History BoxOfficeBomb / KThroughM

* ''Film/{{Kin}}'' (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.

* ''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/MonstersInc''. 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''.

* ''Film/{{Loving}}'' (2016) -- Budget, $9 million. Box office $7,592,362. Despite [[AcclaimedFlop universal acclaim]] and being an awards front-runner.

* ''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/MartinScorcese'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 Scorcese 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.

* ''Film/KillersOfTheFlowerMoon'' (2023) -- Budget, $200 million. Box office, $157,026,901.

* ''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. ''Long 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.

* ''Film/Kansas City'' (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.

* ''Film/{{Kansas City|1996}}'' (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.

* ''Film/MedicineMan'' (1992) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $45 million. The first film produced by Cinergi Pictures 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''.

* ''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/{{Anonymous}} box]] [[Film/WhiteHouseDown office]] [[Film/{{Stonewall|2015}} losing]] [[Film/IndependenceDayResurgence streak]].

* ''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 Carey's performance as Kaufman earning particular praise, [[AudienceAlienatingPremise but interest in the subject matter just wasn't there]] and Carey'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 Carey's star power would guarantee a successful Christmas release.[[/note]] Director Creator/MilosForman would take another hiatus before his final film, ''Film/GoyasGhosts''.

* ''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. Director Creator/MilosForman would take another hiatus before his final film, ''Film/GoyasGhosts''.

* ''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 currently 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.

* ''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 currently the largest confirmed box office loss in history. 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.

* ''Film/TheMissing'' (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.

* ''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. ''Long 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.

* ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' (1949) — Budget, $1.8 million. Box office, $1.9 million. Recorded loss, $675,000. This SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/KingKong'', 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.

* ''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]] [[WTHCastingAgency in]] [[WTHCostumingDepartment a dress."]] Gere also earned derision from the Razzies, getting nominated for his role, and director Creator/BruceBeresford admitted Gere was miscast.

* ''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 [[WTHCastingAgency out of place]]. It's since become a CultClassic.

* ''Film/{{Mame}}'' (1974) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $6.5 million. This musical adaptation of ''Literature/AuntieMame'' was lambasted for its [[WTHCastingAgency 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.

* ''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 [[WTHCastingAgency its casting of]] Creator/PeterOToole (whose singing was dubbed) and Creator/SophiaLoren (who wasn't).

* ''[[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 [[WTHCastingAgency 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.

* ''Literature/{{Maradonia|Saga}} and the Shadow Empire'' (2016) — Budget unknown but expensive enough to get the creators evicted from their house. Box office: Unknown, but can safely be assumed to be tiny, as the film was only showed once in one theater (which the creators had to rent out).

* ''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, but it has since become a CultClassic for its DeconstructorFleet style.

* ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' (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.

* ''Film/{{Kin}}'' (2018) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $10 million. 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.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'': While it hoped to ride both the goodwill of ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]'' and the coattails of the monster success of ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' and continued the film series' streak of great reviews, the film ended up underperforming due to several factors. The TroubledProduction during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic had the budget inflate to about $290 million, which meant a very high breaking point. ''Film/SoundOfFreedom'' provided an unexpectedly strong (albeit controversial) counter-programming in its first week that held a grip on older viewiers, and its second weekend (and pretty much the rest of its run) ended up caught in the "Barbenheimer" (''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' and ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'') phenomenon, diverting media attention and younger (and older) viewers away from it and causing a sharp box office drop. On top of this, ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' could only secure Creator/{{IMAX}} screens (which are a strong box office asset of the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' series since ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'') for a mere week before ''Oppenheimer'' monopolized them, much to Creator/TomCruise's ire. In the end, it grossed $560 million and is set to lose Paramount about $40 million.

* ''Film/TheMeteorMan'' (1993) — Budget, $30 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]].

* ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin'' (2006) — Budget, $27 million. Box office, $22,495,466 (domestic), $56,308,881 (worldwide). Critics weren't kind to this action comedy for its attempt [[FollowTheLeader to follow]] ''Film/PulpFiction's'' style, but audiences were more forgiving.