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| 8 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'' (2019) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $32,450,241. This animated feature based on the line of dolls didn't do so beautifully in theaters, with families either continuing to see last week's smash ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' or waiting it out for ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' instead, which was released the following week to great success. On average, it received a 30% "Rotten" score on Website/RottenTomatoes, with most critics calling it "well-meaning but derivative". Plans for an animated series appear to have fallen apart. |
| 9 | * ''Film/{{UHF}}'' (1989) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $6,157,157. This Music/WeirdAlYankovic vehicle had the misfortune of opening during an absolutely brutal summer blockbuster season, facing competition with the likes of ''Film/LethalWeapon2'', ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'', ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'', ''Film/GhostbustersII'', ''Film/LicenceToKill'', ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', and Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''. ''UHF'' got lost in the shuffle, and has since become a scapegoat for the demise of Creator/OrionPictures, who thought its great test screenings would make the film competitive despite the packed summer. It [[VindicatedByCable sold well on home video]] and is considered a CultClassic by Weird Al fans, but Weird Al fell into a slump that wouldn't lift until ''Music/OffTheDeepEnd'' and stayed away from live-action films until ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'' 33 years later. |
| 10 | * ''Film/{{Ultraviolet|2006}}'' (2006) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,535,812 (domestic), $31,070,211 (worldwide). ExecutiveMeddling took this film out of director/writer Kurt Wimmer's hands to hastily cut thirty minutes of footage and secure a PG-13 rating, leading to several unfinished effect shots left in the final cut and predictably awful reviews. Wimmer and star Creator/MillaJovovich [[CreatorBacklash disowned the final product]] due to this studio interference, and Wimmer wouldn't return to a director's chair until the 2020 adaptation of ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn''. |
| 11 | * ''Film/UnaccompaniedMinors'' (2006) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $21,949,214. Based on a story featured in ''This American Life'', this family movie's critical and financial takedown sent Creator/PaulFeig to "movie jail." He was let out five years later to do ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''. |
| 12 | * ''Literature/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing'' (1988) — Budget, $17 million. Box office, $10,006,806. An AcclaimedFlop. Director Philip Kaufman would thankfully have better success the following decade. |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheUnbearableWeightOfMassiveTalent'' (2022) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,300,157 (domestic), $29,116,320 (worldwide). This meta comedy starring Creator/NicolasCage AsHimself received [[AcclaimedFlop good reviews]] but struggled to compete with [[WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022 more]] [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 high-profile]] [[Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore competition]]. |
| 14 | * ''Unbroken: Path to Redemption'' (2018) - Budget, $6 million. Box office, $6.2 million. This sequel to 2014's ''Film/{{Unbroken}}'' had almost none of the cast or crew of the original film and was greeted with an even worse critical reception. |
| 15 | * ''Uncle Nino'' (2003) - Budget, $2.5-3 million. Box office, $165,000. This family comedy starring Creator/JoeMantegna and Creator/AnneArcher struggled to find a distributor that the producers ended up making a deal with a theater in Grand Rapids, Michigan in order to get it released at all. ''Uncle Nino'' ended up becoming a surprise hit in Grand Rapids and played there for over a year. It ended up getting a wide release in 2005, where critics (and audiences) were not as receptive. |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{The Undefeated|2011}}'' (2011) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $116,381. The documentary was ripped to pieces and only got a limited release in ten AMC theatres. UsefulNotes/SarahPalin's agenda in creating the movie was also undermined when she opened this film the same day as the final ''Film/HarryPotter'' [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart2 film]]. This was also one of the last films by ARC Entertainment that saw a US theatrical release; Most of their work since has been straight-to-video or foreign releases. |
| 17 | * ''Film/UnderCapricorn'' (1949) -- Budget, $2,500,000-$3,000,000. Box office, $1,500,000-$2,668,000. Creator/AlfredHitchcock's costume drama was both a critical and commercial failure in large part due to [[AudienceAlienatingPremise expectations that it would be a thriller like a number of his other films,]] and was a CreatorKiller for Transatlantic Pictures, Hitchcock's production company, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff In France, it's been hailed as one of Hitchcock's masterpieces,]] but remains for the most part the director's lesser-known films. |
| 18 | * ''Film/UnderFire'' (1983) - Budget, $9.5 million. Box office, $5,696,391. An AcclaimedFlop, though director Roger Spottiswoode (''Film/TurnerAndHooch'') and co-writer Ron Shelton (''Film/BullDurham'') would both do better later in the decade. |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Under Suspicion|1991}}'' (1991) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $221,295. Simon Moore would only direct one more film after this one, afterwards sticking to TV work. |
| 20 | * ''Film/UnderSuspicion'' (2000) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $260,562. It's an understandable gross considering that its widest release was in 19 theaters and it got a mixed reception from critics. Director Stephen Hopkins wouldn't helm another theatrically-released film in seven years until ''Film/TheReaping''. |
| 21 | * ''Film/UnderTheCherryMoon'' (1986) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $10 million. Though the film flopped, it did well enough in Europe to allow Warner Bros. to greenlight Music/{{Prince}}'s next film project, ''Film/GraffitiBridge''. Later became a CultClassic on home video. |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Under the Rainbow}}'' (1981) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $18,826,490. Director Steve Rash didn't direct again for another 6 years until ''Film/CantBuyMeLove''. |
| 23 | * ''Film/UnderTheSkin'' (2014) — Budget: £8 million ($13.3 million). Box office: $7.2 million. This sci-fi thriller [[AcclaimedFlop received glowing reviews]] but never left a limited release. |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Underclassman}}'' (2005) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $5,879,555. One of several Creator/{{Miramax}} films that were placed on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to Miramax's financial difficulties and the Weinsteins' split from Disney. It was given a limited release of 1,132 theaters and dropped out after seven weeks. Director Marcos Siega made one more feature film before he went to TV and music videos. |
| 25 | * ''Film/UndercoverBlues'' (1993) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $12,324,660. This was Creator/HerbertRoss' penultimate film and part of a string of busts for Creator/KathleenTurner. It didn't help that the critics didn't like it to begin with. |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheUnderneath'' (1995) — Budget, $6.5 million. Box office, $536,023. One of several films in 1995 that earned Gramercy Pictures closure threats from Universal. |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Underwater}}'' (2020) -- Budget, $50-80 million. Box office, $17,291,078 (domestic), $40,882,928 (worldwide) This sci-fi thriller was filmed in 2017 but [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment sat on the shelf until]] [[DumpMonths January 2020,]] where it quickly sunk towards the bottom of the box office charts. It was also the final film from Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox to be released under that name before their new parent company Creator/{{Disney}} renamed them to 20th Century Studios to distance them from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp, and in particular, Fox News. |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Undiscovered}}'' (2005) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1,069,318. According to Box Office Mojo, this film has the [[MedalOfDishonor second largest second-weekend drop]] of any wide release at 86.4%. |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Undisputed}}'' (2002) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,220,548. This was the third of a [[Film/LastManStanding1996 trio]] [[Film/{{Supernova}} of bombs]] for director Creator/WalterHill, who wouldn't direct another theatrically released film until ''Film/BulletToTheHead'' eleven years later. It was also the final film written by David Giler before his death in 2020. Did well enough on home video to spawn a few DirectToVideo sequels. |
| 30 | * ''Film/{{Unfinished Business|2015}}'' (2015) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $14,431,253. This marked the lowest opening for Creator/VinceVaughn's career and its critical and financial drubbing took it down after six weeks. |
| 31 | * ''Film/AnUnfinishedLife'' (2005) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $18,618,284. Its widest release was in 888 theaters for six weeks. |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{Unforgettable|1996}}'' (1996) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $2,483,790. Critics and audiences found this sci-fi thriller forgettable and it killed off producer Bill Geddie's writing career after one movie (his TV career survived). |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Unforgettable|2017}}'' (2017) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $11,368,012 (domestic), $17,768,012 (worldwide). Critics found this erotic thriller entirely forgettable and it withered away after six weeks. |
| 34 | * ''Film/AUnitedKingdom'' (2017) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $3,902,185 (domestic), $13,819,139 (worldwide). [[AcclaimedFlop Critics liked it]] though. |
| 35 | * ''Film/UnitedPassions'' (2015) — Budget, $30 million ($25 million from FIFA's own coffers). Box office, '''''$607''''' (domestic), $171,511 (worldwide). Effectively a propaganda piece for the FIFA sports organization, the film premiered [[OvershadowedByControversy just after several FIFA officials were arrested on corruption charges]], which made it all the more reviled for its melodramatic attempts to [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade paint FIFA executives as saint-like figures]] (in one scene, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sepp Blatter]] hands [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Nelson Mandela]] a FIFA cup thanks to greenscreen technology). It only showed in ten theaters in the USA, and earned [[MedalOfDishonor the rare 0% on]] WebSite/RottenTomatoes. Creator/TimRoth, who played Sepp Blatter in the film, expressed his hatred for it and stated [[MoneyDearBoy he only took the role for the money]]. Director Frédéric Auburtin has not directed another film. |
| 36 | * ''Film/UniversalSoldierTheReturn'' (1999) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $10,717,421. Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme didn't return to the big screen again until his self-titled movie and wouldn't be fully visible again until the second ''Expendables'' adventure from Sylvester Stallone. The movie has also since been Retconned out of existence by the sequels, which went the direct-to-video route and garnered much more acclaim. |
| 37 | * ''[[Film/DannyTheDog Unleashed]]'' (2005) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $24,537,621 (domestic), $50,871,113 (worldwide). It was an AcclaimedFlop and its box-office numbers, while not impressive, exceeded distributor Rogue Pictures' expectations. It's a CultClassic in Asia thanks to Creator/JetLi. |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'' (2010) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $81,562,942 (domestic), $167,805,466 (worldwide). In spite of positive reviews, opening between ''Westernanimation/{{Megamind}}'' and ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter]]'' hurt its chances. This was the last film by Creator/TonyScott before his suicide two years later. |
| 39 | * ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'' (1991) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $829,675. This was hit with InvisibleAdvertising by Warner Bros. and was buried in an extremely limited release. Contemporary reviewers like Creator/RogerEbert criticized the film for its length and slow-narrative, though [[VindicatedByHistory time has been kinder to it]]. A nearly five-hour director's cut was released in 2015. |
| 40 | * ''Film/{{Untraceable}}'' (2008) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $28,687,835 (domestic), $52,659,594 (worldwide). This pulled the plug on Gregory Hoblit's directorial career. |
| 41 | * ''Film/UsedCars'' (1980) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $11.7 million. This early Creator/RobertZemeckis and Bob Gale comedy scored highly [[AcclaimedFlop with critics]] and audiences [[note]]Even earning Columbia's highest test ratings at the time[[/note]] but it still didn't break even. That it was released a week after the similarly zany ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' didn't help its case. It still became a CultClassic. |
| 42 | * ''Film/UsedPeople'' (1992) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $17,957,265 (domestic). Co-executive producer Lloyd Levin did not get a producer credit on another theatrical film for 5 years. |
| 43 | * ''Film/USSIndianapolisMenOfCourage'' (2016) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII drama was released digitally in October and in a limited theatrical release on Veterans Day. It was heavily panned by critics and quickly faded away at the box office. The budget was likely ballooned by production accidentally sinking a real WWII-era seaplane while filming. |
| 44 | * ''Film/UTurn'' (1997) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $6,633,400. This was the first released film written by Creator/JohnRidley, which was based on his novel, ''Stray Dogs''. His actual debut as a screenwriter and director, ''Cold Around the Heart'', was actually shot first, but was released a month later. Its financial failure continued an unlucky streak for director and co-writer Creator/OliverStone. |
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| 48 | * ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' (2017) — Budget, $180-$220 million. Box office, $40,479,370 (domestic), $224,648,882 (worldwide). Costing €197,470,000, this film holds the record for the most expensive French film ever produced. It unfortunately couldn't make its budget back and was already being called a bomb during its ''first week of release''. Reasons include its lack of star power, [[Film/{{Dunkirk}} stiff]] [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming competition]], middling reviews, and being compared negatively to earlier sci-fi films (even though [[ComicBook/{{Valerian}} the source material]] [[OnceOriginalNowCommon influenced many of them]]). Part of a [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 bad]] [[Film/ACureForWellness string]] for star Dane [=DeHaan=], [[Film/{{Pan}} another]] [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 low-rated]] film for Cara Delevingne's burgeoning film career, and a [[Film/TheSpaceBetweenUs bad]] [[Film/TheCircle2017 year]] for distributor Creator/STXEntertainment; none of them would remain prominent much longer. This was a massive blow to director Creator/LucBesson, as the debts from the film caused him to lose his control of Creator/EuropaCorp, while Edouard de Vesinne [[CreatorKiller lost his job as its CEO]]. |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' (2005) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $19,478,106 (domestic), $61,746,888 (worldwide). This UsefulNotes/WorldWarII pigeon movie was the first film by Vanguard Animation. It was also the briefly the [[MedalOfDishonor lowest-grossing CGI-film of all time]] until ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout2005 Doogal]]'' beat it the following year. |
| 50 | * ''Film/{{Valmont}}'' (1989) — Budget, $33 million. Box office, $1,132,112. The second film version of ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'' [[DuelingMovies released within a year]]. It got decent reviews but bombed hard enough to not exit out of limited run. Milos Forman would not work again until 1996. |
| 51 | * ''Film/VampireAcademy'' (2014) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $15,391,979. A young adult ParanormalRomance came out when the genre was dying. A TV series is currently in production for Creator/{{Peacock}}. |
| 52 | * ''[[Film/JohnCarpentersVampires Vampires]]'' (1998) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $20,308,772. Second to last in a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter. |
| 53 | * ''Film/TheVanishing'' (1993) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $14,543,394. This [[ForeignRemake English remake]] of the Dutch film, both directed by George Sluizer, was heavily criticized for its AdaptationalAlternateEnding. |
| 54 | * ''Film/VanishingOn7thStreet'' (2010) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $1,068,682. This film was a setback to Brad Anderson's directing career and put the overall careers of the brothers Christensen, Hayden and older brother Tove, on life support for a few years. |
| 55 | * ''Film/VanityFair'' (2004) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $19,463,155. This adaptation of the William Makepeace Thackeray novel got a mixed reception from critics and debuted [[DumpMonths on Labor Day weekend]] on 1,051 theaters. It only topped out at three more theaters before it ended its run a few months later. |
| 56 | * ''Film/{{Vatel}}'' (2000) — Budget, $37 million. Box office, $51,080. Roland Joffe wouldn't work in cinema again until ''Film/{{Captivity}}'' seven years later. |
| 57 | * ''Film/TheVaticanTapes'' (2015) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,784,763 (domestic), $11,680,747 (worldwide). Mark Neveldine's (of Neveldine/Taylor) first solo film as director lasted four weeks in theaters before it was exorcised. |
| 58 | * ''Film/VegasVacation'' (1997) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $36,400,360 (domestic), $37,327,592. The fourth film in the ''Vacation'' series knocked Creator/ChevyChase off the A-List and prevented the production of further films in said franchise [[Film/{{Vacation}} for 18 years.]] |
| 59 | * ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'' (1998) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $4.3 million. This ode to the 1970s glam rock scene got mixed reviews and was buried in a limited release. Nonetheless, it managed to pick up [[CultClassic a strong cult following]] in the [[VindicatedByHistory years since its release]]. |
| 60 | * ''Film/VeronicaGuerin'' (2003) — Budget, $17 million. Box office, $9,439,660. This {{biopic}} of the Irish journalist received mixed reviews and struggled in its limited release. It still got Creator/CateBlanchett a Golden Globe nomination. |
| 61 | * ''[[Film/VIWarshawski V.I. Warshawski]]'' (1991) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $11.1 million. Arguably a StarDerailingRole for star Creator/KathleenTurner. Any attempt to make a franchise out of Sarah Paretsky's crime novels were shot down when this film failed at the box office. |
| 62 | * ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' (1988) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $1,883,811. One of the biggest critical and commercial duds of 1988, Creator/GeneSiskel accused it of ripping off ''Film/RomancingTheStone''. It put a B-list handicap on director Ken Kwapis's career right away and prompted Music/CyndiLauper to not take a leading role in another major movie. |
| 63 | * ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (2018) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $47,836,282 (domestic), $76,073,488 (worldwide). Adam [=McKay=]'s biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney received a polarized response from critics, who deemed it either an {{Anvilicious}} or brilliant satire while praising Creator/ChristianBale's performance as Cheney and the film's Oscar-winning makeup. It also contributed to a bad year for Creator/AnnapurnaPictures. |
| 64 | * ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'' (2015) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $34,227,298. Managed to set the new record for lowest opening gross in 2,500+ theaters, taking that title from ''Won't Back Down'' (surpassed a few years later by the small budget horror film ''Friend Request''). The film's critical and commercial failings may very well have electrocuted the careers of its makers: director Paul [=McGuigan=] would make just one more film before going into television, while writer Creator/MaxLandis (coming off another flop in ''Film/AmericanUltra'') would remain in the spotlight for only a few more years before his career was totally derailed by abuse allegations. |
| 65 | * ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' (1983) — Budget, $5,952,000. Box office, $2,120,439. This film got great reviews, but was also noted for its bizarre horror content ([[SignatureStyle a trend]] with Creator/DavidCronenberg films). |
| 66 | * ''Film/{{View From the Top}}'' (2003) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $19,526,014. This was supposed to have been released in December 2001 but it was booked into TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment because of 9/11. It was finally released the week the Invasion of Iraq began. The terrible reviews ensured it an unhappy flight at the box office. |
| 67 | * ''Film/{{Vikingdom}}'' (2013) — Budget, 15.6 million RM (approx $3.9 million). Box Office, 550,796 RM (approx $138,000). Yes, the movie barely scraped back a fraction of its budget, despite being billed as Malaysia's biggest blockbuster ever made with an International audience in mind. KRU studios will focus its subsequent projects as music videos instead of films. |
| 68 | * ''Film/{{Village of the Damned|1995}}'' (1995) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $9.4 million. Part of a string of directing career-ending bombs for Creator/JohnCarpenter, and it's one of the final theatrical roles taken by Christopher Reeve (the film was also released a month before Reeve's severe horseriding accident). |
| 69 | * ''Film/{{Violets are Blue}}'' (1986) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $4,743,287. Jack Fisk's second film as director was the last one which starred his wife, Creator/SissySpacek. |
| 70 | * ''Film/VirginTerritory'' (2007) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $5,410,749. This film version of ''Literature/TheDecameron'' was the last film directed by David Leland, the last film for legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, and one of the last nails in the coffin for post-Star Wars Hayden Christensen. It crashed and burned so badly in the international box-office that it was released DirectToVideo in the US. |
| 71 | * ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' (1995) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $24 million. Critics and audiences didn't care for it upon release but it later became a CultClassic [[JustHereForGodzilla primarily for]] Creator/RussellCrowe's [[LargeHam scenery-chewing performance]] as the BigBad [[RetroactiveRecognition in one of his first American films]]. |
| 72 | * ''Film/{{Virus}}'' (1999) — Budget, $75 million. Box office, $30.6 million. This adaptation of [[AdaptationDisplacement the obscure graphic novel]] was universally panned by critics for being derivative of other sci-fi works. This was the only feature film directed by visual effects supervisor John Bruno and it [[CreatorKiller ended Dennis Feldman's writing career]]. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[CreatorBacklash has nothing nice to say about it]]. |
| 73 | * ''{{Film/Volcano}}'' (1997) — Budget, $90 million. Box office, $49,323,468 (domestic), $122,823,468 (worldwide). This movie was mocked and scorned by critics and geologists for attempting to have a volcano appear in L.A's La Brea Tar Pits, and it came out only [[DuelingWorks two months after another volcano disaster film]], ''Film/DantesPeak'' (which got a slightly better reception overall). ''Volcano'' liquidated the cinematic directing career of Mick Jackson, resulted in writer Billy Ray not getting another theatrical writing credit for 5 years, and was one of a handful of late '90s films that, along with studios blackballing her for coming out of the closet, derailed the top tier career of Anne Heche. |
| 74 | * ''Film/{{Voyagers|2021}}'' (2021) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $4,269,415. This was one of a handful of films to get a wide theatrical release in April 2021 when movie theaters were just starting to recover from the still-ongoing UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic (only ''Film/{{Mortal Kombat|2021}}'' and the US release of ''[[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugan Train]]'' saw any real success that month). Whatever minor chance it had at making its budget back was shot when Lionsgate dumped this with InvisibleAdvertising just a week after ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' began dominating the otherwise-weak box office, resulting in the film flopping hard enough to get pulled after only five weeks in favor of ''Film/{{Spiral|2021}}''. The poor reviews didn't help either. |
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| 78 | * ''Film/{{Waking the Dead}}'' (2000) — Budget, $8.5 million. Box office, $327,418. One of the movies that led to Gramercy Pictures winding up in the morgue until 2015. Director Keith Gordon didn't direct for 3 years and has never produced another film. |
| 79 | * ''Film/WalkHardTheDeweyCoxStory'' (2007) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $18,317,151. It failed to surpass its budget despite a major marketing push and being [[AcclaimedFlop one of the more highly praised]] parody films. The crowded holiday competition that year didn't help either. |
| 80 | * ''Film/{{Walker|1987}}'' (1987) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $257,043 (domestic). This film and ''Straight to Hell'''s very poor performances immediately sentenced ''Film/RepoMan'' director Alex Cox to the C-list of Hollywood moviemakers; he has only been able to scrape enough money to make DirectToVideo films since. |
| 81 | * ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' (1997) — Budget, $36 million. Box office, $6,633,341. This was the only film financed by toy and plastics magnate Joe Law, whose sons (Dennis, Ron, Christopher, and Jeremy), were the producers. Although a DirectToVideo sequel was made, any attempts to make a franchise out of this movie about karate kangaroos went up in smoke, and the Law brothers never produced another film after the sequel came out. This film knocked out the career of lead Mario Yedidia, who never appeared in another full-length theatrical film, and director Ronny Yu's next producing credit came in 2006. |
| 82 | * ''Film/TheWarriorsWay'' (2010) — Budget, $42 million. Box office, $11,087,569. This martial arts fantasy spent two years on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment due to financial difficulties before it was dumped on the post-Thanksgiving weekend. It ended up being one of the year's biggest bombs. This is [[OneBookAuthor the only film]] for writer/director Sngmoo Lee and the only Hollywood film for star Jang Dong-gun. |
| 83 | * ''Film/TheWatcherInTheWoods'' (1980/1981) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $5 million (approximate). Disney initially rushed this film into release to coincide with star Creator/BetteDavis' 50th anniversary in show business, leading to a key special effects sequence unfinished before its New York premiere in 1980. After the premiere screenings received negative reviews, Disney pulled the film from release and rereleased it the following year with a new ending. The studio wrote off $6.7 million as a result of the film's commercial failure, but it became a CultClassic, inspiring a made-for-TV remake in 2017. |
| 84 | * ''Film/{{Waterland}}'' (1992) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $1,100,218. |
| 85 | * ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'' (1970) — Budget, $25-40 million. Box office, $1.4 million (domestic). The exact budget has never had an single concrete confirmation (Creator/RogerEbert says he was told $25 million, other sources say it went at high as $38-40 million) but nevertheless, it was reported to be gigantic. Producer Dino De Laurentiis blamed it on the studios not letting him use the actors he wanted and sticking him with cast that had "no star power". It was rumored that this film's failure was what caused MGM to scrap their plans for funding Creator/StanleyKubrick's ''Napoleon'' movie; MGM denied this, however. |
| 86 | * ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) - Budget, $175 million (roughly $225 million in total costs). Box office, $88.2 million (domestic), [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff $264.2 million (worldwide)]]. The most expensive film ever at the time of its release, thanks to a TroubledProduction that drove it over $60 million overbudget. ''Waterworld'' was lambasted by the press, ripped apart by critics, and is considered to have been a massive bomb in North America. The perception of the scope of its failure mainly came from US reporters in the 1990s not having access to data from international market where the film did absolute gangbusters, though it was only enough to make it a mild bomb instead of a legendary one when accounting for taxes and ancillary costs. It was a massive setback for Creator/KevinCostner. Later became a CultClassic thanks to strong home video sales and [[Theatre/WaterworldALiveSeaWarSpectacular an incredibly successful stunt show]] keeping it in the public consciousness. |
| 87 | * ''Film/{{The Way Back|2020}}'' (2020) — Budget, $21-25 million. Box office, $14,690,514. This Creator/BenAffleck sports drama [[AcclaimedFlop received very good reviews]] but crashed and burned due to coming out right as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US. |
| 88 | * ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'' (2000) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $13,069,740. Creator/ChristopherMcQuarrie's first directorial outing after his Oscar win for writing ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', he would take over a decade to direct another film with ''Film/JackReacher''. Part of a 2000/2001 slate that put production company Artisan Entertainment on life support; they would rebound the next year before being absorbed by Lionsgate. Later gained a [[CultClassic cult following]] for its BlackComedy take on Neo-Noir tropes and [[ShownTheirWork realistic firearms handling]]. |
| 89 | * ''[[Film/WE2011 W.E.]]'' (2011) — Budget, £11 million ($15 million U.S.). Box office, £560,645 ($868,439 U.S.). Writer Alek Keshishian's career got put on hold pending several David Fincher projects, and Music/{{Madonna}} has yet to make another feature-length film, though she won a Golden Globe for her song "Masterpiece". |
| 90 | * ''Film/WeAreYourFriends'' (2015) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3.6 million (domestic), $11.1 million (worldwide). On its opening weekend, it only averaged $758 per theater. |
| 91 | * ''Film/{{The Weight of Water}}'' (2000) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $321,279. The movie sat on the shelf for two years in the United States before being dumped out to theaters in 2002. Released during a packed season and competing with films such as ''[[Series/{{Jackass}} Jackass: The Movie]]'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' gave it no chance. |
| 92 | * ''[[Film/WelcomeHome1989 Welcome Home]]'' (1989) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $1,048,322. This was released two months after the death of director Franklin J. Schaffner and eight months after the death of co-star Trey Wilson. |
| 93 | * ''[[Film/WelcomeHomeRoxyCarmichael Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael]]'' (1990) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $3,989,287. Karen Leigh Hopkins didn't get another screenwriting credit until 1998. Director Jim Abrahams, however, recovered the following year with ''Film/HotShots''. |
| 94 | * ''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'' (2018) — Budget, $39 million. Box office, $12,463,520. This combination of live-action humans and CGI dolls got generally negative reviews, tied with fellow bomb ''Action Point'' for the worst opening weekend of the year, and lasted just four weeks in cinemas. Creator/SteveCarell's career survived, but it marked the second straight bomb from legendary director Creator/RobertZemeckis (after ''Film/{{Allied}}''), whose subsequent films have all gone direct-to-streaming. |
| 95 | * ''Film/{{Welcome to Mooseport}}'' (2004) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $14,615,099. The film's failure prompted Creator/GeneHackman to retire from acting altogether. |
| 96 | * ''Film/{{Welcome to Sarajevo}}'' (1997) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $334,319. It [[AcclaimedFlop received strong reviews]] and several awards but it never left a limited release. This didn't slow down director Michael Winterbottom's career in the slightest. |
| 97 | * ''Film/WelcomeToTheRileys'' (2010) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $317,382. Possibly the lowest performing film to involve Ridley and Tony Scott. Writer Ken Hixon's career was thrown out the window after this movie, and Ridley's son Jake Scott has yet to make another feature film, plus co-producer Scott Bloom's career took up residence in DevelopmentHell. |
| 98 | * ''Film/TheWendellBakerStory'' (2005) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $153,169. Originally premiering at Austin's South By Southwest, it did not get a theatrical release until 2007. It's one of the lowest (perhaps THE lowest) grossing films that Luke and Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes, and Will Ferrell have ever been in. |
| 99 | * ''Film/WereNoAngels'' (1989) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $10,555,348. This remake of the 1955 film of the same name, itself based on the play ''My Three Angels'', was Creator/NeilJordan's first American film. It got a mixed reception from critics, many of whom felt the humor fell flat and that the talent (including stars Creator/SeanPenn and Creator/RobertDeNiro and screenwriter Creator/DavidMamet) were wasted. |
| 100 | * ''Film/WestSideStory2021'' - Budget, $100 million. Box office, $38,530,322 (domestic), $76,016,171 (worldwide). Creator/StevenSpielberg’s take on [[Theatre/WestSideStory the classic musical]] [[AcclaimedFlop received near-unanimous praise from critics]], with many considering it to be just as great if not better than the [[Film/WestSideStory1961 1961 version.]] However, its box office receipts were seriously hampered by poor timing, between cases of the Omicron variant of COVID making older audiences wary to go out and younger audiences being more interested in the juggernaut that was ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. Not helping matters was star Creator/AnselElgort being accused of sexual assault between the movie's filming and COVID-delayed release. |
| 101 | * ''Film/WhatPlanetAreYouFrom'' (2000) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $14,145,677. This Sci-Fi SexComedy was the first and only film with Creator/GarryShandling in the lead role. Critics found no signs of intelligent humor in the film and it was cast out of theaters after four weeks. |
| 102 | * ''Film/WhenTimeRanOut'' (1980) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $3,763,988. This film was released one year after another Irwin Allen bust, ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'', and after THIS bombed, Allen's career sank for good. It also liquidated the careers of writers Stirling Silliphant and Carl Foreman along with director James Goldstone and the man behind the movie's infamous special effects, L.B. Abbott (Silliphant would remain a B-level writer for 7 years before [[Film/OverTheTop another flop]] shot him down altogether). |
| 103 | * ''Film/WhereTheHeartIs'' (1990) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $1,106,475. This critically panned comedy dealt a huge blow to Creator/JohnBoorman. He directed two short films before his next feature film, 1995's ''Beyond Rangoon''. |
| 104 | * ''Film/WhereTheMoneyIs'' (2000) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $7,243,669. One of the last-credited movies for Gramercy Pictures until 2015; Universal had already sold the company to the USA Network around this time. This failed to attract its intended senior citizen demographic despite the presence of Creator/PaulNewman; this ended up being the legendary actor's last starring role in a film. Director Marek Kanievska didn't direct again for 4 years, and writer E. Max Frye's writing career was put in its own cemetery until 2014. Also one of the films that helped signal the end of Creator/LindaFiorentino's career. |
| 105 | * ''[[Film/WheredYouGoBernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette?]]'' (2019) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $9.6 million. More like "Where'd the Box Office Go, Bernadette?" |
| 106 | * ''Film/WhispersInTheDark'' (1992) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $11,124,511. This was the last film Christopher Crowe directed, though he had better luck that year as co-writer of ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans''. |
| 107 | * ''Film/TheWhiteCountess'' (2005) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $4,092,682 (worldwide). This is the last film for producer Ismail Merchant, who died in May of that year. |
| 108 | * ''Film/WhiteDog'' (1982) — Budget, $7 million (estimated). Box office, $46,509 (no, you didn't read it wrong). Noted for its especially TroubledProduction, suffering from [[ExecutiveMeddling having its American release pulled]] courtesy of distributor Creator/{{Paramount}} because of accusations of being racist (the film centered around a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin white dog]] [[spoiler:terrorizing and maiming African Americans]]). Said treatment of this film prompted director Creator/SamuelFuller to retreat to France ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff where his films were much better received]]) and never made another Hollywood film again. However, it was generally acclaimed by critics, and after it was finally released on DVD in 2008, the general public has repeatedly criticized Paramount for withholding its release, given that it teaches an important lesson of America's [[DarkAndTroubledPast damning record of racism]]. |
| 109 | * ''Film/WhiteMansBurden'' (1995) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $3,560,725. Ended up being the only theatrical film Desmond Nakano directed. This was also the final theatrical film released by Creator/SavoyPictures, which ended its interest in film production a few months prior and closed a few years later. |
| 110 | * ''Film/WhiteSands'' (1992) -- Budget, $22 million. Box office, $9,011,574. Screenwriter Daniel Pyne waited six years to write his next non-television screenplay. |
| 111 | * ''Film/WhiteSquall'' (1996) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $10,292,300. It was the second film by Creator/RidleyScott (after ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'') to bomb at the box office, putting him one step away from complete CreatorKiller. |
| 112 | * ''Film/WhiteWaterSummer'' (1987) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $300,859. Its poor box-office is due to Columbia Pictures only releasing it in the Pacific Northwest. |
| 113 | * ''Film/{{Whiteout}}'' (2009) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $17,840,867. The movie was shelved for two years before getting sent out to die during a bad month. |
| 114 | * ''[[Film/WhitneyHoustonIWannaDanceWithSomebody Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody]]'' (2022) - Budget, $45 million. Box office, $59.7 million. This attempt to cash in on the craze of musician {{Biopic}}s stumbled out the gate (including changing its title to add Music/WhitneyHouston's name a week before release) and was met with mixed reviews. |
| 115 | * ''Film/WhosThatGirl'' (1987) — Budget, $17-20 million. Box office, $7,305,209. This and ''Film/ShanghaiSurprise'' resulted in Music/{{Madonna}} minimizing her movie career. |
| 116 | * ''Film/TheWickedLady'' (1983) — Budget, $8 million (estimated). Box office, $724,912. This remake of the 1945 Gainsborough melodrama was shredded by critics and audiences. Its failure killed off plans for a franchise. |
| 117 | * ''Film/WickedStepmother'' (1989) — Budget, $2.5 million (estimated). Box office, $43,749. The film's TroubledProduction saw Creator/BetteDavis, in her final film, walk off the set after a week due to CreativeDifferences with director/writer Larry Cohen, though he attributed her departure to her failing health [[note]]She passed away eight months after the film's release.[[/note]]. Cohen salvaged the film by introducing an [[TheNthDoctor Nth Doctor]] situation in which Davis' character swaps bodies with her on-screen daughter, Barbara Carerra, while the other inhabits the body of a cat. While the film was buried on release, it became a CultClassic down the line. |
| 118 | * ''Film/WideAwake'' (1998) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $282,175. If you're wondering why it was that low, it only got shown in less than 30 screens across the country. The movie sat on a shelf for three years before the studio dumped it out with minimal marketing. [[Creator/MNightShyamalan The film's director]] [[Film/TheSixthSense bounced back very hard the following year]]... |
| 119 | * ''[[Film/WildBill1995 Wild Bill]]'' (1995) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $2,193,982. Director Creator/WalterHill blamed bad marketing for the film’s failure, specifically the trailers that the studio put together. |
| 120 | * ''Film/WildCard'' (2015) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $6.7 million. Creator/WilliamGoldman's second attempt at adapting his novel ''Heat'', which was filmed by that title in 1986. This was hit with InvisibleAdvertising (a trailer appeared a month before its release) and had a simultaneous VOD and limited theatrical release. This was Goldman's final film before his death in 2018. |
| 121 | * ''Film/TheWildParty1975'' - Budget, $900,000. Box office, unknown. James Ivory's film version of the James Moncure March poem, itself loosely based on the Creator/FattyArbuckle scandal, played in Boston and Denver before its rancid critical and audience reception killed its plans for a wider release. Ivory blamed its failure on ExecutiveMeddling which re-edited the film into a mess of MoodWhiplash. |
| 122 | * ''Film/WildTarget'' (2010) — Budget, 5 million pounds sterling. Box office, 2.15 million pounds sterling. Director Jonathan Lynn hasn't had his name attached to any movies since this one. |
| 123 | * ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) - Budget, $170-241 million. Box office, $113,804,681 (domestic), $222,104,681 (worldwide). Director Creator/BarrySonnenfeld endured much ExecutiveMeddling from producer Jon Peters during production, which involved costly reshoots with Peters insisting on the crude humor that critics would rip into the film for. Star Creator/WillSmith famously joked that "That's how big I am. I bomb over a hundred million.", but Sonnenfeld, Smith and most of the cast were quick to voice their displeasure with the final product, along with the cast of the [[Series/WildWildWest original television show]] including Creator/RobertConrad, who personally accepted the multiple [[MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] the film won. This effectively [[CreatorKiller ended]] Sonnenfeld's film career outside of ''Franchise/MenInBlack'', while Jon Peters has only produced on four films since. Its failure is also credited for [[GenreKiller killing interest]] in fantastical Westerns for over a decade and also signaled the end of the Renaissance that Western films enjoyed throughout the 1990s. |
| 124 | * ''Film/{{Willard}}'' (2003) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $8,546,666. This remake of the 1971 horror film fell flat at the box office despite generally good reviews. Glen Morgan directed only one other film, another horror remake, ''Film/BlackChristmas2006''; the [[ExecutiveMeddling trouble he had working on that]] lead to him sticking to TV. |
| 125 | * ''Film/{{Wind}}'' (1992) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $5,519,569. This yacht-racing drama was the last movie Creator/JenniferGrey made before her infamous rhinoplasty and part of a long streak of bombs for Creator/MatthewModine. |
| 126 | * ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}'' (2002) — Budget, $115 million. Box office, $77,628,265. This alleged biopic about the WWII Navajo code talkers was roundly criticized for barely touching on this subject and spending more time on Creator/NicolasCage's character. This turned out to be an expensive flop for the frequently-troubled MGM, and the commercial results of this film and ''{{Film/Paycheck}}'' the next year ended Creator/JohnWoo's Hollywood career. |
| 127 | * ''Film/WingCommander'' (1999) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $11,578,059. A case of VideoGameMoviesSuck despite having the programmer behind the games, Chris Roberts, directing the movie. It also didn't help that 20th Century Fox rushed the film into theaters to capitalize on Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr's newfound fame. ''Wing Commander'''s failure not only killed Roberts' career for several years, it was also responsible for destroying the actual game franchise (this is one of at least two instances on this list where the main man behind the video game franchise failed to direct a successful movie adaptation of it and saw their careers shelled; the other is Hironobu Sakaguchi and ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''). This movie was also the beginning of a rut that Prinze would be stuck in during the early 2000s that would quickly end his brief time as a leading man. |
| 128 | * ''Film/WinterKills'' (1979) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $1,083,799. This adaptation of the Richard Condon novel was financed by two mob-connected marijuana dealers, Robert Sterling and Leonard Goldberg. The production [[TroubledProduction proved nightmarish]] as it shut down multiple times due to financial issues, Goldberg was murdered and Sterling was sentenced to prison. The director and cast made ''The American Success Company'' in the interim, which was successful enough to finance the rest of the film. Ultimately, InvisibleAdvertising and ExecutiveMeddling from Avco Embassy Pictures iced the film. A director's cut re-release in 1983 helped turn the film into a CultClassic. |
| 129 | * ''Film/WintersTale'' (2014) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $31,125,231. Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut was this film version of the Mark Helprin novel. It was a critical and financial fiasco which ultimately left theaters after seven weeks. After a number of bombs, Creator/ColinFarrell more or less had his leading man card revoked for big budget features, though he remained prolific as a supporting actor and in smaller films. |
| 130 | * ''Film/{{Wired}}'' (1989) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $1,089,000 (domestic). Producer Edward Feldman accused backer and talent mogul Michael Ovitz of sabotaging the biography on Creator/JohnBelushi in a 2005 book, and his co-star from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', Creator/DanAykroyd, along with preview audiences, was hostile towards the final version of his portrayal, which bombed heavily. The infamously botched portrayal of Belushi [[CreatorKiller zapped]] [[StarDerailingRole the careers]] of the majority of the crew (journalist Creator/BobWoodward, who is one of the two reporters credited with unveiling the Watergate scandal, was credited, and never dealt with anything not political again), with Feldman and star Creator/MichaelChiklis being the only major names to recover. |
| 131 | * ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' — Budget, $200 million. Box office, $64 million (domestic), $253.2 million (worldwide). The 62nd film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon was the most hyped-up (and merchandised!) since ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', as it was intended to cap off the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary celebration]] for the company; instead, it ended up becoming one of many films released by Disney in 2023 to seriously underperform financially (with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' being the only film under Disney’s umbrella to not underperform expectations or outright lose money), costing the studio [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ $131 million]]. The mixed-to-negative reviews, which took the film to task for its [[ClicheStorm derivative story]], mediocre songs, and distracting CompanyCrossReferences, and stiff competition from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'', ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'', and (of all movies) ''Film/Napoleon2023'' during its opening week (with ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' and ''Film/{{Wonka}}'' coming a few weeks later to further divert family audiences) didn’t help matters. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It did noticeably better overseas than in the states]], though not enough to push the film to profitability, and to its credit, it was still much less of a financial bomb than the previous DAC film, ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld''. |
| 132 | * ''Film/WithoutLimits'' (1998) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $777,423. One of two competing biopics about track runner Steve Prefontaine, preceded a year earlier by ''Prefontaine'', starring Creator/JaredLeto. This film blew down Creator/RobertTowne's career; he wrote ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'', but didn't direct again until 2006 with ''Ask the Dust''. It did get great reviews. |
| 133 | * ''Film/TheWiz'' (1978) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $13,600,000. This film adaptation of [[Theatre/TheWiz the African-American musical]] rendition of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' was the most expensive musical at the time. It departed significantly from the source material to accommodate Diana Ross's casting as Dorothy, a role she actively campaigned for. Her [[QuestionableCasting casting]] bore the brunt of the film's tepid reviews and the film proved a StarDerailingRole for her acting career. This also proved to be Music/MichaelJackson's only major film role, though his and Ross's music careers survived. Its failure discouraged major studios from producing films with All-Black casts for a good while; it would be a solid four decades before an All-Black tentpole [[Film/BlackPanther2018 was attempted again (and actually succeeded big time).]] It also put a dent in Motown Productions' prospects and they only produced one more film after this. Its soundtrack, particularly the single "Ease on Down the Road", [[CultSoundtrack became a smash hit]], which helped the film become a CultClassic later down the road. |
| 134 | * ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'' - Budget, $100-130 million. Box office, $137.7 million. This adaptation of a children's classic was met with mixed-to-negative reviews for the performances and some of the creative choices from director Creator/AvaDuVernay in her first big budget children's film (she had previously made serious dramas and documentaries); she spent the next five years exclusively directing TV. |
| 135 | * ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' - Budget, $150 million. Box office, $142.6 million. Another attempt from Universal to remake its monster canon with a blockbuster-level budget that fell flat. Also another bomb from director Creator/JoeJohnston; even the success of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' the following year wasn't enough to rescue him from a stint in movie jail he's yet to truly emerge from. |
| 136 | * ''WesternAnimation/WonderPark'' (2019) - Budget, $80-100 million. Box office, $119.6 million. An extremely TroubledProduction that saw both the director and a major member of the voice cast removed due to [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor inappropriate behavior]] doomed this children's movie well before release. Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} were forced to either under-market the movie or risk even worse press coverage, and they chose the former. The film was intended to serve as the pilot to an already-produced TV series like previous Nick-sponsored movies like ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'', but it performed so poorly and had such a negative stink attached to it that [[StillbornFranchise nothing from the series]] [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment has ever been released]]. |
| 137 | * ''[[Film/WontBackDown Won't Back Down]]'' (2012) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $5,714,913. This SaveOurStudents film is notable for having the third worst opening gross for a movie in 2,500+ theaters; it was panned critically and garnered controversy for its negative depiction of teachers' unions. Director Daniel Barnz would helm just one more film, ''Film/Cake2014'', which similarly underperformed. |
| 138 | * ''Film/{{The Work and the Glory}}'' (2004) — Budget, $7,500,000. Box office, $3,347,647. Possibly the most expensive [[MediaNotes/MormonCinema LDS film]] ever made, the film failed to break even because it didn't play in enough theaters to do so. That didn't stop the producers from making two sequels, possibly amplified by DVD sales. |
| 139 | ** ''Film/{{The Work and the Glory}} II: American Zion'' (2005) — Budget, $6.5 million. Box office, $2,025,032. The sequel failed to even outgross its predecessor and this would be the only release from Vineyard Distribution. Again, the producers relied on DVD sales to justify one more sequel. |
| 140 | ** ''Film/{{The Work and the Glory}} III: A House Divided'' (2006) — Budget, $6.5 million. Box office, $1,325,092. The lowest grossing film in the series and the final film venture for Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, who would pass away in 2009. |
| 141 | * ''Film/WrestlingErnestHemingway'' (1993) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $278,720. |
| 142 | * ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' (1998) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $9,600,000. Hurt director Pat Proft's theatrical career for a while, though he did rebound five years later with ''Scary Movie 3''. |
| 143 | * ''Film/WyattEarp'' (1994) — Budget, $63 million. Box office, $25,052,000. This movie's existence came about when Creator/KevinCostner disagreed with the director of ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' over character writing, and he made this with Creator/WarnerBros ([[DuelingMovies another chapter]] in the Creator/{{Disney}} vs Warner rivalry; Disney distributed ''Tombstone'' through Hollywood Pictures). Costner tried to pressure other studios to not distribute ''Tombstone'' before Disney picked that film up, and it ultimately didn't help much when ''Tombstone'' beat ''Wyatt Earp'' to theaters and did well critically and financially, whereas the latter got mixed reviews and couldn't make up the budget. This was one of [[Film/{{Waterworld}} three]] [[Film/ThePostman major]] films that sunk Costner's A-list status in the mid '90s. |
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| 147 | * ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'' (1980) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $22.8 million. Michael Beck quoted this movie as, "[[StarDerailingRole closing the doors that]] ''Film/TheWarriors'' [[StarDerailingRole opened]]" [[note]]This quote is the page quote for StarDerailingRole.[[/note]]. It was also a StarDerailingRole for Creator/GeneKelly, who did not play another fictional character for the rest of his life. The failure of this film, along with ''Two of a Kind'' three years later, also killed Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's promising career as a leading lady in feature films. Along with ''Can't Stop The Music'', ''Xanadu'' inspired the creation of the [[MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]]. |
| 148 | * ''Film/XXxStateOfTheUnion'' (2005) — Budget, $87-113 million. Box office, $71,022,683. Creator/VinDiesel being replaced by Music/IceCube due to script issues killed audience interest in this sequel. Not only did it receive significantly worse reviews compared to the first film, its total domestic gross ($26 million) was just over half of what the first film made in its opening weekend alone. This dealt a big blow to director Lee Tamahori's career (who had previously directed ''Film/DieAnotherDay'') and its failure played a big role in [[TrendKiller killing the trend]] of action films centered on extreme sports. The ''xXx'' film series stalled out for 11 years, with the [[Film/XXXReturnOfXanderCage next film]] making a point to bring back Diesel in a starring role. |
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| 152 | * ''Film/TheYards'' (2000) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $889,352. Was shelved for two years until Creator/{{Miramax}} quietly shoved it out to limited theaters. Director James Gray wouldn’t release another film until ''We Own the Night'' seven years later. |
| 153 | * ''Film/{{Year of the Comet}}'' (1992) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $2,791,515. It's one of three 1992 bombs that set Creator/WilliamGoldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. The film prompted actor Louis Jourdan to retire, and Peter Yates only directed one more mainstream film. |
| 154 | * ''Film/YearOfTheGun'' (1991) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $1,182,273. This Creator/JohnFrankenheimer thriller helped knock [[Creator/BratPack Andrew McCarthy]] off of the A-List. |
| 155 | * ''Film/YesGiorgio'' (1982) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $2,279,543. Luciano Pavarotti's first and last movie, and a critical hit to Franklin J. Schaffner's career; the director wouldn't direct again until 1987, and he only made two more movies before dying in 1989. |
| 156 | * ''Film/{{You and I}}'' (2011) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $908,578. This premiered in the Cannes Film Festival in '''2008''' and saw its release date pushed back again and again before it finally debuted in Russia in 2011. It went DirectToVideo in the US in 2012. It proved another career-low for director Roland Joffe. |
| 157 | * ''Film/YourHighness'' (2011) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $24,856,478. This fantasy spoof became one of the year's most critically reviled films due to its reliance on VulgarHumor. Creator/JamesFranco [[CreatorBacklash isn't really proud of it]]. |
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| 161 | * ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'' (1970) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $1 million. Michelangelo Antonioni's counterculture drama was shredded by critics and audiences for its droning plot and disaffected characters. It's since been VindicatedByHistory thanks to its stunning cinematography and soundtrack from the likes of Music/PinkFloyd and Music/TheGratefulDead. |
| 162 | * ''Film/ZeroEffect'' (1998) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2,087,741. Jake Kasdan's directorial debut was this SettingUpdate of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story ''A Scandal in Bohemia.'' It got generally good reviews but a paltry limited release of 129 theaters. That didn't stop Kasdan from attempting to pitch a TV series based on the movie to NBC, thought it never made it past the pilot. It later became a CultClassic. |
| 163 | * ''Film/TheZeroTheorem'' (2014) — Budget, $8-13 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This Creator/TerryGilliam sci-fi film premiered the previous year at the Venice Film Festival and its US theatrical release spanned all of ''five weeks at 63 theaters''. Critics gave it mixed reviews, while audiences not familiar with Gilliam's style generally stayed away. |
| 164 | * ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' (2006) — Budget, $75.6 million. Box office, $12,506,188. This was delayed when Fox and Marvel sued the creators for the film being too similar to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', but it did no good. This was the final nail in the A-level cinematic coffin of director Peter Hewitt and may have also played a part in sending Creator/TimAllen and Creator/CourteneyCox back to television. |
| 165 | * ''Film/ZorroTheGayBlade'' (1981) — Budget, $12.6 million. Box office, $5.1 million (domestic). Director Creator/PeterMedak didn't work on another theatrical film until ''The Men's Club'' five years later. Creator/GeorgeHamilton, who [[ActingForTwo played both Zorros]], also stuck to TV until ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather Part III]]'' in 1990. |
| 166 | * ''Film/ZyzzyxRoad'' (2006) — Budget, $1.2 million. Box office, '''''$30'''''. Yes, '''thirty bucks''', or ''six'' tickets (two sold to a makeup artist who worked on the film; the director returned their money, so the film had a net box office profit of $20). The film received only a one-week domestic release (playing one screen in Dallas) to comply with [[UsefulNotes/UnionsInHollywood Screen Actors Guild]] rules. The producer had no intention otherwise of opening it in the U.S. until after it had foreign distribution. However, it only made around $368,000 internationally by the end of 2006. While the tiny investment made in it doesn't ''technically'' make it a "bomb", there is no better title to end this alphabetized list. |
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