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Biggest box-office bombs. The following is a partial list of films that lost the most money, based on documented losses or estimated by expert analysis of various financial factors such as the production budget, marketing and distribution costs, gross box-office receipts and other ancillary revenues.
Dec 26, 2021 · The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe Film has dominated at the box office over the last two weeks. In its opening weekend, “West Side Story” garnered $10.5 million in ticket sales, but the...
- Dear Evan Hansen
- In The Heights
- The Suicide Squad
- King Richard
- The Many Saints of Newark
- Reminiscence
- Snake Eyes
- West Side Story
- The Last Duel
- Chaos Walking
Stephen Chbosky’s film adaptation of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen lost between 8.1 and 9.1 million dollars during its theatrical run. In the film, a socially anxious high schooler plays along when a letter he wrote to himself gets mistaken for a peer’s suicide note. The film most likely underperformed due to audiences limited by the ongoin...
Another film based on a popular musical, originally created in part by Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights, made back only 43.9 million of its 55 million dollar budget, losing 11.1 million. Taking place over three days in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, In the Heights shows each community member working to achieve their dream...
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad eclipses its DCEU predecessor, although it failed at the box office with a loss of 17.6 million dollars. Building on the ideas set in the previous Suicide Squad, a team of supervillain convicts is sent to destroy a giant starfish bent on taking over the world. Though the film performed comparably well to other R-rated...
Starring Will Smith, King Richard may have only cost 50 million dollars to make, but it still only amassed 26.2 million back, a total loss of 23.8 million dollars. The biopic follows Richard Williams as he manages his daughters, Venus and Serena, early careers in tennis, setting them up to be two of the greatest athletes of all time. While its simu...
A prequel to the crime series The Sopranos, The Many Saints of Newark netted a loss of 37.3 million dollars. Amidst the 1967 Newark race riots, a mobster and his nephew, a young Tony Soprano, deal with gang rivalries and familial drama. The Many Saints of Newark performed far worse than expected in theaters, although it proved a highly popular film...
The neo-noir thriller Reminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman, set a record for worst film debut of all time and lost between 38.5 and 52.5 million dollars. In the film, a man uses a memory-recreating device on clients and enemies to investigate his wife’s disappearance. Neither audiences nor critics were impressed by Reminiscence; while its science-fi...
Somewhat functioning as a reboot of the G.I. Joe film series, Snake Eyes ended up losing between 47.9 and 69.9 million dollars at the box office. The origin story for the titular ninja, Snake Eyes, learns to curb his bloodlust in order to redeem himself and save a martial arts clan. High production and promotional costs clashed with audiences' newf...
The second film adaptation of the 1957 musicalWest Side Story may have been directed by Steven Spielberg, but it still lost 63.2 million of its 100 million dollar budget. A retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the story follows a young man and woman of rival Manhattan gangs who fall in love, despite their families’ opposition. Unfor...
Ridley Scott’s star-studded historical epic The Last Duel notoriously underperformed in the Fall of 2021, losing 69.5 million dollars. The film consists of three perspectives on the first trial by combat in medieval France; a knight, his wife, and the friend that supposedly violated her. The film’s difficult subject matter was primarily hard to mar...
Starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland, Chaos Walking could have been a success, but many problems led to its enormous 73.6 million dollar loss. Chaos Walking follows a woman who crash-lands on a dystopian planet devoid of other women and the young man who helps her escape. Although audiences had no strong feelings about the movie, critics condemned...
Dec 13, 2021 · Since musicals have been struggling at the box office in COVID times, Disney appears to have been bracing for “West Side Story” to start slow. Prior to its release, the studio had negotiated ...
Dec 12, 2021 · Richard Linklater’s new film borrows from the life of an actual professor turned faux contract killer who died shortly before the movie began shooting.
Nov 17, 2021 · Using stats from the box-office site The Numbers, we've compiled a list of the 42 movies that, versus their production budgets, lost the most at the box office.
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Dec 12, 2021 · By Anupal Sraban Neog. Modified Dec 12, 2021 04:19 GMT. Follow Us Discuss. Ansel Elgort's casting is being blamed for the box office failure of West Side Story (Image by Axelle via Getty...
