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| 8 | * ''Film/K19TheWidowmaker'' (2002) — Budget, $100 million (not counting marketing costs), $135 million (counting them). Box office, $65,716,126. A downward trend for Creator/HarrisonFord began after this submarine thriller flopped; Ford had otherwise been a reliable box office draw for nearly two decades before this point. Director Creator/KathrynBigelow took seven years to make another movie but would rebound spectacularly with ''Film/TheHurtLocker'', which made her the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar. |
| 9 | * ''Film/{{Kafka}}'' (1991) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $1,059,071. Creator/StevenSoderbergh's followup to ''Film/SexLiesAndVideotape'' and sorta {{biopic}} of Creator/FranzKafka was based around the author's body of work. It started a string of flops for Soderbergh that officially ended with ''Film/ErinBrockovich''. It came out around the same time as the similarly surreal ''Film/NakedLunch'' to which it was compared to. It's now a CultClassic. |
| 10 | * ''Film/{{Kalifornia}}'' (1993) — Budget, $8.5 million. Box office, $2,395,231. Got good reviews, but director Dominic Sena saw his cinematic career crash until 2000. |
| 11 | * ''Film/KansasCity'' (1996) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $1,356,329. Creator/RobertAltman's jazz-era ode to his hometown faded in a limited release despite good reviews. |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Kazaam}}'' (1996) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18,937,262. Both this and ''Film/{{Steel}}'' the following year effectively fouled up any chance of Shaquille O'Neal branching his career out of basketball after those two movies, his rap album, and the infamous video game ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' were all released and ripped apart in the mid '90s[[note]]He's made a handful of pro wrestling appearances (turning up in [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} every]] [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} major]] [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling American]] [[Wrestling/{{AEW}} promotion]] at one point or another), but outside of that he's stuck to working for TNT's NBA broadcast team since his retirement in 2011[[/note]]. ''Kazaam'' also landed a critical hit on director Paul Michael Glaser's career (he's Starsky of ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''), as he would not direct or star in anything for the next five years, and any and all directing jobs he would hold after his hiatus were on television only. |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Keanu}}'' (2016) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $20.7 million (domestic). This vehicle for comedy duo [[Creator/KeeganMichaelKey Key]] & [[Creator/JordanPeele Peele]] fared well with critics, but this would be the last time the duo would share the screen in live action. Peele fared much better the following year after he directed and wrote ''Film/{{Get Out|2017}}'', taking his and Key's careers in very different directions. |
| 14 | * ''Film/TheKeep'' (1983) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $4,218,594. The film version of the first novel of ''Literature/TheAdversaryCycle'' suffered ExecutiveMeddling which cut the film by two hours. The end result was lambasted for its incomprehensibility and faded from theaters pretty quickly. It hasn't been released on home video since VHS but it's available for streaming. Director Creator/MichaelMann and author F. Paul Wilson [[CreatorBacklash aren't happy]] [[DisownedAdaptation with it]], but it's become a CultClassic. |
| 15 | * ''Film/KeepingUpWithTheJoneses'' (2016) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $29,786,594. Intended for that year's April, but it got pushed away from ''Zootopia'' and ''The Jungle Book'' into the DumpMonths past the Summer Bomb Buster. This didn't stop it from being one of the worst reviewed films of the year. The first of Zach Galifianakis' [[StarDerailingRole Star-Derailing Roles]] in 2016. Director Greg Mottola does not have any major theatrical projects up past this bomb. |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Khartoum}}'' (1966) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3 million (rentals). This was the last film to utilize the Ultra Panavision 70 film format until ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' 50 years later. |
| 17 | * ''Film/KickinItOldSchool'' (2007) — Budget, $25.7 million. Box office, $4.7 million. This breakdancing comedy was eviscerated by critics and was buried in the box-office when it opened the week before ''Film/SpiderMan3''. This is the one and only film directed by Harvey Glazer, who went back to documentaries and music videos after its disastrous reception. |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheKidWhoWouldBeKing'' (2019) — Budget, $59 million. Box office, $32,140,970. Despite positive reviews, the film ended up bombing on both sides of the Atlantic. Contrary to Fox's hope that the film would be successful in its native UK, it opened there at a measly sixth place on a weekend dominated by ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''. This is one of several recent adaptations and reimaginings of Myth/ArthurianLegend to flop at the box office and could be the last for some time. |
| 19 | * ''Film/KillMeAgain'' (1989) — Budget, $4 million. Box office, $283,694. John Dahl's directorial debut; it did better on home video. |
| 20 | * ''Film/KillerElite'' (2011) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $56,383,756. It was the debut film from Open Road Films, whose next film, ''The Grey'', was successful. |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe'' (2010) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $3,977,192. The second film version of Jim Thompson's mystery novel received a simultaneous theatrical and Video-on-Demand release, which limited its takings. Its reception was mixed, with critics calling out its brutal violence, especially towards women. |
| 22 | * ''Film/KillerJoe'' (2011, 2012) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $3,665,069. Being even originally released as NC-17 before some cuts, the film was only in 75 theaters stateside. |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Killers}}'' (2010) — Budget, $75 million. Box office, $47,059,963 (domestic), $98,159,963 (worldwide). Supporting co-star Creator/TomSelleck has not made any theatrical film appearances since then, though he remains a popular television star by reprising his role as the title character in two additional ''Literature/JesseStone'' television movies and playing the lead role in the police procedural ''Series/BlueBloods''. |
| 24 | * ''Film/KillersOfTheFlowerMoon'' (2023) — Budget, $200 million. Box office, $157,026,901. One of several films given a tremendous budget (and run time) by Creator/{{Apple}} for the purpose of beefing up the prestige of Creator/AppleTVPlus. Many observers believed that Apple would have been happy to send the film straight to streaming and not even release it in theaters (much like the rollout Creator/MartinScorsese's prior, equally long and expensive film, ''Film/TheIrishman'', was given by Creator/{{Netflix}}) and only gave it one (in partnership with Creator/{{Paramount}}) to appease Scorsese and attach his name to their service. A 3.5 hour runtime and dark subject matter limited the appeal for general audiences in the theatrical window, though it was an AcclaimedFlop by critics. |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Kin|2018}}'' (2018) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $10 million (worldwide). This sci-fi film debuted on [[DumpMonths Labor Day weekend]] to mixed reviews and practically InvisibleAdvertising. It suffered a 73.5% drop the following weekend and was zapped away soon after. |
| 26 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI'' (1999) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $12 million. The film's negative reception due to its {{Disneyfication}} of the original musical and subsequent failure did not give any better of an impression to Thailand/Siam than the other adaptations of the book the musical came from (including ''Film/AnnaAndTheKing'', which also came out that year), prompted the estates of Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein to permanently mandate that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero animated adaptations of their works are to be completely forbidden]] (reportedly, the producers would have been given the rights to ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' if this film was a success), and relegated Richard Rich to the C-list of animators. It was also released only a week before ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'', based on the popular TV show, which did slightly better. Both this film and ''Quest for Camelot'' banished the career of writer David Seidler from the cinemas until 2010. |
| 27 | * ''Film/KingArthur2004'' — Budget, $120 million. Box office, $51,882,244 (domestic), $203,567,857 (worldwide). This [[AllStarCast star-studded]] {{Demythification}} attempted to channel the success of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', but a bevy of historical inaccuracies and ExecutiveMeddling from the [[Creator/{{Disney}} Mouse House]] to get a PG-13 rating helped result in a film that was largely considered dull and generic, with producer Creator/JerryBruckheimer and director Creator/AntoineFuqua both [[CreatorBacklash expressing dissatisfaction with Disney's decisions on the final product]]. One of a handful of flops in 2004 that ultimately helped end Disney CEO Michael Eisner's long run at the company. It also prevented any more movies based on Myth/ArthurianLegend from being made until 13 years later... |
| 28 | * ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword'' (2017) — Budget, $175 million (not counting marketing costs), $250 million (counting them). Box office, $39,175,066 (domestic), $148,675,066 (worldwide). The movie [[http://deadline.com/2018/03/king-arthur-geostorm-monster-trucks-the-promise-the-great-wall-box-office-losses-1202354934/ lost $152 million total]], making it one of the biggest bombs in history. This ended Creator/CharlieHunnam's prospects as a major leading man, though director Creator/GuyRitchie would follow it up with a major hit in ''Film/Aladdin2019'' (and even bring Hunnam along for ''Film/TheGentlemen'' that same year). |
| 29 | * ''Film/KingDavid'' (1985) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $5,111,099. According to the book ''Literature/{{Disneywar}}'', former Paramount president Michael Eisner, who had become the chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Productions the year prior (and renamed it The Walt Disney Company), criticized this movie's casting of Richard Gere, snarking, [[SophisticatedAsHell "I don't see David]] [[QuestionableCasting in]] [[WTHCostumingDepartment a dress."]] Gere also earned derision from the Razzies, getting nominated for his role, and director Creator/BruceBeresford admitted Gere was miscast. |
| 30 | * ''Film/KingKongLives'' (1986) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $4,711,220. This finished off John Guillermin's directing career in cinema, and was part of a disastrous inaugural year for Dino De Laurentiis' DEG. |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheKingOfComedy'' (1983) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $2,536,242. This Creator/MartinScorsese BlackComedy was [[AcclaimedFlop adored by critics]] but dismissed by audiences until [[VindicatedByCable it hit HBO]]. It's now considered one of Scorsese's greatest films, as well as one of the greatest films for stars Creator/JerryLewis and Creator/RobertDeNiro. |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{The King of Fighters|2010}}'' (2010) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $2,370,600. This case of VideoGameMoviesSuck was released DirectToVideo in the US. |
| 33 | * ''Film/KingOfNewYork'' (1990) — Budget, $5 million (estimated). Box office, $2.5 million. While the film went on to be a CultClassic, the film was heavily criticized on release. It was so bad that at one of the premiere screenings, co-star Creator/LaurenceFishburne and writer Nicholas St. John got booed off the stage. |
| 34 | * ''Film/{{King of the Hill|1993}}'' (1993) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $1,214,231. Was an AcclaimedFlop, but led to producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa not doing another non-fiction theatrical film for five years. |
| 35 | * ''Film/KingRichard'' (2021) - Budget, $50 million. Box office, $15 million (domestic), $36 million (worldwide). Both this sports biopic and Creator/WillSmith's performance as the titular father of Venus and Serena Williams were acclaimed, with Smith ultimately winning an Oscar (though that's not what most remember from that ceremony), but it became another part of Warner Bros.' 2021 release slate to flop financially thanks to both COVID-19 and their policy of simultaneous release on Creator/HBOMax (which may have helped grow the platform but seriously hurt individual films' grosses). |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{The Kingdom|2007}}'' (2007) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $47,536,778 (domestic), $86,658,558 (worldwide). One of several examples of the Post911TerrorismMovie to sink at the box office. It opened at number two and went down from there. Part of a post-''Film/MiamiVice'' rough patch for Creator/JamieFoxx, while it also did no favors for ''Vice'' director Creator/MichaelMann, who executive produced this film. |
| 37 | * ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' (2005) — Budget, $130 million. Box office, $47,398,413 (domestic), $211,652,051 (worldwide). Its theatrical version was decimated by ExecutiveMeddling over its length, though it was VindicatedOnVideo with the 3-hour director's cut. |
| 38 | * ''Film/TheKingsDaughter'' (2022) - Budget, $40 million. Box office, $2.2 million. This one sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for '''''eight years''''', bouncing all around various distributors before finally being quietly dropped in January with InvisibleAdvertising. |
| 39 | * ''Film/TheKingsMan'' (2021) - Budget, $100 million. Box office, $37.2 million (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $125.7 million]] (worldwide). After suffering many delays due to both corporate shuffling following Disney's purchase of Fox and the Usefulnotes/Covid19Pandemic, this prequel to the ''Film/{{Kingsman}}'' movies had difficulty communicating its premise with a somewhat clunky title and saw its chances lower even more once ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' came out the week prior and took the box office by storm. In spite of somewhat steady domestic numbers (it remained in the top 5 for a month) and much better international ones, its final gross was far from profitable. |
| 40 | * ''[[Film/KingsRansom King's Ransom]]'' (2005) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $4,143,652. This was mauled by critics so badly it left theaters after six weeks. Jeffrey W. Byrd returned to the director's chair for 2012's ''A Beautiful Soul''. |
| 41 | * ''Film/AKissBeforeDying'' (1991) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $15,429,177. This got evicted from theaters after 31 days. |
| 42 | * ''Film/KissKissBangBang'' (2005) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $15.8 million. Creator/ShaneBlack's directorial debut didn't set the box office on fire, but the [[AcclaimedFlop critics loved it]] and it led Creator/RobertDowneyJr to a CareerResurrection with ''Film/IronMan1''. Black wouldn't make another film until ''Film/IronMan3''. |
| 43 | * ''Film/KissMeStupid'' (1964) — Budget, $3.5 million. Box office, $5 million. This Creator/BillyWilder SexComedy was eviscerated by MoralGuardians for its light treatment of adultery and its failure ended a long streak of success for Wilder. It has since been VindicatedByHistory. |
| 44 | * ''Film/KissOfDeath'' (1995) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $14,942,422. This film and ''Jade'' from later that year marked a stillborn attempt to make David Caruso a movie star after suddenly leaving ''Series/NYPDBlue'', and he faded from public view before coming back with ''Series/CSIMiami''. |
| 45 | * ''Film/TheKitchen'' (2019) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $14,484,235. This marked the worst wide opening of Creator/MelissaMcCarthy's career, beating ''Film/TheHappytimeMurders'' from the year before. |
| 46 | * ''Film/KnightsOfTheZodiac'' (2023) - Budget, $60 million. Box office, $6.7 million. This LiveActionAdaptation of the ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' manga was caught in DevelopmentHell for several years, was panned by critics upon its release, received only a brief limited release in North America, and died quickly on the vine in theaters. |
| 47 | * ''Film/{{Knock Knock|2015}}'' (2015) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $36,336 (domestic), $5,567,103 (worldwide). Creator/EliRoth's remake of the 1977 thriller ''Death Game'' played at 22 theaters and was gone after two weeks, with critics panning the film for its ineffective satire, overused {{Fanservice}}, and [[{{Narm}} unintentionally campy tone]]. Audiences were similarly negative, though the film gained a [[CultClassic small cult following]] after it hit VOD services due to RetroactiveRecognition of Creator/AnaDeArmas, the revival of Creator/KeanuReeves' career, and [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the nature of some of the scenes featuring the two]]. |
| 48 | * ''Film/KnockOff'' (1998) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10,319,955. This movie was accused by a few people of being a "Knock-Off" of ''Film/RushHour'', which came out a few weeks later. This did not help out Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme or Creator/RobSchneider's careers any. (The latter's association with Creator/AdamSandler kept him in the public eye for a little while.) It is the last American film director Tsui Hark worked on, as he dealt with only Chinese-born movies since. |
| 49 | * ''Film/{{KPAX}}'' (2001) — Budget, $68 million. Box office, $50,338,485 (domestic), $65,001,485 (worldwide). A mixed reception to this adaptation of [[Literature/KPax the novel of the same name]] failed to stop it from opening at number one, but fell the next weekend in the face of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''. The terrible international numbers prompted producer Lawrence Gordon to sue Universal for fraud, alledging that they sabotaged the international releases. The box office failure killed any interest in [[StillbornFranchise adapting the sequel novels]]. This is the final movie Robert Colesberry produced in his life, and writer Charles Leavitt waited 5 years before writing his next film, ''Film/BloodDiamond''. |
| 50 | * ''Film/{{Krull}}'' (1983) — Budget, $27 million (not counting marketing costs), $50 million (counting them). Box office, $16,519,460. This fantasy film [[DuelingWorks picked a fight]] with ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' and lost, with critics lambasting this film for its [[FollowTheLeader derivative nature]]. Reportedly, it opened and closed ''on the same day'' in many theaters, which was virtually unheard of at the time. It [[StarDerailingRole wiped out star]] Ken Marshall's cinematic career right away; he would eventually resurface in a recurring role on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. One of a handful of projects around that time that ended writer Stanford Sherman's career. Despite the critical and commercial drubbing, the film became a CultClassic through home video and cable showings. |
| 51 | * ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' (2016) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $48 million (domestic), $69.9 million (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop Despite glowing reviews]] from virtually every critic in show business (this has the highest RT score for Creator/{{Laika}}'s films so far), this stop-motion feature was overshadowed by bigger films such as ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', and was one of the last few films released during 2016's Summer Bomb Buster. |
| 52 | * ''Film/KullTheConqueror'' (1997) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $6.1 million (domestic), $22 million (worldwide). The script was originally written as a third Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian movie [[DivorcedInstallment but was remade]] for Robert E. Howard's earlier barbarian hero when Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger refused to reprise the role. The unfamiliarity of the character may be one factor that damaged its prospects. It ultimately didn't help leading man Kevin Sorbo's career prospects outside of television and low-budget Christian films. This was the last film for director John Nicolella, who died the following year. |
| 53 | * ''Film/{{Kundun}}'' (1997) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $8,684,789. The production of this movie led to China barring director Martin Scorsese, writer Melissa Mathison, and several other crew members from returning to China. It also led to China hindering Disney's distribution of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' in the country the next year (Disney distributed ''Kundun'' through Touchstone). Mathison did not have another cinematic credit until dealing with the English dubbing of Ghibli's ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' in 2008 and did not take part in another full project until Disney/Steven Spielberg's ''The BFG'', which ended up being her final work when she died during production. |
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| 57 | * ''Film/LadyJane'' (1986) — Budget, $8.5 million. Box office, just $277,646. Creator/{{Paramount}} [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration made it up to]] Creator/PatrickStewart for putting him in this. |
| 58 | * ''Film/LaborDay'' (2013) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $20,275,812. This and ''Men, Women and Children'' put a big dent into the career of Jason Reitman. |
| 59 | * ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $12,729,917 (domestic), $34 million (worldwide). This film's initial failure demoralized director and ''Muppet'' creator/puppeteer Creator/JimHenson; he became depressed and was never able to direct another film before he suddenly died four years later. Combined with ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners'', this was a StarDerailingRole for Music/DavidBowie's film career, who felt his costumes [[WTHCostumingDepartment were unsuited for the intended demographic]]; co-star Creator/JenniferConnelly [[CreatorBacklash does not look back fondly at this movie]] for her performance but appears to have warmed to the film in time for the 30th anniversary home media releases. This is also the only film co-written by author Dennis Lee and was one of two post-Creator/MontyPython films that derailed Creator/TerryJones' cinematic writing until TheNewTens. ''Labyrinth'' quickly became a CultClassic through cable showings and home video and was VindicatedByHistory after critics reevaluated the film in the 1990s. |
| 60 | * ''Film/TheLadiesMan'' (2000) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $13.7 million. Sent Reginald Hudlin's directing career straight to the junkyard; he would direct one more film in 2002, and then never again until 2016 (he remained active as a producer and writer during this hiatus). It's also a [[StarDerailingRole Star-and-Writer Derailing Role]] for ''Saturday Night Live'' alumnus Tim Meadows. |
| 61 | * ''Film/LadyInTheWater'' (2006) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $42,285,169 (domestic), $72,785,169 (worldwide). Critics largely saw this film as a dull and self-indulgent VanityProject from Creator/MNightShyamalan, whom wrote, directed, '''and''' starred in this, along with throwing in a gratuitous TakeThatCritics within the film itself. This bomb pulled away the AuteurLicense that Shyamalan had enjoyed up to this point and started a series of critical and/or commercial disasters for the director. |
| 62 | * ''Film/{{Ladybugs}}'' (1992) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $14.8 million. Paramount had trouble marketing the film, as it was aimed more at teens; not the typical audience for a Creator/RodneyDangerfield movie. It also came out when ''Film/WaynesWorld'' and ''Film/MyCousinVinny'' were dominating the box office, both of which stole most of its audience, and the movie disappeared from theaters within two weeks. Director Creator/SidneyJFurie hasn't helmed a theatrical film since. |
| 63 | * ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' (1985) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18.43 million. This Medieval Fantasy film had a mixed response, with most critics agreeing that Creator/MatthewBroderick was [[QuestionableCasting out of place]]. It's since become a CultClassic. |
| 64 | * ''Film/LandOfTheLost'' (2009) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $69,548,641. [[StillbornFranchise A failed attempt to start a cinematic franchise]] of the Krofft [[Series/LandOfTheLost1974 series]], and the worst reviewed film to involve Brad Silberling, who directed the film. Silberling has not worked on another theatrical project since. The Kroffts also did not do another movie until 2016. |
| 65 | * ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife'' (2003) — Budget, $95 million. Box office, $65,660,196 (domestic), $156,505,388 (worldwide). Paramount Pictures and copyright holder Eidos Interactive blamed this film's failure on the terrible reception of the ''Tomb Raider'' video game that was released alongside it, ''VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness'', seemingly ignoring that the film was not only greeted with negative reviews but lacked the audience enthusiasm the first film benefited from. As a result, this daily double not only [[FranchiseKiller permanently entombed]] the ''Tomb Raider'' movie series with Creator/AngelinaJolie after only two adventures but began the dominoes to Creator/CoreDesign going out of business after Eidos revoked their control over the series in response to both failures, almost killing the entire IP before Creator/CrystalDynamics swooped in and [[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend saved it]] [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 (twice).]] This movie, along with ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl'' and the critical thrashing of ''Film/TheHaunting1999'', [[CareerKiller killed off]] Jan de Bont's directing career. The only film De Bont received a credit for since ''Cradle of Life'' was as a cinematographer on the autobiographical Dutch film ''Nema aviona za Zagreb'' in 2012. |
| 66 | * ''Film/LargerThanLife'' (1996) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $8,315,693. Notable for being one of the last two film scores by Miles Goodman, who died a few months before it came out. It was also the last film directed by Howard Franklin. |
| 67 | * ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl'' (2007) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $11,293,663. The critics [[AcclaimedFlop adored it]] but it only had a limited release. |
| 68 | * ''Film/LastActionHero'' (1993) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $50 million (domestic), $137.3 million (worldwide). Had the misfortune of being released the weekend after ''Film/JurassicPark''; star Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger asked Columbia to change the release date, but they didn't believe it was a threat -- and to make matters worse, the second weekend drop was so steep that [[Film/SleeplessInSeattle a romantic comedy by sister studio Tristar]] surpassed the movie. Reaction was mixed to negative at the time, probably not helped by a [[HypeBacklash really aggressive promotional campaign that quickly wore out its welcome]], but it has since become a CultClassic for its DeconstructorFleet style. |
| 69 | * ''Film/TheLastCastle'' (2001) — Budget, $72 million. Box office, $27,642,707. Critics gave this mixed reviews but audiences viewed it more favorably. Director Rod Lurie stayed off the director' chair until 2007's ''Resurrecting the Champ''. |
| 70 | * ''Film/{{The Last Days of Disco}}'' (1998) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $3 million. It led to director Whit Stillman's career falling to the low end of the PopularityPolynomial until The New '10s even though it got good reviews. |
| 71 | * ''Film/TheLastDuel'' (2021) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $10,853,945 (domestic), $30,494,876 (worldwide). Creator/RidleyScott's [[AllStarCast star-studded]] [[FilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Eric Jager's book based on the last TrialByCombat in France opened to [[AcclaimedFlop strong reviews but an apathetic box-office]]. Scott [[DearNegativeReader blamed uninterested "millennians"]] [sic] for its disastrous opening, [[Film/Dune2021 but]] [[Film/NoTimeToDie stiff]] [[Film/HalloweenKills compet]][[Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage ition]], [[AudienceAlienatingPremise dark subject matter]], the ongoing UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic keeping older crowds away from theaters, and [[InvisibleAdvertising sparse marketing]] are more likely reasons. Audiences and some critics also found the film's feminist themes undermined by the exploitative treatment of its material. |
| 72 | * ''Film/TheLastFullMeasure'' (2020) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $3.4 million. This Vietnam War film got decent reviews by critics but was overshadowed by the wide release of fellow war film ''Film/NineteenSeventeen''. This was also Creator/PeterFonda and Creator/ChristopherPlummer's final film; Fonda died before its release, while Plummer died a year later. |
| 73 | * ''Film/LastHoliday'' (2006) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $43,343,248. This {{Gender Flip}}ped remake of the Creator/AlecGuinness movie received mixed reviews, with most praise going to Queen Latifah's performance. |
| 74 | * ''Film/TheLastKiss'' (2006) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,852,401. This [[StarDerailingRole stalled the film career]] of Creator/ZachBraff, who didn't appear in another film for four years. Tony Goldwyn also stayed off the director's chair for four years, returning to do ''Conviction''. |
| 75 | * ''Film/TheLastLegion'' (2007) — Budget, $67 million. Box office, $25,303,038. Director Doug Lefler retired from directing after this movie, his first theatrical film, did poorly with both critics and audiences, later returning to his previous life as a storyboard artist. This film hasn't helped its writers as well; while Jez Butterworth has remained a modestly successful screenwriter, the same can't be said for his brother, Tom, who stuck with writing for TV, only able to write one movie in 2015. This also damaged the careers of screenwriters Peter Rader (who moved on to directing television), and Valerio Manfredi (who had to wait five years before he would write another movie). |
| 76 | * ''Film/LastManStanding'' (1996) — Budget, $67 million. Box office, $47,267,001. This remake of ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' set in TheGreatDepression was the biggest bomb at the time for Creator/NewLineCinema, and along with [[Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996 two]] [[Film/TheLongKissGoodnight other]] duds that year led to many firings. Many critics called out the film for its [[TooBleakStoppedCaring dreariness]] and Creator/BruceWillis's {{flat|Character}} performance. Creator/WalterHill didn't occupy the director's chair until 2000's similarly ill-fated ''Film/{{Supernova}}''. |
| 77 | * ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' (2021) - Budget, $43 million. Box office, $22.9 million. An AcclaimedFlop whose box office performance was likely negatively impacted by COVID-19. |
| 78 | * ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (1995) -- Budget, $25 million. Box office, $7,024,389. This fantasy adventure was one of the last film released by Savoy Pictures, which went out of business within a few weeks of its opening. This was also one of the last films produced by Carolco, though they had no financial involvement in it. This was also the directorial debut of screenwriter Tab Murphy; while he has had continued success as a writer, this is the only film he has directed as of 2020. |
| 79 | * ''Film/{{The Last of the Finest}}'' (1990) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $1,531,489. Another movie that contributed to Creator/OrionPictures' bankruptcy. |
| 80 | * ''Film/TheLastStand'' (2013) — Budget, $30-45 million. Box office, $12 million (domestic), $48.3 million (worldwide). Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's first starring role since the end of his tenure as Governor of California. Audiences ignored it in its [[DumpMonths January release]] but the critics generally liked it. |
| 81 | * ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' (1988) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $8.9 million. Creator/MartinScorsese's film version of the Nikos Kazantzakis novel about the life of Christ was [[OvershadowedByControversy heavily protested by Christian groups]] over its DarkerAndEdgier take on the story, especially over a scene [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch taken out of context]] where Jesus is tempted on the cross. Only about 200 theaters screened the film after several theater chains dropped it. It's still [[BannedInChina banned in Chile, Phillipines, and Singapore]] to this day. The critics [[AcclaimedFlop still liked it]] and Scorsese got an Oscar nomination for directing. Many of the same Christian groups that protested it [[VindicatedByHistory lightened their stance in later years]] (though others were unwilling to give Scorsese's 2016 historical religious drama ''Film/{{Silence}}'' a chance because of the earlier film). It has since been ranked as one of Scorsese's best and considered by many to be the best film adaptation of the gospel story. |
| 82 | * ''Film/TheLastTimeICommittedSuicide'' (1997) — Budget, $4 million. Box office, $46,367. A very poor start to Stephen Kay's directing career. |
| 83 | * ''Film/TheLastTycoon'' (1976) - Budget, $5.5 million. Box office, $1.8 million. The film version of Creator/FScottFitzgerald's [[DiedDuringProduction final, unfinished novel]] was also Creator/EliaKazan's final film. It's also notable for being Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/JackNicholson's only film together. |
| 84 | * ''Film/LateForDinner'' (1991) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $8.9 million. The second and (as of 2019) last film directed by [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossTheEighthDimension W.D. Richter]]. |
| 85 | * ''Film/{{Late Night|2019}}'' (2019) — Budget, $4 million, but Creator/AmazonStudios paid $13 million for U.S. distribution rights and $35 million for marketing. Box office, $15,499,454 (domestic), $22,367,121 (worldwide). Despite receiving good reviews, Amazon canned this comedy’s chances of making a profit by spending ''twelve times'' its initial budget on distribution and marketing. This prompted them to rethink their theatrical distribution strategy. |
| 86 | * ''Film/{{The Law of Enclosures}}'' (2001) — Budget, CDN $2 million. Box office, '''CDN $1,000'''. This extremely low-gross is due to it playing in one theater. It was an AcclaimedFlop, winning a Genie Award for star Brendan Fletcher and two other nominations, but it never got released on DVD. |
| 87 | * ''[[Film/TheLawnmowerMan Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace]]'' (1996) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $2,409,225. The first ''Lawnmower Man'' movie wasn't all that well received by critics to begin with. This one [[{{Sequelitis}} fared even worse]], having a completely different cast. It mowed down the career of director Farhad Mann; Mann didn't work on another theatrical film until 2013. |
| 88 | * ''Film/LawsOfAttraction'' (2004) — Budget, $32-45 million. Box office, $30,016,165. The critics dismissed it as a lower quality version of ''Film/AdamsRib''. Writer Aline Brosh Mckenna bounced back with ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'' but the other writer, Robert Harling, would have no more film credits after this, and his next significant work was the short-lived series ''GCB''. |
| 89 | * ''Film/{{Leatherheads}}'' (2008) — Budget, $58 million. Box office, $41,299,492. Its [[TrailersAlwaysLie misleading marketing]], which made very little mention of its premise about the early days of football, likely led to its takedown. |
| 90 | * ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' (1997) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $10,925,060. The film version of the classic sitcom was the first and only feature by directed by Andy Cadiff, who's had a steady career in TV before and after it. |
| 91 | * ''Film/{{Leaves of Grass}}'' (2009) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1,018,753. This comedy with Creator/EdwardNorton [[ActingForTwo playing identical twins]] was a hit at the Toronto International Film Festival, but it was dumped at only six theaters the following year. |
| 92 | * ''Literature/LeftBehind'' (2014) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $14,019,924 (domestic), $19,682,924 (worldwide). The original trilogy of films based on the popular Christian book series released in the early 2000s themselves flopped, but small budgets and mostly focusing on home sales kept losses minimal. By 2010, Cloud Ten Pictures got a second chance to produce a version of the ''Left Behind'' books [[{{Retool}} more to]] the book authors' liking; this time with a bigger (by Christian film standards, at least) budget and cast that was headlined by Creator/NicolasCage. Despite being the CreatorPreferredAdaptation, the movie received poor reviews from secular (and [[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/october-web-only/left-behind.html?start=3 some Christian)]] reviewers. A quasi-sequel, ''Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist'', was released in 2023, directed by and starring Kevin Sorbo; it made just $3.7 million in limited release, though there is little information available about its budget. |
| 93 | * ''Film/{{Legend|1985}}'' (1985) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $15,502,112 (domestic), $23,506,237 (worldwide). The production is noteworthy for starting an accidental fire at Pinewood Studios that decimated the famous [[Franchise/JamesBond 007 soundstage]] and forced a small change in the film's shooting schedule. Directed by Creator/RidleyScott, the alterations he allowed the studio to make resulted in a film that was praised for its makeup and special effects, but panned for its uninspired story and bland characters. The release of a Director's Cut DVD in 2002 was more warmly received and propelled the film to CultClassic status. |
| 94 | * ''Film/{{Legend|2015}}'' (2015) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, [[AmericansHateTingle $1,872,994 (domestic)]], $38.7 million (worldwide). This BioPic of the gangster Kray twins ([[ActingForTwo both]] Creator/TomHardy) got generally good reviews but its U.S. release was only in 107 theaters. Its advertising drew ridicule when one critic's two-star rating was made to look like a five-star one on the film's poster by careful photoshopping. |
| 95 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfBaggerVance'' (2000) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $39,459,427. Creator/RobertRedford's drama set in the Depression-era South received underwhelming critical reviews and was rather controversial for Creator/WillSmith's MagicalNegro character and glossing over the racism of the time period. It was the last of three box-office busts for Creator/MattDamon, following ''Film/AllThePrettyHorses'' and ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE''. This is the last movie to date to credit Allied Filmmakers, who never really had a hit, with all of their films either being a critical flop or a commercial flop (or both). It was also the final film for Creator/JackLemmon before his death the following year. |
| 96 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' (2014) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $61,279,452. Part of a string of flops for director Creator/RennyHarlin and a StarDerailingRole for Kellan Lutz. |
| 97 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfLylahClare'' (1968) — Budget, $3,490,000. Box office, less than $1 million (domestic rentals). Based on an episode of ''The [=DuPont=] Show of the Week'' by Robert Thom, this melodrama was greeted with a rancid critical reaction and audience apathy. Director Robert Aldrich blamed the film's failure on Creator/KimNovak's performance and the sloppy editing, but he [[CreatorBacklash later owned up to its shortcomings]]. |
| 98 | * ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' (2010) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $55,675,313 (domestic), $140,073,390 (worldwide). This intended first film of the ''Literature/GuardiansOfGaHoole'' novels proved to be [[StillbornFranchise its only installment]]. The fans did not [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks care for the changes to the story]] while critics thought it was SoOkayItsAverage. |
| 99 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfTheLoneRanger'' (1981) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $12.6 million. The bad reputation of the film's TroubledProduction and legal issues put a dent in any possible success. Was supposed to be the big debut of leading actor Klinton Spilsbury, yet it ended up being his ''[[OneBookAuthor only]]'' film appearance. The character wouldn't return to the big screen for another three decades- [[Film/TheLoneRanger2013 see below for how that turned out]]. |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfOzDorothysReturn'' (2014) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $18,662,027. This was the first time since ''Home on the Range''[='=]s critical and financial implosion in 2004 that Will Finn directed a feature film, and this movie's failure sent his career back to prison (along with the directing career of Dan St. Pierre). Production company Summertime Entertainment quietly folded after this film's failure, and it was the first of three busts for distributor Clarius Entertainment. Two sequels and a follow-up TV series were announced to be in the works around the film's wide release, but after flopping with critics and the box office and the shutdown of Summertime, [[StillbornFranchise word on all of that happening went into dead silence]]. |
| 101 | * ''Film/LeonardPart6'' (1987) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $4,615,255. Creator/BillCosby was so disgusted with it that rather than promote it, he implored people to ''avoid'' it. They listened, which led to ''Leonard'' being beamed out of theaters after just three weeks, and Cosby became the first person to accept a Razzie for their own film (but not the first to accept it at the actual awards show, that "honor" belongs to Paul Verhoeven for ''Film/{{Showgirls}}''). The film's implosion, along with the severe financial failures of ''Ishtar'' and ''The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen'', led distributor Columbia into a merger with Tristar and both studios leaving Coca-Cola for Sony. Director Paul Weiland, whom Cosby called "inexperienced", didn't direct another theatrical film for 7 years, and he has not made a particularly significant impact on Hollywood after this movie. Cosby, on the other hand, had one more flop on his hands (''Film/GhostDad'') before his movie career was done for good. |
| 102 | * ''Film/LetItRide'' (1989) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $4,973,285. Cost director Joe Pytka his major cinematic career until ''Film/SpaceJam'' in 1996, and writer Nancy Dowd, who had herself [[AlanSmithee credited as Ernest Morton]], did not have another visible job in Hollywood. |
| 103 | * ''Film/LetMeIn'' (2010) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $12,134,935 (domestic), $24,145,613 (worldwide). This is an AcclaimedFlop, but it still did lead to director Creator/MattReeves' directing career to be locked out in the cold until ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' 4 years later. |
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| 107 | * ''Film/TheLiberationOfLBJones'' (1970) — Budget, $3.5 million. Box office, $1.3 million (domestic rentals). This neo-noir thriller was the final film for director Creator/WilliamWyler. |
| 108 | * ''Film/{{The Libertine|2004}}'' (2004) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $10,852,064. This film about the infamous poet John Wilmot debuted at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. It made its official theatrical debut on November 25, 2005 in 55 theaters before expanding to 815 theaters about '''three months later''' on March 10, 2006. This is the one and only feature film for director Laurence Dunmore, whose only film credit since is the short ''The Parting Glass''. |
| 109 | * ''Film/LicoricePizza'' (2021) - Budget, $40 million. Box office, $29.8 million. Another Creator/PaulThomasAnderson AcclaimedFlop, that managed to earn less in its expansion to over 1,000 theaters following the Oscar nominations than its earlier expansion to 700 in a crowded Christmas weekend. |
| 110 | * ''Liebestraum'' (1991) - Budget, 5 million pounds. Box office, $133,645. Notable for being Creator/KimNovak's last film, as her [[CreativeDifferences difficult time]] with director Mike Figgis soured her on the idea of making any more movies. |
| 111 | * ''Film/{{Life|1999}}'' (1999) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $73,345,029. Creator/EddieMurphy's last R-rated film until 2019's ''Dolemite Is My Name''. The film opened strong but failed to make enough of a dent to cover its budget. |
| 112 | * ''Film/{{Life|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $58 million. Box office, $30,234,022 (domestic), $100,541,806 (worldwide). Critics generally liked it even if they felt it added nothing new to the sci-fi horror genre. It didn't help that it came out in proximity to the similarly-themed ''Film/AlienCovenant'', which overperformed ''Life'' in spades. Its own opening weekend saw it trounced by a tight crowd (''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'', ''Film/{{Power Rangers|2017}}'' and ''Film/KongSkullIsland'') of other films. |
| 113 | * ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'' (2004) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $34,808,403. One of a handful of flops in 2004 that ultimately helped end Disney CEO Michael Eisner's long run at the company. It also ended Creator/WesAnderson's relationship with Disney; the major films he's directed past this were distributed by Fox instead (except for ''Moonrise Kingdom'', which was distributed by Focus Features), until the merger brought him back. |
| 114 | * ''Film/{{Life as a House}}'' (2001) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $23,903,791. Hayden Christensen would get bigger duties when he played Anakin Skywalker in ''Star Wars Episode II: Film/AttackOfTheClones'' a year later, but writer Mark Andrus wasn't as fortunate. |
| 115 | * ''Film/TheLifeBeforeHerEyes'' (2007, 2008) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $7,248,490. This sent the career of director/producer Vadim Perelman, who did [=DreamWorks=]' ''House of Sand and Fog'', into a [[CreatorKiller bottomless pit]]; he has yet to direct or produce another movie. |
| 116 | * ''Life Itself'' (2018) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $5,067,393 (worldwide). This ensemble film from ''Series/ThisIsUs'' creator Dan Fogelman was shredded by critics for its overwrought melodrama and it suffered the second-worst opening for a wide release film since 1982. |
| 117 | * ''Film/ALifeLessOrdinary'' (1997) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $4,366,722. This romantic comedy was seen as a FollowUpFailure to Creator/DannyBoyle's BreakthroughHit ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}''. |
| 118 | * ''Film/TheLifeOfDavidGale'' (2003) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $19,955,598 (domestic), $38,955,598 (worldwide). The film's critical and commercial failure prompted director Creator/AlanParker to retire from filmmaking, despite a high quality track record before it. Critics, in particular, took umbridge with its [[{{Anvilicious}} blunt]] anti-death penalty stance, [[StrawmanHasAPoint which was]] [[DontShootTheMessage botched by its]] twist ending. |
| 119 | * ''Film/LifeOrSomethingLikeIt'' (2002) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $16,872,671. This film, and ''Man of the House,'' three years later, derailed the A-list career of director Stephen Herek, who has mostly stuck to television and DirectToVideo films since. Writer Dana Stevens didn't work for another 3 years and didn't get another cinema writing credit for 11. |
| 120 | * ''Film/LifeStinks'' (1991) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $4,102,526. The film's enormous critical and commercial flop was [[StarDerailingRole bad]] [[CreatorKiller news]] for star, director, producer, and writer Creator/MelBrooks, whose career took a downturn after this, bottoming out with ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt''. |
| 121 | * ''Film/{{Lifeforce|1985}}'' (1985) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $11,603,545. The film version of Colin Wilson's novel ''The Space Vampires'' confounded critics with its disjointed tone and extreme {{fanservice}}. It was staked that weekend by the far-lighter sci-fi film ''Film/{{Cocoon}}''. Its failure contributed to The Cannon Group's demise and director Creator/TobeHooper's [[CreatorKiller decline]], while Creator/PatrickStewart has made it clear he only did this film [[MoneyDearBoy because of money problems]]. It later became a CultClassic. |
| 122 | * ''Film/TheLightBetweenOceans'' (2016) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $12.5 million (domestic), $24.3 million (worldwide). The last Creator/DreamWorksSKG film to be released by Disney's Creator/TouchstonePictures label as part of its five-year deal and no films have been confirmed to be in development from Touchstone, effectively ending the label.[[note]][=DreamWorks=]' ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' live-action film was going to be released by Touchstone before [=DreamWorks=] opted not to renew their deal and switched to Universal with this film being one of the exceptions as it ended up being released by Paramount.[[/note]] Also part of a bad string for Creator/MichaelFassbender (who at least [[RomanceOnTheSet met his future wife]] Creator/AliciaVikander while filming). |
| 123 | * ''Film/LightSleeper'' (1992) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $1,050,861. The critics [[AcclaimedFlop liked it a lot]] but it only played in 37 theaters. |
| 124 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' (2022) - Budget, $200 million. Box office, $118.3 million (domestic), $226.4 million (worldwide). After being relegated to Creator/DisneyPlus for [[Westernanimation/{{Soul}} three]] [[Westernanimation/{{Luca}} straight]] [[Westernanimation/TurningRed movies]] during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pixar came back to theaters with a spin-off from the beloved and lucrative ''Franchise/ToyStory'' franchise. However, audiences weren’t entirely impressed at this attempt at Buzz Lightyear's origin story (or even understood the concept) and had seemingly been trained over the pandemic to wait for Disney animation to hit streaming rather than rush out to see it in theaters. Its opening weekend couldn't overtake ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', and it experienced a steep second week drop (comparable among Pixar films only to ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'', which came out right as the pandemic closed theaters). International numbers were also undercut by many countries who banned the film for a single scene with a same-sex kiss (which may have had an impact on domestic numbers as well). |
| 125 | * ''Film/LikeABoss'' (2020) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $22,169,514 (domestic), $29,753,143 (worldwide). This Creator/TiffanyHaddish comedy was dumped in January to poor reviews and audience apathy. Both this and the catastrophic flop of ''The Rhythm Section'' marked a lousy January for Paramount before they rebounded with ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' the following month. |
| 126 | * ''Film/{{Limbo}}'' (1999) — Budget, $8-10 million. Box office, $2,160,710. The first film released and distributed by Screen Gems got mostly good reviews but only a wide release topping 111 theaters. It still got writer/director/producer/editor John Sayles recognition from the National Board of Review for excellence in filmmaking. |
| 127 | * ''Film/{{Lion of the Desert}}'' (1981) — Budget, $35 million (estimated). No accurate box office numbers seem to exist, but the revenue could be around $1–1.5 million. The fact that it was a historical epic honoring a Libyan national hero, commissioned and financed by the UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi dictatorship, resulted in a very powerful case of AudienceAlienatingPremise. This is too bad, because most critics who actually bothered to see it said that [[AcclaimedFlop it is really good]].[[note]]It currently boasts an 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.8 in Imdb.[[/note]] |
| 128 | * ''Film/LionsForLambs'' (2007) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $15,002,854 (domestic), $63,215,872 (worldwide). This wasn't a great start for the newly relaunched United Artists under the management of Creator/TomCruise and Paula Wagner. |
| 129 | * ''Film/ALittleBitOfHeaven'' (2011) — Budget, $12.5 million. Box office, $1,296,937. This romantic dramedy about a terminally-ill woman was eviscerated by critics and was left to die in a limited release up against ''Film/{{Thor}}''. |
| 130 | * ''Film/LittleBlackBook'' (2004) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $22,034,832. Director Nick Hurran did one more theatrical feature before sticking to television. |
| 131 | * ''Film/LittleBoy'' (2015) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $17.4 million. It had a limited release, but what really killed this UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama critically was that the initially happy reception of the [[spoiler:Hiroshima and Nagasaki's bombings]] made the film come off as insensitive when it didn't mean it. |
| 132 | * ''Film/LittleBuddha'' (1993) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $4,858,139. It opened in France in December 1993, where it was a box office success with other 1 million tickets sold. Its US release the following May consigned it to 139 theaters tops but it got a [[AcclaimedFlop generally good reception from critics]]. |
| 133 | * ''Film/LittleChildren'' (2006) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $14,821,658. Todd Field's second film as director received pretty good reviews but only played at 115 theaters. Its [[TooBleakStoppedCaring dark demeanor]] likely drove audiences away. It still helped cement Creator/JackieEarleHaley's CareerResurrection, though Field took a [[Film/{{Tar}} sixteen-year absence]] from the director's chair. |
| 134 | * ''Literature/TheLittleDrummerGirl'' (1984) -- Budget, $12-20 million. Box office, $7,828,841. The penultimate film from director George Roy Hill. |
| 135 | * ''Film/LittleGiants'' (1994) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $19,306,362. Director Duwayne Dunham was regulated to TV movies until 2011. It became a CultClassic for some American football fans. |
| 136 | * ''Film/LittleMan'' (2006) — Budget, $64 million. Box office, $58,645,052 (domestic), $101,595,121 (worldwide). It was derided for its [[TheyCopiedItNowItSucks blatantly similar]] plot to the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon ''Baby Buggy Bunny'' and an unfunny one at that. It didn't help that it was released in the midst of the smashing success of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''. This was the last feature film Keenen Ivory Wayans directed. |
| 137 | * ''Film/LittleMonsters'' (1989) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $793,775. It was financed and originally going to be released by Vestron Pictures, but they went bankrupt before it was released. The rights were promptly thrown over to Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, who responded by [[ScrewedByTheNetwork dumping the film in only 179 theaters]] in [[DumpMonths late August]]. |
| 138 | * ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' (1989) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $1,368,000. This anime film version of the [[ComicStrip/LittleNemo classic comic strip]] spent years in DevelopmentHell, during which it went through numerous writers and directors, before it was released in Japan in 1989. It was given a limited release in the United States three years later. One of its potential directors, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, considers it [[CreatorBacklash his biggest regret]]. |
| 139 | * ''Film/LittleNicky'' (2000) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $58,292,295. This rather notorious movie didn't send Creator/AdamSandler or his production company to Hell (it escaped some heat from the cinematic pits by being released the same year as ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''), but Steven Brill, who directed and co-wrote the film, still took damage; he didn't write again until 2014. It also didn't help the cast out too much (cast includes Harvey Keitel and Patricia Arquette). |
| 140 | * ''Film/LittleNikita'' (1988) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $1,733,070. One of several Columbia Pictures films greenlit by outgoing president David Puttnam that the studio left out to dry. Its mixed reviews citing its questionable plot didn't help either. |
| 141 | * ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'' — Budget, $17 million. Box office, $10,015,449. [[AcclaimedFlop Despite critical acclaim]], Warner Bros. barely promoted the film, and it floundered out during a very competitive month. |
| 142 | * ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' (1986) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $39 million. The [[RecursiveAdaptation film version of]] [[StageToScreenAdaptation the stage musical]] of Creator/RogerCorman's [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors 1960 film]] was a critical smash that still underperformed at the box office. It was VindicatedByVideo the following year and it helped get creators Alan Menken and Howard Ashman noticed by Disney. |
| 143 | * ''Film/TheLittleThings'' (2021) - Budget, $30 million. Box office, $31 million. COVID, poor reviews, and simultaneous streaming on HBO Max killed this movie about a killer. |
| 144 | * ''Film/TheLittleVampire'' (2000) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $27,965,865. Uli Edel's first cinematic endeavor in six years, this movie's failure sent his theatrical career back into the coffin it came from; he only did TV work again outside of a few foreign films and didn't direct another theatrical film until 2015. This also sucked the life out of writer Larry Wilson's career; his co-writer, Karey Kirkpatrick, was saved thanks to his writing relationship with Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. |
| 145 | * ''Film/LiveByNight'' (2017) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $21,675,886. Resulted in Warner Bros. having to declare a $75 million loss on the film, making it one of the larger bombs of 2016-17. This wasn't helped by coming out after Disney/Lucasfilm's ''Film/RogueOne'', which was the finishing touch to a $7 billion year for the Mouse House. ''Live By Night'' also didn't perform all that well with critics and the failure led to Creator/BenAffleck dropping out of the director's seat for the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' film, which promptly fell into DevelopmentHell before being retooled into [[Film/TheBatman2022 a standalone film.]] Broke the record for biggest theater drop during its third weekend before ''Film/TheDarkestMinds'' surpassed it the following year. |
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| 149 | * ''Film/LockUp'' (1989) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $22,099,847 (domestic). This sent Creator/SylvesterStallone's production company White Eagle into oblivion after one movie. |
| 150 | * ''Film/{{Lockout}}'' (2012) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $14,326,864 (domestic), $32,204,030 (worldwide). It didn't help that Creator/JohnCarpenter successfully sued the makers for plagiarism over similarities to ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''. |
| 151 | * ''Film/TheLoft'' (2014) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $10.1 million. This was meant to be released in theaters by Universal and Dark Castle, but Universal dropped it to Open Road films, and Dark Castle went dark altogether. |
| 152 | * ''Film/LoganLucky'' (2017) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $27,780,977 (domestic), $47,400,777 (worldwide). Creator/StevenSoderbergh ended his retirement from feature films for this heist comedy. It was a [[AcclaimedFlop critical smash]] but it was released at [[DumpMonths the tail-end]] of one of the most apathetic summers in years. |
| 153 | * ''Film/{{Lolita}}'' (1997) — Budget, $62 million. Box office, $1,071,255. Difficulties in finding a distributor for this controversial film resulted in it opening in Europe before America, and landing on Showtime before hitting theaters, where it became one of the biggest bombs of 1997. It was the last in a series of bombs that subsequently derailed the career of producer/presenter Mario Kassar for 5 years, and director Adrian Lyne also did not direct another film for 5 years, with his next movie being his last. |
| 154 | * ''Film/TheLoneRanger2013'' — Budget, $215–275 million (not counting marketing costs), $380–$450 million (counting them). Box office, $89,302,115 (domestic), $260,502,115 (worldwide). One of [[MedalOfDishonor the biggest flops of all time]], with or without adjusting for inflation, and, along with ''Cowboys And Aliens'', is guilty of dropping the bridge on the fantasy western for the foreseeable future. The film was derided not only for trying the fantasy angle but also for simply being ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace recycled for the old west]], and mocked when Jack Sparrow actor Creator/JohnnyDepp was cast as Indian Tonto, which earned a bit of a backlash from the Native American community. This became part of a string of flops for Depp as well as co-star Creator/ArmieHammer, whose next attempt to jump to the Hollywood A-list in ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' quashed any ambitions of him being a leading man. ''Lone Ranger'' also severely burned the careers of superwriter duo Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (the men who co-wrote the earlier ''Pirates'' films, Disney Animation's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', and the first ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' film from ''Lone Ranger'' copyright holder [=DreamWorks=] Animation), as they do not have a theatrical credit past this movie. In addition, Disney ended their long relationship with producer Creator/JerryBruckheimer after this film, though for other reasons; the only major work with Disney Bruckheimer has past this point is 2017's ''Dead Men Tell No Tales''. Its massive flop (the highest figure on the loss is ''$193 million'') may have vindicated Disney's decision to terminate studio chairman Rich Ross after the failure of ''John Carter'' the year prior. |
| 155 | * ''Film/TheLonelyLady'' (1983) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $1,223,000. Virtually every major player in this film save Ray Liotta (it was one of his first roles) saw their careers derailed by its failure. ''The Lonely Lady'' is also the last time one of author Harold Robbins's works has been adapted at all. |
| 156 | * ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'' (1996) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $33,447,612 (domestic), $89,456,761 (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop A warm reception from critics did not translate to box office success]] for this actioner. This is the final major film that Creator/GeenaDavis and Creator/RennyHarlin [[CreatorCouple worked on together]], and combined with the catastrophic implosion of ''Film/CutthroatIsland'' the year before, it led to the end of [[CreatorKiller both their professional and personal partnerships]]. Harlin has been a B-list director since, and Davis has had a minimal career in television. It would be nine years before writer and co-producer Creator/ShaneBlack would [[Film/KissKissBangBang pen another film]]. Later became VindicatedByHistory through home video and cable showings. |
| 157 | * ''Film/LongShot'' (2019) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $30,316,271 (domestic), $44,559,581 (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop Positive reviews]] couldn't stop this Creator/SethRogen[=/=]Creator/CharlizeTheron rom-com from getting slaughtered by ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' in its second weekend. |
| 158 | * ''Film/TheLongshots'' (2008) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $11,767,866. Did some sizable damage to [[Music/LimpBizkit Fred Durst]], who has not been a serious movie producer since. |
| 159 | * ''[[Film/LookWhosTalking Look Who's Talking Now]]'' (1993) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $10,340,263. The third film in the ''Look Who's Talking'' series was universally panned for being a cash grab, and suffered stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. |
| 160 | * ''[[Film/LookinToGetOut Lookin' to Get Out]]'' (1982) — Budget, $17 million. Box office, $946,461. Most notable for being Creator/AngelinaJolie's debut role ([[RealLifeRelative she played the daughter to her real-life father]] Creator/JonVoight's character). |
| 161 | * ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' (2003) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $68,514,844. The movie's financial failure led WB to think that the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes characters didn't have the lasting appeal that they hoped, cancelling the planned Looney Tunes shorts in production and effectively giving the [[CatchPhrase "That's All, Folks!"]] to Warner Bros. Animation until 2014's ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' along with the theatrical career of director Creator/JoeDante (who was already on bad terms with Warner and Universal), and the cinematic career of star Creator/BrendanFraser, who didn't do another studio film for 5 years. Ironically, it actually got decent critical reception, [[CriticalDissonance particularly vis-à-vis]] [[Film/SpaceJam the last Looney Tunes movie]]. This movie, along with failures from [[WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange Disney]] and [[WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas DreamWorks]], helped bring down traditional 2D animated films until Disney released ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' in 2009. |
| 162 | * ''Film/LooseCannons'' (1990) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $5,585,184. It was taken out of theaters after two weeks, during which the critics mauled it to pieces. Creator/DanAykroyd [[CreatorBacklash isn't proud of this film]]; when footage from the film surfaced in a landfill during a murder investigation, Aykroyd remarked it should have stayed buried. |
| 163 | * ''Film/LordOfWar'' (2005) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $24,149,632 (domestic), $72,617,068 (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop It received generally good reviews]] and a commendation from Amnesty International, but its unflinching look at the business of international arms dealing [[AudienceAlienatingPremise likely turned audiences away]]. |
| 164 | * ''Film/LordsOfDogtown'' (2005) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $13,411,957. The first and only film produced together by Sony Pictures divisions Columbia and Tri-Star. It suffered in comparison to the recent documentary ''Dogtown and Z-Boys'', which was about the same skateboarding team this film depicts. |
| 165 | * ''[[Film/LorenzosOil Lorenzo's Oil]]'' (1992) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $7,286,388. Despite being [[AcclaimedFlop critically acclaimed]], this film did not fare well at the box office. Director Creator/GeorgeMiller toned his work down for the next two decades, focusing on family entertainment such as ''Film/{{Babe}}'', but would finally return to heavy action and drama with ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' in 2015. |
| 166 | * ''Film/Loser2000'' — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18.4 million. After this film's disappointing results, director Amy Heckerling took a break from movies until 2007's ''I Could Never Be Your Woman''. |
| 167 | * ''Film/TheLosers'' (2010) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $23,591,432 (domestic), $29,379,723 (worldwide). A failed attempt at adapting the comic book of the same name. Any plans for a sequel were quickly shot down. |
| 168 | * ''Film/LosinIt'' (1983) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1.2 million. The flopping of this film ended up shuttering Tiberius Film Productions. |
| 169 | * ''Film/LosingIsaiah'' (1995) — Budget, $17 million. Box office, $7.6 million. It received mixed reviews for its heavy-handed melodrama, but Creator/JessicaLange's performance was unanimously praised. Ironically, Lange herself [[CreatorBacklash came to regret doing the film]]. |
| 170 | * ''Film/{{The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond}}'' (2008, 2009) — Budget, $6,500,000. Box office, $119,790. A long lost screenplay by Creator/TennesseeWilliams was dusted off and filmed for this period melodrama which was reviled by critics and never left limited release. This is the only film for director Jodie Markell, who went back to acting after this. Its stars (Creator/BryceDallasHoward and Creator/ChrisEvans) were barely phased by its underperformance. |
| 171 | * ''Film/TheLostCityOfZ'' (2017) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $17,122,336. Another [[AcclaimedFlop highly-praised film]] that never left a limited release. |
| 172 | * ''Film/LostHighway'' (1997) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $3.7 million. This Creator/DavidLynch thriller got a mixed reception for its murky plot and never went past a limited release. This marked the final theatrical film for Creator/RichardPryor, Robert Blake and Jack Nance. It became a CultClassic once [[VindicatedByCable it hit home video]]. |
| 173 | * ''Film/LostHorizon'' (1973) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $3 million. This infamous remake of the 1937 Creator/FrankCapra classic as a ''musical'' was seen as the final nail in the coffin for the traditional Hollywood musical, with frequent comebacks for the genre popping up ever since. Producer Ross Hunter only worked in television after this movie bombed out, and it didn't do director Charles Jarrott's career any favors, either. It even helped composers Music/BurtBacharach and Hal David to finish their 15 year partnership. |
| 174 | * ''Film/LostInSpace'' (1998) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $69,117,629 (domestic), $136,159,423 (worldwide). This update of the [[Series/LostInSpace classic series]] ended ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'s'' historic 15-week reign at the top of the box office, but tepid reviews and unenthusiastic audiences saw it rapidly decline, slipping behind ''Titanic'' by its fourth week. It left ''Series/{{Friends}}'' star Matt [=LeBlanc=]'s cinematic career hopelessly adrift, while director Stephen Hopkins saw his own career slow down greatly. The poor response [[StillbornFranchise ended plans]] for a three-film series, and any further adaptations of the show wouldn't materialize until Creator/{{Netflix}}'s [[Series/LostInSpace2018 reboot series]] two decades later. |
| 175 | * ''Theatre/LostInYonkers'' (1993) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $9,285,189. This film of the Creator/NeilSimon play was the first film edited on Avid Media Composer. It was also marked his penultimate theatrical film. |
| 176 | * ''Film/{{Lost Souls|2000}}'' (2000) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $16,815,253 (domestic), $31,355,910 (worldwide). The directorial debut of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski was placed on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for a year to keep it away from other big horror films. Its final release date put it in competition with the rerelease of ''Film/TheExorcist''. |
| 177 | * ''Film/ALotLikeLove'' (2005) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $21,845,719 (domestic), $42,886,719 (worldwide). Colin Patrick Lynch only wrote a short film after this. This is also the only American film directed by Nigel Cole, who hasn't directed a film outside of his native UK since. |
| 178 | * ''Film/LoveAndMonsters'' (2020) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $1.1 million. Like most movies scheduled for March 2020, wound up delayed once the Usefulnotes/COVID19Pandemic forced theaters to close. Paramount eventually decided that in October, it would hit video-on-demand alongside whatever cinemas were open, meaning a very limited release (387 screens!). It also went straight to Netflix overseas. Still, VOD numbers were high, [[AcclaimedFlop reviews were good]], and the effects even got nominated for the Academy Award. |
| 179 | * ''Film/LoveAffair'' (1994) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $18,272,894. A failed remake of the famous romantic movie, which was previously remade as ''Film/AnAffairToRemember''. It also served as the final theatrical appearance of Creator/KatharineHepburn. |
| 180 | * ''Film/LoveCrimes'' (1992) — Budget, $8,500,000. Box office, $2,287,928. Lizzie Borden only directed one more movie. |
| 181 | * ''Film/LoveField'' (1992) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $1,014,726. This was finished in 1990 but was held back by Creator/OrionPictures' bankruptcy. Critics didn't really care for it but Creator/MichellePfeiffer got an Oscar nomination. |
| 182 | * ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' (2008) — Budget, $62 million. Box office, $40,863,344. Hindus and Indians were outraged at the comedy's portrayal of a "Hindu" guru along with the overabundance of ToiletHumour, which didn't help it at all. The film's failure and triple Razzie wins finished off Creator/MikeMyers's career as a leading comedian after the decline starting with the aforementioned ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', with ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' plus cameos in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' and ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' being his only film roles since. This is also the only directing role for writer Marco Schnabel. |
| 183 | * ''Literature/LoveInTheTimeOfCholera'' (2007) — Budget, $48 million. Box office, $31,337,584. The film version of Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez's novel was the first English-language version of one of his novels. Critics unfavorably compared it to its source material and it never expanded beyond 852 theaters. |
| 184 | * ''Film/TheLoveLetter'' (1999) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8,302,478. Even if it was released the same week as ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the studio still believed in counter-programming appeal -- but it was not meant to be, specially once ''Film/NottingHill'' came out the following weekend to cover the romantic comedy niche and ensure ''Love Letter'' wouldn't expand, with its widest release being in 817 theaters. |
| 185 | * ''Film/LoveRanch'' (2010) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $137,885. It was only in 11 theaters for 4 weeks. The critics didn't care for it at all. |
| 186 | * ''Film/LoveWrecked'' (2005) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $3,505,963. Randal Kleiser directed [[Series/TheAmandaShow Amanda Bynes]] in this [[AudienceAlienatingPremise lighthearted romantic comedy about a teenage girl who holds her celebrity crush hostage on a tropical island.]] Harvey Weinstein sat on it for a year before deciding to dump it onto cable TV in the United States sometime in January 2007. It was still released theatrically overseas. Kleiser has not directed another major film since. |
| 187 | * ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' (2009) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $44,114,232 (domestic), $93,621,340 (worldwide). The film was received poorly for its jarring MoodWhiplash, though the performances were praised. |
| 188 | * ''Film/{{Loverboy|1989}}'' (1989) -- Budget, $8.5 million. Box office, $3,960,327. |
| 189 | * ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'' (2000) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $299,792. Creator/KennethBranagh's version of the Shakespeare play turned it into a Hollywood musical, and its jarring tonal shifts bore the brunt of its mixed to negative reviews. Its limited release did it no favors. Miramax cut its three-picture deal with Branagh early after this bomb and it would be six years before he directed another film (or two, ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' and ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''). |
| 190 | * '''Film/Loving2016'' — Budget, $9 million. Box office $7,592,362. Despite [[AcclaimedFlop universal acclaim]] and being an awards front-runner. |
| 191 | * ''Film/{{Lucas}}'' (1986) — Budget, $6,000,000. Box office, $8,200,000. It was an AcclaimedFlop, and it proved to be Creator/CoreyHaim's StarMakingRole. It was also the film debuts of Courtney Thorne-Smith and Creator/WinonaRyder. |
| 192 | * ''Film/LuckyNumbers'' (2000) — Budget, $63 million. Box office, $10,890,222. Another blast against John Travolta's career in 2000 alongside ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', and director Nora Ephron didn't work another film for 5 years and put the crutch back on writer Adam Resnick, though he did work on another movie 2 years later. This was also the last film appearance of Daryl Mitchell prior to him losing the ability to walk in a motorcycle accident. |
| 193 | * ''Film/LuckyYou'' (2007) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $8,382,477. In fairness, it faced [[Film/SpiderMan3 tough competition]] that opening weekend. Director Curtis Hanson didn't work on another theatrical film until ''Film/ChasingMavericks'' five years later. |
| 194 | * ''Film/LucyInTheSky'' (2019) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, '''''$319,976'''''. This psychological drama opened in 37 theaters to apathetic reviews. |
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| 198 | * ''Film/MacAndMe'' (1988) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $6,424,112. The movie failed in cinemas after it [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripped off]] [[SerialNumbersFiledOff the plot]] of ''E.T.'' in an attempt to cash in on that movie's theatrical reissue and impending VHS release. It also [[StillbornFranchise cast a planned sequel into a black hole]]. Director Stewart Raffill and composer Music/AlanSilvestri were the only major crew members to survive. Finally, the wheelchair scene from this film became the butt of a RunningGag from actor Creator/PaulRudd on avenues such as Creator/ConanOBrien. |
| 199 | * ''Film/{{Macbeth|1971}}'' (1971) — Budget, $3.1 million. Box office, $3 million. Creator/RomanPolanski's take on the Shakespeare play became notorious for its explicit violence and nudity, allegedly influenced by the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, during production. This was an early attempt by ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' at mainstream film production and they took a huge loss with its failure. It also put a dent in cinematic adaptions of Shakespeare plays that really didn't end until Creator/KennethBranagh hit it big with ''Henry V'' in 1989. |
| 200 | * ''Film/{{Macbeth|2015}}'' (2015) — Budget, $15-$20 million. Box office, $1,110,707 (domestic), $16,322,067 (worldwide). Part of a bad string for Creator/MichaelFassbender. |
| 201 | * ''Film/MacGruber'' (2010) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $9,322,895. Although the movie didn't make back a lot of its money, it would become a CultClassic years later, getting Alamo Drafthouse style Quote-alongs as well as a TV spin-off. |
| 202 | * ''Film/MacheteKills'' (2013) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,008,161. Critics cited the film for its {{Sequelitis}} and it ended up with one of the worst opening weekends of all time. The planned third installment ''Matchete Kills Again… [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]'' has since been languishing in DevelopmentHell. |
| 203 | * ''Film/TheMachine2023'' - Budget, $20 million. Box office, $10.7 million. This movie starring stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer AsHimself faced an uphill battle from the start. This was Kreisher's first ever film role and was largely based on a viral clip from his comedy set that was over six years old at the time of the film's release. It was savaged by critics and had the misfortune of opening the same day as ''About My Father'', [[DuelingWorks another movie starring a stand-up playing himself]], in a theatrical market that was becoming increasingly apathetic towards comedies. |
| 204 | * ''Film/MachineGunPreacher'' (2011) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $3,338,690. Its biggest release was in 93 theaters and got major flak for trying to paint its subject, Sam Childers, as a religiously-redeemed hero, when in real life he was a lying, violent nut job. |
| 205 | * ''Film/MadCity'' (1997) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $10,541,523. Costa-Gavras's penultimate English language film opened at number six and faded from the spotlight pretty quickly. |
| 206 | * ''Film/{{Mad Dog and Glory}}'' (1993) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $10,688,490. This was held back a year for reshoots at the behest of Universal. It got generally good reviews, though. |
| 207 | * ''Film/MadDogTime'' (1996) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $107,874. This film was notoriously described by Creator/RogerEbert as the first film he had seen that wasn't preferable to staring at a blank wall for the same amount of time. Its overall negative reception whacked actor Larry Bishop's directorial career until 2008's ''Hellride''. It also did no favors for Christopher Jones, who made his first, and final, film appearance since ''Film/RyansDaughter'' twenty-six years earlier. |
| 208 | * ''Film/MadMoney'' (2008) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $20,668,843 (domestic), $26,412,163 (worldwide). This is one of the many bombs that derailed Creator/{{Starz}}' theatrical distribution company, Overture Films. Callie Khouri, best known for scripting ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'', hasn't directed a feature film since. It's generally believed that Creator/KatieHolmes turned down reprising her role in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to appear in this film. |
| 209 | * ''Film/MadameSousatzka'' (1988) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $3,548,238. Creator/JohnSchlesinger's adaptation of the Bernice Rubens novel got pretty good reviews, even winning Creator/ShirleyMacLaine a Golden Globe in a triple-tie with Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Creator/JodieFoster, but was left to wilt in a limited release. It also marked Peggy Ashcroft's final screen appearance. |
| 210 | * ''Film/{{Made}}'' (2001) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $5,480,653. This film only had a limited release in the United States and virtually no release elsewhere, plus it was part of a year's slate that put production company Artisan Entertainment on life support; they would rebound the next year before being absorbed by Lionsgate. It did, however, receive good reviews, ensuring director Creator/JonFavreau, who made his debut in that job with this film, would [[Film/{{Elf}} move]] [[Film/IronMan1 on]] [[Film/IronMan2 to]] [[Film/Chef2014 bigger]] [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 and]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse better]] things. |
| 211 | * ''Film/{{Made in Heaven|1987}}'' (1987) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $4,572,845. This fantasy comedy sent Bruce A. Evans' writing career to purgatory for about five years, returning to write and direct the similarly ill-fated ''Film/{{Kuffs}}''. |
| 212 | * ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'' (2006) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $1.9 million (worldwide). Creator/KennethBranagh's film version of the Mozart opera was released direct-to-DVD in the US in 2013, seven years after it limped along in the international box office. European critics gave it generally good reviews. |
| 213 | * ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'' (1942) — Budget, $1.1 million. Box office, $1 million (domestic rentals). Recorded loss, $620,000. Creator/OrsonWelles's version of the Booth Tarkington novel was intended to be an easy follow-up to ''Film/CitizenKane''. Unfortunately, Welles had surrendered his final cut privileges to RKO, who [[ExecutiveMeddling promptly re-edited the film when he was away filming a documentary in Brazil]]. Over an hour's worth of footage was excised and [[MissingEpisode later destroyed]] to bring the film down from over two hours to 88 minutes. Music/BernardHerrmann's score was also re-cut against his will and he promptly took his name off the finished film. Welles's reputation was ran through a shredder and he spent the rest of his life doing smaller budgeted films. Even in its edited state, it ranks with ''Kane'' as one of Welles's masterpieces. |
| 214 | * ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|2016}}'' (2016) — Budget, $90 million. Box office, $93,432,655 (domestic), $160,437,812 (worldwide). This was considered ''The Mediocre Seven'' by critics and was pushed back into one of the DumpMonths following the 2016 Summer Bomb Buster. Creator/DenzelWashington instantly recovered with ''Film/{{Fences}}'', co-star Creator/ChrisPratt has the lifeline of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' around him, but other cast and crew members such as writer Nic Pizzolatto may not have the same luck. |
| 215 | * ''Film/{{Magnolia}}'' (1999) — Budget, $37 million. Box office, $22,455,976 (domestic), $48,451,803 (worldwide). This received [[AcclaimedFlop glowing reviews]], but its massive length may have hurt it as much as its relatively limited release. Creator/PaulThomasAnderson later admitted [[CreatorBacklash he felt the film was overlong]]. |
| 216 | * ''Literature/TheMagus'' (1969) — Budget, $3,775,000. Box office, $2,450,000 (domestic rentals). The film version of John Fowles's novel confounded its cast and crew with its MindScrew and more than likely did the same for critics and audiences. |
| 217 | * ''Film/TheMajestic'' (2001) — Budget, $72 million. Box office, $37,317,558. This movie only making half its budget back put ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' director Frank Darabont's career in lock-up for 6 years. It also smashed up the general career of Michael Sloane. |
| 218 | * ''[[Film/MajorLeague Major League: Back to the Minors]]'' (1998) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $3,572,443. It killed all the chances of a considered fourth film. It was also a finishing blow to Scott Bakula's career as a leading role in theatrical films, as he hasn't held that billing again since. |
| 219 | * ''Film/{{Malignant}}'' (2021) - Budget, $40 million. Box office, $13.3 million (domestic), $33.2 million (worldwide). Creator/JamesWan's return to horror was unorthodox and thus [[https://www.looper.com/600676/heres-what-the-critics-are-saying-about-james-wans-malignant/ highly]] polarizing for both reviewers and audiences, so couple it with a pandemic still at large and a simultaneous HBO Max release and ''Malignant'' couldn't properly cut the competition - the film's opening weekend beat the third week of ''Film/Candyman2021'', but the second one fell behind it. |
| 220 | * ''Film/{{Mallrats}}'' (1995) — Budget, $6.1 million. Box office, $2,454,447. This and the aforementioned ''Film/CanadianBacon'' led to threats by Creator/{{Universal}} and [=PolyGram=] higher-ups to shut down Gramercy Pictures; it soldiered on until 2000. |
| 221 | * ''Film/{{Malone}}'' (1987) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $3,060,858. This adaptation of the William P. Wingate novel ''Shotgun'' was the only one of the author's works to make it to film. It's also the only English-language screenplay by writer Christopher Frank, who went back to France after this. |
| 222 | * ''Film/TheMamboKings'' (1992) — Budget, $15.5 million. Box office, $6,742,168. Reviews were still positive. |
| 223 | * ''Film/{{Mame}}'' (1974) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $6.5 million. This musical adaptation of ''Literature/AuntieMame'' was lambasted for its [[QuestionableCasting woeful miscasting]] of the then 63-year-old Creator/LucilleBall in the title role. This [[StarDerailingRole ended her film career]] and she returned to TV afterwards. It was also [[CreatorBacklash regrettable]] for co-star Creator/BeaArthur, whose then-husband Gene Saks directed the film, though she kept afloat with ''Series/{{Maude}}''. Saks, meanwhile, did not direct another film for twelve years until ''Brighton Beach Memoirs.'' The tepid reception to this and ''Film/HelloDolly'' prompted songwriter Jerry Herman to forbid anymore adaptations of his work without his input. |
| 224 | * ''Film/TheMan'' (2005) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $12,382,362. The second-to-last film that Les Mayfield directed and Robert N. Fried produced. |
| 225 | * ''Film/AManApart'' (2003) — Budget, $36 million. Box office, $26,736,098 (domestic), $44,350,926 (worldwide). Originally called ''Diablo'', this sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for two years due to a trademark infringement lawsuit over Blizzard Entertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''. While it was settled in New Line's favor, they changed the title anyway. The end result was panned by critics and greeted apathetically even after debuting at number 3. |
| 226 | * ''[[Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' (2015) — Budget, $75 million. Box office, $45,312,930 (domestic), $100,412,930 (worldwide). This cinematic reboot of the [[Series/TheManFromUncle 1960s spy TV series]] got a fairly warm reception from critics but was lost among a [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService crowd]] [[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation of]] [[Film/{{Spectre}} spy films]] that year. This film's failure in the domestic market and the box office derailment of ''Film/TheLoneRanger2013'' [[StarDerailingRole slammed the brakes on]] Creator/ArmieHammer's time as an up-and-coming action star before his abuse allegations drove him from the spotlight entirely; Creator/HenryCavill has fared better by comparison. One of two consecutive bombs directed by Creator/GuyRitchie, who would bounce back with ''Film/Aladdin2019''. |
| 227 | * ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'' (1972) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $3.8 million (domestic rentals). The film version of Dale Wasserman's musical based on ''Literature/DonQuixote'' author Miguel de Cervantes was slammed by critics, particularly for [[QuestionableCasting its casting of]] Creator/PeterOToole (whose singing was dubbed) and Creator/SophiaLoren (who wasn't). |
| 228 | * ''Film/ManOfTaiChi'' (2013) — Budget, $32 million. Box office, $5,400,144. This martial arts actioner is the first and thus far only film directed by Creator/KeanuReeves, who hasn't planned to step behind the camera again. Critics gave it decent reviews, though, and it has become a minor CultClassic among genre fans. |
| 229 | * ''Film/ManOfTheHouse'' (2005) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $21,577,624. This film, along with ''Film/LifeOrSomethingLikeIt'' three years earlier, derailed Stephen Herek's A-list career, and he's mostly stuck to television and DirectToVideo movies since ''Man of the House''. |
| 230 | * ''Film/ManOnALedge'' (2012) — Budget, $42 million. Box office, $18,620,000 (domestic), $46,201,189 (worldwide). Creator/LionsGate, which recently bought this film's distributor, Creator/SummitEntertainment, offered moviegoers a discounted movie deal for those seeing this movie and the former's ''Film/OneForTheMoney'', which opened on the same day. Both were received poorly by critics and floundered at the box office. |
| 231 | * ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' (1999) — Budget, $82 million. Box office, $47,434,430. This was the first film starring Creator/JimCarrey to not have a successful opening weekend. The biopic of late comedian Creator/AndyKaufman was an AcclaimedFlop, with Carrey's performance as Kaufman earning particular praise, [[AudienceAlienatingPremise but interest in the subject matter just wasn't there]] and Carrey's name value alone wasn't enough to make up what was a pretty big budget for this type of film.[[note]]Many people working on the film seemed to know this going in and wanted to take it to the festival circuit and give it the OscarBait treatment, but Universal thought Carrey's star power would guarantee a successful Christmas release.[[/note]] Director Creator/MilosForman would take another hiatus before his final film, another bomb in ''Film/GoyasGhosts''. |
| 232 | * ''Film/ManThing'' (2005) — Budget, $7.5 million. Box office, $1.1 million. This has the dishonor of being the lowest grossing movie based on a Marvel Comics property to ever get some kind of theatrical release. The film suffered [[TroubledProduction numerous changes and budget boosts]], which only caused more trouble for the film, and it got shoved into international theaters while only appearing on television in American markets. |
| 233 | * ''Film/{{Man to Man}}'' (2005) — Budget, 21.7 million Euros. Box office, $3.5 million U.S. Dollars. Writer William Boyd has not written for another film since. |
| 234 | * ''Film/ManTrouble'' (1992) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $4,096,030. Director Bob Rafelson's career [[CreatorKiller never fully recovered after this]]. It was also one of the films that prompted Italian film company Penta to get out of the Hollywood industry. |
| 235 | * ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'' (2018) — Budget, €16 million. Box office, $391,963 (domestic), $1.8 million (international). Creator/TerryGilliam's legendarily {{troubled|Production}} take on ''Literature/DonQuixote'' spent nearly 30 years in DevelopmentHell, including one failed attempt, before it was finally completed. It faced a lawsuit from former producer Paulo Branco which nearly prevented its release. It was still released across Europe in May 2018, and eventually released in the US as a one-night event in April 2019. |
| 236 | * ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'' (1997) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $13,717,039. Creator/BillMurray's last leading role in a live-action comedy; his roles in comedies have either been in supporting roles or dramedies. |
| 237 | * ''Film/TheManWhoLovedWomen'' (1983) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $10,964,231. Neither audiences nor critics loved Creator/BlakeEdwards's [[ForeignRemake remake of the French film]] and it faded out of theaters after seven weeks. |
| 238 | * ''[[Film/TheManWhoWasntThere2001 The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' (2001) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18,916,623. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. |
| 239 | * ''Film/{{Man with a Plan}}'' (1996) — Budget, $100,000. Box office, $33,402. This mockumentary starred real-life Vermont dairy farmer and future political candidate Fred Tuttle [[AdamWesting as a fictionalized version of himself]]. It became a CultClassic in its home state and its director, John O'Brien, successfully ran for the Vermont House of Representatives in 2018. |
| 240 | * ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe'' (1985) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $8,645,411. Began the destruction of the career of director Stan Dragoti; his only two films past this were the critically-hated ''Film/ShesOutOfControl'' and ''Film/NecessaryRoughness''. |
| 241 | * ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists'' (2012) — Budget, $15 million (not counting marketing costs), $20 million (counting them). Box office, $15,634,090 (domestic), $19,721,245 (worldwide). It lost its audience due to [[Film/{{Skyfall}} its]] [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph competition]], and Universal, who quickly lost confidence with the film, gave it no promotion upon the release date. A sequel WAS made, but it did not feature Creator/RussellCrowe and went Direct-To-Blu-ray-And-DVD. Director Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, aka, RZA of the Music/WuTangClan, did not direct another movie for 5 years, and co-producer Thomas Bliss's cinematic career was knocked out by this film and ''The Last Exorcism Part II'' (two of the other producers, Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, have seen some bad projects past this one). |
| 242 | * ''Film/TheManWithTheIronHeart'' (2017) - Budget €27.8 million (about $33 million). Global box office gross: a little over $4 million. |
| 243 | * ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate'' (2004) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $65,955,630 (domestic), $96,105,964 (worldwide). Critics [[AcclaimedFlop liked this remake of the 1962 thriller]] even if not to the extent of the original. Creator/MerylStreep's performance as [[BigBad Mrs. Iselin]] was especially praised. |
| 244 | * ''[[Film/MandelaLongWalkToFreedom Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]]'' (2013) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $8.3 million (domestic), $27.3 million (worldwide). This {{biopic}} of Nelson Mandela was released around the same time as the real Mandela died. Despite this, the Weinstein Company opened it in limited release, expanding it to 975 theaters on a particularly crowded Christmas Day and it topped out with another 35. Screenwriter William Nicholson blamed its domestic underperformance on the success of ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''. |
| 245 | * ''Film/{{Manderlay}}'' (2005) — Budget, $14.2 million. Box office, '''$675,000'''. Creator/LarsVonTrier's sequel to ''Film/{{Dogville}}'' saw [[TheOtherDarrin its two leads recast]] and its returning cast play new characters. Critics were split and it never expanded beyond 20 theaters. Its failure made plans for a third film unlikely. |
| 246 | * ''Film/ManhattanMurderMystery'' (1993) — Budget, $13.5 million. Box office, $11,330,911. Another AcclaimedFlop from Creator/WoodyAllen. |
| 247 | * ''Film/TheManhattanProject'' (1986) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $3.9 million. The first film of David Begelman's shortlived Gladden Entertainment. Director Marshall Brickman wouldn't direct another film until the 2001 TV film ''Sister Mary Explains It All''. |
| 248 | * ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' (1986) — Budget, $15 million. Box Office, $8.6 million. This first adaptation of the novel ''Literature/RedDragon'' was one of several busts for producer Dino De Laurentiis that ultimately ended his production company DEG. De Laurentiis sold the sequel rights to Orion for a pittance, but when the result was ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', the famous film producer returned to the Hannibal Lecter franchise. Was later VindicatedByHistory and enjoyed a [[CultClassic cult resurgence]]. |
| 249 | * ''[[Film/MannequinTwoOnTheMove Mannequin Two: On the Move]]'' (1991) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $3,752,428. This sequel to [[Film/{{Mannequin}} the 1987 hit]] opened at #8 in its opening weekend, a far cry from its predecessor's third-place opening. It was also the last film infamous Hollywood mogul David Begelman oversaw before his death in 1995. |
| 250 | * ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark'' (2021) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $8,220,603 (domestic), $4.1 million (international). The prequel to ''Series/TheSopranos'' was left to be whacked by ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' and for audiences to conveniently prefer to stream the film on HBO Max (where fans would have watched the rest of the show) instead. |
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| 254 | * ''Film/MapOfTheHumanHeart'' (1992) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $5 million. |
| 255 | * ''Film/MarciX'' (2003) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $1,675,706. [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment Completed in 2001]], ''Marci X'' was criticized heavily on release for its dated stereotypes of Jews, blacks and hip-hop culture. Creator/ChrisRock, who was offered to play the male lead in this movie, stated he'd "[[WouldRatherSuffer rather have gotten an envelope of anthrax]]" than read the film's script. This is the final theatrical film from director Richard Benjamin and one of the last films written by Paul Rudnick. The only films Benjamin has directed since are TV movies. ''Marci X'' also [[StarDerailingRole ended]] Creator/LisaKudrow’s brief studio leading lady career. |
| 256 | * ''Film/{{Margaret}}'' (2011) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $623,292. This sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for '''six years''' due to a extremely lengthy postproduction phase, which resulted in back-and-forth lawsuits between distributor Fox Searchlight and director Kenneth Lonnergan. It limped its way into an extremely limited release and faded away quickly. Lonnergan stuck to the stage after this movie until his Oscar-winner ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea''. |
| 257 | * ''Marie Antoinette'' (1938) — Budget, $2.9 million. Box office, $2,133,000. The last film greenlit by Irving G. Thalberg before his death was a vehicle for his wife, Norma Shearer. It was one of MGM's most successful films but it didn't make back its high budget. |
| 258 | * ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006'' — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $15,962,471 (domestic), $60,917,189 (worldwide). It received mixed reviews for its historical and stylistic liberties, though it has since received a critical reappraisal. Creator/SofiaCoppola stayed off the big screen until 2010's ''Somewhere''. |
| 259 | * ''Film/TheMarksman'' (2021) - Budget, $23-30 million. Box office, $23.1 million. Yet another Liam Neeson action film dropped in the middle of the COVID box office wasteland. |
| 260 | * ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'' (2010) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $33,644,788 (domestic), $83,761,844 (worldwide). Director Tom Dey's last film to date. It was rushed to DVD two and a half months after its theatrical debut (though it lingered in theaters for a few weeks more). |
| 261 | * ''Film/{{Married to It}}'' (1993) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $2,059,832. One of several films held back by Orion Pictures' bankruptcy; it was intended for an Autumn 1991 release, but the studio shelved it at the last minute. This put a huge dent in the career of director Creator/ArthurHiller and its big name cast. |
| 262 | * ''Film/TheMarryingMan'' (1991) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $12,454,758. Dashed Creator/KimBasinger's hopes of being a singer, and one of a few flops in the early '90s that [[StarDerailingRole melted her A-list career]]. The film was also critically panned and its failure led co-star Creator/AlecBaldwin to go on an epic tirade against distributor Disney/Touchstone's boss, Jeffrey Katzenberg, calling him "The [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Eighth Dwarf, Greedy]]" for giving the film a small budget (the writer of the movie, Neil Simon, also got heat from Baldwin, though the rant against Katzenberg didn't prevent them from working together again at Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. Katzenberg, for his part, DIDN'T go on a counter-rant against Baldwin). As for director Jerry Rees, he did not direct another full-length theatrical film until 2013. ''The Marrying Man'' is perhaps most notorious for its [[TroubledProduction turbulent production]], in which stars Baldwin and Basinger made the crew's lives miserable with their on-set nastiness and [[ThePrimaDonna prima donna]] attitudes. |
| 263 | * ''Film/{{Marooned}}'' (1969) — Budget, $8–10 million. Box office, $4.1 million. Based on a novel by Martin Caidin, this sci-fi film about a disastrous space mission was released four months after the Apollo 11 landing and it didn't quite capture the public's imagination as the actual event. However, it was eerily prescient of the Apollo 13 disaster five months later. It also has the dubious distinction of being the only Oscar-winning film (for Best Visual Effects) [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E01SpaceTravelers to get roasted on]] ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (albeit under the title ''Space Travelers''). |
| 264 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'' (1996) — Budget, $80-100 million. Box office, $37,771,017 (domestic), $101,371,017 (worldwide). Creator/TimBurton's parody comedy of B alien movies was undermined by coming out only months after Roland Emmerich's alien epic ''Film/IndependenceDay'', [[DuelingMovies which it got compared to.]] Burton would take a 3-year break before his next film, ''Film/SleepyHollow1999''. Commitments to ''Series/SpinCity'' and his Parkinson's Disease also led cast member Creator/MichaelJFox to not appear on camera in another feature film until 2002. |
| 265 | * ''WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms'' (2011) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $38,992,758. Adjusted for inflation, this movie is one of two finalists for being the biggest animated box office bomb of all time (the other movie is Creator/DonBluth's final film, ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE''). On top of that, it was also critically panned. Its production company [=ImageMovers=] Digital, a joint venture of {{Creator/Disney}} with the film's producer Creator/RobertZemeckis, had already been shuttered during production for the underwhelming ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol|2009}}'', and the failure of ''Mars Needs Moms'' ensured the studio also killed the ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' remake Zemeckis was producing. It also [[GenreKiller essentially vaporized the motion-capture animated film as well]]. Director Simon Wells, a veteran of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' series, saw his directing/writing career [[CreatorKiller beamed off to Mars]] by this film's failure; his only credits past this are as story artist for DWA's ''KFP'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods''. ''Mars Needs Moms'' also helped derail the main careers of producers Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke. |
| 266 | * ''Film/{{Marshall}}'' (2017) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $10,051,659 (domestic). This biopic of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall received strong reviews, particularly for Creator/ChadwickBoseman's performance as Marshall, but it never left a limited release. |
| 267 | * ''Film/MartianChild'' (2007) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $9,351,744. The film version of David Gerrold's novelette and later novel caused [[OvershadowedByControversy considerable backlash]] for [[AdaptationalSexuality turning its gay protagonist straight]]. [[note]] Gerrold's original novelette did not mention the character's orientation but the novel did.[[/note]] |
| 268 | * ''Film/MarvinsRoom'' (1996) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $12,803,305. The film version of Scott [=McPherson's=] play was [[AcclaimedFlop liked by critics]] but its widest release was 1,158 theaters. Director Jerry Zaks stuck to Broadway and TV for twelve years before his next film. |
| 269 | * ''Film/MaryOfScotland'' (1936) — Budget, $864,000. $1,276,000. The film version of Maxwell Anderson's play was one of several films that got Creator/KatharineHepburn labeled "Box-Office Poison." Director Creator/JohnFord was [[CreatorBacklash embarrassed to be even associated with it, losing interest in it early on.]] |
| 270 | * ''Film/MaryReilly'' (1996) — Budget, $47 million. Box office, $12,379,402. The film had a TroubledProduction due to Creator/JuliaRoberts and Creator/JohnMalkovich's HostilityOnTheSet, Roberts keeping a personal jet on standby in case she wanted to leave (on the studio's dime), and the ending being rewritten multiple times. The end result was lambasted by critics, particularly for Roberts' [[OohMeAccentsSlipping inability to sustain]] [[FakeIrish an Irish accent]]. Roberts rebounded the next year with ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding''. |
| 271 | * ''Film/TheMaster'' (2012) — Budget, $32 million. Box office, $26,248,232. The current page image of AcclaimedFlop, between The Weinstein Company neglecting it in favor of ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' and protests from the Church of Scientology (the main character is an {{Expy}} of L. Ron Hubbard), it managed to be another underseen Creator/PaulThomasAnderson production. |
| 272 | * ''[[Film/MasterAndCommander Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' (2003) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $93,927,920 (domestic), $212,011,111 (worldwide). The poor box office [[FranchiseKiller killed]] the idea of a series of ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' movies before they even got started. The great reviews and awards buzz failed to give it momentum at the box office, and it fell from a respectable opening at number two. Peter Weir wouldn't make another movie until 2011. |
| 273 | * ''Film/{{Masterminds|2016}}'' (2016) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $17,368,022 (domestic), $29,148,224 (worldwide). The second of Zach Galifianakis's {{Star Derailing Role}}s in 2016. It also hasn't really helped the writing trio behind the film out a whole lot. |
| 274 | * ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' (1987) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $17,336,370. Despite the heavy promotion of this adaptation of ''[[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]'', the film failed and was one of the movies that eventually did in Creator/TheCannonGroup. Plans for a sequel were [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed]] when ''He-Man'' copyright holder Mattel hiked their licensing fees, and star Creator/DolphLundgren was hammered into the B list of film actors and treats the movie [[CreatorBacklash with much contempt]]. Finally, it solidified ''He-Man'''s status as an '80s cheese symbol, which left the franchise dated by the end of the decade, although a remake is being worked on. |
| 275 | * ''Film/TheMatador'' (2005) — Budget, $12.5 million. Box office, $17.3 million. Despite having Creator/PierceBrosnan and Creator/GregKinnear headlining the film and getting good critical responses, this "amoral, oddball comic thriller" failed to draw an audience. |
| 276 | * ''Film/MatchstickMen'' (2003) — Budget, $62 million. Box office, $36,906,460 (domestic), $65,565,672 (worldwide). It was an AcclaimedFlop but it was the start of several consecutive busts for Creator/RidleyScott. |
| 277 | * ''Film/MaterialGirls'' (2005) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $16,907,725. It sent director Martha Coolidge's career into the second tier of filmmakers. |
| 278 | * ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' (1993) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $9,532,895. It was an AcclaimedFlop and would later do better on television and video. |
| 279 | * ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' (2021) — Budget, $190 million. Box office, $37,481,470 (domestic), $153,681,470 (worldwide). [[SequelGap Released 18 years after]] ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', this sequel proved to be polarizing for its MetaFiction commentary, LighterAndSofter tone, and action scenes seen as a step down from its predecessors. It gained a warmer reception from critics than ''Revolutions'' but is by far the lowest-grossing film in the franchise. At least part of the blame can be pinned on the arrival of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which encouraged audiences to watch it on HBO Max (it was also the last major WB film to have such a hybrid release, a strategy that kneecapped the performances of almost every tentpole released in that stretch), along with ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' dominating the box office. [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2021/12/28/why-the-matrix-resurrections-was-a-box-office-disappointment/?sh=5ba0c5672562 Several]] [[https://screenrant.com/matrix-4-resurrections-box-office-failure-reasons-explained/ outlets]] also blamed a lack of audience interest in the franchise for its underwhelming numbers. |
| 280 | * ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove'' (2001) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $18,634,654. A large reason for its misfortune at the box office is due to it releasing weeks after the September 11 attacks, resulting in it getting [[InvisibleAdvertising barely any advertising]] as most stations aired [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs]] instead of commercials. This kept director Tim Hill off screen until 2006's ''Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties''. |
| 281 | * ''Film/MaxSchmeling'' (2010) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $96,456 (Germany). An attempt by director Uwe Boll to cast a real-life boxer rather than an actor for this boxing-themed film imploded when said boxer, Henry Maske, was criticized for his acting (the film was also labeled as being riddled with clichés). |
| 282 | * ''Film/MaxSteel'' (2016) — Budget, $10.4 million. Box office, $6,272,403. One of the most heavily panned films of 2016 and ejected from the theater circuit after three weeks, this film has likely [[StillbornFranchise liquidated]] any ideas of a film franchise based off of it and is a serious blow to director Stewart Hendler's career. This is also a serious setback to Mattel's attempt to get into filmmaking. |
| 283 | * ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' (1986) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $7.4 million. Creator/StephenKing's SelfAdaptation of his ''Literature/{{Trucks}}'' short story became infamous for its drug-fueled production and baffling creative choices. While it later became a minor CultClassic for its silly premise and Music/{{ACDC}} soundtrack, King and star Creator/EmilioEstevez [[CreatorBacklash hated the film]] and King vowed to never direct another theatrical film again. |
| 284 | * ''Film/McHalesNavy'' (1997) — Budget, $42 million. Box office, $4,408,420. One of two 1997 films that smashed the cinematic directing career of Bryan Spicer; ''For Richer or Poorer'' is the other. Did no favors to Tom Arnold's career as a leading man. |
| 285 | * ''Film/MeAndOrsonWelles'' (2009) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $2,336,172. This was a big hit on the Festival Circuit in 2008 but it couldn't get a proper release date until November 2009. Even then, its limited release was so paltry that it couldn't translate its [[AcclaimedFlop critical raves]] for co-star Christian [=McKay=], who played Welles, into an Oscar nomination. |
| 286 | * ''Film/{{The Mechanic|2011}}'' (2011) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $29,121,498 (domestic), $62,040,498 (worldwide). Despite the film not doing very well, a sequel was released five years later. |
| 287 | * ''Film/TheMedallion'' (2003) — Budget, $41 million. Box office, $34,268,701. A botched attempt on Sony/Tristar/Jackie Chan's part to make a theatrical replica of both ''Film/TheGoldenChild'' and the cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' (this film actually has Julian Sands, who was part of the BigBadDuumvirate of ''JCA''[='=]s first two seasons before departing the show, as its BigBad). Director Gordon Chan has yet to direct another movie that can be released in an American cinema (the next film he helmed to surface in the United States was confined to a DirectToVideo release), and writer Bey Logan got a serious setback to his own career. |
| 288 | * ''Film/MedicineMan'' (1992) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $45 million. The first film produced by Creator/CinergiPictures and the first of several lifelong flops for the company. It did no favors for Creator/LorraineBracco, whose performance was widely panned, and was the first setback for Creator/JohnMcTiernan's career, followed by ''Last Action Hero''. |
| 289 | * ''Film/MeetDave'' (2008) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $50,650,079. Managed to break the record for largest amount of theaters lost between the second and third weeks, losing 77%. This helped towards the film not even grossing the original budget back. A major slam for Eddie Murphy, director Brian Robbins's next film ''A Thousand Words'' was delayed 4 years after IT completed shooting, co-writer Rob Greenberg hasn't returned to the cinemas thus far, and the other writer, Bill Corbett, has stuck with [=RiffTrax=] material since. |
| 290 | * ''Film/MeetJoeBlack'' (1998) — Budget, $90 million. Box office, $44,619,100 (domestic), $142,940,100 (worldwide). Universal Pictures fired their chairman after this film failed. It didn't help that it came out in a year where Universal had a series of theatrical flops (the only movie the studio released in the calendar year that had any real box office success was ''Film/PatchAdams'', which was still received poorly by critics). Director Martin Brest's next project was the even bigger flop ''Film/{{Gigli}}'', which did in his career. The film's box office numbers were slightly boosted by the trailer for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' being attached to prints of this film, which led to ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans buying tickets to ''Meet Joe Black'' just to see the trailer and leaving before the movie started. |
| 291 | * ''Film/{{Meet the Deedles}}'' (1998) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $4.3 million. Steve Boyum's directorial debut and the only one of his films to get a theatrical release until ''Supercross''. |
| 292 | * ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'' (2007) — Budget, Undisclosed (figures estimate it at [[http://www.bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2007-2/meet-the-robinsons/ $150]]-[[http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/movie/49298 $195 million]], including marketing costs). Box office, $97,822,171 (domestic), $169,333,034 (worldwide). This film started production under Michael Eisner and David Stainton, but they were both kicked out and replaced with John Lasseter, who asked for a reworking of about 60% of the film, hence why it was not released in 2006. This did OK with critics (much better than ''Chicken Little''), but director Steve Anderson only directed one other film so far, ''WesternAnimation/{{Winnie the Pooh|2011}}''. |
| 293 | * ''Film/{{Megaforce}}'' (1982) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $5,675,599. Critics tore into this sci-fi action film for rampant {{Narm}}, [[SpecialEffectsFailure cheap effects]], and cartoonish plot. Plans for a sequel titled ''Deeds Not Words'' [[StillbornFranchise were dropped after this movie failed.]] The first in a string of underperforming films from director Hal Needham, who had previously helmed box office successes with ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' and ''Film/TheCannonballRun''. |
| 294 | * ''[[Film/TheOmegaCode Megiddo: The Omega Code 2]]'' (2001) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $6,047,691. This religious film financed by the Trinity Broadcasting Network was unable to expand beyond 353 theaters. Director Brian Trenchard-Smith waited five years to direct his next feature, and that one had a much smaller budget. |
| 295 | * ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' (1992) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $14,358,033. This is the first film directed by Creator/JohnCarpenter to have a tentpole budget since ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. It also happens to be the first of a 9-year streak of bombs that ended his serious directing career. Co-writer Dan Kolsrud had his writing career go "poof" for 5 years until doing Creator/{{Disney}}'s adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', and the film didn't exactly help the careers of stars Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/DarylHannah out a whole lot, either. Finally, it's one of three 1992 bombs that set Creator/WilliamGoldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. |
| 296 | * ''Film/{{Memories of Me}}'' (1988) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $3,965,604. Creator/HenryWinkler's feature directorial debut; he wouldn't occupy the director's chair until 1993's ''Film/CopAndAHalf''. |
| 297 | * ''Film/MenWomenAndChildren'' (2014) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $1,705,908. This film was picked apart by critics for being a {{Narm}}-filled attempt to tell a movie about how the internet desensitized people, and it got InvisibleAdvertising and sent the career of director Jason Reitman to a dark place. |
| 298 | * ''Film/TheMerchantOfVenice'' (2004) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $21,417,725. This Shakespeare adaptation was an AcclaimedFlop that never left a limited release. |
| 299 | * ''Film/MercuryRising'' (1998) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $32,935,289 (domestic), $93,107,289 (worldwide). This is the semifinal film from director Harold Becker; he did one more movie, and then retired. |
| 300 | * ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' (1999) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $14,276,317 (domestic), $66,976,317 (worldwide). This didn't fully burn producer/writer/director Luc Besson's career (it DID burn up writer Andrew Birkin's career), but it did lead to him not taking a director's credit again for 6 years. This film wasn't helped by a stuntman's death right in the first weeks of filming OR Besson divorcing star Milla Jovovich. |
| 301 | * ''Music/{{Metallica}} Through the Never'' (2013) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $7,972,967. This concert film starring the eponymous band only played for a month in limited release, mostly in IMAX theaters. The critical reception was pretty good. |
| 302 | * ''Film/{{Meteor}}'' (1979) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $8,400,000. This film's failure signaled the end of days for American International Pictures; the only movie they and owners Filmways made prior to closing that isn't frowned on is the premiere ''Film/MadMax1'' movie. |
| 303 | * ''Film/TheMeteorMan'' (1993) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8,023,147. Compare this to director Robert Townsend's directorial debut, ''Hollywood Shuffle'', which was made for $700,000 and grossed nearly $6 million, a huge proportional profit. While ''The Meteor Man'' didn't exactly end or all out ruin Robert Townsend's career as both an [[StarDerailingRole actor]] and [[CreatorKiller director]], it most definitely ended his ascent up the Hollywood ladder. Townsend would soon star in the [[Creator/TheWB WB]] sitcom ''Series/TheParentHood'', which lasted for four seasons. It was the critical and box office failure of Townsend's next directed film, 1997's ''B.A.P.S.'' (which unlike ''The Meteor Man'', only cost $10 million to make yet only grossed $7,338,279 at the box office) that officially killed his career within studio system. One of the last things he directed was a 2014 Creator/BillCosby (who is incidentally, in ''The Meteor Man'') stand-up special that Creator/{{Netflix}} [[OvershadowedByControversy wisely decided]] to [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment never release]]. |
| 304 | * ''Film/{{Metro}}'' (1997) - Budget, $55 million. Box office, $32,000,301. A major faceplant for Creator/EddieMurphy after a good stretch in the 1990s, though he bounced back quickly. |
| 305 | * ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (1927) — Budget, 5,100,000 German Reichsmarks. Box office, 75,000 German Reichsmarks. It was panned by a few critics including Creator/HGWells, but has since become one of the most iconic films ever made. |
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| 309 | * ''Film/MiamiVice'' (2006) — Budget, $135 million. Box office, $63,450,470 (domestic), $163,794,509 (worldwide). A DarkerAndEdgier take on the [[Series/MiamiVice '80s cop series]] by original series producer Creator/MichaelMann. The film suffered a TroubledProduction due to hurricanes, star Creator/JamieFoxx's ego, and security issues [[RealLifeWritesThePlot which rewrote the ending]]. The end result garnered mixed reviews and fell flat in the box office after opening at number one. Ironically, it's still one of Mann's most financially successful films. |
| 310 | * ''Film/MichaelCollins'' (1996) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $11,092,559 (domestic), $28,092,559 (worldwide). This {{biopic}} of the Irish revolutionary [[AcclaimedFlop received pretty good reviews]] and great box office results in Ireland, but it fell short of its budget overall. Fortunately, director Neil Jordan and the stars didn't see their careers slow down a bit. |
| 311 | * ''Mickey'' (2004) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, less than $300,000. This took down director Hugh Wilson's career. |
| 312 | * ''Film/MickeyBlueEyes'' (1999) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $33,864,342 (domestic), $54,264,342 (worldwide). This mob comedy is best remembered for featuring several actors from ''Series/TheSopranos'' in minor roles. |
| 313 | * ''Film/MiddleMen'' (2010) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $754,301. This drama about [[TheRuleOfFirstAdopters online porn]] only logged in a mixed-critical reception and vanished after a limited release in August. It probably didn't help that another film centered on an online company, ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', would be released a few months later. |
| 314 | * ''Film/MidnightCrossing'' (1988) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $1.3 million. This was such a bomb that the producers owed money to the distributors for years to make up for the loss. This was director Roger Holzberg's final credit on a theatrical film, and he didn't work on another feature film for over 20 years. It was also the final film produced by Team Effort studios. |
| 315 | * ''Film/MidnightInTheGardenOfGoodAndEvil'' (1997) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $25,105,255. The film version of John Berendt's TrueCrime book got a mixed reception, with critics deriding the film's excessive length but praising the cast and its Southern atmosphere. |
| 316 | * ''Film/MidnightMadness'' (1980) — Budget, $7 million (estimated). Box office, $2.9 million. The second PG-rated Creator/{{Disney}} movie, a very atypical attempt at a raucous, ''Film/AnimalHouse''-style teen[=/=]college comedy, including early roles for Creator/MichaelJFox and Creator/PaulReubens, it disappeared quickly from theaters, but got VindicatedByCable as one of Creator/{{HBO}}'s '80s staples. Co-directors Michael Nankin and David Wechter have worked in television ever since, but the film has attained CultClassic status. |
| 317 | * ''Film/TheMidnightMeatTrain'' (2008) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $3,533,527. Ryuhei Kitamura's American directorial debut was this adaptation of the Creator/CliveBarker short story. Unfortunately, it was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork unceremoniously dumped]] [[InvisibleAdvertising in 102 Bargain theaters]] when Lionsgate changed management during production. The critics [[AcclaimedFlop still liked it, though]]. Kitamura directed the anthology film ''Baton'' the next year, then made his next American feature, and next film overall with ''Film/NoOneLives''. |
| 318 | * ''Film/MidnightSpecial'' (2016) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $6,212,282. This was [[AcclaimedFlop highly acclaimed by critics]] but never left a limited release. |
| 319 | * ''[[Film/AMidsummerNightsDream1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1935) — Budget, $981,000. Box office, $1.229 million. The film version of the Shakespeare play received mixed reviews, which derided some [[QuestionableCasting questionable casting]] [[note]]including Dick Powell, [[CreatorBacklash who agreed that he was miscast]].[[/note]], while praising its dance sequences, use of Mendelssohn music and Hal Mohr's Oscar-winning cinematography [[note]]The only write-in Oscar winner; film editor Ralph Dawson also won an Oscar[[/note]]. It's now been VindicatedByHistory as a classic Shakespeare adaptation. |
| 320 | * ''Film/{{Midway|2019}}'' (2019) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $56,846,802 (domestic), $123,131,991 (worldwide). Despite its surprise triumph over ''Film/DoctorSleep'', the WWII film still wasn’t highly thought of by critics and made only $17.9 million on opening weekend, in a particularly weak November box office in general that had to be bailed out by ''Film/FordVFerrari'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', and did just about as well overseas, continuing Creator/RolandEmmerich's [[Film/Anonymous2011 box]] [[Film/WhiteHouseDown office]] [[Film/{{Stonewall|2015}} losing]] [[Film/IndependenceDayResurgence streak]]. |
| 321 | * ''Film/MightyAphrodite'' (1995) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $6,468,498. Another AcclaimedFlop from Creator/WoodyAllen; this won Creator/MiraSorvino an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. |
| 322 | * ''Film/AMightyHeart'' (2007) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $9,176,787 (domestic), $18,935,657 (worldwide). Based on Marianne Pearl's memoir about [[BasedOnATrueStory the kidnapping and beheading of her husband Daniel]], the film received strong reviews for Creator/AngelinaJolie's portrayal of Pearl. It also received backlash for casting the Caucasian Jolie [[FakeMixedRace as]] [[BrownFace the Dutch/Jewish/Afro-Cuban-Chinese Pearl]], even though Pearl herself approved of the casting. |
| 323 | * ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' (1949) — Budget, $1.8 million. Box office, $1.9 million. Recorded loss, $675,000. This SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/KingKong1933'', produced by the same creative team, was praised for its UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winning visual effects produced by Willis O'Brien and Creator/RayHarryhausen (in his movie debut). Unfortunately, it was one of several, [[DeathByAThousandCuts ultimately crippling flops]] for RKO under Creator/HowardHughes's leadership. This was the final film for writer Ruth Rose. It has since been VindicatedByHistory. |
| 324 | * ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' (1998) — Budget, $90 million. Box office, $50,632,037. This film, along with the poor reception of Roland Emmerich's version of ''Film/{{Godzilla|1998}}'', sent the giant monster movie genre into remission until the New '10s (the 2005 remake of ''King Kong'' didn't end it). |
| 325 | * ''Film/TheMightyMacs'' (2009) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1,891,936. This played at the Heartland Film Festival in 2009 before it got a very limited release in 2011. It played itself out after six weeks. |
| 326 | * ''[[Film/MikesMurder Mike's Murder]]'' (1984) — Budget, $6.3 million. Box office, $1,059,966. This was filmed in 1982 but was delayed after poor test screenings prompted further edits. |
| 327 | * ''Film/TheMilagroBeanfieldWar'' (1988) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $13,825,794. Creator/RobertRedford's first film as director since ''Literature/OrdinaryPeople'' received mixed reviews and a limited release but still got an Oscar for Best Original Score. |
| 328 | * ''Film/Mile22'' (2018) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $36.1 million (domestic), $66.3 million (worldwide). The fourth film from director Peter Berg to star Creator/MarkWahlberg, this one fell short of [[Film/LoneSurvivor their]] [[Film/PatriotsDay prior]] [[Film/DeepwaterHorizon efforts]] in the eyes of critics, who were turned off by the film's choppy action scenes, jingoistic tone, and unsympathetic characters. The [[Film/SpenserConfidential next film]] from Berg and Wahlberg would skip theaters and go straight to Netflix. |
| 329 | * ''Film/MilkMoney'' (1994) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18,137,661. This movie about a trio of adolescents wanting to see a naked hooker was considered very sour milk by critics and is the sole main Hollywood job for writer John Mattson. Mattson only did two ''Film/FreeWilly'' sequels, and then retreated from Hollywood completely. It also didn't help the career of the actress who played the hooker, Creator/MelanieGriffith, out too much. |
| 330 | * ''Film/MillersCrossing'' (1990) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $5,080,409. This Creator/CoenBrothers crime thriller was one of [[AcclaimedFlop the most acclaimed films of the year]] but it never went past a limited release. It found its audience [[VindicatedByCable once it hit home video]]. |
| 331 | * ''Film/MillionDollarArm'' (2014) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $36,457,627 (domestic), $39,227,580 (worldwide). This baseball drama struck-out in a packed weekend led by newcomer ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}''. |
| 332 | * ''Film/MillionDollarMystery'' (1987) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $989,033 (domestic). The studio, hoping to make a big profit, put together a million dollar prize contest for the film after release, which alone cost more than the movie made at the box office. This finished off notable '50s director Richard Fleischer's (the man who directed Disney's ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'') career. The movie also saw a stuntman's death during filming, and was hit by Roger Ebert for being no more than a [[ProductPlacement plug-in]] for Glad trash bags. |
| 333 | * ''Film/{{Mimic}}'' (1997) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $25 million. Creator/GuillermoDelToro's first English-language film was this adaptation of a Donald A. Wollheim story. It was not a happy experience as he dealt with constant ExecutiveMeddling from the Weinsteins which demanded excessive reshoots and divergences from the original script. Del Toro [[CreatorBacklash disowned the film]] and swore off working with the Weinsteins ever again. It did however, sell very well on home video to spawn two straight-to-video sequels. |
| 334 | * ''Film/MindHunters'' (2005) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $21,148,829. This premiered in the US a year after it debuted internationally. |
| 335 | * ''[[Film/MiracleAtStAnna Miracle at St. Anna]]'' (2008) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $9,323,833. This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama faced protests in Italy for depicting a Partisan in league with the Nazis. |
| 336 | * ''Film/MiracleMile'' (1989) — Budget, $3,700,000. Box office, $1,145,404. Critics [[AcclaimedFlop adored this]] romantic-comedy [[HalfwayPlotSwitch turned]] WorldWarIII thriller, but [[CriticalDissonance audiences weren't blown away]]. It became a CultClassic once it hit home video. |
| 337 | * ''Film/{{Misconduct}}'' (2016) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $2,124,005. This was released simultaneously into theaters and onto VOD. |
| 338 | * ''Film/TheMisfits'' (1961) — Budget, $4 million. Box office, $4.1 million (rentals). This Creator/JohnHuston movie suffered from an extremely TroubledProduction which saw, among other misfortunes, Creator/MarilynMonroe suffering CreatorBreakdown over her collapsing marriage with Creator/ArthurMiller (the film's screenwriter) and Creator/ClarkGable's poor health. This was the final completed film for both stars; Gable died 12 days after filming wrapped and Monroe died of an overdose a year after its release. [[AcclaimedFlop The film was liked by critics]] even if it didn't recoup its budget. |
| 339 | * ''Film/MishimaALifeInFourChapters'' (1985) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $502,758. This {{biopic}} of Japanese writer Creator/YukioMishima directed by Creator/PaulSchrader and produced by Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/FrancisFordCoppola was regulated to a limited release. Schrader considers the film his masterpiece. |
| 340 | * ''Film/MissBala'' (2019) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $15,006,824. This [[ForeignRemake American remake]] of the 2011 Mexican film only managed to gross back its relatively low budget right before it left theaters. It also received mostly negative reviews for taking the acclaimed original and turning it into a bland action vehicle for star Creator/GinaRodriguez. |
| 341 | * ''Film/MissMarch'' (2009) — Budget, $6 million (estimated). Box office, $4,543,320 (domestic), $48,309 (international), $4,591,629 (worldwide total). This movie resulted in the Fox Atomic label imploding, with their future projects moved to other Fox labels. |
| 342 | * ''Film/MissSloane'' (2016) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $3,500,605. The third and last of three commercial false starts for [=EuropaCorp=]'s U.S. film division's beginning in 2016 alone, after ''Nine Lives'' and ''Shut In''. Unlike the other two, this one got decent reviews, but all three movies dealt a serious blow to [=EuropaCorp=]'s business. |
| 343 | * ''Film/{{The Missing|2003}}'' (2003) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $38,364,277. It received mixed reviews from critics but was praised by Native Americans for its authentic use of Chiricahuan Apache dialect. |
| 344 | * ''WesternAnimation/MissingLink'' (2019) — Budget, $102.3 million. Box office, $26,249,469. Despite largely positive reviews from critics, it received the lowest opening gross for a Creator/{{Laika}} film and was part of a nasty string of flops for Creator/AnnapurnaPictures. This also wasn't a good start for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's and Annapurna's distribution unit, United Artists Releasing. |
| 345 | * ''Film/TheMission'' (1986) — Budget, £16.5 million. Box office, $17 million. This [[CreatorKiller damaged]] the prospects of Goldcrest Films along with ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners'' and ''{{Film/Revolution|1985}}''. This was an AcclaimedFlop, however. |
| 346 | * ''Film/MissionToMars'' (2000) — Budget, $90-100 million. Box office, $60,883,407 (domestic), $110,983,407 (worldwide). The first in an ongoing series of career-wrecking bombs for famed director Creator/BrianDePalma. |
| 347 | * ''Film/MixedNuts'' (1994) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $6.8 million. [[ForeignRemake A remake of the French comedy]] ''Film/SantaClausIsAStinker'' by Creator/NoraEphron and her sister Delia. It was despised by critics, including Creator/RogerEbert, and was shoved out of theaters pretty quickly. The Ephrons had better luck a few years later with ''Film/{{Michael}}''. |
| 348 | * ''Film/{{Mobsters}}'' (1991) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $20,246,790. It opened at number two behind ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' and was shot down immediately. It didn't help that the critics hated it completely. |
| 349 | * ''Film/TheModSquad'' (1999) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $13,263,993. This and ''Film/BrokedownPalace'' [[StarDerailingRole derailed]] Creator/ClaireDanes's career for a good bit. |
| 350 | * ''Film/TheModerns'' (1988) — Budget, $3.5 million. Box office, $2 million. Nearly ended Linda Fiorentino's career as a leading actress though she rebounded in the next decade. |
| 351 | * ''Film/MohammadMessengerOfGod'' (1976) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $15 million. This historical film about the early days of Islam was seen as an AudienceAlienatingPremise in both Hollywood AND the Islamic world. As such, producer-director Moustapha Akkad, himself a Muslim, had a [[TroubledProduction difficult time getting support]] and he even secured funding from dictator Muammar Qaddafi. Its reputation in America took a massive hit when Islamic militants took 149 hostages in Washington DC and demanded, among other things, the destruction of all copies of this film. Still, Shiite Muslims actually enjoyed the film. Akkad spent most of his career producing the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies. |
| 352 | * ''Film/Molly1999'' — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $17,650. It's an understandable gross considering its release topped out at 12 theaters. According to Leonard Maltin, it debuted as an in-flight movie. Creator/ElisabethShue [[StarDerailingRole never fully recovered]] from the failure of this film. Amidst the generally negative reviews this film received, a unifying point of criticism was that Shue's portrayal of an autistic person was extremely offensive and a misrepresentation of what autism truly is. Although Shue would continue to act, this was the last project where she appeared in the lead role. |
| 353 | * ''Film/TheMollyMaguires'' (1970) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $2.2 million. The film version of Arthur H. Lewis' novel, based on a real life uprising of Irish-American coal miners, saved its filming location, Ecksley, Pennsylvania, from demolition. The town now stands as a museum. It did no favors for the careers of director Martin Ritt or stars Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/RichardHarris. |
| 354 | * ''Film/MomAndDadSaveTheWorld'' (1992) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $2 million. This sci-fi parody spent a year on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment where it was released to apathetic reviews and non-existent box office, getting pulled from theaters after less than two weeks. It's since become a CultClassic. |
| 355 | * ''Film/{{Moment by Moment}}'' (1978) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $10,963,824. This romantic drama was lambasted for its dull script and awkwardly mismatched leads, Creator/JohnTravolta and Creator/LilyTomlin. It died a quick death in the box office and wasn't officially released on home video until '''''2021'''''. This was the only feature film directed by Jane Wagner, Tomlin's then-domestic partner and later wife, but the movie careers of both Tomlin and Travolta survived. |
| 356 | * ''Film/{{Money for Nothing}}'' (1993) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $1,039,824. This biopic of Joey Coyle, a man who stole a bag of $1 million after it fell of an armored car, was released less than a month after the real Coyle committed suicide. Subsequently, Disney did not expand the film beyond the 449 theaters that opened it. |
| 357 | * ''Film/MoneyTrain'' (1995) — Budget, $68 million. Box office, $35,431,113 (domestic), $77,224,232 (worldwide). In addition to poor reviews, someone duplicating a dangerous stunt from the film soon after its release earned it a boycott. This, ''Return to Paradise'', and the critical hatred towards ''Film/TheGoodSon'' all delivered a severe blow to the career of director Joseph Ruben. |
| 358 | * ''Film/MonkeyShines'' (1988) — Budget, $7,000,000. Gross, $5,344,577. Creator/GeorgeARomero's version of the Michael Stewart novel was extensively re-edited by ExecutiveMeddling; the experience drove Romero away from studio films for five years. |
| 359 | * ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' (2001) — Budget, $75 million. Box office, $7,622,365. The film was significantly changed from its source material, and the result was blasted by critics. Henry Selick wouldn't play producer/director on a full length movie again until 2009 with ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', though he did do work with Wes Anderson and LAIKA in the meantime. Co-producer Sam Hamm, on the other hand, has not played producer at all since this movie. It was also a major factor in Bridget Fonda deciding to retire from acting. |
| 360 | * ''Film/MonsieurVerdoux'' (1947) — Budget: $2,000,000. Gross USA: $325,000. Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $1,500,000. The American public in 1947 were not able to stomach Creator/CharlieChaplin's dark comedy. It was later VindicatedByHistory. |
| 361 | * ''Film/{{Monsignor}}'' (1982) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $6.5 million (domestic). This movie's failure put director Frank Perry in a bad spot (the Razzie wins from his previous film ''Literature/MommieDearest'' didn't help). |
| 362 | * ''Film/AMonsterCalls'' (2016) — Budget, $43 million. Box office, $3,740,823 (domestic), $43,456,127 (worldwide). It was an AcclaimedFlop, however. |
| 363 | * ''Film/{{Monster Hunter|2020}}'' (2020) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $15,104,790 (domestic), $42,145,959 (worldwide, excluding China). This attempt by the husband-wife duo of writer/director Creator/PaulWSAnderson and star Creator/MillaJovovich to follow up their ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' with another adaptation of a Creator/{{Capcom}} [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter game series]] recieved mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and fans of the game series, though general audiences were more accepting. It predictably did weak business stateside and in most other countries, what with being released in the middle of the still-ongoing UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, but what really sealed ''Monster Hunter''’s fate was when China, a notable market for the ''Resident Evil'' films whose movie industry was getting back on track after dealing with the pandemic, pulled the movie from wide release only a couple days into its run after audiences were offended by a perceived racist joke made by one of the characters, resulting in it falling a third short of its budget worldwide. |
| 364 | * ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' (1987) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $3.8 million. This horror family comedy was greeted with an UncertainAudience and OK critical reception. It ultimately became VindicatedByCable and is now a CultClassic. |
| 365 | * ''Film/MonsterTrucks'' (2017) — Budget, $125 million. Box office, $64,493,915. Notable for being a foreseen financial failure by Paramount, culminating in a $115 million writedown months before its release. It also played a role in costing Paramount head Brad Grey his job. |
| 366 | * ''Film/MonumentAve'' (1998) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $333,760. Its widest release was in 24 theaters. |
| 367 | * ''Film/MoonOverParador'' (1988) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $11,444,204. This debuted at number one but faded away quickly. |
| 368 | * ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' (2022) - Budget, $138-146 million. Box office, $19 million (domestic), $67.3 million (worldwide). The biggest disaster of all for DisasterMovie auteur Creator/RolandEmmerich, it struggled to survive against new release ''[[Series/{{Jackass}} Jackass Forever]]'' and the still-popular ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' in its opening weekend before rapidly falling out of orbit. Came on the end of a string of disappointments and bombs for both Emmerich and the genre he had helped spearhead since the 1990s. |
| 369 | * ''Film/MoonlightMile'' (2002) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $10,011,050. Brad Silberling's autobiographical film got pretty good reviews but it topped out at 437 theaters. |
| 370 | * ''Film/{{Morgan}}'' (2016) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $3,915,251 (domestic), $8,810,591 (worldwide). The movie received a wide release and had a massive 75% drop between its first and second weekends, and it left all but 99 of its theaters by the end of the third. This was not a good start to the directing career of Ridley Scott's son, Luke Scott, and he has not directed a film since. |
| 371 | * ''Film/MorganStewartsComingHome'' (1987) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $2,136,381. The directors of this film played the AlanSmithee card to put space between them and it. It would be a few years before producer Stephen Friedman produced a new film (and he only produced two more movies before he passed away), but it would be '''seventeen''' years before co-writer David N. Titcher wrote another film; his next movie was Jackie Chan's version of ''Around the World in 80 Days'', which was one of the factors that derailed Disney CEO Michael Eisner's career with the firm. |
| 372 | * ''Film/{{Morituri}}'' (1965) — Budget, $6,290,000. Box office, $3,000,000. It is believed that the film's title [[note]] Latin for "About to Die".[[/note]] was not understood by the public. As such, when re-released, the film was re-named ''Saboteur: Code Name Morituri''. This was one of several flops that kept Creator/MarlonBrando's career sunk until ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 373 | * ''Film/MorningGlory'' (2010) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $31,011,732 (domestic), $60,040,976 (worldwide). This romantic comedy produced by Creator/JJAbrams was released during a packed November and it flatlined after it spent its first weekend at number five. Its failure continued a dry spell for Creator/HarrisonFord. |
| 374 | * ''Film/MortalEngines'' (2018) — Budget, between $100–150 million. Box office, $15.9 million domestic, $83.2 million worldwide. This adaptation of the sci-fi YA book series suffered from poor reviews and marketing and struggled to find an audience. It opened to a pitiful $7.5 million domestically, fifth below ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Grinch|2018}}'', ''Film/TheMule'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', then was hammered further the following week by ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'', and ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}''. The film lost Universal ''$175 million'', making it the largest confirmed box office loss in history at the time, and is currently the film that serves as the main page image. This tremendous failure one-and-doned the directing career of Christian Rivers, but it arguably was more damaging to the career of Creator/PeterJackson, who served as producer and co-writer and whose name was plastered all over the marketing material. Easily the biggest bomb on Jackson's resume, its failure (coupled with the mixed critical reception of the ''Hobbit'' trilogy) led him to refocus his creative efforts towards documentaries, having not worked on a major motion picture since. |
| 375 | * ''[[Literature/TheMortalInstruments The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones]]'' (2013) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $31,165,421 (domestic), $90,565,421 (worldwide). Its failure sent plans to adapt the rest of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' books [[StillbornFranchise into oblivion]]. A planned sequel was scrapped only a week before production was due to begin. It's one of three flops that killed interest in Paranormal YA novel adaptations. The franchise would find new life after being rebooted as [[Series/{{Shadowhunters}} a TV series]] several years later. |
| 376 | * ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' (1997) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $35 million (domestic), $51 million (worldwide). While [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the first Mortal Kombat film]] was a financial success and generally regarded as one of the better video game movies, this sequel bombed both with critics and audiences, with both sides criticizing its large cast of characters (most of whom show up for just one fight scene and are never mentioned again)[[note]]Which is actually pretty faithful to the source material[[/note]], [[SpecialEffectsFailure awful visual effects]], and nonsensical story. Plans for a sequel were crippled by its failure and the film franchise would be rebooted [[Film/MortalKombat2021 in 2021]] to better results (though that film had [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic other problems]]). First-time director John R. Leonetti would return to his day job as a cinematographer, though after second attempt ''The Butterfly Effect 2'', he finally [[Film/{{Annabelle}} had a break in 2014]]. |
| 377 | * ''Film/{{Mortdecai}}'' (2015) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $7,696,134 (domestic), $47,275,695 (worldwide). The film grossed only $5 million in Week One, plummeted by 90% in Week Two, and very negative reviews from critics and moviegoers convinced Lionsgate to unplug the film's theatrical run after Week Three and before it had any chance of reaching the original budget with help from the international box office. Part of a string of flops for star Creator/JohnnyDepp, director David Koepp didn’t direct again for 5 years, and writer Eric Aronson has yet to write again. |
| 378 | * ''Film/TheMosquitoCoast'' (1986) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $14,302,779. This reteaming of ''Film/{{Witness}}'' director Creator/PeterWeir and star Creator/HarrisonFord flopped with critics and audiences at the time but it was later VindicatedByHistory. Weir had better luck with ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' a few years later and Ford bounced back with ''Film/WorkingGirl''. This was the last screen appearance of Butterfly [=McQueen=] before her death nine years later. |
| 379 | * ''Film/AMostViolentYear'' (2014) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $6 million. It first saw release in four theaters before going to 818. It IS an AcclaimedFlop, however. |
| 380 | * ''Film/MostWanted'' (1997) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $11,838,218. Finished off the cinematic career of director David Hogan, who stuck to music videos and a documentary short since. Writer/Star Keenen Ivory Wayans wouldn't write another film until 2004's ''Film/WhiteChicks''. |
| 381 | * ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'' (2017) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $17,800,004 (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $44,400,272 (worldwide)]]. This received polarized reviews for its SurrealHorror and overwhelming [[TooBleakStoppedCaring dreariness]], which helped steer it to a rare '''[[MedalOfDishonor F]]''' rating on Cinemascore. [[DuelingMovies Being released the week after]] the ''Film/{{It|2017}}'' remake and the controversy over Creator/JenniferLawrence's comments stemming from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma likely didn't help. |
| 382 | * ''Film/MotherAndChild'' (2009) - Budget, $7 million. Box office, $4 million. It was an AcclaimedFlop and didn't affect anyone's careers too much. |
| 383 | * ''Film/{{Motherhood}}'' (2009) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $726,354. Easily the biggest bomb of Creator/UmaThurman's career. Particularly notable for its British release, where it's the second-biggest flop of all time. It was shown in only one UK cinema and took £88 on its opening weekend. On its opening night it took £9. That's '''one ticket'''. |
| 384 | * ''Film/MotherlessBrooklyn'' (2019) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $8.8 million (domestic), $10.6 million (worldwide). Creator/EdwardNorton's version of the Jonathan Lethem novel [[AcclaimedFlop was admired by critics for its intriguing plot]], even if they questioned its extreme length. It came up far short of expectations in a weekend dominated by ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' and holdover ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}''. |
| 385 | * ''Film/MothersBoys'' (1993) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $874,148. Based on a novel by Bernard Taylor; his works have not been adapted on film since. |
| 386 | * ''Film/{{Mountains of the Moon}}'' (1990) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $4,011,793. Part of a string of bombs for director Bob Rafelson. |
| 387 | * ''Film/{{Movers and Shakers}}'' (1985) — Budget, $3.5 million. Box office, $372,438. The first and only film written and produced by Charles Grodin. This spent seven years in DevelopmentHell before MGM buried it in a limited release. This was also the final theatrical directed by William Asher. |
| 388 | * ''Film/{{Moving}}'' (1988) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $10,815,378. This Creator/RichardPryor comedy debuted at number two behind ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam'' and flatlined immediately, pushed out of theaters after only three weeks. It put a damper into Pryor's career, with this being his final movie as a solo lead, and director Alan Metter only did one more theatrical movie afterwards. |
| 389 | * ''Film/MozartAndTheWhale'' (2006) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $84,444. It only ran in five theaters in Spokane, Washington, where it was made, and faded out after a month. |
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| 393 | * ''Film/Mr3000'' (2004) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $21.8 million. Director Charles Stone III didn't work on another theatrical film for a while, mainly sticking to TV work and music videos, until ''Lila and Eve'' eleven years later. |
| 394 | * ''Film/MrBaseball'' (1992) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $20,883,046. This struck out after six weeks in theaters. It also bombed in Japan where it was set. |
| 395 | * ''Film/MrBugGoesToTown'' [[note]] Also known as ''Hoppity Goes To Town'' and ''Bugville'' [[/note]] (1941) — Budget, $713,511. Box office, $214,000. The film received almost no promotion from Paramount in either its 1941 release, nor its 1946 re-release as ''Hoppity Goes To Town''. The premiere was also delayed by producer Max Fleischer, which led to it opening two days before the Pearl Harbor attacks that ultimately prompted the U.S. to enter World War II. That took the wind out of the film, and led to the Fleischers, who were no longer on speaking terms with each other, losing their studio to Paramount, who renamed it Famous Studios. Copyrights for this film subsequently went all over the place, last being distributed by Fleischer rival Disney internationally. |
| 396 | * ''Film/MrJones'' (1993) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $8,345,845. Re-shoots following poor test screenings and fear of competition from another Creator/RichardGere movie (''Sommersby'') held this film's release back for a year. |
| 397 | * ''Film/MrMagoo'' (1997) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $21.4 million. Creator/{{Disney}} was forced to pull the movie shortly after release due to pressure from blindness advocates, which subsequently [[FranchiseKiller blinded the franchise itself]] outside of an animated special in 2010 and becoming part of the [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks Classics]] portfolio. It was a [[CreatorKiller huge blow to director Stanley Tong]] as well, possibly one of the reasons why he never directed another American film again. It was also an [[CreatorBacklash embarrassing blip]] on the resume of a [[RetroactiveRecognition then-unknown]] Creator/JenniferGarner, who is tasked with wearing {{Yellowface}} here. |
| 398 | * ''Film/MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium'' (2007) — Budget, $65 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $32,061,555 (domestic), $69,474,661 (worldwide). The first and only feature film by director Zach Helm. He only directed a segment of the documentary ''140'' and wrote the TV movie ''Good Canary'' and nothing else. |
| 399 | * ''Film/MrNobody'' (2009) — Budget, $58 million. Box office, $3,547,209. This surreal Sci-Fi film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2009 before debuting across Europe in 2010. Director Jaco Van Dormeal wouldn't participate in another film until he co-wrote 2014's ''Nicholas on Holiday''. Star Creator/JaredLeto stuck to documentaries until his 2013 Oscar-winning role in ''Film/DallasBuyersClub''. The film has become a CultClassic. |
| 400 | * ''Film/MrSaturdayNight'' (1992) — Budget, $43 million. Box office, $13,351,357. Creator/BillyCrystal's directorial debut. It received mixed reviews from critics who praised the acting but questioned whether Crystal's character was meant to be likable or not. |
| 401 | * ''Film/MrWonderful'' (1993) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $3,125,424. The film's two writers, Vicki Polon and Amy Schor, do not have any more writing credits for feature films beyond this one. |
| 402 | * ''Film/MrWrong'' (1996) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $12.3 million. This shot director Nick Castle (the man who played Michael Myers in ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'') and the writer's careers [[CreatorKiller right in the heart for several years]], and was one of the last times producer Marty Katz associated himself with Disney, who distributed this thru Touchstone, before moving his production company to Santa Monica. |
| 403 | * ''[[Film/MrsParkerAndTheViciousCircle Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle]]'' (1994) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $2,144,667 (domestic). Though it was critically acclaimed. One of the last feature films produced by Mayfair Entertainment. |
| 404 | * ''Film/MrsSoffel'' (1984) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $4,385,312. This biopic of Kate Soffel and her role in the Biddle Brothers' escape from prison was director Gillian Armstrong's first American feature. Critics weren't kind to it, but Creator/DianeKeaton still got a Golden Globe nomination. |
| 405 | * ''Film/MrsWinterbourne'' (1996) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $10,082,005. The last film by A&M Films. |
| 406 | * ''Film/{{Mulan|2020}}'' (2020) — Budget, $200 million. Box office, $70 million worldwide. In normal conditions, it would be a huge moneymaker like the previous Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes, with analysts expecting the opening weekend alone to be [[https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-box-office-tracking-disneys-mulan/ $60]] or [[https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/disney-mulan-box-office-opening-weekend-tracking-1203524872/ $80 million.]] But the exact month the movie would premiere was the one where the Usefulnotes/COVID19Pandemic escalated to the point of closing theaters worldwide, forcing a postponement. By the time ''Mulan'' premiered six months later, it was only in countries that were willing to have a theatrical release -- and that didn't count the United States, where the movie went straight to Creator/DisneyPlus (but under a fee of $30[[note]]for the first three months, after which it would be freely available for all subscribers; the profit from this "Premier Acess" is estimated at [[https://twitter.com/Brian_Markerr/status/1307346094607814656 $62–93 million]][[/note]]) and a few others that chose to get it on Disney's streaming service [[LateExportForYou whenever it arrived]] -- and yet still afflicted enough by COVID to not have all screens available. This, most damningly, included the source of Mulan's story, China, that was expected to be a big market and instead barely cared to watch it. |
| 407 | * ''Film/MulhollandFalls'' (1996) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $11,526,099. Screenwriter Pete Dexter didn't write another screenplay until adapting his novel ''The Paperboy'' in 2012. |
| 408 | * ''Film/{{Multiplicity}}'' (1996) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $21 million. One of several late summer releases that got crushed under ''Film/IndependenceDay''. It got mixed reviews from critics and set back director Creator/HaroldRamis's career [[Film/AnalyzeThis by three years]]. |
| 409 | * ''Film/{{Mumford}}'' (1999) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $4,555,459. Lawrence Kasdan wouldn't go near Disney again for over a decade, but when he finally did, it was with the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, which started with ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. |
| 410 | * ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'' (1999) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $22.3 million. It was rushed into theaters by distributor Creator/ColumbiaPictures, and its financial failure tarnished Jim Henson Productions' film division Jim Henson Pictures along with the subsequent failure of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''. Columbia dropped the label and [[CreatorKiller it was only used as an in-name credit]] for whatever film Henson managed to produced until 2005. In addition, legendary Muppet performer/director Creator/FrankOz has barely been associated with the franchise since. The next 3 Muppet movies were TV movies, and Disney secured the rights to the franchise in 2004 and rebooted the series with ''Film/{{The Muppets|2011}}'' in 2011. |
| 411 | * ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' (2014) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $51,183,113 (domestic), $80,383,290 (worldwide). There have been a number of reasons suggested as to why the film didn't do well as [[Film/TheMuppets2011 its predecessor]], such as [[Film/{{Divergent}} tough]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier competition]], a string of previous [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie family]] [[WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman movies]] likely leaving its audience exhausted, poor timing (part of the film involves Kermit being imprisoned in a Russian gulag; the film came out around the same time as the Ukraine crisis), and an over-reliance on ViralMarketing [[InvisibleAdvertising at the expense of traditional advertisements]]. After this, the future of the Muppets in film seems uncertain. [[Series/TheMuppets2015 A new TV series for ABC]] premiered the following year, but even that failed to reinvigorate the franchise as ratings took a huge downturn, leading it to be axed after only one season. |
| 412 | * ''Film/{{Murder at 1600}}'' (1997) — Budget, [[https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/1997-2/murder-at-1600/ $40-50 million]]. Box office, $25,804,707 (domestically). Wesley Snipes bounced back with ''Film/UsMarshals'' and ''Film/{{Blade}}'', but director Dwight Little would retreat to TV and only get a big release again in 2004. |
| 413 | * ''Film/MurderByNumbers2002'' — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $31,945,749 (domestic), $56,714,157 (worldwide). Director Barbet Schroeder wouldn't return to the director's chair for five years until ''Terror's Advocate''. |
| 414 | * ''Film/{{Music|2021}}'' (2021) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $641,783. Music/{{Sia}}'s directorial debut was met with heaps of backlash over, among other reasons, its stereotypical portrayal of the autistic title character. This, alongside the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, resulted in the film not getting a wide release outside of her native Australia (where the pandemic was handled much better compared to much of the rest of the world by its January 2021 release), though it still performed poorly there. |
| 415 | * ''Film/MusicOfTheHeart'' (1999) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $14,859,394 (domestic). The only time Creator/WesCraven [[PlayingAgainstType went beyond the horror/thriller genre]], other than his segment of ''Film/ParisJeTAime''. This received [[AcclaimedFlop glowing reviews]] and added to Creator/MerylStreep's record Oscar nomination tally. |
| 416 | * ''Film/TheMusketeer'' (2001) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $34,585,771. It opened at number one with a paltry $10.3 million and it went down from there. It didn't help that it came out on [[DumpMonths the first week of September]] and [[FromBadToWorse only a few days before 9/11]], along with getting a viciously negative critical reception. |
| 417 | * ''Film/{{Mutiny on the Bounty|1962}}'' (1962) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $13,680,000. This remake of the 1935 Best Picture Oscar winner suffered a massively TroubledProduction that sent it overbudget, largely due to the [[WagTheDirector antics]] of star Creator/MarlonBrando. Unsurprisingly, the film's poor reception [[StarDerailingRole derailed Brando's career]] until ''Film/TheGodfather''. This was also the last film by veteran director Lewis Milestone, who did a few TV episodes before retiring a few years later. It was still nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but didn't win any. |
| 418 | * ''[[Film/MyAllAmerican My All-American]]'' (2015) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $2,246,000. Much like Disney/Touchstone's Michael Eisner killer ''The Alamo'', most of the few positive reviews for this film came from Texas-based critics (this film was about a University of Texas football player who got cancer with Creator/AaronEckhart as coach Darrell K. Royal), with the reviews in most of the rest of the country being very negative. Its release is also notable in that original distributor Clarius Entertainment went under before the film hit theaters and they transferred it to newcomer Aviron Pictures just so it wouldn't spend time on the shelf. The box office foul was so great, it took Aviron almost two years to get their game back together and announce more projects. |
| 419 | * ''Film/MyBoyfriendsBack'' (1993) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $3.3 million. This horror comedy marked the film debuts of Creator/MatthewFox, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and (in a DeletedScene) Creator/ReneeZellweger. |
| 420 | * ''Film/MyFavoriteMartian'' (1999) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $36,850,101. A failed film version of the classic sitcom that zapped the cinematic careers of writers Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver, who are both doing well on TV. |
| 421 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{My Little Pony the Movie|1986}}'' (1986) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $5,958,456. Creator/{{Hasbro}} (and even Creator/MarvelProductions[=/=]Creator/SunbowProductions) would never reveal the movie's budget but losses from it and ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' are estimated at $10 million combined. Both films also led to the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' movie then in development. This first movie in the ''My Little Pony'' franchise would later become [[VindicatedByHistory vindicated]] through home video sales, and it wouldn't be [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 until 2017]] (during the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fourth generation]]) that another theatrical ''My Little Pony'' movie would get made, though that movie wound up being a success.[[note]]The 2017 movie had a budget of $6.5 million, and pulled in $61 million, earning a tidy profit.[[/note]] |
| 422 | * ''Anime/MyNeighborsTheYamadas'' (1999) — Budget, ¥2 billion. Box office, ¥1.56 billion. Creator/StudioGhibli's adaptation of the ''Nono-Chan'' manga opened to decent critical reviews, but it opened the same day as ''[[Anime/Pokemon2000 Pokémon: The Movie 2000]]'', which overtook it at the box office. This was the penultimate film of Creator/IsaoTakahata's career and it would take fourteen years before he made his next, and final film, ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya''. |
| 423 | * ''Film/MySoulToTake'' (2010) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $20,976,402. The penultimate film of Creator/WesCraven held the record for the worst opening of a wide release 3D film until ''Film/{{GulliversTravels|2010}}''. |
| 424 | * ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' (1988) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $13,854,000 (domestic). This sci-fi comedy was originally written as a horror film before [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio interfered]]. One of a handful of 1988/1989 films that caused the Weintraub Entertainment Group to implode right out of the gates, and one of the movies that ended Coca-Cola's control over Columbia and caused their merger with [=TriStar=] and (much later) Sony. It was probably a victim of poor timing and too much competition as it opened the same day as ''Film/Twins1988'' and only a week after the releases of ''Film/TheNakedGun'' and ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Thankfully for Creator/DanAykroyd and Creator/KimBasinger, they had ''Film/GhostbustersII'' and ''Film/Batman1989'' around the corner, respectively. Aykroyd would later reference the film when [[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E3SpiesReminiscentOfUs guest starring]] on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' while expressing his bewilderment upon hearing Peter Griffin tell him that he has literally seen all of his movies. |
| 425 | * ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (1970) — Budget, $5.385 million. Box office, $4 million. This film version of the Creator/GoreVidal satirical novel suffered from a very TroubledProduction that resulted in an incoherent exercise in bad taste. This was a CreatorKiller for director/co-writer Michael Sarne (whose bizarre behavior on the set contributed to the mess) and a StarDerailingRole for Raquel Welch and Roger Herren (in his only movie role). It also [[AudienceAlienatingEra did no favors]] for Creator/MaeWest, who came out of retirement for this, and she made only one other film, the equally despised ''Film/{{Sextette}}'', eight years later. The film also used StockFootage of classic movies for vulgar punchlines, which prompted a lawsuit from Loretta Young to get her clip out and the White House to order a Shirley Temple clip excised since she was a US Ambassador to Ghana. Finally, it was [[DisownedAdaptation greatly despised]] by Vidal himself, who blamed the film for causing sales of the book to freeze for a decade. Nevertheless, it became something of a CultClassic later on. |
| 426 | * ''Film/MysteryAlaska'' (1999) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $8,898,623. Fortunately for Jay Roach, his next film as director was ''Film/MeetTheParents''. Creator/DavidEKelley, who co-wrote this film, wasn't so lucky; he returned to television after this. |
| 427 | * ''Film/MysteryMen'' (1999) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $33,461,011. Despite some decent reviews, the film flopped, and commercial director Kinka Usher, who made his theatrical debut with this film, never took part in any kind of non-commercial project since. Its BreakawayPopHit, Music/SmashMouth's "All-Star", became far better known for its use in the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' franchise than this film. |
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