History BoxOfficeBomb / UThroughZ

* ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) - Budget, $170-241 million. Box office, $113,804,681 (domestic), $222,104,681 (worldwide). Director Creator/BarrySonnenfeld endured much ExecutiveMeddling from producer Jon Peters during production, which involved costly reshoots with Peters insisting on the crude humor that critics would rip into the film for. Star Creator/WillSmith famously joked that "That's how big I am. I bomb over a hundred million.", but Sonnenfeld, Smith and most of the cast were quick to voice their displeasure with the final product, along with the cast of the [[Series/WildWildWest original television show]] including Creator/RobertConrad, who personally accepted the multiple [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] the film won. This effectively [[CreatorKiller ended]] Sonnenfeld's film career outside of ''Franchise/MenInBlack'', while Jon Peters has only produced on four films since. Its failure is also credited for [[GenreKiller killing interest]] in fantastical Westerns for over a decade and also signaled the end of the Renaissance that Western films enjoyed throughout the 1990s.

* ''Film/{{The Work and the Glory}}'' (2004) -- Budget, $7,500,000. Box office, $3,347,647. Possibly the most expensive [[UsefulNotes/MormonCinema LDS film]] ever made, the film failed to break even because it didn't play in enough theaters to do so. That didn't stop the producers from making two sequels, possibly amplified by DVD sales.

* ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'' (1980) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $22.8 million. Michael Beck quoted this movie as, "[[StarDerailingRole closing the doors that]] ''Film/TheWarriors'' [[StarDerailingRole opened]]" [[note]]This quote is the page quote for StarDerailingRole.[[/note]]. It was also a StarDerailingRole for Creator/GeneKelly, who did not play another fictional character for the rest of his life. The failure of this film, along with ''Two of a Kind'' three years later, also killed Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's promising career as a leading lady in feature films. Along with ''Can't Stop The Music'', ''Xanadu'' inspired the creation of the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' -- Budget, $175-200 million. Box office, $63,863,169 (domestic), $249,720,820 (worldwide). The 62nd film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon was the most hyped-up (and merchandised!) since ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' as it was intended to cap off the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary celebration]] for the company; instead, it ended up becoming one of many films released by Disney in 2023 to seriously underperform financially (with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' being the only film under Disney's umbrella to not perform under expectations or outright lose money). The mixed-to-negative reviews, which took the film to task for its [[ClicheStorm derivative story]], mediocre songs and distracting CompanyCrossReferences, and stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' and (of all movies) ''Film/Napoleon2023'' during its opening week (with ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' and ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' coming a few weeks later to further drive family audiences away from ''Wish'') didn't help matters. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It did noticeably better overseas than in the states]], though not enough to push the film to profitability, and to its credit, it was still much less of a financial bomb than the previous DAC film ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld''.

* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' — Budget, $175-200 million. Box office, $63,863,169 (domestic), $249,720,820 (worldwide). The 62nd film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon was the most hyped-up (and merchandised!) since ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''as it was intended to cap off the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary celebration]] for the company; instead, it ended up becoming one of many films released by Disney in 2023 to seriously underperform financially (with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' being the only film under Disney’s umbrella to not perform under expectations or outright lose money). The mixed-to-negative reviews, which took the film to task for its [[ClicheStorm derivative story]], mediocre songs and distracting CompanyCrossReferences, and stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' and (of all movies) ''Film/Napoleon2023'' during its opening week (with ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' and ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' coming a few weeks later to further drive family audiences away from ''Wish'') didn’t help matters. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It did noticeably better overseas than in the states]], though not enough to push the film to profitability, and to its credit, it was still much less of a financial bomb than the previous DAC film ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld''.

* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' — Budget, $175-200 million. Box office, $63,395,364 (domestic), $233,614,172 (worldwide). The 62nd film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon was the most hyped-up (and merchandised!) since ''Frozen II'' as it was intended to cap off the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary celebration]] for the company; instead, it ended up becoming one of many films released by Disney in 2023 to seriously underperform financially (with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' being the only film under Disney’s umbrella to not perform under expectations or outright lose money). The mixed-to-negative reviews, which took the film to task for its [[ClicheStorm derivative story]], mediocre songs and distracting CompanyCrossReferences, and stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' and (of all movies) ''Film/Napoleon2023'' during its opening week (with ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' and ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' coming a few weeks later to further drive family audiences away from ''Wish'') didn’t help matters. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It did noticeably better overseas than in the states]], though not enough to push the film to profitability, and to its credit, it was still much less of a financial bomb than the previous DAC film ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld''.

* ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $13,600,000. This film adaptation of [[Theatre/TheWiz the musical]] rendition of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' was the most expensive musical at the time. It departed significantly from the source material to accommodate Diana Ross's casting as Dorothy, a role she actively campaigned for. Her [[QuestionableCasting casting]] bore the brunt of the film's tepid reviews and the film proved a StarDerailingRole for her acting career. This also proved to be Music/MichaelJackson's only major film role, though his and Ross's music careers survived. Its failure discouraged major studios from producing films with All-Black casts for a good while; it would be a solid four decades before an All-Black tentpole [[Film/BlackPanther2018 was attempted again (and actually succeeded big time).]] It also put a dent in Motown Productions' prospects and they only produced one more film after this. Its soundtrack, particularly the single "Ease on Down the Road", [[CultSoundtrack became a smash hit]], which helped the film become a CultClassic later down the road.

* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' — Budget, $175-200 million. Box office, $63,395,364 (domestic), $233,614,172 (worldwide). The 62nd film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon was intended to cap off the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary celebration]] for the company; instead, it ended up becoming one of many films released by Disney in 2023 to seriously underperform financially (with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' being the only film under Disney’s umbrella to not perform under expectations or outright lose money). The mixed-to-negative reviews, which took the film to task for its [[ClicheStorm derivative story]], mediocre songs and distracting CompanyCrossReferences, and stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' and (of all movies) ''Film/Napoleon2023'' during its opening week (with ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' and ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' coming a few weeks later to further drive family audiences away from ''Wish'') didn’t help matters. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It did noticeably better overseas than in the states]], though not enough to push the film to profitability, and to its credit, it was still much less of a financial bomb than the previous DAC film ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld''.

* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' — Budget, $175-200 million. Box office, $63,395,364 (domestic), $233,614,172 (worldwide) The 62nd film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon was intended to cap off the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary celebration]] for the company; instead, it ended up becoming one of many films released by Disney in 2023 to seriously underperform financially (with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' being the only film under Disney’s umbrella to not perform under expectations or outright lose money). The mixed-to-negative reviews, which took the film to task for its [[ClicheStorm derivative story]], mediocre songs and distracting CompanyCrossReferences, and stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' and (of all movies) ''Film/Napoleon2023'' during its opening week (with ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' and ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' coming a few weeks later to further drive family audiences away from ''Wish'') didn’t help matters. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It did noticeably better overseas than in the states]], though not enough to push the film to profitability, and to its credit, it was still much less of a financial bomb than the previous DAC film ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld''.

* ''Film/WhenTimeRanOut'' (1980) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $3,763,988. This film was released one year after another Irwin Allen bust, ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'', and after THIS bombed, Allen's career sank for good. It also liquidated the careers of writers Stirling Silliphant and Carl Foreman along with director James Goldstone and the man behind the movie's infamous special effects, L.B. Abbott (Silliphant would remain a B-level writer for 7 years before another flop shot him down altogether).

* ''Film/WestSideStory2021'' - Budget, $100 million. Box office, $38,530,322 (domestic), $76,016,171 (worldwide). Creator/StevenSpielberg’s take on [[Theatre/WestSideStory the classic musical]] [[AcclaimedFlop received near-unanimous praise from critics]], with many considering it to be just as great if not better than the [[Film/WestSideStory1961 1961 version.]] However, its box office receipts were seriously hampered by poor timing, between cases of the Omicron variant of COVID making older audiences wary to go out and younger audiences being more interested in the juggernaut that was ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. Not helping matters was star Creator/AnselElgort being accused of sexual assault between the movie's filming and COVID-delayed release; this film's financial failure, coupled with a few other prior bombs, may mark the end of his career as a Hollywood leading man.

* ''Film/WestSideStory2021'' - Budget, $100 million. Box office, $38,530,322 (domestic), $76,016,171 (worldwide). Creator/StevenSpielberg’s take on [[Theatre/WestSideStory the classic musical]] [[AcclaimedFlop received near-unanimous praise from critics]], with many considering it to be just as great if not better than the [[Film/WestSideStory1961 1961 version.]] However, its box office receipts were seriously hampered by poor timing, between cases of the Omicron variant of COVID making older audiences wary to go out and younger audiences being more interested in the juggernaut that was ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. Not helping matters was star Creator/AnselElgort being accused of sexual assault between the movie's filming and COVID-delayed release; this film's failure, coupled with a few other prior bombs, may mark the end of his career as a Hollywood leading man.

* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' (2020) - Budget, $200 million. Box office, $46,801,036 (domestic), $169,601,036 (worldwide). The massive drop compared to the [[Film/WonderWoman2017 first film]] was almost inevitable due to being released at the peak of the Usefulnotes/Covid19Pandemic in December 2020 when many theaters were still closed, but getting a muted reception from critics also didn't help. Warner also released the film simultaneously on Creator/HBOMax and primarily marketed it as a streaming release, with theaters being an afterthought. It's unclear how much income the film generated via HBO Max signups; while it did well enough to ensure that Warner continued this model with ''all'' its theatrical tentpoles the following year (a decision the studio came to regret), it didn't do well enough for DC to proceed with the ''Wonder Woman'' film series despite the immense success of the first installment.

* ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' (2017) — Budget, $180-$220 million. Box office, $40,479,370 (domestic), $224,648,882 (worldwide). Costing €197,470,000, this film holds the record for the most expensive French film ever produced. It unfortunately couldn't make its budget back and was already being called a bomb during its ''first week of release''. Reasons include its lack of star power, [[Film/{{Dunkirk}} stiff]] [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming competition]], middling reviews, and being compared negatively to earlier sci-fi films (even though [[ComicBook/{{Valerian}} the source material]] [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny influenced many of them]]). Part of a [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 bad]] [[Film/ACureForWellness string]] for star Dane [=DeHaan=], [[Film/{{Pan}} another]] [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 low-rated]] for Cara Delevingne's burgeoning film career, and a [[Film/TheSpaceBetweenUs bad]] [[Film/TheCircle2017 year]] for distributor Creator/STXEntertainment; none of them would remain prominent much longer. This was a massive blow to director Creator/LucBesson, as the debts from the film caused him to lose his control of Creator/EuropaCorp, while Edouard de Vesinne [[CreatorKiller lost his job as its CEO]].

* ''Film/ZyzzyxRoad'' (2006) — Budget, $1.2 million. Box office, '''''$30'''''. Yes, '''thirty bucks''', or ''six'' tickets (two sold to a makeup artist who worked on the film; the director returned their money, so the film had a net box office profit of $20). The film received only a one-week domestic release (playing one screen in Dallas) to comply with [[UsefulNotes/UnionsInHollywood Screen Actors Guild]] rules. The producer had no intention otherwise of opening it in the U.S. until after it had foreign distribution. However, it only made around $368,000 internationally by the end of 2006.

* ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $13,600,000. This film adaptation of [[Theatre/TheWiz the musical]] rendition of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' was the most expensive musical at the time. It departed significantly from the source material to accommodate Diana Ross's casting as Dorothy, a role she actively campaigned for. Her [[WTHCastingAgency casting]] bore the brunt of the film's tepid reviews and the film proved a StarDerailingRole for her acting career. This also proved to be Music/MichaelJackson's only major film role, though his and Ross's music careers survived. Its failure discouraged major studios from producing films with All-Black casts for a good while; it would be a solid four decades before an All-Black tentpole [[Film/BlackPanther2018 was attempted again (and actually succeeded big time).]] It also put a dent in Motown Productions' prospects and they only produced one more film after this. Its soundtrack, particularly the single "Ease on Down the Road", [[CultSoundtrack became a smash hit]], which helped the film become a CultClassic later down the road.

* ''Film/{{UHF}}'' (1989) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $6,157,157. This Music/WeirdAlYankovic vehicle had the misfortune of opening during an absolutely brutal summer blockbuster season, facing competition with the likes of ''Film/LethalWeapon2'', ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'', ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'', ''Film/GhostbustersII'', ''Film/LicenceToKill'', ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', and Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''. ''UHF'' got lost in the shuffle, and has since become a scapegoat for the demise of Creator/OrionPictures. Despite this, it [[VindicatedByCable sold well on home video]] and is considered a CultClassic by Weird Al fans.

* ''Film/WyattEarp'' (1994) — Budget, $63 million. Box office, $25,052,000. This movie's existence came about when Creator/KevinCostner disagreed with the director of ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' over character writing, and he made this with Creator/WarnerBros ([[DuelingMovies another chapter]] in the Creator/{{Disney}} vs Warner rivalry; Disney distributed ''Tombstone'' through Hollywood Pictures). Costner tried to pressure other studios to not distribute ''Tombstone'' before Disney picked that film up, and it ultimately didn't help much when ''Tombstone'' beat ''Wyatt Earp'' to theaters and did well critically and financially, whereas the latter got mixed reviews and couldn't make up the budget. This was one of at least three major films that sunk Costner's A-list status in the mid '90s (''Waterworld'' and ''The Postman'' were the others).

* ''Film/XXxStateOfTheUnion'' (2005) — Budget, $87-113 million. Box office, $71,022,683. Creator/VinDiesel being replaced by Music/IceCube due to script issues killed audience interest in this sequel. Not only did it receive significantly worse reviews compared to the first film, its total domestic gross ($26 million) was almost half of what the first film made in its opening weekend alone. This dealt a big blow to director Lee Tamahori's career (who had previously directed ''Film/DieAnotherDay'') and its failure played a big role in [[TrendKiller killing the trend]] of action films centered on extreme sports. The ''xXx'' film series stalled out for 11 years, with the [[Film/XXXReturnOfXanderCage next film]] making a point to bring back Diesel in a starring role.

* ''Film/UndercoverBlues'' (1993) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $12,324,660. This was Creator/HerbertRoss' penultimate film and part of a string of busts for Creator/KathleenTurner. It didn't help that the critics didn't like it to begin with.

* ''Film/{{The Weight of Water}}'' (2000) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $321,279. The movie sat on the shelf for two years in the United States before being dumped out to theaters in 2002. Released during a packed season and competing with films such as ''Film/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' gave it no chance.

* ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) - Budget, $170-241 million. Box office, $113,804,681 (domestic), $222,104,681 (worldwide). Will Smith famously joked about this, saying "That's how big I am. I bomb over a hundred million."

* ''Film/UnfinishedBusiness'' (2015) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $14,431,253. This marked the lowest opening for Creator/VinceVaughn's career and its critical and financial drubbing took it down after six weeks.

* ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' (2017) — Budget, $180-$220 million. Box office, $40,479,370 (domestic), $224,648,882 (worldwide). Costing €197,470,000, this film holds the record for the most expensive French film ever produced. It unfortunately couldn't make its budget back in the US due to the obscurity of [[ComicBook/{{Valerian}} the original source material]] outside of France, the lack of star power, middling reviews, and being compared to not only a slew of earlier sci-fi films (even though the source material [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny influenced many of them]]) but also Creator/LucBesson's better reviewed ''Film/TheFifthElement''. Part of a [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 bad]] [[Film/ACureForWellness string]] for star Dane [=DeHaan=], [[Film/{{Pan}} another]] [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 low-rated]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Face_of_an_Angel#Reception film]] for Cara Delevingne's burgeoning film career, and a [[Film/TheSpaceBetweenUs bad]] [[Film/TheCircle2017 year]] for distributor Creator/STXEntertainment; none of them would remain prominent much longer. It was already being called a bomb during its ''first week of release'' by news publications, and its numbers sadly didn't improve from there. The film bombing also caused Edouard de Vesinne to [[CreatorKiller lose his job as CEO]] of Creator/EuropaCorp, and the company still hasn't recovered from the losses and got bought out. Besson also lost control of the company.

* ''Film/WeAreYourFriends'' (2015) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,591,417. On its opening weekend, it only averaged $758 per theater. It became the fourth-worst wide-release debut of all time... [[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN20&sort=opening&order=ASC&p=.htm sitting right below]] ''The Oogieloves'', ''Delgo'', and a re-release of ''Film/{{Saw|I}}''.

* ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (1998) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $9,898,412 (domestic), $21,094,974 (worldwide). Peter Berg's directorial debut was given mixed to negative reviews for its overwhelming [[TooBleakStoppedCaring apathy]] (its Rotten Tomatoes consensus being: "Mean-spirited and empty.").

* ''{{Film/Voiceless}}'' (2016) — Budget, $500,000. Box office, $419,952 (domestic). A limited release compared to other Christian films aborted its chances of making money.

* ''Film/{{Ultraviolet|2006}}'' (2006) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,535,812 (domestic), $31,070,211 (worldwide). Star Creator/MillaJovovich, according to the DVD Commentary, [[ThisIsGoingToBeHuge saw the movie as the start of a possible franchise]]. Its director/writer, Kurt Wimmer, due to the insane amount of ExecutiveMeddling the movie endured only to bomb, decided to retire from film directing.

* ''Film/ZyzzyxRoad'' (2006) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, '''''$30'''''. Yes, '''thirty bucks''', or ''six'' tickets (two sold to a makeup artist who worked on the film; the director returned their money, so the film had a net box office of $20). The film received only a one-week domestic release (playing one screen in Dallas) to comply with [[Usefulnotes/UnionsInHollywood Screen Actors Guild]] rules. The producer had no intention otherwise of opening it in the U.S. until after it had foreign distribution. (Foreign gross to date: $368,000.) While the tiny investment made in it doesn't ''technically'' make it a "bomb", there is no better title to end this alphabetized list.

* ''Film/XXxStateOfTheUnion'' (2005) — Budget, $87-113 million. Box office, $71,022,683. Killed both director Lee Tamahori's career and the ''xXx'' film series after only two installments for 11 years.