History BoxOfficeBomb / UThroughZ

* ''Film/{{Undisputed}}'' (2002) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,220,548. This was the third of a [[Film/LastManStanding trio]] [[Film/{{Supernova}} of bombs]] for director Creator/WalterHill, wouldn't direct another theatrically released film until ''Film/BulletToTheHead'' eleven years later. It was also the final film written by David Giler before his death in 2020. Did well enough on home video to spawn a few DirectToVideo sequels.

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* ''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. 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''. It was also the final film written by David Giler before his death in 2020.

* ''Film/TheVagrant'' (1992) — Budget, Unknown. Box office (hold your breath), ''$5,900''. The film only played in eight theaters and was pulled after a week.

* ''Film/TheUnbearableWeightOfMassiveTalent'' (2022) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,300,157 (domestic), $28,584,282 (worldwide). This meta comedy starring Creator/NicolasCage AsHimself received [[AcclaimedFlop good reviews]] but struggled to compete with [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022 more]] [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 high-profile]] [[Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore competition]].

* ''[[Film/WhitneyHoustonIWannaDanceWithSomebody Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody]]'' (2022) - Budget, $45 million. Box office, $59.4 million. This attempt to cash in on the craze of musician {{Biopic}}s stumbled out the gate (including changing its title to add Music/WhitneyHouston's name a week before release) and was met with mixed reviews.

* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) - Budget, $175 million (roughly $225 million in total costs). Box office, $88.2 million (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $264.2 million (worldwide)]]. The most expensive film ever at the time of its release, ''Waterworld'' was lambasted by the press and is often considered to have been a massive bomb. [[ZigzaggedTrope However,]] while it didn't come close to making its money back in its initial box office run when accounting for revenue splits with theaters, the perception of the scope of its failure mainly came from reporters in the 1990s not having access to data from international market, where the film did absolute gangbusters. Ancillary revenue allegedly led to the the film eventually breaking even several years after its release, in part due to [[Theatre/WaterworldALiveSeaWarSpectacular an incredibly successful stunt show]] keeping it in the public consciousness.

* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' (2020) - Budget, $200 million. Gross $169.6 million. The massive drop compared to the [[Film/WonderWoman2017 first film's]] $412 million domestic/$822 million worldwide was almost inevitable due to being released at the peak of the Usefulnotes/Covid19Pandemic in December 2020 when many theaters were still closed and those that were open were running at limited capacity. Warner also released the film simultaneously on Creator/HBOMax and primarily marketed it as a streaming release, with theaters being an afterthought. It's unclear how much income the film generated via HBO Max signups; while it did well enough to ensure that Warner continued this model with ''all'' its theatrical tentpoles the following year (a decision the studio seemingly came to regret), it didn't do well enough for DC to proceed with the ''Wonder Woman'' series despite the immense success of the first installment.

** With that being said though, the film’s heroic themes of teamwork, never leaving a man down and sacrifice does place in it the SoBadItsGood category.

** With that being said though, the film’s heroic themes of teamwork, sacrifice does place in it the SoBadItsGood category.

* ''[[Film/WontBackDown Won't Back Down]]'' (2012) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $5,714,913. This film is notable for having the third worst opening gross for a movie in 2,500+ theaters.

* ''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/WonderWoman1984'' (2020) - Budget, $200 million. Gross $169.6 million. The massive drop compared to the [[Film/WonderWoman2017 first film's]] $412 million domestic/$822 million worldwide was almost inevitable due to being released at the peak of the Usefulnotes/Covid19Pandemic in December 2020 when many theaters were still closed and those that were open were running at limited capacity. Warner also released the film simultaneously on Creator/HBOMax and primarily marketed it as a streaming release, with the theatrical being an afterthought. It's unclear how much income the film generated via HBO Max signups; while it did well enough to ensure that Warner continued this model with ''all'' its theatrical tentpoles the following year (a decision the studio seemingly came to regret), it didn't do well enough for DC to proceed with the ''Wonder Woman'' series despite the immense success of the first installment.

* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' (2006) — Budget, $75.6 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. It may have also played a part in sending Creator/TimAllen and Creator/CourteneyCox back to television.

* ''Unbroken: Path to Redemption'' (2018) - Budget, $6 million. Box office, $6.2 million. This sequel to 2014's ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' had almost none of the cast or crew of the original film and was greeted with an even worse critical reception than the first film.

* ''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''. It was also the final film written by David Giler before his death in 2020.

* ''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.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' (2005) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $19,478,106 (domestic), $61,746,888 (worldwide). This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII pigeon movie was the first film by Vanguard Animation. It was also the [[MedalOfDishonor lowest-grossing CGI-film of all time]] until ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout2005 Doogal]]'' beat it the following year.

* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) - Budget, $175 million (roughly $225 million in total costs). Box office, $88.2 million (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $264.2 million (worldwide)]]. The most expensive film ever at the time of its release, ''Waterworld'' was lambasted at the time of its released by the press and is often considered to have been a massive bomb. [[ZigzaggedTrope However,]] while it didn't come close to making its money back in its initial box office run when accounting for revenue splits with theaters, the perception of its failure mainly came from reporters in the 1990s not having access to data from international market, where the film did absolute gangbusters. Ancillary revenue allegedly led to the the film eventually breaking even several years after its release, in part due to [[Theatre/WaterworldALiveSeaWarSpectacular an incredibly successful stunt show]].

* ''Film/WelcomeHome1989'' (1989) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $1,048,322. This was released two months after the death of director Franklin J. Schaffner and eight months after the death of co-star Trey Wilson.

* ''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'' (2018) — Budget, $39 million. Box office, $12,463,520. This combination of live-action humans and CGI dolls got generally negative reviews and was tied with fellow bomb ''Action Point'' for the worst opening weekend of the year and lasted just four weeks in cinemas. Creator/SteveCarell's career survived, but it marked the second straight bomb from legendary director Creator/RobertZemeckis (after ''Film/{{Allied}}''), whose subsequent films have all gone direct-to-streaming.

* ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'' - Budget, $100-130 million. Box office, $137.7 million. This adaptation of a children's classic was met with mixed-to-negative reviews for the performances and some of the creative choices from director Creator/AvaDuVernay. This was [=DuVernay's=] first big budget film targeted to children (she had previously made serious dramas and documentaries), and she spent the next five years exclusively directing TV.
* ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $142.6 million. Another attempt from Universal to remake its monster canon with a blockbuster-level budget that fell flat. Also another bomb from director Creator/JoeJohnston; even the success of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' the following year wasn't enough to rescue him from a subsequent stint in movie jail he's yet to truly emerge from.

* ''Film/TheUnbearableWeightOfMassiveTalent'' (2022) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,300,157 (domestic), $28,584,282 (worldwide). This meta comedy starring Creator/NicolasCage AsHimself received [[AcclaimedFlop good reviews]] but struggled to compete with [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys more]] [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 high-profile]] [[Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore competition]].

* ''Film/{{Ultraviolet|2006}}'' (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.

* ''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 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/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]].

* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) - Budget, $175 million (roughly $225 million in total costs). Box office, $88.2 million (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $264.2 million (worldwide)]]. The most expensive film ever at the time of its release, ''Waterworld'' was lambasted at the time of its released by the press and is often considered to have been a massive bomb. [[ZigzaggedTrope However,]] while it didn't come close to making its money back in its initial box office run when accounting for revenue splits with theaters, the perception of its failure mainly came from reporters in the 1990s not having access to data from international market, where the film did absolute gangbusters. Ancillary revenue allegedly led to the the film eventually breaking even several years after its release, in part due to [[Theater/WaterworldALiveSeaWarSpectacular an incredibly successful stunt show]].

* ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018 - Budget, $100-130 million. Box office, $137.7 million. This adaptation of a children's classic was met with mixed-to-negative reviews for the performances and some of the creative choices from director Creator/AvaDuVernay. This was [=DuVernay's=] first big budget film targeted to children (she had previously made serious dramas and documentaries), and she spent the next five years exclusively directing TV.

* ''Film/TheUndergroundComedyMovie'' (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, Creator/VinceOffer, 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 (though he managed to become a popular TV commercial pitchman in the interim) before returning to the director's chair with the equally hated ''[=InAPPropriate Comedy=]'' in 2013. Music/GunsNRoses guitarist Music/{{Slash|Musician}}, 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/WelcomeHome'' (1989) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $1,048,322. This was released two months after the death of director Franklin J. Schaffner and eight months after the death of co-star Trey Wilson.

* ''Film/{{The Work and the Glory}} II: American Zion'' (2005) — Budget, $6.5 million. 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.
* ''Film/{{The Work and the Glory}} III: A House Divided'' (2006) — Budget, $6.5 million. 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.

* ''Film/{{Wind}}'' (1992) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $5,519,569. This is the last movie Creator/JenniferGrey made before her infamous rhinoplasty.

* ''Unbroken: Path to Redemption'' (2018) - Budget, $4.9 - 6 million. Box office, $6.2 million. This sequel to 2014's ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' had almost none of the cast or crew of the original film and was greeted with an even worse critical reception than the first film.

* ''Film/VampiresKiss'' (1989) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, $725,131. Robert Bierman's directorial debut fell by the wayside in its limited run during a packed summer, but it became a CultClassic down the line thanks to Creator/NicolasCage's over-the-top performance.

* ''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/TheVirginityHit'' (2010) — Budget, $3.4 million. Box office, $636,706. It got booted out of theaters after two weeks.

* ''Film/{{The War at Home}}'' (1996) — Budget, $3 million. Box office, $44,000. Creator/EmilioEstevez told Disney that he would only do ''[[Film/TheMightyDucks 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 ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/SlingBlade'') and was buried as a result.

* ''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/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. It's also notable for being Creator/BradleyCooper's film debut.

* ''Film/{{Where the Day Takes You}}'' (1992) — Budget, $3 million. Box office, $390,150. Perhaps best known today for being Creator/WillSmith's film debut.

* ''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/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.

* ''Film/{{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/ZyzzyxRoad'' (2006) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, '''''$30'''''. Yes, '''thirty bucks''', or ''six'' tickets (two sold to a makeup artist who worked on the film; the director returned their money, so the film had a net box office of $20). The film received only a one-week domestic release (playing one screen in Dallas) to comply with [[Usefulnotes/UnionsInHollywood Screen Actors Guild]] rules. The producer had no intention otherwise of opening it in the U.S. until after it had foreign distribution. (Foreign gross to date: $368,000.) How fitting it would be the last '''''on this list'''''.

* ''[[Film/WintersTale Winter's Tale]]'' (2014) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $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.

* ''Film/VirginTerritory'' (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.