History BoxOfficeBomb / GThroughH

* ''Film/HocusPocus'' (1993) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $39.5 million. This Disney Halloween fantasy comedy was released in July (likely to avoid self-competition with Disney's [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas other Halloween movie]]), where it was slammed by critics and unable to compete with the ongoing box-office juggernaut ''Film/JurassicPark'' and newcomer ''Film/FreeWilly''. It was VindicatedByCable and is now a CultClassic, even receiving [[Film/HocusPocus2 a sequel in 2022]].

** ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' (2004) — Budget, $19.5 million. Box office, $12 million. This intended GrandFinale of the Millennium series and temporary retirement picture for Godzilla fell significantly short of expectations. The Big G's [[Film/Godzilla2014 next]] two [[Film/ShinGodzilla cinematic outings]] would come a decade later and did far better at the box office.

* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' (2003) — Budget, $137 million. Box office, $132,177,234 (domestic), $245,360,480 (worldwide). Creator/AngLee's DarkerAndEdgier take on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero infuriated fans and divided critics. While it debuted to a massive $62 million on its opening weekend domestically, it dropped a legendary 70% on its second weekend due to very poor word-of-mouth, ultimately falling short of its production budget domestically. It's big opening and international numbers ''narrowly'' kept it from being a total disaster, enough that Universal would try again with ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' a few years later, adopting a more straightforward action/superhero tone, recasting everyone, and keeping only vague hints of the two being in the same continuity. This very nearly served as a CreatorKiller for Lee, who bounced back with ''Film/BrokebackMountain''. Later became VindicatedByHistory as a CultClassic ahead of its time, as darker films about superheroes such as ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Logan}}'' and films that embraced comic book imagery like ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' found mainstream success in later years.

* ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' (1986) — Budget, $37 million. Box office, $16,295,774 (domestic), $37,962,774 (worldwide). Allegedly, its viciously negative reception [[BloodOnTheDebateFloor caused a fistfight]] between Creator/{{Universal}} executives Frank Price and Sidney Sheinberg over who to blame for greenlighting the film; both of them deny this, but Price's resignation from Universal was directly attributed to this film. It is also a CreatorKiller for CreatorCouple Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, a major StarDerailingRole to several of its stars, and one of the few productions that producer Creator/GeorgeLucas admitted [[CreatorBacklash regret over]]. The sexual content of the film, despite its PG rating, caused backlash from parents; both it and ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' led to further enforcement of the PG-13 rating. The toxic reputation of the film, along with legal issues over the character from Creator/{{Disney}}, kicked Howard into the bottom bracket of Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s comic book superstars for the next 30 years, in addition to starting Marvel's movie business off on the wrong foot.

* ''Film/HonkyTonkFreeway'' (1981) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $2,004,742. This movie was ejected from theaters after only one week. Accusations of stereotyping of American culture and the revelation that the film was funded through a tax avoidance scheme, courtesy of the executive producer, didn't seem to help matters. Many also agree that the film began the erosion of music label EMI's film studio, though some argue that ''Can't Stop the Music'' played an earlier role as well.

* ''Film/{{Head}}'' (1968) — Budget, $750,000. Box office, unknown but almost certainly under $100,000 [[note]]The often-quoted $16,111 was actually [[http://sotcaa.org/head/head_hype01.html the combined gross after its first five days]] in two New York theaters[[/note]]. Franchise/TheMonkees try their hand at the big screen. The combination of the band being considered past their prime after their TV series was canceled, plus the bizarre MindScrew of a film that director Bob Rafelson and co-writer Creator/JackNicholson put together led to Creator/ColumbiaPictures burying the movie. It played in a handful of big city theaters at the end of 1968, went on the drive-in circuit after that, and was forgotten afterwards, but became a CultClassic in TheEighties when The Monkees experienced a resurgence in popularity.

* ''Film/{{GoalTheDreamBegins}}'' (2005) — Budget, $33 million. Box office, $27.6 million. Got mixed reviews and earned director Danny Cannon a red card for theatrical releases; he's stayed in a successful television career since. It's also one of the last flops from Disney, who distributed this thru Touchstone, that led to CEO Michael Eisner getting ejected from the company by the fall. This film's financial failure didn't stop a trilogy from being made, but the third installment in this trilogy went DirectToVideo.

* ''Film/{{Goal}}'' (2005) — Budget, $33 million. Box office, $27.6 million. Got mixed reviews and earned director Danny Cannon a red card for theatrical releases; he's stayed in a successful television career since. It's also one of the last flops from Disney, who distributed this thru Touchstone, that led to CEO Michael Eisner getting ejected from the company by the fall. This film's financial failure didn't stop a trilogy from being made, but the third installment in this trilogy went DirectToVideo.

* ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' (1987) — Budget, $1 million. Box office, $1,576,615. It grossed a paltry $661,512 for its opening weekend, and parental protests over the film's RefugeInVulgarity [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids after it received a PG rating]] led to it being pulled from theaters within weeks of its release. The notorious film became instantly disowned by both the creator of the source material, Mark Newgarden, and prolific voice actor Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}, who voiced several of the titular kids, and [[CreatorKiller trashed the careers]] of songwriter/actor Creator/AnthonyNewley and director Rod Amateau, as Newley never appeared in another theatrically released film, and Amateau only worked on one more film, 1988's ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', before disappearing from the entertainment industry completely. [[FranchiseKiller The movie also killed mainstream interest in the trading card game it was based on]], and Topps would only really invest in them again in 2003. (Michael Eisner tried to make a new ''GPK'' movie in 2012, but it didn't take off) This was one of several bombs that [[CreatorKiller helped dismantle its distributor]], Creator/AtlanticReleasingCorporation.

* ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $67,647,459 (domestic), $117,249,853 (worldwide). Disney’s second attempt at adapting their [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion iconic dark ride]] on the big screen after [[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 the 2003 film]] only reviewed a little better than its critically panned predecessor, and while the 2003 film barely turned a profit, the 2023 one couldn’t even make back its budget. Being released in July long before Halloween,[[note]]Not the [[Film/HocusPocus first Disney film]] to end up with a questionable out-of-season theatrical release; both had the same rationale of aiming for a Halloween home release, though ''Hocus Pocus'' came out in a far more lucrative era for home media than the 2020s.[[/note]] a week after the powerhouse duo of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'', and the same week the SAG-AFTRA strike killed any promotion by the film's stars, all didn’t help matters. ''Mansion'' would turn out to be one of [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny four]] [[Film/TheMarvels2023 massive]] [[WesternAnimation/Wish2023 bombs]] for Disney in what was meant to be the company's MilestoneCelebration of its 100th anniversary.

* ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $67,647,459 (domestic), $117,249,853 (worldwide). Disney’s second attempt at adapting their [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion iconic dark ride]] on the big screen after [[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 the 2003 film]] only reviewed a little better than its critically panned predecessor, and while the 2003 film barely turned a profit, the 2023 one couldn’t even make back its budget. Being released in July long before Halloween,[[note]]Not the [[Film/HocusPocus first Disney film]] to end up with a questionable out-of-season theatrical release; both had the same rationale of aiming for a Halloween home release, though ''Hocus Pocus'' came out in a far more lucrative era for home media than the 2020s.[[/note]] a week after the powerhouse duo of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' and the same week the SAG-AFTRA strike killed any promotion by the film's stars, all didn’t help matters.

* ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold'' (1965) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, less than $8 million by 1983, $15,473,333 (current total). This film's flopping, due in no small part to a long length and criticism over its distracting celebrity cameos (including a [[WTHCastingAgency legendary example of miscasting]] with Creator/JohnWayne as the Centurion), discouraged any more biblical epics for a while, and it sadly sent the careers of producer/director Creator/GeorgeStevens and actress Dorothy [=McGuire=] [[CreatorKiller to Hell.]] [=McGurie=]'s career took a hiatus for six years, and Stevens only made one more film in 1970.

* ''Film/HelloDolly'' (1969) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $26 million (rentals), $33.2 million (box office total). The adaptation of the play cost the film's backers $10 million and, despite faring well at the Academy Awards, signaled the beginning of the end for the live-action musical. Critics felt the film was an overproduced mess with Creator/BarbraStreisand [[WTHCastingAgency immensely miscast]] in the title role. The film's financial failure and the critical panning of Creator/GeneKelly's next film ''Film/TheCheyenneSocialClub'' were crippling blows to Kelly, who never directed another theatrical film after 1970, and it was part of a string of bombs that crushed the relationship and Fox careers of Darryl Zanuck and son Richard, though Richard became a producer, and led to Fox entering troubled waters until the premiere ''Star Wars'' film. ''Hello Dolly''[='=]s reputation was eventually revived when two major songs from it and a few clips were used as key set pieces in Pixar's masterpiece ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' 40 years later (both of the songs used are also used in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks).

* ''Film/TheHumanStain'' (2003) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $24,863,804. Robert Benton directed only one other film after this adaptation of a Philip Roth novel was greeted with a lukewarm response by critics and audiences. Critics, in particular, [[WTHCastingAgency lambasted the casting of]] Creator/AnthonyHopkins as the lead, [[spoiler:a light-skinned African American man passing as white]].

* ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $67,647,459 (domestic), $117,249,853 (worldwide). Disney’s second attempt at adapting their [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion iconic dark ride]] on the big screen after [[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 the 2003 film]] only reviewed a little better than its critically panned predecessor, and while the 2003 film barely turned a profit, the 2023 one couldn’t even make back its budget. Being released in July long before Halloween (not the [[Film/HocusPocus first Disney film]] to end up with a questionable out-of-season release window), a week after the powerhouse duo of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' and the same week the SAG-AFTRA strike killed any promotion by the film's stars, all didn’t help matters.

* ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $67,647,459 (domestic), $117,249,853 (worldwide). Disney’s second attempt at adapting their [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion iconic dark ride]] on the big screen after [[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 the 2003 film]] only reviewed a little better than its critically panned predecessor, and while the 2003 film barely turned a profit, the 2023 one couldn’t even make back its budget. Being released in July long before Halloween (not the [[Film/HocusPocus first Disney film]] to end up with a questionable summer theatrical window to hit a fall home release), a week after the powerhouse duo of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' and the same week the SAG-AFTRA strike killed any promotion by the film's stars, all didn’t help matters.

* ''Film/HauntedMansion2023'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $67,647,459 (domestic), $117,249,853 (worldwide). Disney’s second attempt at adapting their [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion iconic dark ride]] on the big screen after [[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 the 2003 film]] only reviewed a little better than its critically panned predecessor, and while the 2003 film barely turned a profit, the 2023 one couldn’t even make back its budget. Being released in July long before Halloween [[Film/HocusPocus (not the first Disney film to end up with such a questionable release window)]], and a week after the powerhouse duo of ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' didn’t help matters.

* ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' (2007) — Budget, $67 million. Box office, $25,422,088. A love letter to the ExploitationFilm craze of the 1970s from Creator/QuentinTarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez. Audience confusion over its DoubleFeature nature and likely sabotage from notorious film executive Harvey Weinstein over the casting of Creator/RoseMcGowan contributed to its poor box office, though good critical reception and strong home video sales propelled it to CultClassic status, and three of its [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailers]] featured within became [[Film/{{Machete}} became]] [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun actual]] [[Film/Thanksgiving2023 films]].

* ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' (2007) — Budget, $67 million. Box office, $25,422,088. A love letter to the ExploitationFilm craze of the 1970s from Creator/QuentinTarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez. Audience confusion over its DoubleFeature nature and likely sabotage from notorious film executive Harvey Weinstein over the casting of Creator/RoseMcGowan contributed to its poor box office, though good critical reception and strong home video sales propelled it to CultClassic status, and two of its [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailers]] featured within became [[Film/{{Machete}} actual]] [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun films]].

* ''Film/GoodTimes'' (1967) — Budget, $1,115,000. Box office, $600,000 (rentals, domestic), $800,000 (worldwide). This was sold to distributor Columbia prior to showtime, which earned producer Steve Broidy a profit despite being a failure. ABC wasn't so lucky to the tune of $1,050,000.

* ''Film/GetCarter'' (2000) — Budget, $63.6 million. Box office, $19,412,993. A botched remake of the 1971 film. Director Stephen Kay didn't direct again for five years, it was a critical setback to the careers of the producer brothers Canton, and it was another nail in the coffin for Creator/SylvesterStallone as a dependable leading man.

* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'' (2004) — Budget, $110 million. Box office, $103,951,461. One of a handful of flops in 2004 that ultimately helped end Disney CEO Michael Eisner's long run at the company, and this one is considered by many to be the finishing blow for the post-Golden Age era called UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, as Disney abandoned its traditional animation department after the film failed, opening the floodgates to UsefulNotes/TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation where CGI animated media began taking over the mainstream. It also [[CreatorKiller impounded]] the careers of writers/directors Will Finn and John Sanford; Finn mostly stuck to DirectToVideo media and didn't direct again until 2013, and Sanford didn't appear again at all until [=DreamWorks=]' second ''Dragons'' cartoon in 2015.

* ''Film/TheGoodShepherd'' (2006) — Budget, $90 million. Box office, $59,952,835 (domestic), $99,480,480 (worldwide). The second and final film directed by Creator/RobertDeNiro.

* ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' (1987) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $1,576,615. It grossed a paltry $661,512 for its opening weekend, and parental protests over the film's RefugeInVulgarity [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids after it received a PG rating]] led to it being pulled from theaters within weeks of its release. The notorious film became instantly disowned by both the creator of the source material, Mark Newgarden, and prolific voice actor Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}, who voiced several of the titular kids, and [[CreatorKiller trashed the careers]] of songwriter/actor Creator/AnthonyNewley and director Rod Amateau, as Newley never appeared in another theatrically released film, and Amateau only worked on one more film, 1988's ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', before disappearing from the entertainment industry completely. [[FranchiseKiller The movie also killed mainstream interest in the trading card game it was based on]], and Topps would only really invest in them again in 2003. (Michael Eisner tried to make a new ''GPK'' movie in 2012, but it didn't take off) This was one of several bombs that [[CreatorKiller helped dismantle its distributor]], Creator/AtlanticReleasingCorporation.

* ''Film/GunsAkimbo'' (2020) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $847,947. Critics boycotting the movie due to allegations of racist online bullying by the director didn't help, but the second reason was outside of Madman Entertainment's control. The movie was released just 6 days before [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization]]. Because of theaters being forced to close before it could finish its initial run, Madman Entertainment made the film available digitally on-demand to recooperate their sudden losses.

* ''Film/HankyPanky'' (1982) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $9,823,934. This comedy was flattened by stiff comeptition from the likes of ''Star Trek II'' on its opening weekend. It's best known now for Creator/GeneWilder and Creator/GildaRadner's RomanceOnTheSet.

** ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'' [[note]] Also known as ''Highlander III: The Final Dimension'' and ''Highlander III: The Final Conflict'' [[/note]] (1994) — Budget, $26,000,000. Box Office, $12,308,080. This installment DID get a better reception, but not by much (it also led to director Andy Morahan remaining with his career in music videos). The series continued six years later with...

* ''Film/GunsAkimbo'' (2020) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $847,947. Critics boycotting the movie due to racist allegations of bullying didn't help, but the second reason was outside of Madman Entertainment's control. The movie was released just 6 days before [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization]]. Because of theaters being forced to close before it could finish its initial run, Madman Entertainment made the film available digitally on-demand to recooperate their sudden losses.

* ''Anime/{{Gundress}}'' (1999) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, approximately $1 million (at best). This sci-fi anime feature was intended to be a major tentpole release, but a [[TroubledProduction chaotic production process]] led to the film showing unfinished pencil tests instead of animation.

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* ''Film/{{The Hunt|2020}}'' (2020) - Budget, $14 million. Box office, $5,812,500 (domestic), $6,562,393 (worldwide). The satirical action thriller was originally pulled from its original September 27th, 2019 release after a series of real-life shootings in the US and [[OvershadowedByControversy criticism over its apparent premise of liberals hunting right-wing extremists for sport,]] especially from US President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump (despite the film advocating ''against'' such violence), and later released on March 13th with [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the advertising focused on the controversy.]] Unfortunately, it arrived right as fears from the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic exploded in the US, placing 5th in the worst domestic weekend since 1998. With theaters closing around the country to encourage social distancing, Universal made the bold move to release the film to home video early as a VOD rental only a week after its debut, along with ''Film/{{The Invisible Man|2020}}'', ''Film/{{Emma|2020}}'', and the then-upcoming ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour''.

* ''Film/HeadOffice'' (1985) — Budget, $9-12 million. Box office, $3,393,807. Creator/JamesNewtonHoward made his film scoring debut on this comedy, whose failure ensured Ken Finkelman would never direct again.