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* ''Film/WintersTale'' (2014) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $27,400,231. Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut was this film version of the Mark Helprin novel. It was a critical and financial fiasco which ultimately left theaters after seven weeks.
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* ''Film/WintersTale'' (2014) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $27,400,231.$31,125,231. Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut was this film version of the Mark Helprin novel. It was a critical and financial fiasco which ultimately left theaters after seven weeks.
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* ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics. Director Stephen Hopkins wouldn't helm another theatrically-released film in seven years until ''Film/TheReaping''.
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* ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' ''Under Suspicion'' (1991) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $221,295.
* ''Under Suspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics. Director Stephen Hopkins wouldn't helm another theatrically-released film in seven years until ''Film/TheReaping''.
* ''Under Suspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics. Director Stephen Hopkins wouldn't helm another theatrically-released film in seven years until ''Film/TheReaping''.
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* ''White Water Summer'' (1987) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $300,859.
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* ''The Work and the Glory'' (2004) -- Budget, $7,500,000. Box office, $3,347,647. Possibly the most expensive [[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.
** ''The Work and the Glory II: American Zion'' (2005) -- Budget, $6,500,000. Box office, $2,025,032. The sequel failed to even outgross its predecessor and this would be the only release from Vineyard Distribution. Again, the producers relied on DVD sales to justify one more sequel.
*** ''The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided'' (2006) -- Budget, $6,500,000. Box office, $1,325,092. The lowest grossing film in the series and the final film venture for Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, who would pass away in 2009.
** ''The Work and the Glory II: American Zion'' (2005) -- Budget, $6,500,000. Box office, $2,025,032. The sequel failed to even outgross its predecessor and this would be the only release from Vineyard Distribution. Again, the producers relied on DVD sales to justify one more sequel.
*** ''The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided'' (2006) -- Budget, $6,500,000. Box office, $1,325,092. The lowest grossing film in the series and the final film venture for Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, who would pass away in 2009.
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* ''Film/WhiteFang II: Myth of the White Wolf'' (1994) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $8,878,839.
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* ''Year of the Gun'' (1991) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $1,182,273.
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* ''Film/AWalkAmongTheTombstones'' (2014) -- Budget, $28 million. Box office, $26,017,685 (domestic), $62,108,587 (worldwide). The second attempt to bring Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder character to the big screen following ''8 Million Ways To Die''. It got a far better reception both critically and financially than the previous attempt even if it fell short of its budget domestically.
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* ''Film/AWalkAmongTheTombstones'' (2014) -- Budget, $28 million. Box office, $26,017,685 (domestic), $62,108,587 (worldwide). The second attempt to bring Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder character to the big screen following ''8 Million Ways To to Die''. It got a far better reception both critically and financially than the previous attempt even if it fell short of its budget domestically.
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* ''Film/TheWatcher'' (2000) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $28,946,615 (domestic), $47,267,829 (worldwide). Creator/KeanuReeves was roped into staring in this thriller when his assistant forged his signature on a contract. Unsurprisingly, he views this as an OldShame. It spent its first two weeks at number one before its heavy panning by critics insured its quick death at the box office.
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* ''Film/TheWatcher'' (2000) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $28,946,615 (domestic), $47,267,829 (worldwide). Creator/KeanuReeves was roped into staring starring in this thriller when his assistant forged his signature on a contract. Unsurprisingly, he views this as an OldShame. It spent its first two weeks at number one before its heavy panning by critics insured its quick death at the box office.
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* ''Virgin Territory'' (2007) -- Budget, $38 million. Box office, $5,410,749. This film version of ''Literature/TheDecameron'' was the last film directed by David Leland and the last film for legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis. It crashed and burned so badly in the international box-office that it was released DirectToVideo in the US.
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* ''Wonder Wheel'' (2017) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $1.5 million. This Creator/WoodyAllen dramedy opened to a mixed-to-negative critical reception and a limited release.
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* ''Wonder Wheel'' (2017) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $1.5 million.$3 million (so far). This Creator/WoodyAllen dramedy opened to a mixed-to-negative critical reception and a limited release.
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* ''Film/WildAmerica'' (1997) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $7,342,923.
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* ''Won't Back Down'' (2012) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $5,714,913. This film is notable for having the second worst opening gross for a movie in 2,500+ theaters.
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* ''Won't Back Down'' (2012) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $5,714,913. This film is notable for having the second third worst opening gross for a movie in 2,500+ theaters.
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* ''Film/{{Willard}}'' (2003) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8.5 million. This remake of the 1971 horror film fell flat at the box office despite generally good reviews. Glen Morgan directed only one other film, another horror remake, ''Film/BlackChristmas''; the [[ExecutiveMeddling trouble he had working on that]] lead to him sticking to TV.
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* ''Film/{{Willard}}'' (2003) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8.5 million. This remake of the 1971 horror film fell flat at the box office despite generally good reviews. Glen Morgan directed only one other film, another horror remake, ''Film/BlackChristmas''; ''Film/BlackChristmas2006''; the [[ExecutiveMeddling trouble he had working on that]] lead to him sticking to TV.
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Wonder Wheel doesn't look like it's going to get better.
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* ''Wonder Wheel'' (2017) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $1.5 million. This Creator/WoodyAllen dramedy opened to a mixed-to-negative critical reception and a limited release.
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* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' (1978) -- Budget, $4.8 million. Box office, $3,713,768. This animated film version of the Richard Adams novel was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical success]] and a box-office hit in its native UK, but [[AmericansHateTingle it fell short of its budget in the US]]. A significant part of its failure there was its [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids very family unfriendly tone in-spite of being a family film]]; it remains controversial in the UK for the same reason, in part because of its "U" (all ages) rating compared to the PG rating it got in America. This was also the final film for Zero Mostel, who died the year before.
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* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' (1978) -- Budget, $4.8 million. Box office, $3,713,768. This animated film version of the Richard Adams novel was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical success]] and a box-office hit in its native UK, but [[AmericansHateTingle it fell short of its budget in the US]]. A significant part of its failure there was its [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids very family unfriendly tone in-spite of being a family film]]; it film.]] It remains controversial in the UK for the same reason, to this day, in part because of its "U" (all ages) rating compared to the PG rating it got in America. This was also the final film for Zero Mostel, who died the year before.
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* ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics.
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* ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics. Director Stephen Hopkins wouldn't helm another theatrically-released film in seven years until ''Film/TheReaping''.
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* ''Film/{{Underclassman}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $5,879,555. One of several Miramax films that were placed on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to Miramax's financial difficulties and its split from Disney. It was given a limited release of 1,132 theaters and dropped out after seven weeks. Director Marcos Siega made one more feature film before he went to TV and music videos.
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* ''Film/{{Underclassman}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $5,879,555. One of several Miramax films that were placed on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to Miramax's financial difficulties and its the Weinsteins' split from Disney. It was given a limited release of 1,132 theaters and dropped out after seven weeks. Director Marcos Siega made one more feature film before he went to TV and music videos.
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* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' (1978) -- Budget, $4.8 million. Box office, $3,713,768. This animated film version of the Richard Adams novel was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical success]] and a box-office hit in its native U.K., but [[AmericansHateTingle it fell short of its budget in the US]]. A significant part of its failure there was its [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids very family unfriendly tone in-spite of being a family film]]. This was also the final film for Zero Mostel, who died the year before.
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* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' (1978) -- Budget, $4.8 million. Box office, $3,713,768. This animated film version of the Richard Adams novel was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical success]] and a box-office hit in its native U.K., UK, but [[AmericansHateTingle it fell short of its budget in the US]]. A significant part of its failure there was its [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids very family unfriendly tone in-spite of being a family film]].film]]; it remains controversial in the UK for the same reason, in part because of its "U" (all ages) rating compared to the PG rating it got in America. This was also the final film for Zero Mostel, who died the year before.
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* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' (1993) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $48.2 million (domestic). While this take on Wayne and Garth had a budget that was double that of the original sleeper classic, it was not considered as [[{{Sequelitis}} fresh]] as the original, and it didn't have the same director because she had fallen out with star Creator/MikeMyers over the difficulty of working with him (she directed ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' instead, which was a financial success but was actually disdained by critics). Paramount and NBC let the ''Wayne's World'' sketch lie in the culture nostalgia corner after this film, but this would be one of the last times an ''SNL''-based film would be taken seriously before it started getting derailed with ''Film/ItsPat'' the next year. As for Myers, this and ''So I Married An Axe Murderer'' led to him not appearing in another movie until 1997's ''Film/AustinPowers''.
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* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' (1993) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $48.2 million (domestic). While this take on Wayne and Garth had a budget that was double that of the original sleeper classic, hit, it was not considered as [[{{Sequelitis}} fresh]] as the original, and it didn't have the same director because she had fallen out with star Creator/MikeMyers over the difficulty of working with him (she directed ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' instead, which was a financial success but was actually disdained by critics). Paramount and NBC let the ''Wayne's World'' sketch lie in the culture nostalgia corner after this film, but this would be one of the last times an ''SNL''-based film would be taken seriously before it started getting derailed with ''Film/ItsPat'' the next year. As for Myers, this and ''So I Married An Axe Murderer'' led to him not appearing in another movie until 1997's ''Film/AustinPowers''.
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* ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' (1981) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills''.
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* ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' (1981) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' Creator/RichardDreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills''.
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* ''The White Countess'' (2005) -- Budget, $16,000,000. Box office, $4,092,682 (worldwide). This is the last film for producer Ismail Merchant, who died in May of that year.
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* ''The White Countess'' (2005) -- Budget, $16,000,000.$16 million. Box office, $4,092,682 (worldwide). This is the last film for producer Ismail Merchant, who died in May of that year.
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Last Crusade was released in 1989, not Temple of Doom
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* ''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/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', and Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''. ''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.
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* ''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/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', and Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''. ''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.
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* ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' (1981) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills''.
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* ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' (1981) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills''.''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills''.
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* ''Film/TheWeightOfWater'' (2002) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $321,279. The movie sat on a shelf for two years before being dumped out to theaters. Released during a packed season and competing with films such as ''Film/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' gave it no chance.
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* ''Film/TheWeightOfWater'' (2002) (2000) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $321,279. The movie sat on a shelf for two years before being dumped out to theaters. Released during a packed season and competing with films such as ''Film/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' gave it no chance.
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* ''Film/WhosThatGirl'' (1987) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $7,305,209. This and ''Shanghai Surprise'' resulted in Madonna minimizing her movie career.
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* ''Film/WhosThatGirl'' (1987) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $7,305,209. This and ''Shanghai Surprise'' resulted in Madonna Creator/{{Madonna}} minimizing her movie career.
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* ''The Underground Comedy Movie'' (1999) -- Budget, $500,000. Box office, '''$856'''. This only played on a single movie screen and the critics who saw it ripped it from head to toe for childish ToiletHumor and bad sex skits. The film's director and writer, Vince Offer, then attempted to regain traction by suing Fox and the Farrelly Bros. for "Taking scenes from his movie and putting them in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. The Farrellys' response: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney." The suit was crumpled within a year and cost Offer an additional $66,000, though he was able to sue Anna Nicole Smith for refusing to be in this film. Offer didn't direct another film for 14 years (he managed to become a TV commercial pitchman in the interim) before returning to the director's chair with the equally hated ''[=InAPPropriate Comedy=]'' in 2013. Music/GunsNRoses guitarist Saul "Slash" Hudson, who was in the film, didn't try to go on a stage that wasn't a concert stage for a while after this.
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* ''Where the Day Takes You'' (1992) -- Budget, $3 million. Box office, $390,150.
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* ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) -- Budget, $75 million. Box office, $30.6 million. This adaptation of [[AdaptationDisplacement the obscure graphic novel]] was universally panned by critics for being a derivative of other sci-fi works. This was the only feature film directed by visual effects supervisor John Bruno and it [[CreatorKiller ended Dennis Feldman's writing career]]. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[OldShame has nothing nice to say about it]].
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* ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) -- Budget, $75 million. Box office, $30.6 million. This adaptation of [[AdaptationDisplacement the obscure graphic novel]] was universally panned by critics for being a derivative of other sci-fi works. This was the only feature film directed by visual effects supervisor John Bruno and it [[CreatorKiller ended Dennis Feldman's writing career]]. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[OldShame has nothing nice to say about it]].
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* ''The Underground Comedy Movie'' (1999) -- Budget, $500,000. Box office, '''$856'''. This only played on a single movie screen and the critics who saw it ripped it from head to toe for childish ToiletHumor and bad sex skits. The film's director and writer, Vince Offer, then attempted to regain traction by suing Fox and the Farrelly Bros. for "Taking scenes from his movie and putting them in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. The Farrellys' response: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney." The suit was crumpled within a year and cost Offer an additional $66,000, though he was able to sue Anna Nicole Smith for refusing to be in this film. Offer eventually followed this up with the equally hated ''[=InAPPropriate Comedy=]'' in 2013. Music/GunsNRoses guitarist Saul "Slash" Hudson, who was in the film, didn't try to go on a stage that wasn't a concert stage for a while after this.
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* ''The Underground Comedy Movie'' (1999) -- Budget, $500,000. Box office, '''$856'''. This only played on a single movie screen and the critics who saw it ripped it from head to toe for childish ToiletHumor and bad sex skits. The film's director and writer, Vince Offer, then attempted to regain traction by suing Fox and the Farrelly Bros. for "Taking scenes from his movie and putting them in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. The Farrellys' response: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney." The suit was crumpled within a year and cost Offer an additional $66,000, though he was able to sue Anna Nicole Smith for refusing to be in this film. Offer eventually followed this up didn't direct another film for 14 years (he managed to become a TV commercial pitchman in the interim) before returning to the director's chair with the equally hated ''[=InAPPropriate Comedy=]'' in 2013. Music/GunsNRoses guitarist Saul "Slash" Hudson, who was in the film, didn't try to go on a stage that wasn't a concert stage for a while after this.
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* ''V.I. Warshawski'' (1991) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $11.1 million. Arguably a StarDerailingRole for star Creator/KathleenTurner.
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* ''V.I. Warshawski'' (1991) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $11.1 million. Arguably a StarDerailingRole for star Creator/KathleenTurner. Any attempt to make a franchise out of Sarah Paretsky's crime novels were shot down when this film failed at the box office.
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* ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) -- Budget, $75 million. Box office, $30.6 million. This adaptation of [[AdaptationDisplacement the obscure graphic novel]] was universally panned by critics for being a derivative of other sci-fi works. This was the only feature film directed by visual effects supervisor John Bruno and it [[CreatorKiller ended Dennis Feldman's writing career]]. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[OldShame has nothing nice to say about it]].
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* ''Film/WhereTheMoneyIs'' (2000) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $7,243,669. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. Director Marek Kanievska didn't direct again for 4 years, and writer E. Max Frye's writing career was put in its own cemetery until 2014.
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* ''Film/WhereTheMoneyIs'' (2000) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $7,243,669. One of the last-credited movies that led to for Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015.2015; Universal had already sold the company to the USA Network around this time. Director Marek Kanievska didn't direct again for 4 years, and writer E. Max Frye's writing career was put in its own cemetery until 2014.
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* ''Wrong Is Right'' (1982) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $3,583,513.
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* ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'' (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. Along with ''Can't Stop The Music'', ''Xanadu'' inspired the creation of the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]].
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* ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'' (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 Creator/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]].
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* ''Film/YearOfTheComet'' (1992) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $2,791,515. It's one of three 1992 bombs that set Creator/WilliamGoldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. The film prompted actor Louis Jourdan to retire, and director Peter Yates only directed one more mainstream film.
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* ''Film/YearOfTheComet'' (1992) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $2,791,515. It's one of three 1992 bombs that set Creator/WilliamGoldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. The film prompted actor Louis Jourdan to retire, and director Peter Yates only directed one more mainstream film.
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* ''Film/UTurn'' (1997) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $6,633,400. This was the first released film written by Creator/JohnRidley, which was based on his novel, ''Stray Dogs''. His actual debut as a screenwriter and director, ''Cold Around The Heart'', was actually shot first, but was released a month later. Its financial failure continued an unlucky streak for director and co-writer Creator/OliverStone.
* ''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/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', and Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''. ''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/{{Ultraviolet}}'' (2006) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,535,812 (domestic), $31,070,211 (worldwide). This too is an OldShame for star Creator/MillaJovovich (along with the previously mentioned ''Film/ReturnToTheBlueLagoon''), who, according to the DVD Commentary, [[ThisIsGoingToBeHuge saw the movie as the start of a possible franchise]]. This is also an OldShame for its director/writer, Kurt Wimmer; due to the insane amount of ExecutiveMeddling the movie endured only to bomb, he retired from film directing.
* ''Unaccompanied Minors'' (2006) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $21,949,214. Based on a story featured in ''This American Life'', this family movie's critical and financial takedown sent Creator/PaulFeig “to movie jail.” He was let out five years later to do ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''.
* ''The Undefeated'' (2011) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $116,381. The documentary was ripped to pieces and only got a limited release in ten AMC theatres. UsefulNotes/SarahPalin's agenda in creating the movie was also undermined when she opened this film the same day as the final ''Film/HarryPotter'' [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2 film.]]
* ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics.
* ''Under the Cherry Moon'' (1986) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $10 million. Though the film flopped, it did well enough in Europe to allow Warner Bros. to greenlight Music/{{Prince}}'s next film project, ''Graffiti Bridge''. Later became a CultClassic on home video.
* ''Under The Rainbow'' (1981) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18,826,490. Director Steve Rash didn't direct again for another 6 years.
* ''Film/UnderTheSkin'' (2014) – Budget: £8 million ($13.3 million). Box office: $7.2 million. This sci-fi thriller received glowing reviews ever since it debuted at the Telluride Film Festival the previous year but it never left a limited release.
* ''Film/{{Underclassman}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $5,879,555. One of several Miramax films that were placed on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to Miramax's financial difficulties and its split from Disney. It was given a limited release of 1,132 theaters and dropped out after seven weeks. Director Marcos Siega made one more feature film before he went to TV and music videos.
* ''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.
* ''The Underground Comedy Movie'' (1999) -- Budget, $500,000. Box office, '''$856'''. This only played on a single movie screen and the critics who saw it ripped it from head to toe for childish ToiletHumor and bad sex skits. The film's director and writer, Vince Offer, then attempted to regain traction by suing Fox and the Farrelly Bros. for "Taking scenes from his movie and putting them in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. The Farrellys' response: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney." The suit was crumpled within a year and cost Offer an additional $66,000, though he was able to sue Anna Nicole Smith for refusing to be in this film. Offer eventually followed this up with the equally hated ''[=InAPPropriate Comedy=]'' in 2013. Music/GunsNRoses guitarist Saul "Slash" Hudson, who was in the film, didn't try to go on a stage that wasn't a concert stage for a while after this.
* ''Film/TheUnderneath'' (1995) -- Budget, $6.5 million. Box office, $536,023. One of several films in 1995 that earned Gramercy Pictures closure threats from Universal.
* ''[[Film/{{Underworld}} Underworld: Awakening]]'' (2012) -- Budget, $70 million. Box office, $62,321,039 (domestic), $160,112,671 (worldwide). Despite its weak domestic performance, a fifth installment in the ''Underworld'' franchise starring Creator/KateBeckinsale did arrive, albeit five years later and with half the budget of this one.
** ''Underworld: Blood Wars'' (2017) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $30,353,973 (domestic), $81,093,313 (worldwide). This is the lowest grossing film in the series, and along with ''Film/TheDisappointmentsRoom'', [[StarDerailingRole derailed]] Beckinsale's career after she gained traction last year with ''Love & Friendship''.
* ''Film/{{Undiscovered}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1,069,318. According to Box Office Mojo, this film has the [[MedalOfDishonor second largest second-weekend drop]] of any "wide release".
* ''Film/{{Undisputed}}'' (2002) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,220,548. The film did well enough on home video to spawn a few direct-to-DVD sequels. Creator/WalterHill wouldn't direct another theatrically released film for 11 years until ''Film/BulletToTheHead''.
* ''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/AnUnfinishedLife'' (2005) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,618,284. Its widest release was in 888 theaters for six weeks.
* ''Film/{{Unforgettable|1996}}'' (1996) -- Budget, $18 million. Box office, $2,483,790. Critics and audiences found this sci-thriller forgettable and it killed off producer Bill Geddie's writing career after one movie (his TV career survived).
* ''Film/{{Unforgettable|2017}}'' (2017) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $11,368,012 (domestic), $17,768,012 (worldwide). Critics found this erotic thriller entirely forgettable and it withered away after six weeks.
* ''Film/AUnitedKingdom'' (2017) -- Budget, $14 million. Box office, $3,902,185 (domestic), $13,819,139 (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop Critics liked it]] though.
* ''Film/UnitedPassions'' (2015) -- Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new winner. Budget, $30 million ($25 million from FIFA's own coffers). Opening weekend box office (US), $900. No, that is not a typo, ''nine hundred dollars''. The film premiered just after several FIFA officials were arrested on corruption charges and set the world record for lowest takings of all time.
* ''Film/UniversalSoldierTheReturn'' (1999) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $10.717,421. The damage that action star Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme took from the ''Street Fighter'' [[VideoGameMoviesSuck movie]] peaked when this film bombed heavily. JCVD didn't return to the big screen again until his self-titled movie, and wouldn't be fully visible again until the second ''Expendables'' adventure from Sylvester Stallone. The movie has also since been Retconned out of existence.
* ''[[Film/DannyTheDog Unleashed]]'' (2005) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $24,537,621 (domestic), $50,871,113 (worldwide). It was an AcclaimedFlop and its box-office numbers, while not impressive, exceeded distributer Rogue Pictures' expectations. It's a CultClassic in Asia thanks to Creator/JetLi.
* ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'' (2010) -- Budget, $100 million. Box office, $81,562,942 (domestic), $167,805,466 (worldwide). This was the last film by Creator/TonyScott before his suicide two years later.
* ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'' (1991) -- Budget, $23 million. Box office, $829,675. This was hit with InvisibleAdvertising by Warner Bros. and was buried in an extremely limited release. Contemporary reviewers like Creator/RogerEbert criticized the film for its length and slow-narrative, though [[VindicatedByHistory time has been kinder to the film]]. A nearly five-hour director's cut was released in 2015.
* ''Film/{{Untraceable}}'' (2008) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $28,687,835 (domestic), $52,659,594 (worldwide). This pulled the plug on Gregory Hoblit's directorial career.
* ''Used Cars'' (1980) – Budget, $8 million. Box office, $11.7 million. This Creator/RobertZemeckis and Bob Gale comedy scored highly [[AcclaimedFlop with critics]] and audiences [[note]]Even earning Columbia's highest test ratings at the time[[/note]] but it still didn't break even. That it was released a week after the similarly zany ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' didn't help its case. It still became a CultClassic.
* ''Film/UsedPeople'' (1992) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $17,957,265 (domestic). Co-executive producer Lloyd Levin did not get a producer credit on another theatrical film for 5 years.
* ''Film/USSIndianapolisMenOfCourage'' (2016) – Budget, $40 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama was released digitally in October and in a limited theatrical release on Veterans Day. It was heavily panned by critics and quickly faded away at the box office.
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* ''V.I. Warshawski'' (1991) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $11.1 million. Arguably a StarDerailingRole for star Creator/KathleenTurner.
* ''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]], 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/SuicideSquad 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 STX Entertainment. It was already being called a bomb during its ''first week of release'' by news publications and its numbers sadly didn't increase well from there. The film bombing also caused Edouard de Vesinne to [[CreatorKiller lose his job as CEO of [=EuropaCorp=].]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $19,478,106 (domestic), $61,746,888 (worldwide). This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII animated film was the first film by Vanguard Animation. It was also the [[MedalOfDishonor lowest-grossing CGI-film of all time]] until [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout Doogal]] beat it the following year.
* ''Film/{{Valmont}}'' (1989) -- Budget, $33 million. Box office, $1,132,112. The second film version of ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'' [[DuelingMovies released within a year]]. It got decent reviews, but bombed hard enough to not exit out of limited run. Milos Forman would not work again until 1996.
* ''Film/VampireAcademy'' (2014) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $15,391,979. A young adult ParanormalRomance, it came out when the genre was dying.
* ''[[Film/JohnCarpentersVampires Vampires]]'' (1998) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $20,308,772. Part of a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter, and the next one, ''Ghosts of Mars'', is the final film in that string. After that, he would not direct again until 2010.
* ''Film/VampiresKiss'' (1989) -- Budget, $2 million. Box office, $725,131. Robert Bierman's directorial debut fell by the wayside during a packed summer but it became a CultClassic down the line.
* ''Film/TheVanishing'' (1993) -- Budget, $23 million. Box office, $14,543,394. This [[ForeignRemake English remake]] of the Dutch film, both directed by George Sluizer, was heavily criticized for its RevisedEnding.
* ''Film/VanishingOnSeventhStreet'' (2010) -- Budget, $10 million. Box office, $1,068,682. This film was a setback to Brad Anderson's directing career and put the overall careers of the brothers Christensen, Hayden and older brother Tove, on life support for a few years.
* ''Film/VanityFair'' (2004) -- Budget, $23 million. Box office, $19,463,155. This adaptation of the William Makepeace Thackeray novel got a mixed reception from critics and debuted [[DumpMonths on Labor Day weekend]] on 1,051 theaters. It only topped out at three more theaters before it ended its run a few months later.
* ''Film/{{Vatel}}'' (2000) -- Budget, $37 million. Box office, $51,080. Roland Joffe wouldn't work in cinema again until ''Captivity''.
* ''The Vatican Tapes'' (2015) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,784,763 (domestic), $11,680,747 (worldwide). Mark Neveldine's (of Neveldine/Taylor) first solo film as director lasted four weeks in theaters before it was exorcised.
* ''Film/VeronicaGuerin'' (2003) -- Budget, $17 million. Box office, $9,439,660. This {{biopic}} of the Irish journalist received mixed reviews and struggled in a limited release. It still got Creator/CateBlanchett a Golden Globe nomination.
* ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (2014) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,517,027. This crowdfunded film sequel to the [[Series/VeronicaMars cult TV series]] got generally good reviews, but its box office gross was thwarted by a simultaneous limited theatrical and VOD release.
* ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (1998) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $9,898,412. Peter Berg's directorial debut was given mixed to negative reviews for its overwhelming DarknessInducedAudienceApathy (its Rottentomatoes consensus being: "Mean-spirited and empty.").
* ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' (1988) -- Budget, $18 million. Box office, $1,883,811. One of the biggest critical and commercial duds of 1988, Creator/GeneSiskel accused it of ripping off ''Romancing The Stone''. It put a B-list handicap on director Ken Kwapis's career right away and prompted Music/CyndiLauper to not take a leading role in another major movie.
* ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'' (2015) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $34,227,298. Managed to set the new record for lowest opening gross in 2,500+ theaters, taking that title from ''Won't Back Down''. It may very well have electrocuted the careers of its makers (one of whom was coming off the box office underperformance of ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'').
* ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' (1983) -- Budget, $5,952,000. Box office, $2,120,439. This film got great reviews, but was also noted for its bizarre horror content ([[SignatureStyle a trend]] with Creator/DavidCronenberg films)
* ''Film/ViewFromTheTop'' (2003) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $19,526,014. This was supposed to have been released in December 2001 but it was booked into TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment because of 9/11. It was finally released the week the Invasion of Iraq began. The terrible reviews insured it an unhappy flight at the box office.
* ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995 Village of the Damned]]'' (1995) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $9.4 million. Part of a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter, and it's one of the final theatrical roles taken by Christopher Reeve.
* ''Film/TheVirginityHit'' (2010) -- Budget, $3.4 million. Box office, $636,706. It got booted out of theaters after two weeks.
* ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' (1995) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $24 million. Critics and audiences didn't care for it upon release but it later became a CultClassic [[JustHereForGodzilla primarily for]] Creator/RussellCrowe's [[LargeHam scenery-chewing performance]] as the BigBad [[RetroactiveRecognition in one of his first American films]].
* ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) -- Budget, $75 million. Box office, $30.6 million. This adaptation of [[AdaptationDisplacement the obscure graphic novel]] was universally panned by critics for being a derivative of other sci-fi works. This was the only feature film directed by visual effects supervisor John Bruno and it [[CreatorKiller ended Dennis Feldman's writing career]]. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[OldShame has nothing nice to say about it]].
* ''Film/{{Volcano}}'' (1997) -- Budget, $90 million. Box office, $49,323,468 (domestic), $122,823,468 (worldwide). This movie was mocked and scorned by critics and geologists for attempting to have a volcano appear in L.A's La Brea Tar Pits, and it came out only two months after another volcano disaster film, ''Dante's Peak'' (which got a slightly better reception overall). ''Volcano'' liquidated the cinematic directing career of Mick Jackson, resulted in writer Billy Ray not getting another theatrical writing credit for 5 years, and was one of a handful of late 90's films that, along with studios blackballing her for coming out of the closet, derailed the top tier career of Anne Heche.
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* ''[[Film/WE2011 W.E.]]'' (2011) -- Budget, £11 million ($15 million U.S.). Box office, £560,645 ($868,439 U.S.). Writer Alek Keshishian's career got put on hold pending several David Fincher projects, and Music/{{Madonna}} has yet to make another feature-length film, though she won a Golden Globe for her song "Masterpiece."
* ''Film/WagonsEast'' (1994) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $4.4 million. Lead star Creator/JohnCandy died six days before filming wrapped up; even with the film's posthumous release, it was universally panned by critics. One of several bombs that eventually killed Creator/CarolcoPictures.
* ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'' (1996) -- Budget, $4 million. Box office, $2,923,982. This AcclaimedFlop never got past a limited release spanning 59 theaters.
* ''Waking the Dead'' (2000) -- Budget, $8.5 million. Box office, $327,418. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. Director Keith Gordon didn't direct for 3 years and has never produced another film.
* ''Film/TheWalk'' (2015) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10,137,502 (domestic), $61.2 million (worldwide). What caused this film to underperform in the United States in spite of critical acclaim wasn't that the film took place on the Twin Towers (this film takes place when the towers were first completed and opened and has nothing to do with 9/11 besides a tribute to the victims of the attack at the end of the film). It was that "The Walk" in particular was Philippe Petit's walk on a cable between the roofs of the towers, which was 1,365 feet in the sky, give or take 3 feet. The titular walk and the effects that came with it literally dizzied audiences and caused hundreds if not thousands to walk out on the film due to getting physically ill at watching this. This actually earned a CBS advisory to avoid eating huge meals before viewing the film. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It fared much better with foreign audiences.]]
* ''Film/AWalkAmongTheTombstones'' (2014) -- Budget, $28 million. Box office, $26,017,685 (domestic), $62,108,587 (worldwide). The second attempt to bring Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder character to the big screen following ''8 Million Ways To Die''. It got a far better reception both critically and financially than the previous attempt even if it fell short of its budget domestically.
* ''Film/WalkHardTheDeweyCoxStory'' (2007) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $18,317,151. It failed to surpass its budget despite being [[AcclaimedFlop one of the more highly praised]] parody films. The crowded holiday competition that year didn't help either.
* ''Walker'' (1987) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $257,043 (domestic). This film and ''Straight to Hell'''s very poor performances immediately sentenced ''Repo Men'' director Alex Cox to the C-list of Hollywood moviemakers; he has only been able to scrape enough money to make DirectToVideo films since.
* ''Film/{{Walking Tall|2004}}'' (2004) -- Budget, $46 million. Box office, $46,437,717 (domestic), $57,223,890 (worldwide). A remake of the 1973 CultClassic starring Creator/DwayneJohnson. Director Kevin Bray did only one other film after this before sticking to TV.
* ''Film/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' (2013) -- Budget, $80 million. Box office, $36,076,121 (domestic), $126,546,518 (worldwide). This film got swept under the avalanche that was the runaway success of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', and critics generally panned how out-of-place the dialogue was (it was intended to have only narration and no dialogue).
* ''Film/WallStreetMoneyNeverSleeps'' (2010) -- Budget, $70 million. Box office, $52,474,616 (domestic), $134,748,021 (worldwide). This sequel to 1987's ''Film/WallStreet'' was greeted with a mixed reception from critics, who derided the {{Sequelitis}} but praised the acting.
* ''Wanderlust'' (2012) -- Budget, $32 million. Box office, $24 million. This Creator/JuddApatow produced comedy saw its release date shoved from October 2011 to February 2012 with a month to go. It was still a generally AcclaimedFlop that came and went after six weeks. This film is best known for Creator/JenniferAniston and Creator/JustinTheroux [[RomanceOnTheSet falling in love while making it.]]
* ''The War at Home'' (1996) -- Budget, $3 million. Box office, $44,000. Emilio Estevez told Disney that he would only do ''D3: The Mighty Ducks'' if they bankrolled this film. They did, but sadly, they didn't promote it at all. Not to mention it was released during one of the craziest months of the year (competing with films like ''SpaceJam'' and ''SlingBlade'') and was buried as a result.
* ''Film/{{Warcraft}}'' (2016) -- Budget, $160 million. Box office, $47,225,655 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $433,537,548 (worldwide)]]. While this movie was an epic bomb in the United States (it's part of one of the most intense summer blockbuster cluster-bombs in recent years, which includes another film Legendary owner Dalian Wanda invested in, ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'') and was ripped apart by critics, it got a [[CriticalDissonance high audience rating]] on Rotten Tomatoes and broke box office records in China, prompting Creator/JackieChan to laud it as a sign that the American box office was starting to lose prominence. Despite the domestic flop, it is the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide.
* ''Film/{{Warrior}}'' (2011) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $23,057,115. An AcclaimedFlop, but this still ensured director Gavin O'Connor wouldn't direct again for 5 years.
* ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' (1997) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $3,277,084. A sequel was made to this film, but it went DirectToVideo. This film knocked out the career of lead Mario Yedidia, who never appeared in another full-length theatrical film, and director Ronny Yu's next producing credit came in 2006.
* ''Film/TheWarriorsWay'' (2010) -- Budget, $42 million. Box office, $11,087,569. This martial arts fantasy spent two years on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to financial difficulties before it was dumped on the post-Thanksgiving weekend. It ended up being one of the year's biggest bombs. This is [[OneBookAuthor the only film]] for writer/director Sngmoo Lee and the only Hollywood film for star Jang Dong-gun.
* ''Film/TheWatch'' (2012) -- Budget, $68 million. Box office, $35,353,000 (domestic), $68,267,862 (worldwide). The film's marketing campaign received controversy for allegedly being connected (in a way) to the Trayvon Martin case. The film itself received controversy for it having an invading alien race's weakness [[GroinAttack be their genitals]], which prompted a bunch of dick jokes in the movie and at it.
* ''Film/TheWatcher'' (2000) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $28,946,615 (domestic), $47,267,829 (worldwide). Creator/KeanuReeves was roped into staring in this thriller when his assistant forged his signature on a contract. Unsurprisingly, he views this as an OldShame. It spent its first two weeks at number one before its heavy panning by critics insured its quick death at the box office.
* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' (2009) -- Budget, $130 million. Box office, $107,509,799 (domestic), $185,258,983 (worldwide). The film version of the classic graphic novel received mixed reviews for, among other things, [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks its fidelity]] ([[TheyChangedItNowItSucks or lack thereof]]) to the source material, its bleak tone and excessive length. It has since become a CultClassic.
* ''Film/TheWaterDiviner'' (2015) -- Budget, $22.5 million. Box office, $15,536,641. Creator/RussellCrowe's directorial debut was this historical drama set in the aftermath of the Battle of Gallipoli. It got generally good reviews but was [[OvershadowedByControversy accused of glossing over the atrocities that happened during the aforementioned battle]].
* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' (1978) -- Budget, $4.8 million. Box office, $3,713,768. This animated film version of the Richard Adams novel was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical success]] and a box-office hit in its native U.K., but [[AmericansHateTingle it fell short of its budget in the US]]. A significant part of its failure there was its [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids very family unfriendly tone in-spite of being a family film]]. This was also the final film for Zero Mostel, who died the year before.
* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) -- Budget, $175 million (with marketing: approximately $235 million). Box office, $264,218,220. Although the estimate gives the assumption that it broke even, [[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/31/business/waterworld-disappointment-as-box-office-receipts-lag.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm studios often split the grosses with the theaters, generally 50/50]]. Thus, the infamously TroubledProduction did, indeed, lose money at the box office; this was one of at least three major films that sunk Kevin Costner's A-list status in the mid 90's (''Wyatt Earp'' and ''The Postman'' were the others). The movie didn't stop a related attraction from opening at Universal Studios, and said attraction operates today.
* ''Film/TheWayBack'' (2011) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,348,249. Acclaimed director Peter Weir hasn't made another movie since.
* ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'' (2000) -- Budget, $21 million. Box office, $13,069,740. Part of a 2000/2001 slate that put production company Artisan Entertainment on life support; they would rebound the next year before being absorbed by Lionsgate.
* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' (1993) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $48.2 million (domestic). While this take on Wayne and Garth had a budget that was double that of the original sleeper classic, it was not considered as [[{{Sequelitis}} fresh]] as the original, and it didn't have the same director because she had fallen out with star Creator/MikeMyers over the difficulty of working with him (she directed ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' instead, which was a financial success but was actually disdained by critics). Paramount and NBC let the ''Wayne's World'' sketch lie in the culture nostalgia corner after this film, but this would be one of the last times an ''SNL''-based film would be taken seriously before it started getting derailed with ''Film/ItsPat'' the next year. As for Myers, this and ''So I Married An Axe Murderer'' led to him not appearing in another movie until 1997's ''Film/AustinPowers''.
* ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' (2006) -- Budget, $65 million. Box office, $43,545,364. This football drama was tackled by a tough crowd during the holiday season. It went DirectToVideo virtually everywhere else after its financial takedown in the states.
* ''Film/WeAreYourFriends'' (2015) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,591,417. On its opening weekend, it only averaged $758 per theater. Upon its release 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/TheWeatherMan'' (2005) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $19,039,770. This Creator/NicolasCage dramedy was held back for a year before it was released to a mixed reception from critics and a scathing reaction from audiences. Its cinematic run lasted for 54 days.
* ''Film/TheWeightOfWater'' (2002) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $321,279. The movie sat on a shelf for two years before being dumped out to theaters. Released during a packed season and competing with films such as ''Film/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' gave it no chance.
* ''Welcome Home'' (1989) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $1,048,322. This was released two months after the death of director Franklin Schaffner and eight months after the death of co-star Trey Wilson.
* ''Film/WelcomeToMooseport'' (2004) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $14,615,099. The film's failure prompted Creator/GeneHackman to retire from acting altogether.
* ''Welcome to Sarajevo'' (1997) -- Budget, $9 million. Box office, $334,319. It [[AcclaimedFlop received strong reviews]] and several awards but it never left a limited release. This didn't slow down director Michael Winterbottom's career in the slightest.
* ''Film/WelcomeToTheRileys'' (2010) -- Budget, $10 million. Box office, $317,382. Possibly the lowest performing film to involve Ridley and Tony Scott. Writer Ken Hixon's career was thrown out the window after this movie, and Ridley's son Jake Scott has yet to make another feature film, plus co-producer Scott Bloom's career took up residence in DevelopmentHell.
* ''The Wendell Baker Story'' (2005, 2007) -- Budget, $8 million. Box office, $153,169. Originally premiering at Austin's South By Southwest, it did not get a theatrical release until 2007. It's one of the lowest (perhaps THE lowest) grossing films that Luke and Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes, and Will Ferrell have ever been in.
* ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' (1993) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $9,315,576. This movie began the dominoes falling to the closure of Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio (it only made one more film, ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'', for a total of 3 movies; the other film was ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'') and its succession by [=DreamWorks=] Animation. On top of that, it's the only movie with Spielberg's name on it to go DirectToVideo in the U.K.
* ''Film/WereNoAngels'' (1989) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $10,555,348. This remake of the 1955 film of the same name, itself based on the play ''My Three Angels'', was Creator/NeilJordan's first American film. It got a mixed reception from critics, many of whom felt the humor fell flat and that the talent (including stars Creator/SeanPenn and Creator/RobertDeNiro and screenwriter Creator/DavidMamet) were wasted.
* ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' (2001) -- Budget, $1.8 million. Box office, $295,206 (domestic). This suffered a limited release in ''30 cities'' and some negative reviews [[note]]Creator/RogerEbert's took the form of a FilkSong of "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah."[[/note]], but has since become a CultClassic with both a sequel series and a prequel series on Netflix in 2015 and 2017.
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'' (1998) -- Budget, $85 million. Box office, $71,382,927. This film adaptation of the Creator/RichardMatheson novel received mixed reviews which derided its "morose sentimentality," and "insubstantial plot" but praised its elaborate, UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winning Visual Effects. Director Vincent Ward saw his career stuck in purgatory for seven years.
* ''Film/WhatPlanetAreYouFrom'' (2000) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $14,145,677. This Sci-Fi SexComedy was the first and only film with Creator/GarryShandling in the lead role. Critics found no signs of intelligent humor in the film and it was cast out of theaters after four weeks.
* ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'' (1993) -- Budget, $11 million. Box office, $10,032,765. While it was acclaimed by critics and earned Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio his first Oscar nomination, it didn't do well in neither a limited nor a wide release.
* ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen'' (2001) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $38,464,131. The second of three underperformers for director Sam Weisman; after the next one, which did exceed its original budget at least, he disappeared from Hollywood.
* ''Film/WhatsYourNumber'' (2011) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $14,011,084 (domestic), $30,426,096 (worldwide). It’s so far the last theatrical film that director Mark Mylod has worked on, since then he's mostly worked on TV shows.
* ''Film/WhateverItTakes'' (2000) -- Budget, $15 million. Box office, $9,902,115. Director David Raynr hasn’t helmed a theatrical feature film since, mostly working on documentaries and direct-to-video movies now.
* ''Whatever Works'' (2009) -- Budget, $15 million. Box office, $5,306,706 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $35,097,815 (worldwide).]] One of Creator/WoodyAllen's less critically received movies.
* ''Film/WhenInRome'' (2010) -- Budget, $55 million. Box office, $43,042,835. This kickstarted a lousy year for Creator/TouchstonePictures that would regulate the label as a distributor for DreamWorks' live-action films.
* ''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/WhereTheBuffaloRoam'' (1980) – Budget, unknown. Box office, $6,659,377 . This semi-biographical film of Creator/HunterSThompson was shredded by critics for its bizarre and episodic plot and was quickly vanquished from theaters. Thompson [[DisownedAdaptation despised the film]] [[ApprovalOfGod except for the performance of]] Creator/BillMurray as Thompson himself.
* ''Film/WhereTheHeartIs'' (1990) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $1 million. This critically panned comedy dealt a huge blow to Creator/JohnBoorman. He directed two short films before his next feature film, 1995's ''Beyond Rangoon''.
* ''Film/WhereTheMoneyIs'' (2000) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $7,243,669. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. Director Marek Kanievska didn't direct again for 4 years, and writer E. Max Frye's writing career was put in its own cemetery until 2014.
* ''Film/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' (2009) -- Budget, $100 million. Box office, $77,233,467 (domestic), $100,086,793 (worldwide). This was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical darling]], and the original book's author Creator/MauriceSendak wholeheartedly approved of it, but its themes and imagery had many asking "WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids".
* ''Film/WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot'' (2016) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $23,083,334. One of a handful of flops in 2016 that ultimately helped end Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's decade-long run at the company. Got decent reviews, though.
* ''The White Countess'' (2005) -- Budget, $16,000,000. Box office, $4,092,682 (worldwide). This is the last film for producer Ismail Merchant, who died in May of that year.
* ''White Dog'' (1982) -- Budget, $7 million (estimated). Box office, $46,509 (no, you didn't read it wrong). Noted for its especially TroubledProduction, suffering from [[ExecutiveMeddling having its American release pulled]] courtesy of distributor Creator/{{Paramount}} because of accusations of being racist (the film centered around a [[FantasticRacism white]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dog]] [[spoiler:[[UnfortunateImplications terrorizing and maiming African Americans]]]]), and [[CreatorKiller destroyed]] Samuel Fuller's mainstream career. However, it was generally acclaimed by critics, and after it was finally released on DVD in 2008, the general public has repeatedly criticized Paramount for withholding its release, given that it [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped teaches an important lesson]] of America's [[DarkAndTroubledPast damning record of racism]].
* ''Film/WhiteHouseDown'' (2013) -- Budget, $150 million. Box office, $73,103,784 (domestic), $203,185,194 (worldwide). This [[DuelingMovies came out the same year]] as ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'', another film dealing with a terrorist attack on the White House, and it came up short. This continues the unlucky streak for Creator/RolandEmmerich.
* ''Film/WhiteMansBurden'' (1995) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $3,560,725. Ended up being the only theatrical film Desmond Nakano directed. This was also the final theatrical film released by Savoy Pictures, which ended its interest in film production a few months prior and closed a few years later.
* ''Film/{{Whiteout}}'' (2009) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $17,840,867. The movie was shelved for two years before getting sent out to die during a bad month.
* ''Film/WhiteSquall'' (1996) -- Budget, $38 million. Box office, $10,292,300. It was the second film by Creator/RidleyScott (after ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'') to bomb in the box-office, putting him one step away from complete CreatorKiller.
* ''Film/TheWholeTenYards'' (2004) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $26,155,781. This example of {{Sequelitis}} derailed the cinematic careers of director Howard Deutch and actress Natasha Henstridge.
* ''Film/WhosThatGirl'' (1987) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $7,305,209. This and ''Shanghai Surprise'' resulted in Madonna minimizing her movie career.
* ''[[Film/WhosYourCaddy Who's Your Caddy?]]'' (2007) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $5,713,425. This movie got accused of [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping off]] ''Caddyshack'', which did not help it. Opening the same week as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' further cemented its failure.
* ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' (1981) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills''.
* ''Film/TheWickedLady'' (1983) -- Budget, $8 million (estimated). Box office, $724,912. This remake of the 1945 Gainsborough melodrama was shredded by critics and audiences. Its failure killed off plans for a franchise.
* ''Wicked Stepmother'' (1989) -- Budget, $2.5 million (estimated) Box Office, $43,749. The film's TroubledProduction saw Creator/BetteDavis, in her final film, walk off the set after a week due to CreativeDifferences with director/writer Larry Cohen, though he attributed her departure to her failing health [[note]]She passed away eight months after the film's release.[[/note]]. Cohen salvaged the film by introducing an [[TheNthDoctor Nth Doctor]] situation in which Davis's character swaps bodies with her on-screen daughter, Barbara Carerra, while the other inhabits the body of a cat. While the film was buried on release, it became a CultClassic down the line.
* ''[[Film/TheWickerMan2006 The Wicker Man]]'' (2006) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $38,755,073. Creative decisions made during the remake of the horror cult classic's production led to a [[{{Narm}} narmtastic]] film that critics laughed at.
* ''Film/WickerPark'' (2004) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $21,568,818. This remake of the French film ''L'Appartment'' [[DumpMonths opened on Labor Day weekend]] and was gone after four weeks.
* ''Film/WideAwake'' (1998) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $282,175. If you're wondering why it was that low, it only got shown in less than 30 screens across the country. The movie sat on a shelf for three years before the studio dumped it out with minimal marketing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' (2006) -- Budget, $80 million. Box office, $37,384,046 (domestic), $102,338,515 (worldwide). This solidified Disney's belief that they needed Pixar and John Lasseter.
* ''Film/WildBill'' (1995) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $2 million. Director Walter Hill blamed bad marketing for the film’s failure, specifically the trailers that the studio put together.
* ''Wild Card'' (2015) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $6.7 million. Creator/WilliamGoldman's second attempt at adapting his novel ''Heat'', which was filmed by that title in 1986. This was hit with InvisibleAdvertising (a trailer appeared a month before its release) and had a simultaneous VOD and limited theatrical release.
* ''Wild Target'' (2010) -- Budget, 5 million pounds sterling. Box office, 2.15 million pounds sterling. Director Jonathon Lynn hasn't had his name attached to any movies since this one.
* ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) -- Budget, $170 million. Box office, $113,804,681 (domestic), $222,104,681 (worldwide). This movie became an OldShame to the majority of its crew and derailed the credibility of the Science Fiction/Fantasy Westerns for a decade, and ''Cowboys And Aliens'' and ''The Lone Ranger'' crashed the genre '''again''' after that hiatus.
* ''Film/{{Willard}}'' (2003) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8.5 million. This remake of the 1971 horror film fell flat at the box office despite generally good reviews. Glen Morgan directed only one other film, another horror remake, ''Film/BlackChristmas''; the [[ExecutiveMeddling trouble he had working on that]] lead to him sticking to TV.
* ''Film/WillieAndPhil'' (1980) -- Budget, $5.5 million. Box office, $4.4 million. This remake/homage to ''Film/JulesAndJim'' was one of several flops in the early 80's for Paul Mazursky, who officially recovered with ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills''.
* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' (1971) -- Budget, $3 million. Box office, $4 million (first release); $21 million (re-release). This film's original production and an uncredited rewrite by David Seltzer when main writer and the creator of the story the film was based on, Creator/RoaldDahl, didn't meet a deadline, and the deviations that were made (converting a very minor character named Slugworth into the film's BigBad and adding the "Fizzy Lifting Drinks" scene) angered Dahl and, along with the film faltering at the box office, shot down the planned sequel, "The Great Glass Elevator". This would be the first of [[Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach many a Roald]] [[Film/TheBFG Dahl adaptation to not initially do well in theaters.]] Director Mel Stuart and producer David Wolper did not have a serious Hollywood career after this film, and original distributors Paramount Pictures and Quaker Oaks dropped the film into Warner Bros.' hands in 1977. ''Willy Wonka'' was VindicatedByCable and is now considered a cinema classic, with Tim Burton doing his own version in 2005 (this one stuck to Dahl's original plans for the film and eliminated the SequelHook).
* ''Film/{{Wilson}}'' (1944) -- Budget, $4 million. Box office, $2 million. This {{Epic|Movie}} {{Biopic}} of UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson was a passion project of Fox head Darryl Zanuck and its failure was a soul-crushing experience for him. It was enough of an AcclaimedFlop to win five Oscars that year.
* ''Film/{{Wimbledon}}'' (2004) -- Budget, $31 million. Box office, $17,001,133 (domestic), $41,512,007 (worldwide). This was still a relatively AcclaimedFlop with a 60% rating on RottenTomatoes, but it played its last match after six weeks in theaters.
* ''Film/WinADateWithTadHamilton'' (2004) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $21.2 million. It put a halt to Josh Duhamels theatrical starring career, though he managed to bounce back with ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' a few years later.
* ''Film/{{Wind}}'' (1992) -- Budget, $29 million. Box office, $5,519,569. This is the last movie Jennifer Grey made before her infamous rhinoplasty.
* ''Film/TheWind'' (1928) -- Budget and Box office are unknown, but MGM recorded a loss of $87,000. This was a silent film released just as talkies were introduced. It was the final silent film for star Creator/LillianGish and director Victor Sjöström and one of the last for MGM. It's since been VindicatedByHistory as one of the all time greatest silent films.
* ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}'' (2002) -- Budget, $115 million. Box office, $77,628,265. This and the critical failure of ''{{Film/Paycheck}}'' ended Creator/JohnWoo's Hollywood career.
* ''Film/WingCommander'' (1999) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $11,578,059. A case of VideoGameMoviesSuck despite having the programmer behind the games, Chris Roberts, directing the movie. Wing Commander's failure not only killed Roberts' career for several years, it was also responsible for destroying the actual game franchise (this is one of at least two instances on this list where the main man behind the video game franchise failed to direct a successful movie adaptation of it and saw their careers shelled; the other is Hironobu Sakaguchi and ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''). This movie was also the beginning of a rut that Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr would be stuck in during the early 2000s.
* ''Film/WinterKills'' (1979) – Budget, $6 million. Box office, $1,083,799. This adaptation of the Richard Condon novel was financed by two mob-connected marijuana dealers, Robert Sterling and Leonard Goldberg. The production [[TroubledProduction proved nightmarish]] as it shut down multiple times due to financial issues, Goldberg was murdered and Sterling was sentenced to prison. The director and cast made ''The American Success Company'' in the interim, which was successful enough to finance the rest of the film. Ultimately, InvisibleAdvertising and ExecutiveMeddling from Avco Embassy Pictures iced the film. A director's cut re-release in 1983 helped turn the film into a CultClassic.
* ''Film/WintersTale'' (2014) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $27,400,231. Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut was this film version of the Mark Helprin novel. It was a critical and financial fiasco which ultimately left theaters after seven weeks.
* ''Film/{{Wired}}'' (1989) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,089,000 (domestic). Producer Edward Feldman accused backer and talent mogul Michael Ovitz of sabotaging the biography on John Belushi in a 2005 book, and his co-star from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', Dan Aykroyd, along with preview audiences, was hostile towards the final version of his portrayal, which bombed heavily. The infamously botched portrayal of Belushi [[CreatorKiller zapped]] [[StarDerailingRole the careers]] of the majority of the crew (journalist Bob Woodward, who is one of the two reporters credited with unveiling the Watergate scandal, was credited, and never dealt with anything not political again), with Feldman and star Michael Chiklis being the only major names to recover.
* ''Literature/TheWitches'' (1990) -- Budget, unknown. Box office, $15 million. This finished filming in 1988, but was delayed for over a year due to the acquisition of production company Lorimar Productions by Creator/WarnerBros This ended up being the last film Lorimar produced before their closure three years later. This is also the last film produced by Creator/JimHenson and the last adaptation of a Creator/RoaldDahl work to be produced in his lifetime. It is [[Film/TheBFG not]], [[Film/{{Matilda}} however]], [[Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach the]] [[WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox last]] AcclaimedFlop based on a Dahl work, but with a HundredPercentAdorationRating on Rotten Tomatoes, it's probably the most acclaimed.
* ''Film/WithoutLimits'' (1998) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $777,423. One of two competing biopics about track runner Steve Prefontaine, preceded a year earlier by ''Prefontaine'', starring Creator/JaredLeto. This film blew down Creator/RobertTowne's career; he wrote ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'', but didn't direct again until 2006. It did get great reviews.
* ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $13,600,000. This film adaptation of the [[Theatre/TheWiz the musical]] rendition of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' departed significantly from the source material to accommodate Diana Ross's casting as Dorothy, a role she actively campaigned for. Ross's [[WTHCastingAgency casting]] barred the brunt of the film's tepid reviews, and it proved her StarDerailingRole for her acting career. This also proved to be Music/MichaelJackson's only major film role, though his music career survived. Its failure discouraged major studios from producing films with All-Black casts for a good while. 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'', became a smash hit, which helped the film become a CultClassic later down the road.
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (1939) -- Budget, $2.8 million (not counting marketing costs), $4.2 million (counting them). Box office, $2,048,000 (domestic), $3,017,000 (worldwide); $23.3 million (worldwide after re-releases). Even though the film made a lot of money for the time, it still failed to make back its budget domestically, and MGM took a $1,145,000 loss on it. The production also wasn't helped by the famous Wicked Witch disappearing into fire scene burning her actress, Creator/MargaretHamilton, who had to go to hospital and delay production, and not helping matters was UsefulNotes/WorldWarII starting the week after the film's release (the war would derail another critical darling, Walt Disney's ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', a few months later along with ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''). No damage was thankfully incurred by director Victor Fleming, who had ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' (the highest selling film in terms of tickets sold) out the same year, but the same could not be said for co-writers Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, whose cinematic careers [[IncrediblyLamePun melted]] [[CreatorKiller down]] when it flopped (Woolf did not get a chance to recover before his death in 1943). The film didn't turn a profit until it was reissued a decade later and was later [[VindicatedByCable Vindicated By Television]]. This film is now considered [[VindicatedByHistory one of the all-time masterpieces]] of Hollywood and is the defining role for Creator/JudyGarland, who played Dorothy, and Hamilton (who outlived all of the other non-munchkin cast members), and the film's franchise has been used in one form or another by nearly every one of the "Big Six" studios in the film business.
* ''Film/{{Wolfen}}'' (1981) -- Budget, $17 million. Box office, $10,626,725. The film’s failure, along with behind-the-scenes turmoil, caused director Michael Wadleigh to retire from filmaking.
* ''Film/{{The Wolfman|2010}}'' (2010) -- Budget, $150 million. Box office, $139,789,765. Creator/BenicioDelToro has yet to take a producer's job past this film. This was also director Joe Johnson's first film since the Michael Eisner career-ending ''Hildalgo'' in 2004, and this could have derailed his career for good had it not been for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', one of the contenders for the best of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's first phase, coming out the next year (that film also took a lot of traits from another Disney comic book/Michael Eisner film, ''Film/TheRocketeer'', 20 years prior). Both ''Wolfman'' and ''Rocketeer'' have been VindicatedByCable, playing often on TV.
* ''Film/WonderBoys'' (2000) -- Budget, $55 million. Box office, $33,426,588. Many blame a bad marketing campaign, alongside an oft-lambasted poster (featuring a full, awkward focus on Michael Douglas' character's face) for the movie not doing well. However, the movie did [[AcclaimedFlop very well critically]], nabbing a few dozen awards, and has gone on to be a CultClassic.
* ''Won't Back Down'' (2012) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $5,714,913. This film is notable for having the second worst opening gross for a movie in 2,500+ theaters.
* ''Film/{{Woo}}'' (1998) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8,165,984. This was the only wide release to go against ''Film/DeepImpact'' on opening weekend and it was far outmatched ($2.5 million vs the latter's '''$41.1 million'''). It did far better [[VindicatedByCable once it hit home video]].
* ''Wrongfully Accused'' (1998) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $9,600,000. Hurt director Pat Proft's theatrical career for a while, though he did rebound five years later with ''Scary Movie 3''.
* ''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; when ''Wyatt Earp'' made it to theaters, it 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 90's (''Waterworld'' and ''The Postman'' were the others).
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* ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'' (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. Along with ''Can't Stop The Music'', ''Xanadu'' inspired the creation of the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]].
* ''Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve'' (2008) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,982,478 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $68,369,434 (worldwide).]] This second theatrical spinoff of the TV series was hit with mixed reviews from critics and audiences and it was pulverized by the runaway success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. The franchise laid dormant until a 2016 revival series.
* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (2011) -- Budget, $140-160 million. Box office, $146,408,305 (domestic), $353,624,124 (worldwide). This movie was [[AcclaimedFlop a minor disappointment at the box office, but Fox and the movie critics were convinced]] that there was still life left in the X-Men franchise. For the sequel, Creator/MatthewVaughn departed as director to helm ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', allowing Creator/BryanSinger to reclaim the reigns. This led to the very well-received ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' in 2014, which not only [[AuthorsSavingThrow undid the damage wrought by]] ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', but outgrossed it on a slightly smaller budget, allowing Singer and company to stay on for...
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016) -- Budget, $178 million. Box office, $155,442,489 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $543,885,894 (worldwide)]]. Sadly, this sequel to ''Days of Future Past'' garnered rather more mixed reviews and lacked the star power of the original trilogy's cast; it didn't help that it came out during a brutal summer season and only a couple of weeks after ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which beat both it and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' with the critics and the box office. Continues a very bad streak for Creator/MichaelFassbender.
* ''Film/{{XX}}'' (2017) -- Budget, $2 million. Box office, $41,067. This horror anthology film had a limited release in 16 theaters and a simultaneous release on Video-On-Demand. Critics [[AcclaimedFlop generally liked it]], though.
* ''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; the series would be revived with...
** ''[[Film/XXxReturnOfXanderCage xXx: Return of Xander Cage]]'' (2017) -- Budget, $85 million. Box office, $44,898,413 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $346,147,658 (worldwide)]]. The film was met with lukewarm reception and disappointing box office in the US, but was a major success in other territories, notably China. It remains to be seen if it's enough for Paramount to greenlight another sequel.
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* ''Film/TheYards'' (2000) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $889,352. Was shelved for two years until the studio quietly shoved it out to limited theaters. Director James Gray wouldn’t release another film until ''We Own the Night'' seven years later.
* ''Film/YearOfTheComet'' (1992) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $2,791,515. It's one of three 1992 bombs that set Creator/WilliamGoldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. The film prompted actor Louis Jourdan to retire, and director Peter Yates only directed one more mainstream film.
* ''Year of the Dragon'' (1985) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $18,706,466. A failed attempt for Creator/MichaelCimino to recover from ''Heaven's Gate'', the film was also blasted by the Chinese-American community for racial stereotyping against them.
* ''Film/YearOne'' (2009) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $43,337,279 (domestic), $62,357,900 (worldwide). This film [[CreatorKiller killed]] Harold Ramis' direction career, and also tarnished the star power of Creator/JackBlack and Creator/MichaelCera. It didn't help that audiences accused both actors of {{Typecasting}}.
* ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}'' (1983) – Budget: Unknown. Box Office: $4.3 million. Creator/GrahamChapman co-wrote and starred in the title role in this comedy, which was shredded by critics upon release. Creator/JohnCleese and Creator/EricIdle both consider this an OldShame. This marked the final film appearances for Chapman, Creator/SpikeMilligan Creator/MartyFeldman and Peter Bull.
* ''Film/YesGiorgio'' (1982) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $2,279,543. Luciano Pavarotti's first and last movie, and a critical hit to Franklin J. Schaffner's career; the director wouldn't direct again until 1987, and he only made two more movies before dying in 1989.
* ''Film/YouAgain'' (2010) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $25,702,053 (domestic), $32,005,248 (worldwide). This film's critical failure and commercial underperformance made it the last Creator/TouchstonePictures film released under just that brand. Almost all of the future Touchstone films for the next 5 years were [=DreamWorks=] films distributed by Touchstone.
* ''Film/YogaHosers'' (2016) -- Budget, $5 million. Box office, '''[[EpicFail $38,784]]'''. This Creator/KevinSmith comedy starred his daughter, Harley-Quinn, and Lilly-Rose Depp (daughter of [[Creator/JohnnyDepp Johnny]]), both reprising their roles from ''Film/{{Tusk}}''. It was given a simultaneous limited theatrical release and Video-on-Demand premiere. Its low gross makes it, by far, Smith's worst performing movie. Critics also despised it, though the performances of its leads were generally considered its saving grace.
* ''Film/YouAndI'' (2011) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $908,578. This premiered in the Cannes Film Festival in '''2008''' and saw its release date pushed back again and again before it finally debuted in Russia in 2011. It went DirectToVideo in the US in 2012. It proved another career-low for director Roland Joffe.
* ''Film/YouWillMeetATallDarkStranger'' (2010) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $3,248,246 (domestic), $34,275,987 (worldwide). This Creator/WoodyAllen effort received mixed reviews, though he immediately bounced back financially and critically with ''Film/MidnightInParis''.
* ''The Young Messiah'' (2016) -- Budget, $18.5 million. Box office, $7.3 million. Not a good omen for director Cyrus Nowrasteh after 7 years, and it and ''Pixels'' could earn co-producer Chris Columbus a demotion to the B-list of Hollywood producers/directors.
* ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' (1985) -- Budget, $18 million. Box office, $19 million. This is notable for the first photorealistic CGI character, a stained glass knight animated by future Creator/{{Pixar}} chairman John Lasseter. The critics gave the film a mixed-to-positive reception but it still didn't do well in the States.
* ''Film/TheYoungVictoria'' (2009) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $27,409,889. This {{biopic}} of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria received praise for Creator/EmilyBlunt's portrayal of the monarch and criticism for its slow pace. It also didn't escape a limited release, courtesy of distributor Apparition who were kings of [[ScrewedByTheNetwork doing this sort of thing]].
* ''Your Friends And Neighbors'' (1998) -- Budget, $5 million. Box office, $4.7 million. Actor Jason Patric never tried to produce another movie after this one. However, critics generally liked it, and it is notable today for being the first film to be listed on Website/RottenTomatoes.
* ''Film/YourHighness'' (2011) -- Budget, $50 million. Box office, $24,856,478. This fantasy spoof became one of the year's most critically reviled films due to its reliance on VulgarHumor. Creator/JamesFranco [[OldShame isn't really proud of it]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'' (2004) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $19,765,868 (domestic), $29,170,410 (worldwide). Compared to the first three ''Pokémon'' films, this film adaptation of this [[Anime/YuGiOh anime]] got blown away at the worldwide box office and by critics and anyone not familiar with its premise, plus its plot did not have a major impact on Yugi and Yami's overall story arc as a whole on Creator/KidsWB. As a result, it sent a potential movie series to the graveyard, and infamous production company Creator/FourKidsEntertainment, which was notorious for inserting Aesops and whatnot into their American anime dubs and for being very stubbornly censor-crazy (a statement from their boss[[note]]He said "...if [anime fans] want this programming to come to the United States, then they're going to have to accept the fact that it's going to be available in two styles."[[/note]] didn't help this reputation), never released another theatrical production, plus when copyright holder Creator/{{Konami}} revived the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' film series, it was only released in Japanese theaters. This also did not help the 2D animated market despite being an anime; it would be another 5 years before another widely publicized 2D film not of Ghibli origin or titled ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' hit theaters, namely ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' from Disney.
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* ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'' (1970) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1 million. Michelangelo Antonioni's counterculture drama was shredded by critics and audiences for its droning plot and disaffected characters. It's since been VindicatedByHistory thanks to its stunning cinematography and soundtrack from the likes of Music/PinkFloyd and Music/TheGratefulDead.
* ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $65 million. Box office, $64,321,501. Ended the usage of possessed board games for real life scenarios idea after two films, the other being ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' a decade prior. An attempt to promote this film on NBC's ''Series/TheApprentice'' with Creator/DonaldTrump also failed, but director Creator/JonFavreau would bounce back with the first ''Film/IronMan'' movie, which started the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse for Paramount and later Disney.
* ''Zelly and Me'' (1988) -- Budget, $2.3 million. Box office, $55,000. One of several Columbia Pictures films greenlit by outgoing president David Puttnam that the studio left out to dry. This was the first and only feature film by director Tina Rathbone, who directed two episodes of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' before leaving the industry.
* ''Film/ZeroEffect'' (1998) -- Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2,087,741. Jake Kasdan's directorial debut was this SettingUpdate of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story ''A Scandal in Bohemia.'' It got generally good reviews but a paltry limited release of 129 theaters. That didn't stop Kasdan from attempting to pitch a TV series based on the movie to NBC, thought it never made it past the pilot. It later became a CultClassic.
* ''Film/TheZeroThorem'' (2014) -- Budget, $8-13 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This Creator/TerryGilliam sci-fi film premiered the previous year at the Venice Film Festival and its US theatrical release spanned all of ''five weeks at 63 theaters''. Critics gave it mixed reviews, while audiences not familiar with Gilliam's style generally stayed away.
* ''Literature/ZForZachariah'' (2015) -- Budget, unknown. Box office, $121,461. Despite encouraging reviews, a combination of poor marketing, low audience interest, and criticism from book fans over AdaptationDecay led to apocalyptic box office returns. Not helping matters was its extremely limited release, showing at only 29 theaters for three weeks before closing; its simultaneous on demand release similarly failed to attract viewers.
* ''Film/{{ZigZag}}'' (2002) -- Budget, Unknown, but ... Box office, $2,418. The directorial debut of David S. Goyer played in ''one theater for one week''. This makes it Wesley Snipes's lowest grossing film by far.
* ''Film/{{Zodiac}}'' (2007) -- Budget, $65 million. Box office, $33,080,084 (domestic), $84,785,914 (worldwide). This was one of the most [[AcclaimedFlop highly-acclaimed films of the year]] but its poor marketing and extreme length did it no good with audiences. It was further buried in the box-office when ''Film/ThreeHundred'' opened the next week.
* ''The Zookeeper's Wife'' (2017) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $17,445,186 (domestic), $20,841,464 (worldwide). The film version of Diane Ackerman's novel did very well in a limited release even if it ultimately fell short of its budget. The critics also generally liked it.
* ''Film/{{Zoolander 2}}'' (2016) -- Budget, $50 million. Box office, $28.8 million (domestic), $56 million (worldwide). One of a handful of flops in 2016 that ultimately helped end Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's decade-long run at the company (this one opened against ''Deadpool'' and ''Kung Fu Panda 3''). It will also likely end the ''Zoolander'' films with Ben Stiller after two outings, with the original film having been released in 2001.
* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' (2006) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $12,506,188. It also got delayed when Fox and Marvel sued the creators for the film being too similar to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. This was the final nail in the A-level cinematic coffin of director Peter Hewitt.
* ''Film/ZorroTheGayBlade'' (1981) -- Budget, $12.6 million. Box office, $5.1 million (domestic). Director Peter Medak didn’t work on another theatrical film until ''The Men’s Club'' five years later. George Hamilton, who [[ActingForTwo played both Zorros]], also stuck to TV until ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part III]]''.
* ''Film/ZyzzyxRoad'' (2006) -- Budget, $2 million. Box office -- '''''$30.''''' Yes, '''thirty bucks''', or ''six'' tickets (two sold to actors who appeared in 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.)
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* ''Film/UTurn'' (1997) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $6,633,400. This was the first released film written by Creator/JohnRidley, which was based on his novel, ''Stray Dogs''. His actual debut as a screenwriter and director, ''Cold Around The Heart'', was actually shot first, but was released a month later. Its financial failure continued an unlucky streak for director and co-writer Creator/OliverStone.
* ''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/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', and Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''. ''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/{{Ultraviolet}}'' (2006) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,535,812 (domestic), $31,070,211 (worldwide). This too is an OldShame for star Creator/MillaJovovich (along with the previously mentioned ''Film/ReturnToTheBlueLagoon''), who, according to the DVD Commentary, [[ThisIsGoingToBeHuge saw the movie as the start of a possible franchise]]. This is also an OldShame for its director/writer, Kurt Wimmer; due to the insane amount of ExecutiveMeddling the movie endured only to bomb, he retired from film directing.
* ''Unaccompanied Minors'' (2006) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $21,949,214. Based on a story featured in ''This American Life'', this family movie's critical and financial takedown sent Creator/PaulFeig “to movie jail.” He was let out five years later to do ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''.
* ''The Undefeated'' (2011) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $116,381. The documentary was ripped to pieces and only got a limited release in ten AMC theatres. UsefulNotes/SarahPalin's agenda in creating the movie was also undermined when she opened this film the same day as the final ''Film/HarryPotter'' [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2 film.]]
* ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' (2000) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics.
* ''Under the Cherry Moon'' (1986) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $10 million. Though the film flopped, it did well enough in Europe to allow Warner Bros. to greenlight Music/{{Prince}}'s next film project, ''Graffiti Bridge''. Later became a CultClassic on home video.
* ''Under The Rainbow'' (1981) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18,826,490. Director Steve Rash didn't direct again for another 6 years.
* ''Film/UnderTheSkin'' (2014) – Budget: £8 million ($13.3 million). Box office: $7.2 million. This sci-fi thriller received glowing reviews ever since it debuted at the Telluride Film Festival the previous year but it never left a limited release.
* ''Film/{{Underclassman}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $5,879,555. One of several Miramax films that were placed on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to Miramax's financial difficulties and its split from Disney. It was given a limited release of 1,132 theaters and dropped out after seven weeks. Director Marcos Siega made one more feature film before he went to TV and music videos.
* ''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.
* ''The Underground Comedy Movie'' (1999) -- Budget, $500,000. Box office, '''$856'''. This only played on a single movie screen and the critics who saw it ripped it from head to toe for childish ToiletHumor and bad sex skits. The film's director and writer, Vince Offer, then attempted to regain traction by suing Fox and the Farrelly Bros. for "Taking scenes from his movie and putting them in ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. The Farrellys' response: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney." The suit was crumpled within a year and cost Offer an additional $66,000, though he was able to sue Anna Nicole Smith for refusing to be in this film. Offer eventually followed this up with the equally hated ''[=InAPPropriate Comedy=]'' in 2013. Music/GunsNRoses guitarist Saul "Slash" Hudson, who was in the film, didn't try to go on a stage that wasn't a concert stage for a while after this.
* ''Film/TheUnderneath'' (1995) -- Budget, $6.5 million. Box office, $536,023. One of several films in 1995 that earned Gramercy Pictures closure threats from Universal.
* ''[[Film/{{Underworld}} Underworld: Awakening]]'' (2012) -- Budget, $70 million. Box office, $62,321,039 (domestic), $160,112,671 (worldwide). Despite its weak domestic performance, a fifth installment in the ''Underworld'' franchise starring Creator/KateBeckinsale did arrive, albeit five years later and with half the budget of this one.
** ''Underworld: Blood Wars'' (2017) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $30,353,973 (domestic), $81,093,313 (worldwide). This is the lowest grossing film in the series, and along with ''Film/TheDisappointmentsRoom'', [[StarDerailingRole derailed]] Beckinsale's career after she gained traction last year with ''Love & Friendship''.
* ''Film/{{Undiscovered}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1,069,318. According to Box Office Mojo, this film has the [[MedalOfDishonor second largest second-weekend drop]] of any "wide release".
* ''Film/{{Undisputed}}'' (2002) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,220,548. The film did well enough on home video to spawn a few direct-to-DVD sequels. Creator/WalterHill wouldn't direct another theatrically released film for 11 years until ''Film/BulletToTheHead''.
* ''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/AnUnfinishedLife'' (2005) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,618,284. Its widest release was in 888 theaters for six weeks.
* ''Film/{{Unforgettable|1996}}'' (1996) -- Budget, $18 million. Box office, $2,483,790. Critics and audiences found this sci-thriller forgettable and it killed off producer Bill Geddie's writing career after one movie (his TV career survived).
* ''Film/{{Unforgettable|2017}}'' (2017) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $11,368,012 (domestic), $17,768,012 (worldwide). Critics found this erotic thriller entirely forgettable and it withered away after six weeks.
* ''Film/AUnitedKingdom'' (2017) -- Budget, $14 million. Box office, $3,902,185 (domestic), $13,819,139 (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop Critics liked it]] though.
* ''Film/UnitedPassions'' (2015) -- Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new winner. Budget, $30 million ($25 million from FIFA's own coffers). Opening weekend box office (US), $900. No, that is not a typo, ''nine hundred dollars''. The film premiered just after several FIFA officials were arrested on corruption charges and set the world record for lowest takings of all time.
* ''Film/UniversalSoldierTheReturn'' (1999) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $10.717,421. The damage that action star Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme took from the ''Street Fighter'' [[VideoGameMoviesSuck movie]] peaked when this film bombed heavily. JCVD didn't return to the big screen again until his self-titled movie, and wouldn't be fully visible again until the second ''Expendables'' adventure from Sylvester Stallone. The movie has also since been Retconned out of existence.
* ''[[Film/DannyTheDog Unleashed]]'' (2005) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $24,537,621 (domestic), $50,871,113 (worldwide). It was an AcclaimedFlop and its box-office numbers, while not impressive, exceeded distributer Rogue Pictures' expectations. It's a CultClassic in Asia thanks to Creator/JetLi.
* ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'' (2010) -- Budget, $100 million. Box office, $81,562,942 (domestic), $167,805,466 (worldwide). This was the last film by Creator/TonyScott before his suicide two years later.
* ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'' (1991) -- Budget, $23 million. Box office, $829,675. This was hit with InvisibleAdvertising by Warner Bros. and was buried in an extremely limited release. Contemporary reviewers like Creator/RogerEbert criticized the film for its length and slow-narrative, though [[VindicatedByHistory time has been kinder to the film]]. A nearly five-hour director's cut was released in 2015.
* ''Film/{{Untraceable}}'' (2008) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $28,687,835 (domestic), $52,659,594 (worldwide). This pulled the plug on Gregory Hoblit's directorial career.
* ''Used Cars'' (1980) – Budget, $8 million. Box office, $11.7 million. This Creator/RobertZemeckis and Bob Gale comedy scored highly [[AcclaimedFlop with critics]] and audiences [[note]]Even earning Columbia's highest test ratings at the time[[/note]] but it still didn't break even. That it was released a week after the similarly zany ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' didn't help its case. It still became a CultClassic.
* ''Film/UsedPeople'' (1992) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $17,957,265 (domestic). Co-executive producer Lloyd Levin did not get a producer credit on another theatrical film for 5 years.
* ''Film/USSIndianapolisMenOfCourage'' (2016) – Budget, $40 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama was released digitally in October and in a limited theatrical release on Veterans Day. It was heavily panned by critics and quickly faded away at the box office.
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* ''V.I. Warshawski'' (1991) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $11.1 million. Arguably a StarDerailingRole for star Creator/KathleenTurner.
* ''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]], 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/SuicideSquad 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 STX Entertainment. It was already being called a bomb during its ''first week of release'' by news publications and its numbers sadly didn't increase well from there. The film bombing also caused Edouard de Vesinne to [[CreatorKiller lose his job as CEO of [=EuropaCorp=].]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $19,478,106 (domestic), $61,746,888 (worldwide). This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII animated film was the first film by Vanguard Animation. It was also the [[MedalOfDishonor lowest-grossing CGI-film of all time]] until [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout Doogal]] beat it the following year.
* ''Film/{{Valmont}}'' (1989) -- Budget, $33 million. Box office, $1,132,112. The second film version of ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'' [[DuelingMovies released within a year]]. It got decent reviews, but bombed hard enough to not exit out of limited run. Milos Forman would not work again until 1996.
* ''Film/VampireAcademy'' (2014) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $15,391,979. A young adult ParanormalRomance, it came out when the genre was dying.
* ''[[Film/JohnCarpentersVampires Vampires]]'' (1998) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $20,308,772. Part of a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter, and the next one, ''Ghosts of Mars'', is the final film in that string. After that, he would not direct again until 2010.
* ''Film/VampiresKiss'' (1989) -- Budget, $2 million. Box office, $725,131. Robert Bierman's directorial debut fell by the wayside during a packed summer but it became a CultClassic down the line.
* ''Film/TheVanishing'' (1993) -- Budget, $23 million. Box office, $14,543,394. This [[ForeignRemake English remake]] of the Dutch film, both directed by George Sluizer, was heavily criticized for its RevisedEnding.
* ''Film/VanishingOnSeventhStreet'' (2010) -- Budget, $10 million. Box office, $1,068,682. This film was a setback to Brad Anderson's directing career and put the overall careers of the brothers Christensen, Hayden and older brother Tove, on life support for a few years.
* ''Film/VanityFair'' (2004) -- Budget, $23 million. Box office, $19,463,155. This adaptation of the William Makepeace Thackeray novel got a mixed reception from critics and debuted [[DumpMonths on Labor Day weekend]] on 1,051 theaters. It only topped out at three more theaters before it ended its run a few months later.
* ''Film/{{Vatel}}'' (2000) -- Budget, $37 million. Box office, $51,080. Roland Joffe wouldn't work in cinema again until ''Captivity''.
* ''The Vatican Tapes'' (2015) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,784,763 (domestic), $11,680,747 (worldwide). Mark Neveldine's (of Neveldine/Taylor) first solo film as director lasted four weeks in theaters before it was exorcised.
* ''Film/VeronicaGuerin'' (2003) -- Budget, $17 million. Box office, $9,439,660. This {{biopic}} of the Irish journalist received mixed reviews and struggled in a limited release. It still got Creator/CateBlanchett a Golden Globe nomination.
* ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (2014) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,517,027. This crowdfunded film sequel to the [[Series/VeronicaMars cult TV series]] got generally good reviews, but its box office gross was thwarted by a simultaneous limited theatrical and VOD release.
* ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (1998) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $9,898,412. Peter Berg's directorial debut was given mixed to negative reviews for its overwhelming DarknessInducedAudienceApathy (its Rottentomatoes consensus being: "Mean-spirited and empty.").
* ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' (1988) -- Budget, $18 million. Box office, $1,883,811. One of the biggest critical and commercial duds of 1988, Creator/GeneSiskel accused it of ripping off ''Romancing The Stone''. It put a B-list handicap on director Ken Kwapis's career right away and prompted Music/CyndiLauper to not take a leading role in another major movie.
* ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'' (2015) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $34,227,298. Managed to set the new record for lowest opening gross in 2,500+ theaters, taking that title from ''Won't Back Down''. It may very well have electrocuted the careers of its makers (one of whom was coming off the box office underperformance of ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'').
* ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' (1983) -- Budget, $5,952,000. Box office, $2,120,439. This film got great reviews, but was also noted for its bizarre horror content ([[SignatureStyle a trend]] with Creator/DavidCronenberg films)
* ''Film/ViewFromTheTop'' (2003) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $19,526,014. This was supposed to have been released in December 2001 but it was booked into TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment because of 9/11. It was finally released the week the Invasion of Iraq began. The terrible reviews insured it an unhappy flight at the box office.
* ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995 Village of the Damned]]'' (1995) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $9.4 million. Part of a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter, and it's one of the final theatrical roles taken by Christopher Reeve.
* ''Film/TheVirginityHit'' (2010) -- Budget, $3.4 million. Box office, $636,706. It got booted out of theaters after two weeks.
* ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' (1995) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $24 million. Critics and audiences didn't care for it upon release but it later became a CultClassic [[JustHereForGodzilla primarily for]] Creator/RussellCrowe's [[LargeHam scenery-chewing performance]] as the BigBad [[RetroactiveRecognition in one of his first American films]].
* ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) -- Budget, $75 million. Box office, $30.6 million. This adaptation of [[AdaptationDisplacement the obscure graphic novel]] was universally panned by critics for being a derivative of other sci-fi works. This was the only feature film directed by visual effects supervisor John Bruno and it [[CreatorKiller ended Dennis Feldman's writing career]]. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[OldShame has nothing nice to say about it]].
* ''Film/{{Volcano}}'' (1997) -- Budget, $90 million. Box office, $49,323,468 (domestic), $122,823,468 (worldwide). This movie was mocked and scorned by critics and geologists for attempting to have a volcano appear in L.A's La Brea Tar Pits, and it came out only two months after another volcano disaster film, ''Dante's Peak'' (which got a slightly better reception overall). ''Volcano'' liquidated the cinematic directing career of Mick Jackson, resulted in writer Billy Ray not getting another theatrical writing credit for 5 years, and was one of a handful of late 90's films that, along with studios blackballing her for coming out of the closet, derailed the top tier career of Anne Heche.
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* ''[[Film/WE2011 W.E.]]'' (2011) -- Budget, £11 million ($15 million U.S.). Box office, £560,645 ($868,439 U.S.). Writer Alek Keshishian's career got put on hold pending several David Fincher projects, and Music/{{Madonna}} has yet to make another feature-length film, though she won a Golden Globe for her song "Masterpiece."
* ''Film/WagonsEast'' (1994) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $4.4 million. Lead star Creator/JohnCandy died six days before filming wrapped up; even with the film's posthumous release, it was universally panned by critics. One of several bombs that eventually killed Creator/CarolcoPictures.
* ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'' (1996) -- Budget, $4 million. Box office, $2,923,982. This AcclaimedFlop never got past a limited release spanning 59 theaters.
* ''Waking the Dead'' (2000) -- Budget, $8.5 million. Box office, $327,418. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. Director Keith Gordon didn't direct for 3 years and has never produced another film.
* ''Film/TheWalk'' (2015) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10,137,502 (domestic), $61.2 million (worldwide). What caused this film to underperform in the United States in spite of critical acclaim wasn't that the film took place on the Twin Towers (this film takes place when the towers were first completed and opened and has nothing to do with 9/11 besides a tribute to the victims of the attack at the end of the film). It was that "The Walk" in particular was Philippe Petit's walk on a cable between the roofs of the towers, which was 1,365 feet in the sky, give or take 3 feet. The titular walk and the effects that came with it literally dizzied audiences and caused hundreds if not thousands to walk out on the film due to getting physically ill at watching this. This actually earned a CBS advisory to avoid eating huge meals before viewing the film. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It fared much better with foreign audiences.]]
* ''Film/AWalkAmongTheTombstones'' (2014) -- Budget, $28 million. Box office, $26,017,685 (domestic), $62,108,587 (worldwide). The second attempt to bring Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder character to the big screen following ''8 Million Ways To Die''. It got a far better reception both critically and financially than the previous attempt even if it fell short of its budget domestically.
* ''Film/WalkHardTheDeweyCoxStory'' (2007) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $18,317,151. It failed to surpass its budget despite being [[AcclaimedFlop one of the more highly praised]] parody films. The crowded holiday competition that year didn't help either.
* ''Walker'' (1987) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $257,043 (domestic). This film and ''Straight to Hell'''s very poor performances immediately sentenced ''Repo Men'' director Alex Cox to the C-list of Hollywood moviemakers; he has only been able to scrape enough money to make DirectToVideo films since.
* ''Film/{{Walking Tall|2004}}'' (2004) -- Budget, $46 million. Box office, $46,437,717 (domestic), $57,223,890 (worldwide). A remake of the 1973 CultClassic starring Creator/DwayneJohnson. Director Kevin Bray did only one other film after this before sticking to TV.
* ''Film/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' (2013) -- Budget, $80 million. Box office, $36,076,121 (domestic), $126,546,518 (worldwide). This film got swept under the avalanche that was the runaway success of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', and critics generally panned how out-of-place the dialogue was (it was intended to have only narration and no dialogue).
* ''Film/WallStreetMoneyNeverSleeps'' (2010) -- Budget, $70 million. Box office, $52,474,616 (domestic), $134,748,021 (worldwide). This sequel to 1987's ''Film/WallStreet'' was greeted with a mixed reception from critics, who derided the {{Sequelitis}} but praised the acting.
* ''Wanderlust'' (2012) -- Budget, $32 million. Box office, $24 million. This Creator/JuddApatow produced comedy saw its release date shoved from October 2011 to February 2012 with a month to go. It was still a generally AcclaimedFlop that came and went after six weeks. This film is best known for Creator/JenniferAniston and Creator/JustinTheroux [[RomanceOnTheSet falling in love while making it.]]
* ''The War at Home'' (1996) -- Budget, $3 million. Box office, $44,000. Emilio Estevez told Disney that he would only do ''D3: The Mighty Ducks'' if they bankrolled this film. They did, but sadly, they didn't promote it at all. Not to mention it was released during one of the craziest months of the year (competing with films like ''SpaceJam'' and ''SlingBlade'') and was buried as a result.
* ''Film/{{Warcraft}}'' (2016) -- Budget, $160 million. Box office, $47,225,655 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $433,537,548 (worldwide)]]. While this movie was an epic bomb in the United States (it's part of one of the most intense summer blockbuster cluster-bombs in recent years, which includes another film Legendary owner Dalian Wanda invested in, ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'') and was ripped apart by critics, it got a [[CriticalDissonance high audience rating]] on Rotten Tomatoes and broke box office records in China, prompting Creator/JackieChan to laud it as a sign that the American box office was starting to lose prominence. Despite the domestic flop, it is the highest-grossing movie to be based on a video game worldwide.
* ''Film/{{Warrior}}'' (2011) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $23,057,115. An AcclaimedFlop, but this still ensured director Gavin O'Connor wouldn't direct again for 5 years.
* ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' (1997) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $3,277,084. A sequel was made to this film, but it went DirectToVideo. This film knocked out the career of lead Mario Yedidia, who never appeared in another full-length theatrical film, and director Ronny Yu's next producing credit came in 2006.
* ''Film/TheWarriorsWay'' (2010) -- Budget, $42 million. Box office, $11,087,569. This martial arts fantasy spent two years on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to financial difficulties before it was dumped on the post-Thanksgiving weekend. It ended up being one of the year's biggest bombs. This is [[OneBookAuthor the only film]] for writer/director Sngmoo Lee and the only Hollywood film for star Jang Dong-gun.
* ''Film/TheWatch'' (2012) -- Budget, $68 million. Box office, $35,353,000 (domestic), $68,267,862 (worldwide). The film's marketing campaign received controversy for allegedly being connected (in a way) to the Trayvon Martin case. The film itself received controversy for it having an invading alien race's weakness [[GroinAttack be their genitals]], which prompted a bunch of dick jokes in the movie and at it.
* ''Film/TheWatcher'' (2000) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $28,946,615 (domestic), $47,267,829 (worldwide). Creator/KeanuReeves was roped into staring in this thriller when his assistant forged his signature on a contract. Unsurprisingly, he views this as an OldShame. It spent its first two weeks at number one before its heavy panning by critics insured its quick death at the box office.
* ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' (2009) -- Budget, $130 million. Box office, $107,509,799 (domestic), $185,258,983 (worldwide). The film version of the classic graphic novel received mixed reviews for, among other things, [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks its fidelity]] ([[TheyChangedItNowItSucks or lack thereof]]) to the source material, its bleak tone and excessive length. It has since become a CultClassic.
* ''Film/TheWaterDiviner'' (2015) -- Budget, $22.5 million. Box office, $15,536,641. Creator/RussellCrowe's directorial debut was this historical drama set in the aftermath of the Battle of Gallipoli. It got generally good reviews but was [[OvershadowedByControversy accused of glossing over the atrocities that happened during the aforementioned battle]].
* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' (1978) -- Budget, $4.8 million. Box office, $3,713,768. This animated film version of the Richard Adams novel was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical success]] and a box-office hit in its native U.K., but [[AmericansHateTingle it fell short of its budget in the US]]. A significant part of its failure there was its [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids very family unfriendly tone in-spite of being a family film]]. This was also the final film for Zero Mostel, who died the year before.
* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) -- Budget, $175 million (with marketing: approximately $235 million). Box office, $264,218,220. Although the estimate gives the assumption that it broke even, [[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/31/business/waterworld-disappointment-as-box-office-receipts-lag.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm studios often split the grosses with the theaters, generally 50/50]]. Thus, the infamously TroubledProduction did, indeed, lose money at the box office; this was one of at least three major films that sunk Kevin Costner's A-list status in the mid 90's (''Wyatt Earp'' and ''The Postman'' were the others). The movie didn't stop a related attraction from opening at Universal Studios, and said attraction operates today.
* ''Film/TheWayBack'' (2011) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,348,249. Acclaimed director Peter Weir hasn't made another movie since.
* ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'' (2000) -- Budget, $21 million. Box office, $13,069,740. Part of a 2000/2001 slate that put production company Artisan Entertainment on life support; they would rebound the next year before being absorbed by Lionsgate.
* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' (1993) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $48.2 million (domestic). While this take on Wayne and Garth had a budget that was double that of the original sleeper classic, it was not considered as [[{{Sequelitis}} fresh]] as the original, and it didn't have the same director because she had fallen out with star Creator/MikeMyers over the difficulty of working with him (she directed ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' instead, which was a financial success but was actually disdained by critics). Paramount and NBC let the ''Wayne's World'' sketch lie in the culture nostalgia corner after this film, but this would be one of the last times an ''SNL''-based film would be taken seriously before it started getting derailed with ''Film/ItsPat'' the next year. As for Myers, this and ''So I Married An Axe Murderer'' led to him not appearing in another movie until 1997's ''Film/AustinPowers''.
* ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' (2006) -- Budget, $65 million. Box office, $43,545,364. This football drama was tackled by a tough crowd during the holiday season. It went DirectToVideo virtually everywhere else after its financial takedown in the states.
* ''Film/WeAreYourFriends'' (2015) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,591,417. On its opening weekend, it only averaged $758 per theater. Upon its release 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/TheWeatherMan'' (2005) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $19,039,770. This Creator/NicolasCage dramedy was held back for a year before it was released to a mixed reception from critics and a scathing reaction from audiences. Its cinematic run lasted for 54 days.
* ''Film/TheWeightOfWater'' (2002) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $321,279. The movie sat on a shelf for two years before being dumped out to theaters. Released during a packed season and competing with films such as ''Film/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' gave it no chance.
* ''Welcome Home'' (1989) -- Budget, $16 million. Box office, $1,048,322. This was released two months after the death of director Franklin Schaffner and eight months after the death of co-star Trey Wilson.
* ''Film/WelcomeToMooseport'' (2004) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $14,615,099. The film's failure prompted Creator/GeneHackman to retire from acting altogether.
* ''Welcome to Sarajevo'' (1997) -- Budget, $9 million. Box office, $334,319. It [[AcclaimedFlop received strong reviews]] and several awards but it never left a limited release. This didn't slow down director Michael Winterbottom's career in the slightest.
* ''Film/WelcomeToTheRileys'' (2010) -- Budget, $10 million. Box office, $317,382. Possibly the lowest performing film to involve Ridley and Tony Scott. Writer Ken Hixon's career was thrown out the window after this movie, and Ridley's son Jake Scott has yet to make another feature film, plus co-producer Scott Bloom's career took up residence in DevelopmentHell.
* ''The Wendell Baker Story'' (2005, 2007) -- Budget, $8 million. Box office, $153,169. Originally premiering at Austin's South By Southwest, it did not get a theatrical release until 2007. It's one of the lowest (perhaps THE lowest) grossing films that Luke and Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes, and Will Ferrell have ever been in.
* ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' (1993) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $9,315,576. This movie began the dominoes falling to the closure of Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio (it only made one more film, ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'', for a total of 3 movies; the other film was ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'') and its succession by [=DreamWorks=] Animation. On top of that, it's the only movie with Spielberg's name on it to go DirectToVideo in the U.K.
* ''Film/WereNoAngels'' (1989) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $10,555,348. This remake of the 1955 film of the same name, itself based on the play ''My Three Angels'', was Creator/NeilJordan's first American film. It got a mixed reception from critics, many of whom felt the humor fell flat and that the talent (including stars Creator/SeanPenn and Creator/RobertDeNiro and screenwriter Creator/DavidMamet) were wasted.
* ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' (2001) -- Budget, $1.8 million. Box office, $295,206 (domestic). This suffered a limited release in ''30 cities'' and some negative reviews [[note]]Creator/RogerEbert's took the form of a FilkSong of "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah."[[/note]], but has since become a CultClassic with both a sequel series and a prequel series on Netflix in 2015 and 2017.
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'' (1998) -- Budget, $85 million. Box office, $71,382,927. This film adaptation of the Creator/RichardMatheson novel received mixed reviews which derided its "morose sentimentality," and "insubstantial plot" but praised its elaborate, UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winning Visual Effects. Director Vincent Ward saw his career stuck in purgatory for seven years.
* ''Film/WhatPlanetAreYouFrom'' (2000) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $14,145,677. This Sci-Fi SexComedy was the first and only film with Creator/GarryShandling in the lead role. Critics found no signs of intelligent humor in the film and it was cast out of theaters after four weeks.
* ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'' (1993) -- Budget, $11 million. Box office, $10,032,765. While it was acclaimed by critics and earned Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio his first Oscar nomination, it didn't do well in neither a limited nor a wide release.
* ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen'' (2001) -- Budget, $45 million. Box office, $38,464,131. The second of three underperformers for director Sam Weisman; after the next one, which did exceed its original budget at least, he disappeared from Hollywood.
* ''Film/WhatsYourNumber'' (2011) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $14,011,084 (domestic), $30,426,096 (worldwide). It’s so far the last theatrical film that director Mark Mylod has worked on, since then he's mostly worked on TV shows.
* ''Film/WhateverItTakes'' (2000) -- Budget, $15 million. Box office, $9,902,115. Director David Raynr hasn’t helmed a theatrical feature film since, mostly working on documentaries and direct-to-video movies now.
* ''Whatever Works'' (2009) -- Budget, $15 million. Box office, $5,306,706 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $35,097,815 (worldwide).]] One of Creator/WoodyAllen's less critically received movies.
* ''Film/WhenInRome'' (2010) -- Budget, $55 million. Box office, $43,042,835. This kickstarted a lousy year for Creator/TouchstonePictures that would regulate the label as a distributor for DreamWorks' live-action films.
* ''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/WhereTheBuffaloRoam'' (1980) – Budget, unknown. Box office, $6,659,377 . This semi-biographical film of Creator/HunterSThompson was shredded by critics for its bizarre and episodic plot and was quickly vanquished from theaters. Thompson [[DisownedAdaptation despised the film]] [[ApprovalOfGod except for the performance of]] Creator/BillMurray as Thompson himself.
* ''Film/WhereTheHeartIs'' (1990) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $1 million. This critically panned comedy dealt a huge blow to Creator/JohnBoorman. He directed two short films before his next feature film, 1995's ''Beyond Rangoon''.
* ''Film/WhereTheMoneyIs'' (2000) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $7,243,669. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. Director Marek Kanievska didn't direct again for 4 years, and writer E. Max Frye's writing career was put in its own cemetery until 2014.
* ''Film/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' (2009) -- Budget, $100 million. Box office, $77,233,467 (domestic), $100,086,793 (worldwide). This was [[AcclaimedFlop a critical darling]], and the original book's author Creator/MauriceSendak wholeheartedly approved of it, but its themes and imagery had many asking "WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids".
* ''Film/WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot'' (2016) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $23,083,334. One of a handful of flops in 2016 that ultimately helped end Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's decade-long run at the company. Got decent reviews, though.
* ''The White Countess'' (2005) -- Budget, $16,000,000. Box office, $4,092,682 (worldwide). This is the last film for producer Ismail Merchant, who died in May of that year.
* ''White Dog'' (1982) -- Budget, $7 million (estimated). Box office, $46,509 (no, you didn't read it wrong). Noted for its especially TroubledProduction, suffering from [[ExecutiveMeddling having its American release pulled]] courtesy of distributor Creator/{{Paramount}} because of accusations of being racist (the film centered around a [[FantasticRacism white]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dog]] [[spoiler:[[UnfortunateImplications terrorizing and maiming African Americans]]]]), and [[CreatorKiller destroyed]] Samuel Fuller's mainstream career. However, it was generally acclaimed by critics, and after it was finally released on DVD in 2008, the general public has repeatedly criticized Paramount for withholding its release, given that it [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped teaches an important lesson]] of America's [[DarkAndTroubledPast damning record of racism]].
* ''Film/WhiteHouseDown'' (2013) -- Budget, $150 million. Box office, $73,103,784 (domestic), $203,185,194 (worldwide). This [[DuelingMovies came out the same year]] as ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'', another film dealing with a terrorist attack on the White House, and it came up short. This continues the unlucky streak for Creator/RolandEmmerich.
* ''Film/WhiteMansBurden'' (1995) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $3,560,725. Ended up being the only theatrical film Desmond Nakano directed. This was also the final theatrical film released by Savoy Pictures, which ended its interest in film production a few months prior and closed a few years later.
* ''Film/{{Whiteout}}'' (2009) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $17,840,867. The movie was shelved for two years before getting sent out to die during a bad month.
* ''Film/WhiteSquall'' (1996) -- Budget, $38 million. Box office, $10,292,300. It was the second film by Creator/RidleyScott (after ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'') to bomb in the box-office, putting him one step away from complete CreatorKiller.
* ''Film/TheWholeTenYards'' (2004) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $26,155,781. This example of {{Sequelitis}} derailed the cinematic careers of director Howard Deutch and actress Natasha Henstridge.
* ''Film/WhosThatGirl'' (1987) -- Budget, Unknown. Box office, $7,305,209. This and ''Shanghai Surprise'' resulted in Madonna minimizing her movie career.
* ''[[Film/WhosYourCaddy Who's Your Caddy?]]'' (2007) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $5,713,425. This movie got accused of [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping off]] ''Caddyshack'', which did not help it. Opening the same week as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' further cemented its failure.
* ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' (1981) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills''.
* ''Film/TheWickedLady'' (1983) -- Budget, $8 million (estimated). Box office, $724,912. This remake of the 1945 Gainsborough melodrama was shredded by critics and audiences. Its failure killed off plans for a franchise.
* ''Wicked Stepmother'' (1989) -- Budget, $2.5 million (estimated) Box Office, $43,749. The film's TroubledProduction saw Creator/BetteDavis, in her final film, walk off the set after a week due to CreativeDifferences with director/writer Larry Cohen, though he attributed her departure to her failing health [[note]]She passed away eight months after the film's release.[[/note]]. Cohen salvaged the film by introducing an [[TheNthDoctor Nth Doctor]] situation in which Davis's character swaps bodies with her on-screen daughter, Barbara Carerra, while the other inhabits the body of a cat. While the film was buried on release, it became a CultClassic down the line.
* ''[[Film/TheWickerMan2006 The Wicker Man]]'' (2006) -- Budget, $40 million. Box office, $38,755,073. Creative decisions made during the remake of the horror cult classic's production led to a [[{{Narm}} narmtastic]] film that critics laughed at.
* ''Film/WickerPark'' (2004) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $21,568,818. This remake of the French film ''L'Appartment'' [[DumpMonths opened on Labor Day weekend]] and was gone after four weeks.
* ''Film/WideAwake'' (1998) -- Budget, $6 million. Box office, $282,175. If you're wondering why it was that low, it only got shown in less than 30 screens across the country. The movie sat on a shelf for three years before the studio dumped it out with minimal marketing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWild'' (2006) -- Budget, $80 million. Box office, $37,384,046 (domestic), $102,338,515 (worldwide). This solidified Disney's belief that they needed Pixar and John Lasseter.
* ''Film/WildBill'' (1995) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $2 million. Director Walter Hill blamed bad marketing for the film’s failure, specifically the trailers that the studio put together.
* ''Wild Card'' (2015) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $6.7 million. Creator/WilliamGoldman's second attempt at adapting his novel ''Heat'', which was filmed by that title in 1986. This was hit with InvisibleAdvertising (a trailer appeared a month before its release) and had a simultaneous VOD and limited theatrical release.
* ''Wild Target'' (2010) -- Budget, 5 million pounds sterling. Box office, 2.15 million pounds sterling. Director Jonathon Lynn hasn't had his name attached to any movies since this one.
* ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) -- Budget, $170 million. Box office, $113,804,681 (domestic), $222,104,681 (worldwide). This movie became an OldShame to the majority of its crew and derailed the credibility of the Science Fiction/Fantasy Westerns for a decade, and ''Cowboys And Aliens'' and ''The Lone Ranger'' crashed the genre '''again''' after that hiatus.
* ''Film/{{Willard}}'' (2003) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8.5 million. This remake of the 1971 horror film fell flat at the box office despite generally good reviews. Glen Morgan directed only one other film, another horror remake, ''Film/BlackChristmas''; the [[ExecutiveMeddling trouble he had working on that]] lead to him sticking to TV.
* ''Film/WillieAndPhil'' (1980) -- Budget, $5.5 million. Box office, $4.4 million. This remake/homage to ''Film/JulesAndJim'' was one of several flops in the early 80's for Paul Mazursky, who officially recovered with ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills''.
* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' (1971) -- Budget, $3 million. Box office, $4 million (first release); $21 million (re-release). This film's original production and an uncredited rewrite by David Seltzer when main writer and the creator of the story the film was based on, Creator/RoaldDahl, didn't meet a deadline, and the deviations that were made (converting a very minor character named Slugworth into the film's BigBad and adding the "Fizzy Lifting Drinks" scene) angered Dahl and, along with the film faltering at the box office, shot down the planned sequel, "The Great Glass Elevator". This would be the first of [[Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach many a Roald]] [[Film/TheBFG Dahl adaptation to not initially do well in theaters.]] Director Mel Stuart and producer David Wolper did not have a serious Hollywood career after this film, and original distributors Paramount Pictures and Quaker Oaks dropped the film into Warner Bros.' hands in 1977. ''Willy Wonka'' was VindicatedByCable and is now considered a cinema classic, with Tim Burton doing his own version in 2005 (this one stuck to Dahl's original plans for the film and eliminated the SequelHook).
* ''Film/{{Wilson}}'' (1944) -- Budget, $4 million. Box office, $2 million. This {{Epic|Movie}} {{Biopic}} of UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson was a passion project of Fox head Darryl Zanuck and its failure was a soul-crushing experience for him. It was enough of an AcclaimedFlop to win five Oscars that year.
* ''Film/{{Wimbledon}}'' (2004) -- Budget, $31 million. Box office, $17,001,133 (domestic), $41,512,007 (worldwide). This was still a relatively AcclaimedFlop with a 60% rating on RottenTomatoes, but it played its last match after six weeks in theaters.
* ''Film/WinADateWithTadHamilton'' (2004) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $21.2 million. It put a halt to Josh Duhamels theatrical starring career, though he managed to bounce back with ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' a few years later.
* ''Film/{{Wind}}'' (1992) -- Budget, $29 million. Box office, $5,519,569. This is the last movie Jennifer Grey made before her infamous rhinoplasty.
* ''Film/TheWind'' (1928) -- Budget and Box office are unknown, but MGM recorded a loss of $87,000. This was a silent film released just as talkies were introduced. It was the final silent film for star Creator/LillianGish and director Victor Sjöström and one of the last for MGM. It's since been VindicatedByHistory as one of the all time greatest silent films.
* ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}'' (2002) -- Budget, $115 million. Box office, $77,628,265. This and the critical failure of ''{{Film/Paycheck}}'' ended Creator/JohnWoo's Hollywood career.
* ''Film/WingCommander'' (1999) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $11,578,059. A case of VideoGameMoviesSuck despite having the programmer behind the games, Chris Roberts, directing the movie. Wing Commander's failure not only killed Roberts' career for several years, it was also responsible for destroying the actual game franchise (this is one of at least two instances on this list where the main man behind the video game franchise failed to direct a successful movie adaptation of it and saw their careers shelled; the other is Hironobu Sakaguchi and ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''). This movie was also the beginning of a rut that Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr would be stuck in during the early 2000s.
* ''Film/WinterKills'' (1979) – Budget, $6 million. Box office, $1,083,799. This adaptation of the Richard Condon novel was financed by two mob-connected marijuana dealers, Robert Sterling and Leonard Goldberg. The production [[TroubledProduction proved nightmarish]] as it shut down multiple times due to financial issues, Goldberg was murdered and Sterling was sentenced to prison. The director and cast made ''The American Success Company'' in the interim, which was successful enough to finance the rest of the film. Ultimately, InvisibleAdvertising and ExecutiveMeddling from Avco Embassy Pictures iced the film. A director's cut re-release in 1983 helped turn the film into a CultClassic.
* ''Film/WintersTale'' (2014) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $27,400,231. Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut was this film version of the Mark Helprin novel. It was a critical and financial fiasco which ultimately left theaters after seven weeks.
* ''Film/{{Wired}}'' (1989) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,089,000 (domestic). Producer Edward Feldman accused backer and talent mogul Michael Ovitz of sabotaging the biography on John Belushi in a 2005 book, and his co-star from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', Dan Aykroyd, along with preview audiences, was hostile towards the final version of his portrayal, which bombed heavily. The infamously botched portrayal of Belushi [[CreatorKiller zapped]] [[StarDerailingRole the careers]] of the majority of the crew (journalist Bob Woodward, who is one of the two reporters credited with unveiling the Watergate scandal, was credited, and never dealt with anything not political again), with Feldman and star Michael Chiklis being the only major names to recover.
* ''Literature/TheWitches'' (1990) -- Budget, unknown. Box office, $15 million. This finished filming in 1988, but was delayed for over a year due to the acquisition of production company Lorimar Productions by Creator/WarnerBros This ended up being the last film Lorimar produced before their closure three years later. This is also the last film produced by Creator/JimHenson and the last adaptation of a Creator/RoaldDahl work to be produced in his lifetime. It is [[Film/TheBFG not]], [[Film/{{Matilda}} however]], [[Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach the]] [[WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox last]] AcclaimedFlop based on a Dahl work, but with a HundredPercentAdorationRating on Rotten Tomatoes, it's probably the most acclaimed.
* ''Film/WithoutLimits'' (1998) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $777,423. One of two competing biopics about track runner Steve Prefontaine, preceded a year earlier by ''Prefontaine'', starring Creator/JaredLeto. This film blew down Creator/RobertTowne's career; he wrote ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'', but didn't direct again until 2006. It did get great reviews.
* ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $13,600,000. This film adaptation of the [[Theatre/TheWiz the musical]] rendition of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' departed significantly from the source material to accommodate Diana Ross's casting as Dorothy, a role she actively campaigned for. Ross's [[WTHCastingAgency casting]] barred the brunt of the film's tepid reviews, and it proved her StarDerailingRole for her acting career. This also proved to be Music/MichaelJackson's only major film role, though his music career survived. Its failure discouraged major studios from producing films with All-Black casts for a good while. 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'', became a smash hit, which helped the film become a CultClassic later down the road.
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (1939) -- Budget, $2.8 million (not counting marketing costs), $4.2 million (counting them). Box office, $2,048,000 (domestic), $3,017,000 (worldwide); $23.3 million (worldwide after re-releases). Even though the film made a lot of money for the time, it still failed to make back its budget domestically, and MGM took a $1,145,000 loss on it. The production also wasn't helped by the famous Wicked Witch disappearing into fire scene burning her actress, Creator/MargaretHamilton, who had to go to hospital and delay production, and not helping matters was UsefulNotes/WorldWarII starting the week after the film's release (the war would derail another critical darling, Walt Disney's ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', a few months later along with ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}''). No damage was thankfully incurred by director Victor Fleming, who had ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' (the highest selling film in terms of tickets sold) out the same year, but the same could not be said for co-writers Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, whose cinematic careers [[IncrediblyLamePun melted]] [[CreatorKiller down]] when it flopped (Woolf did not get a chance to recover before his death in 1943). The film didn't turn a profit until it was reissued a decade later and was later [[VindicatedByCable Vindicated By Television]]. This film is now considered [[VindicatedByHistory one of the all-time masterpieces]] of Hollywood and is the defining role for Creator/JudyGarland, who played Dorothy, and Hamilton (who outlived all of the other non-munchkin cast members), and the film's franchise has been used in one form or another by nearly every one of the "Big Six" studios in the film business.
* ''Film/{{Wolfen}}'' (1981) -- Budget, $17 million. Box office, $10,626,725. The film’s failure, along with behind-the-scenes turmoil, caused director Michael Wadleigh to retire from filmaking.
* ''Film/{{The Wolfman|2010}}'' (2010) -- Budget, $150 million. Box office, $139,789,765. Creator/BenicioDelToro has yet to take a producer's job past this film. This was also director Joe Johnson's first film since the Michael Eisner career-ending ''Hildalgo'' in 2004, and this could have derailed his career for good had it not been for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', one of the contenders for the best of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's first phase, coming out the next year (that film also took a lot of traits from another Disney comic book/Michael Eisner film, ''Film/TheRocketeer'', 20 years prior). Both ''Wolfman'' and ''Rocketeer'' have been VindicatedByCable, playing often on TV.
* ''Film/WonderBoys'' (2000) -- Budget, $55 million. Box office, $33,426,588. Many blame a bad marketing campaign, alongside an oft-lambasted poster (featuring a full, awkward focus on Michael Douglas' character's face) for the movie not doing well. However, the movie did [[AcclaimedFlop very well critically]], nabbing a few dozen awards, and has gone on to be a CultClassic.
* ''Won't Back Down'' (2012) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $5,714,913. This film is notable for having the second worst opening gross for a movie in 2,500+ theaters.
* ''Film/{{Woo}}'' (1998) -- Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8,165,984. This was the only wide release to go against ''Film/DeepImpact'' on opening weekend and it was far outmatched ($2.5 million vs the latter's '''$41.1 million'''). It did far better [[VindicatedByCable once it hit home video]].
* ''Wrongfully Accused'' (1998) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $9,600,000. Hurt director Pat Proft's theatrical career for a while, though he did rebound five years later with ''Scary Movie 3''.
* ''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; when ''Wyatt Earp'' made it to theaters, it 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 90's (''Waterworld'' and ''The Postman'' were the others).
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* ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'' (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. Along with ''Can't Stop The Music'', ''Xanadu'' inspired the creation of the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]].
* ''Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve'' (2008) -- Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,982,478 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $68,369,434 (worldwide).]] This second theatrical spinoff of the TV series was hit with mixed reviews from critics and audiences and it was pulverized by the runaway success of ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. The franchise laid dormant until a 2016 revival series.
* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (2011) -- Budget, $140-160 million. Box office, $146,408,305 (domestic), $353,624,124 (worldwide). This movie was [[AcclaimedFlop a minor disappointment at the box office, but Fox and the movie critics were convinced]] that there was still life left in the X-Men franchise. For the sequel, Creator/MatthewVaughn departed as director to helm ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', allowing Creator/BryanSinger to reclaim the reigns. This led to the very well-received ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' in 2014, which not only [[AuthorsSavingThrow undid the damage wrought by]] ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', but outgrossed it on a slightly smaller budget, allowing Singer and company to stay on for...
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016) -- Budget, $178 million. Box office, $155,442,489 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $543,885,894 (worldwide)]]. Sadly, this sequel to ''Days of Future Past'' garnered rather more mixed reviews and lacked the star power of the original trilogy's cast; it didn't help that it came out during a brutal summer season and only a couple of weeks after ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which beat both it and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' with the critics and the box office. Continues a very bad streak for Creator/MichaelFassbender.
* ''Film/{{XX}}'' (2017) -- Budget, $2 million. Box office, $41,067. This horror anthology film had a limited release in 16 theaters and a simultaneous release on Video-On-Demand. Critics [[AcclaimedFlop generally liked it]], though.
* ''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; the series would be revived with...
** ''[[Film/XXxReturnOfXanderCage xXx: Return of Xander Cage]]'' (2017) -- Budget, $85 million. Box office, $44,898,413 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $346,147,658 (worldwide)]]. The film was met with lukewarm reception and disappointing box office in the US, but was a major success in other territories, notably China. It remains to be seen if it's enough for Paramount to greenlight another sequel.
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* ''Film/TheYards'' (2000) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $889,352. Was shelved for two years until the studio quietly shoved it out to limited theaters. Director James Gray wouldn’t release another film until ''We Own the Night'' seven years later.
* ''Film/YearOfTheComet'' (1992) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $2,791,515. It's one of three 1992 bombs that set Creator/WilliamGoldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. The film prompted actor Louis Jourdan to retire, and director Peter Yates only directed one more mainstream film.
* ''Year of the Dragon'' (1985) -- Budget, $24 million. Box office, $18,706,466. A failed attempt for Creator/MichaelCimino to recover from ''Heaven's Gate'', the film was also blasted by the Chinese-American community for racial stereotyping against them.
* ''Film/YearOne'' (2009) -- Budget, $60 million. Box office, $43,337,279 (domestic), $62,357,900 (worldwide). This film [[CreatorKiller killed]] Harold Ramis' direction career, and also tarnished the star power of Creator/JackBlack and Creator/MichaelCera. It didn't help that audiences accused both actors of {{Typecasting}}.
* ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}'' (1983) – Budget: Unknown. Box Office: $4.3 million. Creator/GrahamChapman co-wrote and starred in the title role in this comedy, which was shredded by critics upon release. Creator/JohnCleese and Creator/EricIdle both consider this an OldShame. This marked the final film appearances for Chapman, Creator/SpikeMilligan Creator/MartyFeldman and Peter Bull.
* ''Film/YesGiorgio'' (1982) -- Budget, $19 million. Box office, $2,279,543. Luciano Pavarotti's first and last movie, and a critical hit to Franklin J. Schaffner's career; the director wouldn't direct again until 1987, and he only made two more movies before dying in 1989.
* ''Film/YouAgain'' (2010) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $25,702,053 (domestic), $32,005,248 (worldwide). This film's critical failure and commercial underperformance made it the last Creator/TouchstonePictures film released under just that brand. Almost all of the future Touchstone films for the next 5 years were [=DreamWorks=] films distributed by Touchstone.
* ''Film/YogaHosers'' (2016) -- Budget, $5 million. Box office, '''[[EpicFail $38,784]]'''. This Creator/KevinSmith comedy starred his daughter, Harley-Quinn, and Lilly-Rose Depp (daughter of [[Creator/JohnnyDepp Johnny]]), both reprising their roles from ''Film/{{Tusk}}''. It was given a simultaneous limited theatrical release and Video-on-Demand premiere. Its low gross makes it, by far, Smith's worst performing movie. Critics also despised it, though the performances of its leads were generally considered its saving grace.
* ''Film/YouAndI'' (2011) -- Budget, $12 million. Box office, $908,578. This premiered in the Cannes Film Festival in '''2008''' and saw its release date pushed back again and again before it finally debuted in Russia in 2011. It went DirectToVideo in the US in 2012. It proved another career-low for director Roland Joffe.
* ''Film/YouWillMeetATallDarkStranger'' (2010) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $3,248,246 (domestic), $34,275,987 (worldwide). This Creator/WoodyAllen effort received mixed reviews, though he immediately bounced back financially and critically with ''Film/MidnightInParis''.
* ''The Young Messiah'' (2016) -- Budget, $18.5 million. Box office, $7.3 million. Not a good omen for director Cyrus Nowrasteh after 7 years, and it and ''Pixels'' could earn co-producer Chris Columbus a demotion to the B-list of Hollywood producers/directors.
* ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' (1985) -- Budget, $18 million. Box office, $19 million. This is notable for the first photorealistic CGI character, a stained glass knight animated by future Creator/{{Pixar}} chairman John Lasseter. The critics gave the film a mixed-to-positive reception but it still didn't do well in the States.
* ''Film/TheYoungVictoria'' (2009) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $27,409,889. This {{biopic}} of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria received praise for Creator/EmilyBlunt's portrayal of the monarch and criticism for its slow pace. It also didn't escape a limited release, courtesy of distributor Apparition who were kings of [[ScrewedByTheNetwork doing this sort of thing]].
* ''Your Friends And Neighbors'' (1998) -- Budget, $5 million. Box office, $4.7 million. Actor Jason Patric never tried to produce another movie after this one. However, critics generally liked it, and it is notable today for being the first film to be listed on Website/RottenTomatoes.
* ''Film/YourHighness'' (2011) -- Budget, $50 million. Box office, $24,856,478. This fantasy spoof became one of the year's most critically reviled films due to its reliance on VulgarHumor. Creator/JamesFranco [[OldShame isn't really proud of it]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'' (2004) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $19,765,868 (domestic), $29,170,410 (worldwide). Compared to the first three ''Pokémon'' films, this film adaptation of this [[Anime/YuGiOh anime]] got blown away at the worldwide box office and by critics and anyone not familiar with its premise, plus its plot did not have a major impact on Yugi and Yami's overall story arc as a whole on Creator/KidsWB. As a result, it sent a potential movie series to the graveyard, and infamous production company Creator/FourKidsEntertainment, which was notorious for inserting Aesops and whatnot into their American anime dubs and for being very stubbornly censor-crazy (a statement from their boss[[note]]He said "...if [anime fans] want this programming to come to the United States, then they're going to have to accept the fact that it's going to be available in two styles."[[/note]] didn't help this reputation), never released another theatrical production, plus when copyright holder Creator/{{Konami}} revived the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' film series, it was only released in Japanese theaters. This also did not help the 2D animated market despite being an anime; it would be another 5 years before another widely publicized 2D film not of Ghibli origin or titled ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' hit theaters, namely ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' from Disney.
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* ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'' (1970) -- Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1 million. Michelangelo Antonioni's counterculture drama was shredded by critics and audiences for its droning plot and disaffected characters. It's since been VindicatedByHistory thanks to its stunning cinematography and soundtrack from the likes of Music/PinkFloyd and Music/TheGratefulDead.
* ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' (2005) -- Budget, $65 million. Box office, $64,321,501. Ended the usage of possessed board games for real life scenarios idea after two films, the other being ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' a decade prior. An attempt to promote this film on NBC's ''Series/TheApprentice'' with Creator/DonaldTrump also failed, but director Creator/JonFavreau would bounce back with the first ''Film/IronMan'' movie, which started the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse for Paramount and later Disney.
* ''Zelly and Me'' (1988) -- Budget, $2.3 million. Box office, $55,000. One of several Columbia Pictures films greenlit by outgoing president David Puttnam that the studio left out to dry. This was the first and only feature film by director Tina Rathbone, who directed two episodes of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' before leaving the industry.
* ''Film/ZeroEffect'' (1998) -- Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2,087,741. Jake Kasdan's directorial debut was this SettingUpdate of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story ''A Scandal in Bohemia.'' It got generally good reviews but a paltry limited release of 129 theaters. That didn't stop Kasdan from attempting to pitch a TV series based on the movie to NBC, thought it never made it past the pilot. It later became a CultClassic.
* ''Film/TheZeroThorem'' (2014) -- Budget, $8-13 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This Creator/TerryGilliam sci-fi film premiered the previous year at the Venice Film Festival and its US theatrical release spanned all of ''five weeks at 63 theaters''. Critics gave it mixed reviews, while audiences not familiar with Gilliam's style generally stayed away.
* ''Literature/ZForZachariah'' (2015) -- Budget, unknown. Box office, $121,461. Despite encouraging reviews, a combination of poor marketing, low audience interest, and criticism from book fans over AdaptationDecay led to apocalyptic box office returns. Not helping matters was its extremely limited release, showing at only 29 theaters for three weeks before closing; its simultaneous on demand release similarly failed to attract viewers.
* ''Film/{{ZigZag}}'' (2002) -- Budget, Unknown, but ... Box office, $2,418. The directorial debut of David S. Goyer played in ''one theater for one week''. This makes it Wesley Snipes's lowest grossing film by far.
* ''Film/{{Zodiac}}'' (2007) -- Budget, $65 million. Box office, $33,080,084 (domestic), $84,785,914 (worldwide). This was one of the most [[AcclaimedFlop highly-acclaimed films of the year]] but its poor marketing and extreme length did it no good with audiences. It was further buried in the box-office when ''Film/ThreeHundred'' opened the next week.
* ''The Zookeeper's Wife'' (2017) -- Budget, $20 million. Box office, $17,445,186 (domestic), $20,841,464 (worldwide). The film version of Diane Ackerman's novel did very well in a limited release even if it ultimately fell short of its budget. The critics also generally liked it.
* ''Film/{{Zoolander 2}}'' (2016) -- Budget, $50 million. Box office, $28.8 million (domestic), $56 million (worldwide). One of a handful of flops in 2016 that ultimately helped end Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's decade-long run at the company (this one opened against ''Deadpool'' and ''Kung Fu Panda 3''). It will also likely end the ''Zoolander'' films with Ben Stiller after two outings, with the original film having been released in 2001.
* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' (2006) -- Budget, $35 million. Box office, $12,506,188. It also got delayed when Fox and Marvel sued the creators for the film being too similar to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. This was the final nail in the A-level cinematic coffin of director Peter Hewitt.
* ''Film/ZorroTheGayBlade'' (1981) -- Budget, $12.6 million. Box office, $5.1 million (domestic). Director Peter Medak didn’t work on another theatrical film until ''The Men’s Club'' five years later. George Hamilton, who [[ActingForTwo played both Zorros]], also stuck to TV until ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part III]]''.
* ''Film/ZyzzyxRoad'' (2006) -- Budget, $2 million. Box office -- '''''$30.''''' Yes, '''thirty bucks''', or ''six'' tickets (two sold to actors who appeared in 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.)
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