snoogans]

it's probably My Big Fat Greek Wedding, grossing $241.4 million that's the highest grossing low budget movie.

wow i forgot that was low budget cause they made the dumbass tv show from it
i saw that movie, and i really didnt get it at all. there was another movie called big night about some restaurant owners i saw with minnie driver. awful, worst movie ever
edit: i know ill get shit about it, so ill correct it now. the movie was with minny driver, i didnt go see it with her

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[Hosp]

On IMDB:

Business Data for
Waterworld (1995)

Budget
<b>$175,000,000</b>

Gross
$267,575 (Czech Republic)
DEM 32,388,597 (Germany)
$6,690,000 (Italy)
$167,000,000 (Non-USA)
$12,649,200 (UK)
œ7,823,233 (UK) (12 September 1995)
œ1,645,454 (UK) (13 August 1995)
<b>$88,246,220 (USA)
$255,200,000 (worldwide)</b>

Cost $175 million, only made $88 million domesticly, but made $255 million combined so it did turn a profit of $80 million. Not the return you would probably want on that big an investment.


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[NewYorkDragons80]

I'm surprised that the Garbage Pail Kids Movie didn't make the list.

I think Clerks made $30 million, because I remember Kevin Smith in the JASBSB commentary that all Askew movies made about $30 million; no more, no less.

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[Snoogans]

after reading that, im moving to canada. how could the US be that dumb that we dumped 88 million into that piece of shit. i laugh at the fact it was out in like 8 countries and one was the czech repub

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[jafter]

How about the biggest grossing low budget films?



Halloween was the most successful independent movie before Blair witch. It didn't cost them much for the William Shatner mask and I also just read the the license plates in the movie are from California even though the movie was based in Illinois.

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thats always the case. most movies cars have cali plates just cause they are filmed in hollywood. mallrats is based in NJ and that mall was the mall of americas in minnisota


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[pennington]

Besides domestic and international box office, there's also videos; pay-per-view; HBO,Cinemax,etc; network TV and syndication packages. Most movies make money eventually.

[Snoogans]

do mivie budgets include what they pay the actors?
cause like they say dumb and dumber only cost around 35 mill, but didnt jim carrey get like 20 mill for that movie


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[Hosp]

Was that his first 20 million dollar movie? And yes, they do include the actors pay in the budgets.

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[Heavy]

Halloween was the most successful independent movie before Blair witch.

Thats the movie i was getting at. Great low budget film. Id like to see what it cost and whats its made. Also if part 2 had a regular budget or not.

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Hey, whatever happened to "Waterworld"?

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Quote:

How about the biggest grossing low budget films?




All I know is that if you compare box office to budget, Blair Witch Project is the biggest hit ever.

do you forget that clerks cost like 29,000 dollars. thats it. after it won the film festivals, and was re-released in theatres, i know it made at least a few million. no way blair witch could even be compared to that, especially since the second one tanked so bad.

What exactly does the second one have to do with it? The first one was made for basically nothing, and it made over $100 million. Clerks made significantly less in the theater, and didn't start getting serious attention until it hit video.



Was that his first 20 million dollar movie?


No. That was Cable Guy



Hey, whatever happened to "Waterworld"?



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[DeltaPin]

Cost $175 million, only made $88 million domesticly, but made $255 million combined so it did turn a profit of $80 million. Not the return you would probably want on that big an investment.
Movies usually need to gross twice the budget to make a profit, since about half the ticket price goes to the theater.

So Waterworld would have needed to make over $350 million before realizing a profit.

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[Snoogans]

alright mikey boy, im alwayas a good guy and you gotta show me for the ass i was, i see how it is :)

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[grlNIN]

Waterworld is making a splash in this thread.

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[NewYorkDragons80]

Halloween was the most successful independent movie before Blair witch. It didn't cost them much for the William Shatner mask and I also just read the the license plates in the movie are from California even though the movie was based in Illinois.
Actually, I think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the highest-grossing indy film before Blair Witch.

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Actually, I think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the highest-grossing indy film before Blair Witch.

Nope.

It was "American Graffiti".

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