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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with some estimates as high as $237 million net loss), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films except ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.

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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly Reportedly [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs the biggest box office bomb of all time, time,]] with some estimates as high as an estimated $237 million net loss), loss. ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films except ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.
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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] as high as $237 million), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films except ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.

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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] estimates as high as $237 million), million net loss), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films except ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.
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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] as high as $237 million), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.

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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] as high as $237 million), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides except ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.
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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $275 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] as high as $237 million), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.

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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $275 $270 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] as high as $237 million), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.
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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $220-275 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU, ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars. Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.

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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $220-275 $275 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU, MCU (and possibly the biggest of all time, with [[https://deadline.com/2024/05/biggest-box-office-bombs-2023-lowest-grossing-movies-1235902825/ some estimates]] as high as $237 million), ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars.dollars (helped largely by its title character being advertised as a major player in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''). Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.
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* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' (2003) -- Budget, $137 million. Box office, $132,177,234 (domestic), $245,360,480 (worldwide). Creator/AngLee's DarkerAndEdgier take on the character infuriated fans and divided critics. While it debuted to a massive $62 million on its opening weekend domestically, it dropped a legendary 70% on its second weekend due to very poor word-of-mouth, ultimately falling short of its production budget domestically. It's big opening and international numbers ''narrowly'' kept it from being a total disaster, enough that Universal would try again with ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', which adopted a more straightforward action/superhero tone, recasted everyone, and kept only vague hints of the two being in the same continuity. This very nearly served as a CreatorKiller for Lee, who bounced back with ''Film/BrokebackMountain''. Later became VindicatedByHistory as ahead of its time, as darker films about superheroes such as ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Logan}}'' found mainstream success in later years.

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* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' '''''Film/{{Hulk}}''''' (2003) -- Budget, $137 million. Box office, $132,177,234 (domestic), $245,360,480 (worldwide). Creator/AngLee's DarkerAndEdgier take on the character infuriated fans and divided critics. While it debuted to a massive $62 million on its opening weekend domestically, it dropped a legendary 70% on its second weekend due to very poor word-of-mouth, ultimately falling short of its production budget domestically. It's big opening and international numbers ''narrowly'' kept it from being a total disaster, enough that Universal would try again with ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', which adopted a more straightforward action/superhero tone, recasted everyone, and kept only vague hints of the two being in the same continuity. This very nearly served as a CreatorKiller for Lee, who bounced back with ''Film/BrokebackMountain''. Later became VindicatedByHistory as ahead of its time, as darker films about superheroes such as ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Logan}}'' found mainstream success in later years.



** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $220-275 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU, ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars. Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Oher critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.

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** '''''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}''''' (2023) -- Budget, $220-275 million. Box office, $84,425,017 (domestic), $205,578,431 (worldwide). Probably ''the'' Box Office Bomb for the MCU, ''The Marvels'' suffered a massive uphill battle despite residual goodwill from its [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 predecessor]] grossing over a billion dollars. Some observers attributed this to "superhero fatigue" finally setting in, as many critics found the film to be unremarkable and largely going through the motions of the dozens of other superhero films of the prior decade. Oher Other critics instead point to Creator/DisneyPlus's oversaturation of MCU content, pointing out that one of the film's main draw was to see Captain Marvel team up with characters from ''Series/WandaVision'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'', with the former only having been in a supporting role and the latter having never before appeared in a film. Not helping things was the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2023 WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes]] hitting in the summer, preventing its main stars from promoting the film until ''the day before its debut''.[[/index]] Its colossal failure (along with the strikes) led Marvel to heavily reconfigure its future plans, pushing back all MCU films besides ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' to 2025.
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* '''''[[Film/Morbius2022 Morbius]]''''' (2022) — Budget, $75-83 million. Box office, $73,865,530 (domestic), $167,460,961 (worldwide). This instalment of Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse was the subject of immense mockery and bewilderment from its very reveal, thanks to it lending focus on a relatively obscure Spider-Man villain with Creator/JaredLeto in the title role, still not having fully recovered from his widely ridiculed tenure as [[Film/SuicideSquad a certain Clown Prince of Crime]]. After multiple delays from its planned July 2020 release window resulting from the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it finally opened in April 2022 to largely negative reception owing to a forgettable story and outdated CGI, though many cited Creator/MattSmith's performance as antagonist Milo as a redeeming quality. More notably, ''Morbius'' developed an ironic fandom in the wake of its release spawning [[Memes/Morbius2022 a multitude of memes]], which somehow convinced Sony to re-release the film in select theatres that June to the tune of just $85,000 - giving it the rare distinction of bombing ''twice''!
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* '''''[[Film/Morbius2022 Morbius]]''''' (2022) — Budget, $75-83 million. Box office, $73,865,530 (domestic), $167,460,961 (worldwide). This instalment of Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse was the subject of immense mockery and bewilderment from its very reveal, thanks to it lending focus on a relatively obscure Spider-Man villain with Creator/JaredLeto in the title role, still not having fully recovered from his widely ridiculed tenure as [[Film/SuicideSquad a certain Clown Prince of Crime]]. After multiple delays from its planned July 2020 release window resulting from the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it finally opened in April 2022 to largely negative reception owing to a forgettable story and outdated CGI, though many cited Creator/MattSmith's performance as antagonist Milo as a redeeming quality. More notably, ''Morbius'' developed an ironic fandom in the wake of its release spawning [[Memes/Morbius2022 a multitude of internet memes]], which somehow convinced Sony to re-release the film in select theatres that June to the tune of just $85,000 - giving it the rare distinction of bombing ''twice''!

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* '''''[[Film/Morbius2022 Morbius]]''''' (2022) — Budget, $75-83 million. Box office, $73,865,530 (domestic), $167,460,961 (worldwide). This instalment of Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse was the subject of immense mockery and bewilderment from its very reveal, thanks to it lending focus on a relatively obscure Spider-Man villain with Creator/JaredLeto in the title role, still not having fully recovered from his widely ridiculed tenure as [[Film/SuicideSquad a certain Clown Prince of Crime]]. After multiple delays from its planned July 2020 release window resulting from the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it finally opened in April 2022 to largely negative reception owing to a forgettable story and outdated CGI, though many cited Creator/MattSmith's performance as antagonist Milo as a redeeming quality. More notably, ''Morbius'' developed an ironic fandom in the wake of its release spawning [[Memes/Morbius2022 a multitude of internet memes]], which somehow convinced Sony to re-release the film in select theatres that June to the tune of just $85,000 - giving it the rare distinction of bombing ''twice''!
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* '''''[[Film/Morbius2022 Morbius]]''''' (2022) — Budget, $75-83 million. Box office, $73,865,530 (domestic), $167,460,961 (worldwide). This instalment of Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse was the subject of immense mockery and bewilderment from its very reveal, thanks to it lending focus on a relatively obscure Spider-Man villain with Creator/JaredLeto in the title role, still not having fully recovered from his widely ridiculed tenure as [[Film/SuicideSquad a certain Clown Prince of Crime]]. After multiple delays from its planned July 2020 release window resulting from the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, it finally opened in April 2022 to largely negative reception owing to a forgettable story and outdated CGI, though many cited Creator/MattSmith's performance as antagonist Milo as a redeeming quality. More notably, ''Morbius'' developed an ironic fandom in the wake of its release spawning [[Memes/Morbius2022 a multitude of internet memes]], which somehow convinced Sony to re-release the film in select theatres that June to the tune of just $85,000 - giving it the rare distinction of bombing ''twice''!
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* '''''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''''' — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $134,806,913 (domestic) , $264,770,996 (worldwide). Only the second film in the newly established Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, it fell well short of even the most generously calculated break-even points. This ended up not mattering as much as it could've because ''Film/IronMan1'', released the same year, overperformed its target quite a bit by grossing $585 million on a slightly smaller budget of $130 million - giving the two movies combined production costs $280m and grosses of $850m, enough for Marvel to then greenlight ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain America|TheFirstAvenger}}'' films for 2011 as well as [[Film/IronMan2 an Iron Man sequel]]. Even still, an underwhelming box office total likely contributed (along with the distribution rights issue with Universal) to the decision to not make another Hulk movie, even after the Marvel Cinematic Universe really took off with ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''; he's been limited to a supporting character in crossovers since.

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* '''''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''''' '''''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}''''' (2008) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $134,806,913 (domestic) , $264,770,996 (worldwide). Only the second film in the newly established Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, it fell well short of even the most generously calculated break-even points. This ended up not mattering as much as it could've because ''Film/IronMan1'', released the same year, overperformed its target quite a bit by grossing $585 million on a slightly smaller budget of $130 million - giving the two movies combined production costs $280m and grosses of $850m, enough for Marvel to then greenlight ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain America|TheFirstAvenger}}'' films for 2011 as well as [[Film/IronMan2 an Iron Man sequel]]. Even still, an underwhelming box office total likely contributed (along with the distribution rights issue with Universal) to the decision to not make another Hulk movie, even after the Marvel Cinematic Universe really took off with ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''; he's been limited to a supporting character in crossovers since.

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* '''''Film/{{Elektra}}''''' (2005) — Budget, $43 million. Box office, $24,409,722 (domestic), $56,681,556 (worldwide). This, along with ''Catwoman'', kept the superheroine genre barren [[Film/WonderWoman2017 for over a decade]], and ended the ''Daredevil'' Marvel movie series after just two films, becoming [[CreatorBacklash a source of shame]] for Jennifer Garner in the process and [[CreatorKiller impaling]] director Rob Bowman's cinematic career as well. Film copyright holders Fox subsequently found themselves unable to reboot the series before the rights reverted to Disney/Marvel, who rebooted it themselves as a successful Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Series/Daredevil2015 show]].

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* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' (2003) — Budget, $137 million. Box office, $132,177,234 (domestic), $245,360,480 (worldwide). Creator/AngLee's DarkerAndEdgier take on the character infuriated fans and divided critics. While it debuted to a massive $62 million on its opening weekend domestically, it dropped a legendary 70% on its second weekend due to very poor word-of-mouth, ultimately falling short of its production budget domestically. It's big opening and international numbers ''narrowly'' kept it from being a total disaster, enough that Universal would try again with ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', which adopted a more straightforward action/superhero tone, recasted everyone, and kept only vague hints of the two being in the same continuity. This very nearly served as a CreatorKiller for Lee, who bounced back with ''Film/BrokebackMountain''. Later became VindicatedByHistory as ahead of its time, as darker films about superheroes such as ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Logan}}'' found mainstream success in later years.
* '''''Film/{{Elektra}}''''' (2005) — Budget, $43 million. Box office, $24,409,722 (domestic), $56,681,556 (worldwide). This, along with ''Catwoman'', kept the superheroine genre barren [[Film/WonderWoman2017 for over a decade]], and ended the ''Daredevil'' Marvel movie series after just two films, becoming [[CreatorBacklash a source of shame]] for Jennifer Garner Creator/JenniferGarner in the process and [[CreatorKiller impaling]] director Rob Bowman's cinematic career as well. Film copyright holders Fox subsequently found themselves unable to reboot the series before the rights reverted to Disney/Marvel, who rebooted it themselves as a successful Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Series/Daredevil2015 show]].



* '''''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''''' — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $134,806,913 (domestic) , $264,770,996 (worldwide) Only the second film in the newly established Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, it fell well short of even the most generously calculated break-even points. This ended up not mattering as much as it could've because ''Film/IronMan1'', released the same year, overperformed its target quite a bit by grossing $585 million on a slightly smaller budget of $130 million - giving the two movies combined production costs $280m and grosses of $850m, enough for Marvel to then greenlight ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain America|TheFirstAvenger}}'' films for 2011 as well as [[Film/IronMan2 an Iron Man sequel]]. Even still, an underwhelming box office total likely contributed (along with the distribution rights issue with Universal) to the decision to not make another Hulk movie, even after the Marvel Cinematic Universe really took off with ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''; he's been limited to a supporting character in crossovers since.

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* '''''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''''' — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $134,806,913 (domestic) , $264,770,996 (worldwide) (worldwide). Only the second film in the newly established Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, it fell well short of even the most generously calculated break-even points. This ended up not mattering as much as it could've because ''Film/IronMan1'', released the same year, overperformed its target quite a bit by grossing $585 million on a slightly smaller budget of $130 million - giving the two movies combined production costs $280m and grosses of $850m, enough for Marvel to then greenlight ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain America|TheFirstAvenger}}'' films for 2011 as well as [[Film/IronMan2 an Iron Man sequel]]. Even still, an underwhelming box office total likely contributed (along with the distribution rights issue with Universal) to the decision to not make another Hulk movie, even after the Marvel Cinematic Universe really took off with ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''; he's been limited to a supporting character in crossovers since.
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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SleeperHit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The movie's creation and bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, when their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.

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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SleeperHit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The movie's Its creation and bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, when their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.
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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SleeperHit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.

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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SleeperHit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The movie's creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with when their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.
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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[Sleeper Hit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.

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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[Sleeper Hit ''[[SleeperHit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.
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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.

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* '''''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]''''' (2015) — Budget, $155 million (not counting marketing costs), $200 million (counting them). Box office, $56,117,548 (domestic), $167,397,693 (worldwide). Fans and copyright holder Disney/Marvel were already annoyed at Fox's [[AshCanCopy ill-fated attempt to hold on to the]] ''Fantastic Four'' franchise despite the middling performances of [[Film/FantasticFour2005 the 2005 film and its sequel]]. The movie's TroubledProduction saw director Creator/JoshTrank exhibit bad behavior that cost him a ''Star Wars'' directing job. Creator/MarvelComics seemingly did everything in their power ''not'' to promote it, and the evisceration by the critics, fans, ''and'' general audience led this to be the worst-performing superhero-based movie since ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', eventually becoming the second movie on this page to win the Razzie for Worst Picture (and somehow it was once again in a tie with [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey another movie]]). It didn't even win on its opening weekend, losing to ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', which premiered a week prior. Its nuclear failure morphed Fox's entire fiscal year into a severe financial loss, [[StillbornFranchise crushed their plans for a sequel]], and [[CreatorKiller played a very significant part in Fox's acquisition by Disney]]. It also derailed Trank's career, turning his name into instant sarcasm-bait as a latter-day Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}. As if adding insult to injury, Fox's next Marvel movie, ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', utterly demolished expectations, earning back its ~$60 million budget ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome ''[[Sleeper Hit thirteen times over]]'', making this movie's entire lifetime's gross earnings in its '''''opening weekend''''' (that film was rated R and therefore somewhat out of Disney's comfort zone, but in contrast to ''[=Fant4stic=]'', they did ''not'' have a problem with creating merchandise for that film or allowing Marvel executives to praise it). As for other members of the crew, all four "Fantastics" in the movie regret starring in it, with Creator/MilesTeller and Creator/TobyKebbell seeing serious [[StarDerailingRole career difficulties]] (Teller's next ''five'' films would all seriously bomb). The creation of the movie and its bombing led Marvel to deep freeze the entire ''Fantastic Four'' franchise until 2018, with their comic was re-released and they were placed back in video games months later, before another, much-anticipated reboot in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was announced for 2025 with Matt Shakman directing.

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