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4.2
Budget: $2 million
US Gross: $30, no, worse, $20 dollars (Yes, yes, that's right)
Worldwide: $368.000
To satisfy a Screen Actors Guild's requirement, the director screened the flick in a Texas theater for a week where it earned a mere 30 bucks. And actually they had to return 1/3 of the gross, as 2 of the 6 paying ticket-goers were also crew members.
Zyzzyx Road was shown once a day for six days in Dallas at a movie theater rented by the producers for $1,000. The limited release was deliberate: Grillo was uninterested in releasing the film domestically until after it underwent foreign distribution, but needed to fulfill the U.S. release obligation required by the SAG. The 'strategy' made the film the lowest grossing film of all time, earning just $30.
The film was then released in 23 countries and earned just about $368,000.
US Gross: $30, no, worse, $20 dollars (Yes, yes, that's right)
Worldwide: $368.000
To satisfy a Screen Actors Guild's requirement, the director screened the flick in a Texas theater for a week where it earned a mere 30 bucks. And actually they had to return 1/3 of the gross, as 2 of the 6 paying ticket-goers were also crew members.
Zyzzyx Road was shown once a day for six days in Dallas at a movie theater rented by the producers for $1,000. The limited release was deliberate: Grillo was uninterested in releasing the film domestically until after it underwent foreign distribution, but needed to fulfill the U.S. release obligation required by the SAG. The 'strategy' made the film the lowest grossing film of all time, earning just $30.
The film was then released in 23 countries and earned just about $368,000.
360
3.5
3.9
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Budget: $100 million
Worldwilde Gross: $7 million
LOSS: 93%
Ouch.
Worldwilde Gross: $7 million
LOSS: 93%
Ouch.
160
5.1
6.1
The Alamo (2004)
Budget: $95 million, cost over $140 million? ~ $107 million
Worldwide Gross: $25 million
LOSS: 76,6%-82%
Worldwide Gross: $25 million
LOSS: 76,6%-82%
887
6.3
6.6
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Budget: originally around $85 million, reportedly quickly soared to more than $110 reaching $125, rumoured total costs got to $160 million
Worldwide Gross: $61 million
LOSS: 51%-62%
Worldwide Gross: $61 million
LOSS: 51%-62%
53
4.7
4.5
Town & Country (2001)
Budget: $90 ($105*) million, doubling the original $44
Worldwide Gross: $10 million
LOSS: 89%
'Considering that typically half of the gross box-office receipts go to the exhibitors and half to the filmmakers, Town & Country lost the studio at least $100 million, and probably much more if costs for distribution and marketing are considered, which average around $35–50 million for a studio picture such as this. The studio, having already spent in excess of $90 million, backed a very limited distribution and marketing campaign in the $15-20 million range, bringing the total cost to *$105-110 million.
Worldwide Gross: $10 million
LOSS: 89%
'Considering that typically half of the gross box-office receipts go to the exhibitors and half to the filmmakers, Town & Country lost the studio at least $100 million, and probably much more if costs for distribution and marketing are considered, which average around $35–50 million for a studio picture such as this. The studio, having already spent in excess of $90 million, backed a very limited distribution and marketing campaign in the $15-20 million range, bringing the total cost to *$105-110 million.
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5.7
6.4
Budget: $137 million
Worldwide Gross: $85 million
LOSS: 38%
Worldwide Gross: $85 million
LOSS: 38%
415
2.9
2.5
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Budget: $75 million
Worldwilde Gross: $30 million
LOSS: 60%
$29,725,663 worldwide, falling well short of its $75 million production budget and $20 million in estimated marketing costs.
Worldwilde Gross: $30 million
LOSS: 60%
$29,725,663 worldwide, falling well short of its $75 million production budget and $20 million in estimated marketing costs.
185
4.5
4.2
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Budget: $52 million (other site said 80 million)
Worldwide Gross: under $8 million (the other site said little over 6 million)
LOSS: 84.6%-92.5%
Worldwide Gross: under $8 million (the other site said little over 6 million)
LOSS: 84.6%-92.5%
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5.3
5.9
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Budget: $110 million
Worldwide Gross: $72 million
LOSS: 34.5%
Worldwide Gross: $72 million
LOSS: 34.5%
382
4.4
4.4
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Budget: $70 million
Worldwide Gross: over $35 million (under $6 million in the US)
LOSS: 50%
Worldwide Gross: over $35 million (under $6 million in the US)
LOSS: 50%
476
4.6
5.1
Meet Dave (2008)
Budget: $55 million
US Gross: under $12 million
Worldwide Gross: $50 million
LOSS: 9%
US Gross: under $12 million
Worldwide Gross: $50 million
LOSS: 9%
400
5
5.7
Cutthroat Island (1995)
Budget: over $90 million (also read it cost $115 million)
US Gross: $10 million
LOSS [US]: $80 million+
US Gross: $10 million
LOSS [US]: $80 million+
217
6.4
6.7
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Budget: it was under $12 million, but ended up costing much more, around $40 million
US Gross: $3.5 million
LOSS [US]: $37 million
US Gross: $3.5 million
LOSS [US]: $37 million
790
6.8
7.1
Budget: $23.5 million, actually costing over $46 million (although Gilliam has stated it wasn't that much)
US Gross: $8 million
LOSS [US]: $38 million-
US Gross: $8 million
LOSS [US]: $38 million-
116
6.3
6.5
One from the Heart (1981)
Budget: $26 million
US Gross: under $637,000
LOSS [US]: $25.3 million
US Gross: under $637,000
LOSS [US]: $25.3 million
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7.6
7.8
Ed Wood (1994)
Budget: $18 million
US Gross: under $6 million
LOSS [US]: $12 million
Does anyone know the worldwide gross??!
US Gross: under $6 million
LOSS [US]: $12 million
Does anyone know the worldwide gross??!
LIST OF FILMS THAT CAUSED A GREAT LOSS OF MONEY
They are financial flops, box-office bombs, it doesn't mean they suck; so here you might find some good ones, and plenty of crappy ones.
Marketing costs are usually not included; figures are aproximate; inflation not considered; ordered somewhat by $ lost.
There are some others that are often referred as such, but I found their worldwide gross and confirmed that it surpassed the costs, so obviously they didn't get a spot in the list - So don't bother mentioning Waterworld, Cleopatra, Howard the Duck and the like.
There are some famous US box-office flops, however, of which I could only find the US grossing, and they got to be listed below.
If you remember any other big one, or know the worldwide gross of the ones I only wrote the US gross, tip away.
They are financial flops, box-office bombs, it doesn't mean they suck; so here you might find some good ones, and plenty of crappy ones.
Marketing costs are usually not included; figures are aproximate; inflation not considered; ordered somewhat by $ lost.
There are some others that are often referred as such, but I found their worldwide gross and confirmed that it surpassed the costs, so obviously they didn't get a spot in the list - So don't bother mentioning Waterworld, Cleopatra, Howard the Duck and the like.
There are some famous US box-office flops, however, of which I could only find the US grossing, and they got to be listed below.
If you remember any other big one, or know the worldwide gross of the ones I only wrote the US gross, tip away.
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