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In the film and media industry, if a film released intheatres fails tobreak even by a large amount, it is considered abox-office bomb (or box-office flop), thus losing money for the distributor,studio, and/orproduction company that invested in it. Due to the secrecy surrounding costs and profit margins in the film industry, figures of losses are usually rough estimates at best, and there are often conflicting estimates over how much a film has lost. To accommodate this uncertainty, the losses are presented as ranges where this is the case, and the list is ordered alphabetically in the absence of a definitive order. Because the films on the list have been released over a large span of time, currency inflation is a material factor, so losses areadjusted for inflation using theUnited States Consumer Price Index to enable comparison at equivalent purchasing power.

Some films on this list grossed more than their production budgets yet are still regarded as flops. This can be due toHollywood accounting practices that manipulate profits or keep costs secret to circumvent profit-sharing agreements,[1] but it is also possible for films to lose money legitimately even when the theatrical gross exceeds the budget. This is because a distributor does not collect the full gross, and the full cost of a film can substantially exceed its production budget once distribution and marketing are taken into account. For example, tax filings in 2010 forCinemark Theatres show that only 54.5 percent of ticket revenues went to the distributor, with the exhibitor retaining the rest. While the distributor's cut will vary from film to film, a Hollywood studio will typically collect half the gross in the United States and less in other parts of the world. Marketing often represents a substantial share of the overall cost of the picture too: for a film with an average sized budget the promotion and advertising costs are typically half that of the production budget, and in the case of smaller films it is not unusual for the cost of the marketing to be higher than the production budget.[2] In some cases, a company can make profits from a box-office bomb when ancillary revenues are taken into account, such asstreaming,home media sales and rentals,television broadcast rights, and licensing fees, so a film that loses money at the box office can still eventually break even.[3]

There are some films notorious for large production budgets and widely seen as box-office bombs that have either broken even or turned a profit.Cleopatra nearly bankrupted20th Century Fox with production and marketing costs ofUS$44 million and numerous delays.[4][5] It was among the top ten films of the 1960s,[6] but still failed to recoup its investment during its theatrical release.[4] It eventually broke even in 1966 when Fox sold the television broadcast rights toABC for $5 million.[7] The total costs forWaterworld (1995) exceeded $300 million and it was perceived as a disaster at the time, despite grossing $264 million worldwide. It also eventually broke even through other revenue streams.[8][9] Such films are still cited as high-risk examples in evaluating the prospects of future productions.[8] For example,Cleopatra is blamed for a decline in big-budgetepic films in the 1960s.[10]

TheCOVID-19 pandemic, starting around March 2020, caused temporary closure of movie theatres, and distributors moved several films to premier tostreaming services such asHBO Max,Disney+, andPeacock with little to no box-office takes. While these films may have had successful runs on these services, the viewership or revenue from these showings are typically not reported and excluded from the box office. As a result, several films from 2020 to 2022 are included on this list, despite potentially having been profitable for their studios through streaming.[11]

Biggest box-office bombs

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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. The list is limited to films that are potentially among the highest box-office losses, adjusted for inflation (approximately upper-bound losses of $100 million or higher as of 2024[update]).

  †Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 21 March 2025 in theaters around the world.
§indicates a film released forstreaming less than 30 days after it was released theatrically.
Biggest box-office bombs
TitleYearNet production budget
(millions)		Worldwide gross
(millions)		Estimated loss(millions)Ref.
NominalAdjusted for inflation[nb 1]
The 13th Warrior1999$100–160$61.7$69–129$130–243[# 1]
The 3552022$40–75$27.7$93$100[# 2]
47 Ronin2013$175–225$151.8$96$130[# 3]
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988$46.6$8.1$38.5$102[# 4]
The Adventures of Pluto Nash2002$100$7.1$96$168[# 5]
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle2000$76–98.6$35.1$63.5$116[# 6]
The Alamo2004$107$25.8$94$156[# 7]
Alexander2004$155$167.3$71$118[# 8]
Ali2001$107$87.7$63$112[# 9]
Allied2016$85$118.6$75–90$98–118[# 10]
Amsterdam2022$80$31.2$108$116[# 11]
Around the World in 80 Days2004$110$72.2$74$123[# 12]
The Astronaut's Wife1999$75$19.6$65$123[# 13]
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever2002$70$19.9$70.1$123[# 14]
Battlefield Earth2000$73–103$29.7$73.3$134[# 15]
Battleship2012$209–220$303$58–150$79–205[# 16]
Beloved1998$80$22.9$68.5$132[# 17]
Ben-Hur2016$100$94.1$75–120$98–157[# 18]
The BFG2016$140$179.6$71–100$93–131[# 19]
Black Adam2022$190–260$393$50–100$54–107[# 20]
Blackhat2015$70$19.7$68–90$90–119[# 21]
Blade Runner 20492017$150–185$260.5$80$103[# 22]
The Call of the Wild2020$125–150$107.6$50–100$61–121[# 23]
Cats2019$90–100$73.7$71–113.6$87–140[# 24]
Chaos Walking2021$100$26.5$112$130[# 25]
Chill Factor1999$34–70$11.8$64$121[# 26]
A Christmas Carol2009$175–200$325.3$50–100$73–147[# 27]
The Chronicles of Riddick2004$105–120$115.8$47–73$78–122[# 28]
Cowboys & Aliens2011$163$174.8$63–75$88–105[# 29]
Cutthroat Island [nb 2]1995$98$18.3$105$217[# 30]
Dark Phoenix2019$200$252.4$79–133$99–167[# 31]
Deepwater Horizon2016$110–120$119.5$60–113$79–148[# 32]
Devotion2022$90$21.8$89–104$96–112[# 33]
Doctor Dolittle1967$17$9$10.8$102[# 34]
Dolittle2020$175$227.9$50–100$61–121[# 35]
Driven2001$94$54.7$67$119[# 36]
Dudley Do-Right1999$70$10$65$123[# 37]
Evan Almighty2007$175$173.4$87$132[# 38]
The Fall of the Roman Empire1964$18.4$4.8$14.3$145[# 39]
Fantastic Four2015$120–125$168$80–100$106–133[# 40]
Fathers' Day1997$85$35.7$67$131[# 41]
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within2001$137$85.1$94$167[# 42]
The Flash2023$200$271.3$155$160[# 43]
Gemini Man2019$138$173.5$111.1$137[# 44]
Ghost in the Shell2017$110–180$169.8$60–100$77–128[# 45]
Gigli2003$75.6$7.3$72$123[# 46]
Gods of Egypt2016$140$150.7$76–90$100–118[# 47]
The Good Dinosaur2015$175–200$332.2$85$113[# 48]
The Great Raid2005$80$10.8$75$121[# 49]
Green Lantern2011$200$219.9$75–90$105–126[# 50]
Hard Rain1998$70$19.9$60$116[# 51]
Hart's War2002$70–95$32.3$62.7$110[# 52]
Haunted Mansion2023$150$117.4$117–127$121–131[# 53]
Heaven's Gate1980$44$3.5$40.5$155[# 54]
Home on the Range2004$110$76.5$71.8$120[# 55]
How Do You Know2010$100$48.7$104$150[# 56]
Hudson Hawk1991$65$17.2$47.8$110[# 57]
Hugo2011$150–170$185.8$91$127[# 58]
Inchon1981$46$5.2$40.8$141[# 59]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023$326$384$143$148[# 60]
Instinct1999$80$34.1$63$119[# 61]
The Invasion2007$80$40$71$108[# 62]
Ishtar1987$51–55$14.4$40.6$112[# 63]
Jack Frost1998$40–85$34.6$68$131[# 64]
Jack the Giant Slayer2013$185–200$197.7$103$139[# 65]
John Carter2012$263.7$284.1$112–200$153–274[# 66]
Joker: Folie à Deux2024$190–200$206.4$125–200$125–200[# 67]
Jungle Cruise §2021$200$220.9$150$174[# 68]
Jupiter Ascending2015$175$184$95–120$126–159[# 69]
K-19: The Widowmaker2002$100$65.7$67$117[# 70]
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword2017$175$148.7$112–153.2$144–197[# 71]
Krull1983$27$16.5$33.5$106[# 72]
The Last Duel2021$100$30.6$99$115[# 73]
Lightyear2022$200$226.4$106–122$114–131[# 74]
Lolita1997$62$1.1$61$119[# 75]
The Lone Ranger2013$225–250$260.5$160–190$216–256[# 76]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015$75$109.8$80$106[# 77]
Mars Needs Moms2011$150$39$100–144$140–201[# 78]
The Marvels2023$270$206.1$237$245[# 79]
The Matrix Resurrections §2021$190$156.5$130$151[# 80]
Missing Link2019$102.3$26.2$101.3$125[# 81]
Monkeybone2001$75$7.6$71$126[# 82]
Monster Trucks2016$125$64.5$108–123.1$141–161[# 83]
Moonfall2022$138$67.3$138$148[# 84]
Mortal Engines2018$110$83.7$174.8$219[# 85]
Mulan §2020$200$66.8$141$171[# 86]
The Mummy2017$195$410$60–95$77–122[# 87]
The New Mutants2020$67–80$49.2$84$102[# 88]
The Nutcracker in 3D2010$90$20.5$82$118[# 89]
Onward §2020$175–200$142$130$158[# 90]
Osmosis Jones2001$70$14$63$112[# 91]
Pan2015$150$128.4$86–150$114–199[# 92]
Peter Pan2003$130.6$122$70$120[# 93]
Poseidon2006$160$181.7$83$129[# 94]
The Postman1997$80$20.8$70$137[# 95]
The Promise2016$90$10.6$93–102.1$122–134[# 96]
R.I.P.D.2013$130–154$78.3$92$124[# 97]
Red Planet2000$80$33.5$63$115[# 98]
Rise of the Guardians2012$145$306.9$87$119[# 99]
Robin Hood2018$100$85.7$83.7$105[# 100]
Sahara2005$160$119.2$78.4$126[# 101]
Seventh Son2014$95$114.2$85$113[# 102]
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003$60$80.8$125$214[# 103]
Snake Eyes2021$88–110$40.1$88$102[# 104]
Soldier1998$60–75$14.6$60$116[# 105]
Solo: A Star Wars Story2018$250$393.2$76–123$96–154[# 106]
Son of the Mask2005$100$59.9$70$113[# 107]
A Sound of Thunder2005$80$11.7$74$119[# 108]
Space Jam: A New Legacy §2021$150$162.9$111$129[# 109]
Speed Racer2008$120$93.9$88$129[# 110]
Sphere1998$73–80$50.2$61$118[# 111]
Stealth2005$135$79.3$96$155[# 112]
Strange World2022$180$73.6$180–197$193–212[# 113]
The Suicide Squad §2021$185$167.4$120$139[# 114]
Supernova2000$90$14.8$83$152[# 115]
Tenet2020$200$363.7$50–100$61–121[# 116]
Terminator: Dark Fate2019$185–196$261.1$110–130$135–160[# 117]
Timeline2003$80$26.7$66.6$114[# 118]
Titan A.E.2000$75–90$36.8$100$183[# 119]
Tomorrowland2015$180–190$209$90–150$119–199[# 120]
Town & Country2001$90$10.4$85$151[# 121]
Transformers: The Last Knight2017$217–260$605.4$100+$128+[# 122]
Treasure Planet2002$140$109.6$85$149[# 123]
Turning Red §2022$175$19.8$167$179[# 124]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017$177.2–180$225.9$82$105[# 125]
West Side Story2021$100$76$104$121[# 126]
Wild Wild West1999$170$217.7$66.2$125[# 127]
Windtalkers2002$115–120$77.6$76–81$133–142[# 128]
Wish2023$200$254.9$131$135[# 129]
The Wolfman2010$150$139.8$76$110[# 130]
Wonder Woman 1984 §2020$200$166.5$100–137$121–166[# 131]
A Wrinkle in Time2018$125$133.2$130.6$164[# 132]
xXx: State of the Union2005$113.1$71$78$126[# 133]
Zoom2006$75.6$12.5$69$108[# 134]

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Notes

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  1. ^1634–1699:McCusker, J. J. (1997).How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda(PDF).American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799:McCusker, J. J. (1992).How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States(PDF).American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present:Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis."Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". RetrievedFebruary 29, 2024.
  2. ^Cutthroat Island was once listed as having the "largest box office loss" byGuinness World Records[12][13] but the category has since been retired.

References

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Citations

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  1. ^Susman, Gary (April 14, 2015)."The 19 Biggest Box Office Bombs in Movie History".Moviefone. RetrievedAugust 15, 2015.
  2. ^Anders, Charlie Jane (January 31, 2011)."How much money does a movie need to make to be profitable?".io9. RetrievedJuly 12, 2013.
  3. ^Davidson, Adam (June 26, 2012)."How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money".The New York Times. RetrievedAugust 15, 2015.
  4. ^abGalloway, Stephen (September 9, 2019)."Hollywood History Questions Answered: What Movie Was the Biggest Bomb Ever?".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2019.
  5. ^Hall, Sheldon; Neale, Stephen (2010).Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters: a Hollywood history.Wayne State University Press. p. 166.ISBN 978-0-8143-3008-1.With top tickets set at an all-time high of $5.50,Cleopatra had amassed as much as $20 million in such guarantees from exhibitors even before its premiere. Fox claimed the film had cost in total $44 million, of which $31,115,000 represented the direct negative cost and the rest distribution, print and advertising expenses. (These figures excluded the more than $5 million spent on the production's abortive British shoot in 1960–61, prior to its relocation to Italy.) By 1966 worldwide rentals had reached $38,042,000 including $23.5 million from the United States.
  6. ^King, Susan (April 3, 2001)."How 'Cleopatra' Nearly Sank Fox".Los Angeles Times. RetrievedMay 25, 2023.
  7. ^Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010).George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success.HarperCollins. pp. 434 & 461.ISBN 9780061778896.
  8. ^abFleming, Mike Jr. (August 7, 2013)."Isn't It Time To Take 'Waterworld' Off The All-Time Flop List?".Deadline Hollywood.Archived from the original on January 8, 2015.
  9. ^Stewart, Andrew (August 11, 2012)."B.O. reality gets lost in perception".Variety. RetrievedJuly 18, 2016.
  10. ^Patterson, John (July 15, 2013)."Cleopatra, the film that killed off big-budget epics".The Guardian. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2019.
  11. ^D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 31, 2020)."How Covid Wiped Out The Studios' Domestic Box Office Market Share In 2020".Deadline Hollywood. RetrievedDecember 12, 2021.
  12. ^"Largest Box Office Loss".Guinness World Records. April 30, 2012. RetrievedJuly 17, 2019.
  13. ^McClintock, Pamela (July 8, 2013)."Why 'Mars Needs Moms' bombed for Disney".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedJuly 16, 2013.Other infamous financial flops include Renny Harlin's pirate pic Cutthroat Island -- listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest bomb of all time -- Sahara, The Adventures of Pluto Nash and Gigli.

Chart sources

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  1. ^The 13th Warrior
  2. ^The 355
  3. ^47 Ronin
  4. ^The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  5. ^The Adventures of Pluto Nash
  6. ^The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
  7. ^The Alamo
  8. ^Alexander
  9. ^Ali
  10. ^Allied
  11. ^Amsterdam
  12. ^Around the World in 80 Days
  13. ^The Astronaut's Wife
  14. ^Ballistic
  15. ^Battlefield Earth
  16. ^Battleship
  17. ^Beloved
  18. ^Ben-Hur
  19. ^The BFG
  20. ^Black Adam
  21. ^Blackhat
  22. ^Blade Runner 2049
  23. ^The Call of the Wild
  24. ^Cats
  25. ^Chaos Walking
  26. ^Chill Factor
  27. ^A Christmas Carol
  28. ^The Chronicles of Riddick
  29. ^Cowboys & Aliens
  30. ^Cutthroat Island
  31. ^Dark Phoenix
  32. ^Deepwater Horizon
  33. ^Devotion
  34. ^Doctor Doolittle
  35. ^Dolittle (2020)
  36. ^Driven
  37. ^Dudley Do-Right
  38. ^Evan Almighty
  39. ^The Fall of the Roman Empire
  40. ^Fantastic Four
  41. ^Father's Day
  42. ^Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  43. ^Flash
  44. ^Gemini Man
  45. ^Ghost in the Shell
  46. ^Gigli
  47. ^Gods of Egypt
  48. ^The Good Dinosaur
  49. ^The Great Raid
  50. ^Green Lantern
  51. ^Hard Rain
  52. ^Hart's War
  53. ^Haunted Mansion
  54. ^Heaven's Gate
  55. ^Home on the Range
  56. ^How Do You Know
  57. ^Hudson Hawk
  58. ^Hugo
  59. ^Inchon
  60. ^Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  61. ^Instinct
  62. ^The Invasion
  63. ^Ishtar
  64. ^Jack Frost
  65. ^Jack the Giant Slayer
  66. ^John Carter
  67. ^Joker 2
  68. ^Jungle Cruise
  69. ^Jupiter Ascending
  70. ^K-19: The Widowmaker
  71. ^King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
  72. ^Krull
  73. ^The Last Duel
  74. ^Lightyear
  75. ^Lolita
  76. ^The Lone Ranger
  77. ^The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  78. ^Mars Needs Moms
  79. ^The Marvels
  80. ^The Matrix Resurrections
  81. ^Missing Link
  82. ^Monkeybone
  83. ^Monster Trucks
  84. ^Moonfall
  85. ^Mortal Engines
  86. ^Mulan
  87. ^The Mummy
  88. ^The New Mutants
  89. ^The Nutcracker in 3D
  90. ^Onward
  91. ^Osmosis Jones
  92. ^Pan
  93. ^Peter Pan
  94. ^Poseidon
  95. ^The Postman
  96. ^The Promise
  97. ^R.I.P.D.
  98. ^Red Planet
  99. ^Rise of the Guardians
  100. ^Robin Hood
  101. ^Sahara
  102. ^Seventh Son
  103. ^Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
  104. ^Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
  105. ^Soldier
  106. ^Solo: A Star Wars Story
  107. ^Son of the Mask
  108. ^A Sound of Thunder
  109. ^Space Jam: A New Legacy
  110. ^Speed Racer
  111. ^Sphere
  112. ^Stealth
  113. ^Strange World
  114. ^The Suicide Squad
  115. ^Supernova
  116. ^Tenet
  117. ^Terminator: Dark Fate
  118. ^Timeline
  119. ^Titan A.E.
  120. ^Tomorrowland
  121. ^Town & Country
  122. ^Transformers: The Last Knight
  123. ^Treasure Planet
  124. ^Turning Red
  125. ^Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
  126. ^West Side Story
  127. ^Wild Wild West
  128. ^Windtalkers
  129. ^Wish
  130. ^The Wolfman
  131. ^Wonder Woman 1984
  132. ^A Wrinkle in Time
  133. ^XXX: State of the Union
  134. ^Zoom

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