Box Office Bomb cleanup

harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012

It's either real or it's a dream

#26: Aug 8th 2022 at 10:42:10 PM

Is it fine to go a bit ahead in the cleanup? I've found plenty of examples in later pages that clearly don't quality, but I worry it might interfere with what Laserviking42 is already doing.

gjjones Musician/Composer from South Wales, New York Since: Jul, 2016

Musician/Composer

#27: Aug 8th 2022 at 10:43:15 PM

I have no objections to it.

Edited by gjjones on Aug 8th 2022 at 1:56:17 PM

He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.

laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#28: Aug 8th 2022 at 10:50:16 PM

Please do, pick a spot further down the alphabet and start from there. Will speed things up immensely.

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#29: Aug 8th 2022 at 11:08:01 PM

Next set:

Be-Bi

The Beach Bum (2019) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $4,552,695. Harmony Korine's follow-up to Spring Breakers opened to $1.7 million, making it the lowest opening weekend in Matthew McConaughey's career.not enough of a loss, cut
The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $73,956. Jennifer Warren's directorial debut. She only directed one more film in 2000 and stuck mainly to acting. Part of a series of bombs that derailed I.R.S. Records' ill-fated film division.with no budget, its hard to say what the loss was, cut
The Beast (1988) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $161,004. This was one of several films greenlit by David Puttnam during his tenure as president of Columbia Pictures that the studio left out to dry.keep
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $869,325. The remaining Beastmaster sequels went Direct to Video.keep
The Beautician and the Beast (1997) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $11.4 million. Fran Drescher's first and only theatrical lead role, and her last live-action theatrical appearance overall. This and Dunston Checks In also sent helmer Ken Kwapis' career into the river until the middle of the 2000's.keep
Beautiful Creatures (2013) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $19,452,138 (domestic), $60,052,138 (worldwide). This intended first film of The Caster Chronicles vanquished plans for its sequels with its underperformance. It was also the first of three films that killed interest for Paranormal YA adaptations.made its money worldwide, cut
The Beaver (2011) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $970,816 (domestic, no typos there), $6,370,816 (worldwide). Directed by Jodie Foster, this turned out to be a botched comeback attempt for Mel Gibson as his personal troubles continued to overshadow his career (Hacksaw Ridge managed to restore his reputation instead). Foster would not direct another movie until 2016's Money Monster, 5 years later.keep
Bébé's Kids (1992) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $8,442,162. This Animated Adaptation of Robin Harris' stand-up act was the first animated film aimed mainly at African-American audiences. Its Saturday-Morning Cartoon art style and risque humor led to an Uncertain Audience. It later became a Cult Classic and director Bruce W. Smith rebounded with The Proud Family.not enough of a loss, cut
Bee Season (2005) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $6,856,989. The film version of Myla Goldberg's novel was the last collaboration between Naomi Foner and Scott McGehee before their divorce in 2009. They had a few more credits individually since then.keep
Before And After (1996) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $8,797,839. This film was part of a string of flops for Barbet Schroeder and it sent screenwriter Ted Tally off-screen until All the Pretty Horses.keep
Before I Fall (2017) — Budget, $5 million (not counting marketing costs), $25 million (counting them). Box office, $12,241,072 (domestic), $14,065,693 (worldwide). This was one of the highest grossing independent films of the year but its huge marketing costs killed its chances for success.made its money (bareky) worldwide, cut
Before I Go to Sleep (2014) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $15,447,154. The last of three busts for distributor Clarius Entertainment. The company was forced to give up the rest of its slate and cease operations the following year.keep
Being Human (1994) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $1,519,366. The victim of Executive Meddling which resulted in director Bill Forsyth disowning the film.keep
Being Julia (2004) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $14,339,171. This is the last American film director Istvan Szabo has been involved with.keep
Beloved (1998) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $22,852,487. The film version of Toni Morrison's novel, produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey, was greeted warmly by critics and coldly by audiences. Disney quickly forced it out of theaters to make way for Adam Sandler's The Waterboy, which despite good success was hated by critics. Its failure was a major blow for Winfrey, who wouldn't produce another theatrical film again until The Great Debaters.keep
Below (2002) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $605,562. This World War II horror film topped out at 353 theaters and sunk after three weeks. It also didn't help that it suffered from Invisible Advertising so bad, there wasn't a trailer, poster, or official website less than two weeks before its release. keep
Belzebuth (2019) — Budget, $3,600,000. Box office, $1,541,490.keep
Ben-Hur (2016) — Budget, $100 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $26,410,477 (domestic), $94,061,311 (worldwide). Originally meant to open in February before being moved against the 2016 Rio Olympics, the remake of the 1959 cinematic classic got clubbed by critics and finished nowhere close to even a bronze showing at the cinema circuit (much less gold or silver), partially due to those bad reviews, partially due to the idea of remaking Ben-Hur and its iconic chariot race at all (and this is after the other two adaptations from 1907 and 1925), and partially due to opening behind Suicide Squad and the last few stragglers in the 2016 Summer Bomb Buster and against the closing ceremonies of the Olympics^note. This unfortunately became the biggest bomb of that summer (Rolling Stone called the experience "A Remake Disaster of Biblical Proportions."), and was the very last straw for Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, who resigned under bad circumstances the day this film opened (Paramount invested in this bomb alongside MGM, which is the studio that produced the 1925 and 1959 Ben-Hur films). It and director Timur Bekmambetov's previous film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, could potentially cause his directing career to crash into the wall, and the line of Paramount flops in 2016 plus 2017's Monster Trucks ultimately sent the studio's president, Brad Grey, out the door as well (Grey would die of cancer a few months later).made its money worldwide, also incredibly wordy, cut
Benji the Hunted (1987) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $22,257,624. This movie and Full Metal Jacket several weeks later found themselves front-and-center on Siskel & Ebert when Ebert praised this movie and panned the latter, the inverse of Siskel's ratings, which was something that angered Siskel (said moment was referenced on The Critic). The Benji film series and director Joe Camp took a 17-year retirement after this movie (Camp moved into horse training).without budget costs, cut
Beowulf (2007) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $82,280,579 (domestic), $196,393,745 (worldwide). This is the final film for co-writer Roger Avary, who was arrested on manslaughter and a DUI two months after the film hit theaters, which landed him in jail for several months.made its money worldwide, cut
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $75,868. In case you're wondering, that's just over one percent of its budget. That's an understandable gross considering it topped out in 23 theaters and was gone after three weeks.keep
Best Defense (1984) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $19,265,302. This critically savaged comedy opened at number 2 behind Ghostbusters, but fell flat immediately. Dudley Moore had better luck that year with Micki + Maude, as did Eddie Murphy with Beverly Hills Cop, but director Willard Huyck would only direct one more film, Howard the Duck. Eddie Murphy was hired by Paramount to help save the film after horrible test screenings prompted a complete overhaul of the plot. Murphy soon treated the film as Old Shame, admitting on Saturday Night Live that even though he thought that the script was terrible, he did it anyway for the money. It also didn't help that Paramount only hired Murphy after principal photography ended.made its money, cut
Best Laid Plans (1999) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $27,816. Its widest release was in 5 theaters.keep
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) - Budget, $35 million. Box office, $69.7 million (domestic gross), $47.3 million (domestic rentals). The Intentionally Awkward Title of this Broadway musical adaptation gave Universal's marketing department a few hurdles; some areas either censored the title or banned ads. Nevertheless, it was the fourth highest grossing musical of The '80s, even if it didn't break even. It's also best remembered for the first screen appearance of "I Will Always Love You", a decade before Whitney Houston immortalized it in The Bodyguard.made its money, cut
The Best of Times (1986) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $7,790,931. This sports comedy proved a minor speed bump for all the major players involved.keep
Betsy's Wedding (1990) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $19.7 million. Arguably the end of Molly Ringwald's stardom, as afterwards she wouldn't do another theatrical film role for six years.keep
Bewitched (2005) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $63,313,159 (domestic), $131,426,169 (worldwide). Made ideas of more adaptations of the classic television show go "poof". Writer Delia Ephron's career also vanished, and her sister Nora's directing career would disappear for another four years before she directed what became her final film, Julie & Julia.made its money worldwide, cut
Beyond Borders (2003) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $11,705,002. After this film, production company Mandalay Pictures slowed down their output heavily.
Beyond Skyline (2017) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $992,181 (worldwide). This sequel to Skyline was seen as vast improvement over the critically mauled original, but it was only released in a handful of international markets. The US got it Direct to Video.keep
Beyond Re-Animator (2003) - Budget: $3,000,000, Box Office: $302,586keep
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) — Budget, $10,000,000. Box office, $2.1 million. This sequel to The Poseidon Adventure was greeted with none of the critical or financial success of its predecessor.keep
Beyond the Sea (2004) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $8,447,615. This Bobby Darin biopic is the last movie Kevin Spacey has directed to date.keep
The BFG (2016) — Budget, $140 million. Box office, $55,483,770 (domestic), $182,968,754 (worldwide). This adaptation of the Roald Dahl book got positive reviews, but due to Disney focusing all of their advertising on Finding Dory, and a falling out between studio Dream Works/Amblin Entertainment and Disney that led to the former studios jumping ship to Universal, the film barely got much attention. It didn't help that it was released during a very busy summer. This is also one of the lowest-grossing movies in Steven Spielberg's career, and this is the final movie Melissa Mathison wrote before her death the year prior. It stands as the latest Acclaimed Flop to be based off of Dahl's work.made its money worldwide, cut
Bicentennial Man (1999) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $87,423,861. A hard hit to Robin Williams' career, and the film that led to his second feud with The Walt Disney Company, who produced this film alongside Columbia.keep
The Big Blue (1988) — Budget, 80 million French Francs (roughly $14 million or €11.5 million). Box office, $3,580,882.^note One of a handful of 1988/1989 films that caused the Weintraub Entertainment Group to implode right out of the gates, and one of the movies that ended Coca-Cola's control over Columbia and caused their merger with Tristar and Sony, and this one was heavily edited and received a different ending for the U.S. release, which was panned by critics.confusingly written, I say cut
The Big Bounce (2004) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $6,807,176. This had a troubled post-production when producer Steve Bing suddenly demanded director George Armitage edit the movie to a PG-13. He reluctantly complied, quit the film and the end result was lambasted by critics. Armitage has yet to make another film.keep
Big Bully (1996) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $2,042,350. One of the 3 career-halting films with Tom Arnold released that year and was also the last theatrical live-action movie that Rick Moranis would star in (though it was less to do with this movie and more to do with his wife's passing).keep
Big Fish (2003) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $66,809,693 (domestic), $122,919,055 (worldwide). Tim Burton's film version of the John August novel got plenty of glowing reviews and awards nominations, but fell short of its budget likely due to its competition that season. This was infamously the inspiration for Spalding Gray to commit suicide.made its money worldwide, cut
The Big Kahuna (2000) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $3,728,888. John Swanbeck's directorial debut and his only film. Screenwriter Roger Rueff, who adapted his own play Hospitality Suite into this film, didn't have another film credit until he remade his play into a 2016 short.keep
Big Miracle (2012) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $24.7 million. It got pretty good reviews, but director Ken Kwapis wouldn't return to the director's chair until 2015's A Walk in the Woods. This was also arguably, a star derailing role for Drew Barrymore. She has only done two movies since (Blended with Adam Sandler, which wasn't as widely accepted by audiences as their previous two pairings, The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates, and a low budget, British film called Miss You Already) and has more recently, transitioned into television.keep
The Big Picture (1989) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $117,463. After this film, Richard Gilbert Abramson never produced another theatrically-released film (his next project was Theodore Rex, which was denied a cinema run).keep
Big Stan (2007) — Budget, $7.5 million. Box office, $8.7 million. Rob Schneider's directorial debut fell flat on its face, with critics singling out badly timed gags, lazy jokes and obsession with rape-based humor.made its money, cut
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15,122,324. The director of the original Pee-wee Herman film, Tim Burton, did not return for this sequel due to commitments on Batman (1989). It was also poorly received by critics and was dumped into theaters amongst a Bambi reissue, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Fish Called Wanda, and other movies. This and the aforementioned Big Picture popped the career balloon of producer Richard Gilbert Abramson. It not only ended the Pee-Wee movie series after two features, it was also the beginning of the end for Pee-wee's Playhouse as well; it ended its run two years later, and not helping matters was Paul Reubens' infamous nudie theater incident the year after. It would be a quarter-century before Netflix revived Pee-wee Herman on a visible basis.keep
The Big Town (1987) — Budget, $17 million. Box office, $1,733,000. This was released a week after the abrupt resignation of Columbia Pictures president David Puttnam. This was the only feature film directed by Ben Bolt, a replacement for Harold Becker, and he went back to TV ever since.keep
The Big Trail (1930) — Budget, $1.76 million. Box Office, $945,000 (rentals). Recorded Loss, over $1 million. John Wayne's debut as a leading man was one of the first films shot in 70mm. Barely any theaters were equipped to show the film, thus leading to a standard 35mm version being shot simultaneously with the 70mm version, but it wasn't enough to save the film at the box office and it quickly rode off into the sunset. Wayne ended up starring in B-westerns until his actual Star-Making Role in Stagecoach nine years later.keep
Big Trouble (2002) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $8,493,890. As noted above, the film was all set to be released, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it was pushed back to avoid implications of being too similar to the attacks, since the movie's climax involves hijacking an airplane. It didn't help.keep
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) — Budget, $20 million (not counting marketing costs), $25 million (counting them). Box office, $11.1 million. This movie's original failure in theaters thanks to distributor 20th Century Fox also releasing Aliens the next week led to director John Carpenter to return to lower budget features and got a planned sequel cast into limbo until BOOM! comics continued it in 2014. Carpenter would not return to directing big budget features until the 90's, by which point he got ensnared in a line of bombs that knocked out his directing career. This movie quickly became a Cult Classic on home video and with critics.sadly keep, one of my favorite films but oh well
The Big Wedding (2013) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $21,819,348 (domestic), $48,425,971 (worldwide). This was universally panned by critics despite its All-Star Cast and is one of many flops for Katherine Heigl.made its money worldwide, cut
Big Wednesday (1978) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $4.5 million. John Milius's surfing drama wiped out in the states, but made a bigger splash in Japan ^note.keep
The Big Year (2011) — Budget, $41 million. Box office, $7.4 million. Despite three bankable names in the lead roles, an established supporting cast, and a director whose two previous films grossed well over $100 million, Fox dumped this film in theaters with a misleading trailer and no promotion. Its failure might partly explain why Steve Martin has mostly retired from acting and focused on his music career.keep
Bigger Than the Sky (2005) — Budget, $750,000. Box office, $21,398. This film was dumped into limited release to fulfill a contractual obligation with MGM and the film’s producers that the studio inherited from Orion Pictures.keep
Biggles (1986) - Budget, £7 million. Box office, £1.45 million (British release), $112,132 (US release). The first film of W.E. Johns's adventure novels tried to Follow Back To The Futures success by introducing a time-traveling angle, but it crashed and burned in its native UK and in its American release two years later, which made future cinematic adventures very unlikely. It also marked Peter Cushing's final film before his death in 1994.keep'
Biker Boyz (2003) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $23,510,601. The second and last theatrical movie directed by Reggie Rock Blythewood, who went to TV work after this. It opened at number three and quickly crashed and burned afterwards.not a big enough loss, cut
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) - Budget, $25 million. Box office, $6,274,027 (worldwide). A casualty of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as widespread lockdowns had left theaters mostly devoid of filmgoers if they were open at all. Despite a Sequel Gap of twenty-nine years since Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, critics faced the music with open arms as a much-needed burst of optimistic energy in an otherwise depressing year. It also benefitted from its strong performance on VOD services, enough to drag it past the break-even point for the studio.keep
Billionaire Boys Club (2018) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $2,209,689 (worldwide). This film became Overshadowed by Controversy for being the first film project starring Kevin Spacey since he was outed as a sexual predator, though the film was shot before that became public and was spending time on The Shelf of Movie Languishment. A limited release in the US and toxic press coverage revolving around Spacey earned it only $126 dollars in ten theatres on opening day, cementing Spacey as box office poison. Ansel Elgort's career was also damaged by this film, with The Goldfinch providing a more than effective double tap the following year, while Taron Egerton quickly rebounded with his performance as Elton John in Rocketman (2019).keep
Billy Bathgate (1991) — Budget, $48 million. Box office, $15,565,363. The film version of E.L. Doctorow's novel had a very Troubled Production largely due to the Hostility on the Set between Dustin Hoffman and director Robert Benton. The end result received lukewarm reviews and was shot down after four weeks. Writer Tom Stoppard wouldn't write another theatrical film until his Oscar-winner, Shakespeare in Love in 1998.keep
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $30,930,984. It earned weaker reviews than most of the other films directed by Ang Lee, which hindered the opening to where it did not even make a million dollars in opening weekend in the United States. The technology required to show this film the way Lee made it also was only available in two theaters in America, period. This continues a trend of films that have basis on the Iraq War not doing well in the U.S., except for American Sniper.keep
Bio-Dome (1996) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $13,427,615. This derailed Pauly Shore's career and signaled the end of his popularity. Stephen Baldwin's career didn't fare well either, and he has been stuck in B-movies ever since.not enough of a loss
Bird (1988) — Budget, $9-$14.4 million. Box office, $2.2 million. Clint Eastwood's biopic of jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker was liked by critics and awards groups, but it never expanded beyond 93 theaters.keep
Birdemic (2008) — Budget, $10,000. Box office, $11. This No Budget independant horror film was rejected by the Sundance Film Festival, while bizzare marketing attempts from writer/director/producer James Nguyen did little to drum up interest. Only one theater ever screened this movie, and the box office take indicates that it only sold two tickets at most. But Rifftrax and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! brought the film to the greater public eye, where its amateurish nature and unintentional hilarity allowed it to become a Camp Classic ala The Room. The newfound exposure prompted Nguyen to create sequels, Birdemic 2: The Resurrection and Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle.keep
Birdy (1984) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $1,455,045. This was screwed by Tri-Star, who cancelled its wide release after it got ignored by various award groups ^note. Its widest release was at 18 theaters.keep
Birth (2004) — Budget, $23 million. Box office, $23,925,492. This killed Jonathon Glazer's cinematic directing career for nine years.made its money, cut
The Birth of a Nation (2016) — Budget, $8.5 million plus the additional $17.5 million that Fox Searchlight paid to distribute the film. Box office, $15,858,754. The title of this historical drama based on the life of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion likely played a role in turning audiences away, as it was an attempt by director/writer/star Nate Parker to "reclaim" it from the more well-known 1915 pro-slavery film. Not helping this film's chances at all was a years-old rape case that was attributed to Parker and co-writer Jean McGianni Celestin that resurfaced prior to opening day, as it largely overshadowed the reception to the film itself, especially as a gratuitous scene within the film was seen to mirror said case. The next film by Parker, American Skin, went direct-to-streaming.keep
Birth of the Dragon (2017) — Budget, $31 million. Box office, $6,967,631. This dramatization of Bruce Lee's 1965 bout with Wong Jack Man had a scathing reception from critics and audiences, mainly due to relegating Lee to a Supporting Protagonist for a fictional white protagonist (that is an Expy of Steve McQueen named Steve McKee). It was overshadowed that weekend by Hurricane Harvey's landfall and the McGregor vs. Mayweather boxing match and it died a quick death at the end of an apathetic summer.keep
Bitter Moon (1992) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $1,862,805.keep

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Arctimon Since: Nov, 2009

#30: Aug 9th 2022 at 8:19:12 AM

Quick question before I jump in (as I've never done any sort of clean-up thread before): are we bringing all examples in here for other opinions or just the iffy ones? I don't want to bring anything in if it's pretty clear it doesn't fit.

hello86 Since: Sep, 2009

#31: Aug 9th 2022 at 9:46:31 AM

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, 2008) — Budget, 13.5 million euros/$19.7 million. Box office, $16,498,827.

Its 13.5 million Euro budget translates to $19.7 million. So, a $16,498,827 gross isn't making its money back. Maybe not enough of a loss, but still...

I guess we can also cut Popeye and Exorcist II from their sections as they too were technically profitable but were still deemed flops.

And I know Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is still playing in theatres (497, the last time I checked), but it's looking like a total loss with: Budget, $45 million. Box office, $19.1 million.

laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#32: Aug 9th 2022 at 9:53:13 AM

I'm basically running my cuts by the thread to have everything on the up and up, along with asking about iffy examples.

The wording on the trope page for Box Office Bomb is that the costs must greatly exceed the revenue. Any old film can lose money, but only true bombs struggle to make 50-70% of their costs back.

And I would agree that a film should finish their box office run before being put on the page.

Edited by laserviking42 on Aug 9th 2022 at 12:53:49 PM

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Arctimon Since: Nov, 2009

#33: Aug 9th 2022 at 11:18:52 AM

Box Office Bomb actually says on the page that the movie needs to finish its theatrical run before counting, so if it's still in theatres, it should be removed.

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#34: Aug 9th 2022 at 12:41:42 PM

What should be done about this entry on Accidental Hero?

Box Office Bomb: In the classic, 20th century sense of a "bomb". Budget, $42 million. Box office, $19,487,173 (domestic), $66,787,173 (worldwide). Columbia Pictures to this day claims a loss of $25 millions on the production. Reportedly, the cast was short-changed for their performance, since the movie "flopped".

It made it's budget back, but we have an unsourced claim of a loss?

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#35: Aug 9th 2022 at 12:55:16 PM

That's more of a case of Hollywood Accounting (I thought we had a trope for that instead of just a UN page), where studios jiggle the numbers until they don't have to pay royalties or percentages of gross.

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#36: Aug 9th 2022 at 12:58:14 PM

Alright, I'll send it to the chopping block then.

ETA: Trivia wicks up to C have been taken care of.

Edited by Hello83433 on Aug 9th 2022 at 3:59:40 PM

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#37: Aug 10th 2022 at 1:53:21 AM

Starting on the opposite end of the alphabet for on-page examples

Z for Zachariah (2015) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $121,461. Despite encouraging reviews, a combination of poor marketing, low audience interest, and criticism from book fans over Adaptation Decay led to apocalyptic box office returns. Not helping matters was its extremely limited release, showing at only 29 theaters for three weeks before closing; its simultaneous on demand release similarly failed to attract viewers. no budget information but pretty low revenue... unsure
Zabriskie Point (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 Vindicated by History thanks to its stunning cinematography and soundtrack from the likes of Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. keep
Zardoz (1974) — Budget, $1.57 million. Box office, $1.8 million (domestic). John Boorman's Sci-Fi film confounded contemporary critics and audiences and even the director himself with its copious Mind Screw, much of it due to Boorman being high for much of the shoot. It subsequently became a Cult Classic. made its budget, cut
Zathura (2005) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $64,321,501. Putting this against Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the infamous Chicken Little did no favours. And it ended the usage of possessed board games for real life scenarios idea after two films, the other being Jumanji a decade prior. An attempt to promote this film on NBC's The Apprentice with Donald Trump also failed, but director Jon Favreau would bounce back with Iron Man, which started the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Paramount and later Disney. not enough of a loss, cut
Zelly and Me (1988) — Budget, $2.3 million. Box office, $55,000. One of several Columbia Pictures films greenlit by outgoing president David Puttnam that the studio left out to dry. This was the first and only feature film by director Tina Rathbone, who directed two episodes of Twin Peaks before leaving the industry. keep
Zero Effect (1998) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $2,087,741. Jake Kasdan's directorial debut was this Setting Update of the Sherlock Holmes 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 Cult Classic. keep
The Zero Theorem (2014) — Budget, $8-13 million. Box office, $1.2 million. This Terry Gilliam 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. keep
Zig Zag (2002) — Budget, Unknown, but ... Box office, $2,418. The directorial debut of David S. Goyer played in one theater for one week. This makes it Wesley Snipes's lowest grossing film by far. no budget information, but extremely low revenue... unsure
Zodiac (2007) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $33,080,084 (domestic), $84,785,914 (worldwide). This was one of the most highly-acclaimed films of the year but its poor marketing and extreme length did it no good with audiences. It was further buried in the box-office when 300 opened the next week. made its budget worldwide, cut
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $17,445,186 (domestic), $20,841,464 (worldwide). The film version of Diane Ackerman's novel did very well in a limited release even if it ultimately fell short of its budget. The critics also generally liked it. made its budget worldwide, cut
Zoolander 2 (2016) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $28.8 million (domestic), $56 million (worldwide). One of a handful of flops in 2016 that ultimately helped end Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's decade-long run at the company (this one opened against Deadpool and Kung Fu Panda 3). It will also likely end the Zoolander films with Ben Stiller after two outings, with the original film having been released in 2001. made its budget worldwide, cut
Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006) — Budget, $75.6 million. Box office, $12,506,188. It also got delayed when Fox and Marvel sued the creators for the film being too similar to X-Men: The Last Stand. This was the final nail in the A-level cinematic coffin of director Peter Hewitt. It may have also played a part in sending Tim Allen and Courteney Cox back to television. keep
Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981) — Budget, $12.6 million. Box office, $5.1 million (domestic). Director Peter Medak didn't work on another theatrical film until The Men's Club five years later. George Hamilton, who played both Zorros, also stuck to TV until The Godfather Part III in 1990. keep
Zyzzyx Road (2006) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, $30. Yes, thirty bucks, or six tickets (two sold to a makeup artist who worked on the film; the director returned their money, so the film had a net box office of $20). The film received only a one-week domestic release (playing one screen in Dallas) to comply with Screen Actors Guild rules. The producer had no intention otherwise of opening it in the U.S. until after it had foreign distribution. (Foreign gross to date: $368,000.) How fitting it would be the last on this list. keep

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Paperfly Buzz from On The Wall Since: Jun, 2022

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#38: Aug 10th 2022 at 4:59:13 AM

Cut examples without budget info. It's hard to call a movie a bomb if you don't know the profit threshold value

Edited by Paperfly on Aug 10th 2022 at 5:00:22 AM

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#39: Aug 10th 2022 at 9:21:44 AM

Go ahead and make those cuts.

Most of the no budget info entries concern films with extremely limited releases. I'm wondering if those would even count, because normally the reasoning behind them is either A) it's a small indie flick that couldn't really afford a larger release or B) its a dud that the studios are contractually obligated to release, so the minimum is applied.

In both cases, the movies are basically doomed to low numbers anyways without the expectation of massive profits. I would argue they don't belong on the list.

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#40: Aug 10th 2022 at 11:32:19 AM

Made those cuts, moving on to the second-to-last letter

Yanks (1979) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,931,010. not enough of a loss, cut
The Yards (2000) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $889,352. Was shelved for two years until Miramax quietly shoved it out to limited theaters. Director James Gray wouldn't release another film until We Own the Night seven years later. keep
Year of the Comet (1992) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $2,791,515. It's one of three 1992 bombs that set William Goldman's cinematic career back by 5 years. The film prompted actor Louis Jourdan to retire, and Peter Yates only directed one more mainstream film. keep
Year of the Dragon (1985) — Budget, $24 million. Box office, $18,706,466. A failed attempt for Michael Cimino to recover from Heaven's Gate, the film was also blasted by the Chinese-American community for racial stereotyping against them. not enough of a loss, cut
Year of the Gun (1991) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $1,182,273. This John Frankenheimer thriller helped knock Andrew McCarthy off of the A-List. keep
Year One (2009) — Budget, $60 million. Box office, $43,337,279 (domestic), $62,357,900 (worldwide). This film killed Harold Ramis' direction career, and also tarnished the star power of Jack Black and Michael Cera. It didn't help that audiences accused both actors of Typecasting. made its money worldwide, cut
Yellowbeard (1983) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $4.3 million. Graham Chapman co-wrote and starred in the title role in this comedy, which was shredded by critics upon release. John Cleese and Eric Idle both consider this an Old Shame. This marked the final film appearances for Chapman, Spike Milligan, Marty Feldman and Peter Bull. no budget information, cut
Yes Giorgio (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. keep
Yoga Hosers (2016) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $38,784. This Kevin Smith comedy starred his daughter, Harley-Quinn, and Lilly-Rose Depp (daughter of Johnny), both reprising their roles from Tusk. It was given a simultaneous limited theatrical release and Video-on-Demand premiere. Its low gross makes it, by far, Smith's worst performing movie. Critics also despised it, though the performances of its leads were generally considered its saving grace. keep
You Again (2010) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $25,702,053 (domestic), $32,005,248 (worldwide). This film's critical failure and commercial underperformance made it the last Touchstone Pictures film released under just that brand. Almost all of the future Touchstone films for the next 5 years were DreamWorks films distributed by Touchstone. made its money, cut
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 Direct to Video in the US in 2012. It proved another career-low for director Roland Joffe. keep
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $3,248,246 (domestic), $34,275,987 (worldwide). This Woody Allen effort received mixed reviews, though he immediately bounced back financially and critically with Midnight in Paris. made its money worldwide, cut
The Young Messiah (2016) — Budget, $18.5 million. Box office, $7.3 million. This adaptation of an Anne Rice novel was not a good omen for director Cyrus Nowrasteh after 7 years, and it and Pixels could earn co-producer Chris Columbus a demotion to the B-list of Hollywood producers/directors. The fact that Rice denounced Christianity inbetween the book's publication and this film's release probably didn't help attract some of its target audience, either. made its money worldwide, cut
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $19 million. This is notable for the first photorealistic CGI character, a stained glass knight animated by future Pixar chairman John Lasseter. The critics gave the film a mixed-to-positive reception but it still didn't do well in the States. made its money, cut
The Young Victoria (2009) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $27,409,889. This biopic of Queen Victoria received praise for Emily Blunt's portrayal of the monarch and criticism for its slow pace. It also didn't escape a limited release, courtesy of distributor Apparition who were kings of doing this sort of thing. not enough of a loss, cut
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) — Budget, $5 million. Box office, $4.7 million. Actor Jason Patric never tried to produce another movie after this one. However, critics generally liked it, and it is notable today for being the first film to be listed on Rotten Tomatoes. not enough of a loss, cut
Your Highness (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 Vulgar Humor. James Franco isn't really proud of it. keep
Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $53,412,862 (domestic), $72,028,752 (worldwide). This remake of the 1968 comedy of the same name was made after another family comedy remake, Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), became a hit at the box office. It had a solid debut on Thanksgiving weekend, but didn't hold well afterwards. It was also hated by critics, though audiences liked it. After this movie, Rene Russo mostly went into semi-retirement. She wouldn't appear in another movie for six years and a movie in which she was one of the headlining stars for another twelve. made its money, cut
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (2004) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $19,765,868 (domestic), $29,170,410 (worldwide). Compared to the first three Pokémon films, this film adaptation of the anime series got blown away at the worldwide box office and by critics and anyone not familiar with its premise, plus its plot did not have a major impact on Yugi and Yami's overall story arc as a whole on Kids' WB!. As a result, it sent a potential movie series to the graveyard, and infamous production company 4Kids Entertainment, which was notorious for inserting Aesops and whatnot into their American anime dubs and for being very stubbornly censor-crazy (a statement from their boss^note didn't help this reputation), never released another theatrical production, plus when copyright holder Konami revived the Yu-Gi-Oh! film series, it was only released in Japanese theaters. This also did not help the 2D animated market despite being an anime; it would be another 5 years before another widely publicized 2D film not of Ghibli origin or titled Curious George hit theaters, namely The Princess and the Frog from Disney. a lot of words for a film that made its budget back, cut

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#41: Aug 11th 2022 at 2:14:12 AM

Doing the folder for "X", since it's so short:

Xanadu (1980) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $22.8 million. Michael Beck quoted this movie as, "closing the doors that The Warriors opened" ^note. It was also a Star-Derailing Role for Gene Kelly, 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 Olivia Newton-John's promising career as a leading lady in feature films. Along with Can't Stop The Music, Xanadu inspired the creation of the Razzies. Cut, made its money back
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,982,478 (domestic), $68,369,434 (worldwide). This second theatrical spinoff of The X-Files TV series was hit with mixed reviews from critics and audiences, and it was pulverized by the runaway success of The Dark Knight. The X-Files franchise laid dormant until a 2016 revival series. Cut since it made back its budget worldwide
XX (2017) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, $41,067. This horror anthology film had a limited release in 16 theaters and a simultaneous release on Video-On-Demand. Critics generally liked it, though. Keep
xXx: State of the Union (2005) — Budget, $87-113 million. Box office, $71,022,683. Killed both director Lee Tamahori's career and the xXx film series after only two installments for 11 years. Keep

Paperfly Buzz from On The Wall Since: Jun, 2022

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#42: Aug 11th 2022 at 2:27:50 AM

Sooner or later, we will be coming to movies that technically made back their reported budget but are legitimately considered some of the most infamous bombs of all time, such as John Carter, The Lone Ranger, Tomorrowland and Battleship. Do we still cut those?

Edited by Paperfly on Aug 11th 2022 at 2:30:32 AM

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#43: Aug 11th 2022 at 9:12:53 AM

That's the thing we've been discussing. Per the trope description, Box Office Bomb is for films whose costs "greatly exceed" (that's from the page itself) their revenue. Re-read the earlier posts to see where we're at on that.

Also, X and Y cuts look good to me. I'll continue with B later on today.

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#44: Aug 11th 2022 at 2:27:36 PM

I'm just gonna come out and say that if an entry doesn't have budget or box office numbers, it should be a cut.

Next batch:

Black Book (2006) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $26.7 million. While this film was critically well received, won a good deal of awards, and was successful in the Netherlands, it didn't prevent the careers of Paul Verhoeven, producer Jeroen Beker, and writer Gerard Soeteman from taking serious damage. Verhoeven didn't get another film credit for six years, and Beker and Soeteman don't have any credits at all after this film. Lead actress Carice Van Houten received international attention due to this film, and several years later would take on the role of a certain red priestess that would propel her career across the globe.badly written example, not enough of a loss, cut
The Black Cauldron (1985) — Budget, $25 million ^note$44 million according to Don Hahn. Box office, $21,288,692. Disney's adaptation of The Chronicles of Prydain became the most expensive animated film at the time due to its protracted production spanning nearly twelve years. It faced an Uncertain Audience due to its frightening content and whimsical moments and was trampled that year by, of all things, The Care Bears Movie (which was released four months earlier). Its failure nearly killed Disney itself, but the success of their next animated feature, as well as those of their rivals, kept them afloat, eventually leading to the Disney Renaissance beginning with The Little Mermaid (1989). The Black Cauldron still ended the Disney careers of CEO Ron Miller and the film's producers and directors; co-director Richard Rich found success with his own studio beginning with The Swan Princess (Miller became a successful winemaker). It ended further plans for the Prydain series until Disney announced a reboot in 2016. It was the last film Disney Animation made in its classic building before being moved to the Glendale Warehouses for the next decade. It would take thirteen years before Disney finally released it to home video.keep
The Black Dahlia (2006) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $49.3 million. The film version of James Ellroy's Historical Fiction novel about the infamous 1947 murder case was shredded by critics and viewers for its incomprehensible plot, a side-effect of the film getting trimmed just before release. Its failure sent director Brian De Palma on a years long sabbatical from Hollywood.not enough of a loss, cut
Black Dog (1998) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $12,951,088. Black Dog opened with a terrible $4,809,375 — placing #5 for the slow weekend led by He Got Game. It sank 52.5% to $2,285,705 the following frame. Also, Universal didn't screen the film for critics. Patrick Swayze would never have another major studio vehicle built around him after Black Dog bombed.keep
Black Dynamite (2009) — Budget, $2,900,000, Box office: $296,557. This Affectionate Parody of Blaxploitation films reveived rave reviews and even won the Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, but audiences didn't turn out. It quickly earned Cult Classic status once it hit home video, and [adult swim] later produced an animated series based on the film.keep
Blackhat (2015) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $17,491,707. This was Michael Mann's first film in 6 years, but had a poor reception and suffered a premature exit from theaters after 3 weeks when it got dumped into January against American Sniper. Mann has yet to direct another film, instead taking executive producer roles in Ford V Ferrari and Tokyo Vice, the latter of which Mann also directed the pilot episode of.keep
The Black Hole (1979) - Budget, $20 million. Box office, $35.8 million. This was Disney's first film with a PG Rating; the disconnect between its content and its production company led to a disappointing reception and it played a role in Disney establishing Touchstone Pictures in 1984.made money,cut
Black Knight (2001) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $39,976,235. Director Gil Junger's cinematic career was blacked out by this film's failure; the next film he made ended up going Direct to Video and he's stayed on television since.keep
Black Widow (2021) - Budget, $200 million. Box office, $183.7 million (domestic), $379.4 million (worldwide). As the COVID-19 Pandemic closed theaters shortly before the original release date, it wound up delayed for over a year, and in spite of some of the best numbers in a still recovering film market, ended up only outgrossing two other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, Captain America: The First Avenger (the last one to not break $400 million, a full decade prior), and The Incredible Hulk (the only other to not double its budget). Not helping was the lack of a release in China, given the country had issues with the MCU's next movie and the director of the one after that. But one factor for people to not go to theaters also helped Black Widow not be a loss for the studio, as a simultaneous release for a premium on Disney+ earned over $60 million in the US alone - leading star Scarlett Johansson to sue Disney, as her contract only stipulated a theatrical release, and bonuses are based only on box office, not streaming profits (the eventual settlement was reported to be double her salary). This was William Hurt's final film he made before his death in March 2022, with The King's Daughter, which he made in 2014, being released a few months later.made its money worldwide, cut
Blackwood (2001, 2002) — Budget, $3 million. Box office, $1,500 (US only). This was an early Uwe Boll project before he started making video game movies, and a poor reception at a film festival sent it Direct to Video and into obscurity.keep
Blade Runner (1982) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $33.8 million. Like with Annie and The Thing, the film opened at about the same time as E.T., which took its audience. Not helping matters were the negative reviews the film got at the time, though the film's visuals were praised and influenced the look of many science fiction films for years to come. This became Vindicated by History once it hit home video which saw multiple re-edits released (which helped save the film's critical reputation) and a theatrical sequel was released 35 years later.made its money worldwide, cut
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $92,054,159 (domestic), $259,239,658 (worldwide). This long anticipated sequel to Blade Runner was released to glowing reviews, even if not to the extent of the original. Its massive length and challenging plot were cited as factors that worked against its theatrical success.made its money worldwide, cut
Blair Witch (2016) — Budget, $5 million (not counting marketing costs), $25 million (counting them). Box office, $20.7 million (domestic), $45.1 million (worldwide). Much like Ben-Hur, this sequel to the horror classic got nailed by most critics and managed to secure the lowest opening for any film with the words "Blair Witch" in them. The low take meant it didn't earn enough money to recoup the marketing budget, which quintupled the final price tag.made its money worldwide, cut
Blankman (1994) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $7,941,977. Critics felt that this superhero spoof wasn't that funny and it was flattened by fellow superhero comedy The Mask.no budget numbers, cut
Blast from the Past (1999) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $26,511,114 (domestic), $40,263,020 (worldwide). This movie and Dudley Do-Right blasted director Hugh Wilson's career into the wall for 5 years. It also halted writer Bill Kelly's career until Disney's Enchanted 8 years later. It also once and for all, signified the end of the road for Alicia Silverstone (whose career on the A-list was already the ropes thanks to the failures of Batman & Robin and Excess Baggage two years prior) as a leading lady in major studio productions.made its money worldwide, cut
Blaze (1989) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $19,131,246. This biopic of stripper Blaze Starr, focusing on her affair with Louisiana Governor Earl Long, received mixed reviews from critics and never expanded beyond 970 theaters.made its money worldwide, cut
Bleed for This (2016) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $5,083,906 (domestic), $6,245,378 (worldwide). Much like The Edge of Seventeen, it opened against the box office monster Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but got good reviews.made its money worldwide, cut
Bless the Child (2000) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $40,443,010. Paramount seemed to know that they had a turkey on their hands as it was Not Screened for Critics. Writer Tom Rickman was cursed with only writing TV movies after this (one of which was The Reagans, which was released months before Ronald Reagan's passing). It also didn't help director Chuck Russell's career as he has only directed two films since Bless the Child, and the most recent one a good 14 years after 2002's The Scorpion King. Finally, this along with the similar failure of that year's I Dreamed of Africa were arguably the final nails in the coffin for Kim Basinger (who was making her first set of movies since her Oscar winning performance for L.A. Confidential three years prior) as an A-list level headlining star. Many of her films since then have either been in small, supporting roles or low budgeted independent films.made its money worldwide, cut
Blind Fury (1990) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $2.6 million (domestic). While the movie was a financial failure, putting plans for a sequel on the backburner, it received much critical praise and did very well once it hit video.keep
Blinded by the Light (2019) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $11,901,145 (domestic), $17,736,480 (worldwide). Despite glowing reviews by critics, this British comedy-drama fell flat when it opened in August.made its money worldwide, cut
Blindness (2008) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $19,844,979. This film version of José Saramago's novel centered on a sudden epidemic of blindness. It dealt with protests from blindness advocates over the film's portrayal of blind people. It appeared on some critics' top 10 lists, but its reception was mixed overall.keep
The Blob (1988) — Budget, $19 million. Box office, $8,247,943. This Bloodier and Gorier remake of the 1958 movie received mixed reviews but later became a Cult Classic. Director Chuck Russell would return six years later with The Mask.keep
Blood and Black Lace (1964) - Budget: £141.755 million, Box office: £137 million.weirdly written, but assuming 141 million, not enough of a loss, cut
Blood and Chocolate (2007) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $6,311,117. This In Name Only film version of Annette Curtis Klause's novel was heavily panned by critics and was cast out of theaters after nine weeks.keep
Blood and Wine (1996) — Budget, $26 million. Box office, $1,094,668. This is the only cinematic screenplay from co-writer Alison Cross, and co-writer Nick Villiers didn't writer again for 4 years. It also ensured director Bob Rafelson wouldn't direct for 6 years. On a more positive note, the working experience Michael Caine had on this film prompted him not to retire from acting.keep
Blood Diamond (2006) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $57,377,916 (domestic), $171,407,179 (worldwide). While the movie received some critical praise, it ended up opening the same weekend as Apocalypto, which destroyed it and every other film at that period. It ended up having excellent home video sales however, enough to cover most of the losses.made its money worldwide, cut
Blood In Blood Out (1993) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $4,496,583. This drama centered on members of a Los Angeles street gang was retitled Bound by Honor due to its original title being the slogan of an actual gang and the LA riots were fresh on everyone's minds. It was still given a mixed reception by critics.keep
The Blood of Heroes (1990) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $882,290. A Cult Classic notable for the sport Jugger which was defictionalized in 2007. Director/Writer David Peoples found better luck in 1992 with his script for Unforgiven.no budget info, cut
BloodRayne (2006) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $3,650,275. This Video Game Movies Suck example was accused by Gametrailers of "wasting Ben Kingsley's talent", and it put a bit of a dent in Kingsley's career in addition to becoming an Old Shame for frequent Uwe Boll/Quentin Tarantino collaborator Michael Madsen and writer Guinevere Turner, the latter of whom refused to work with director Boll afterwards. It drove a stake through the promising career of Kristanna Loken, and her roles have been mostly Direct to Video fare after starring here. It also prompted Boll to sue co-star Billy Zane for lost revenue because he also helped distribute the film. This did not stop Uwe Boll from starting a series of films when the film sold well on DVD...keep
- Blood Rayne II Deliverance (2007) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $167,445. After the first film was slaughtered by critics and flopped at the box office, this one had a limited run and was otherwise released Direct to Video. A third installment was made three years later, though it skipped theaters entirely.keep, but fix indentation
Blood Red (1989) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $15,510. Despite having well-known actors such as Eric Roberts and Dennis Hopper in the cast, this film was dumped into theaters after being on The Shelf of Movie Languishment for three years. Is a footnote in history for being Julia Roberts' film debut and the only film she and brother Eric acted in together.no budget numbers, cut
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $5,874,530. The live-action version of the anime film received mixed reviews from critics and it faded away in an extremely limited release.keep
Blood Ties (2013) — Budget, $24.7 million. Box office, $2,415,472. This was buried in a limited release in North America, with a mere 28 theaters screening the film.keep
Blood Work (2002) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $31,794,718. Reviews were mixed and it didn't survive its opening weekend against xXx. Fortunately, director Clint Eastwood and writer Brian Helgeland bounced back the next year with Mystic River.keep
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) — Budget, $4 million. Box office, $43,671. The film opened in under 10 theaters, and was gone less than a week after release. In addition, film helmer Howard Brookner passed away from AIDS months before this movie's release.keep
Bloodshot (2020) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $12.5 million (domestic), $37.1 million (worldwide). This film adaptation of the Valiant comic book starring Vin Diesel got mixed-to-negative reception from critics (31% on Rotten Tomatoes), with audiences polled by PostTrak giving it an average of 3 out of 5 stars. However, the main reason why the film didn't do well was that it was released right as the COVID-19 Pandemic really kicked in, as most of its domestic gross comes from an opening weekend that was bad for the whole industry (Bloodshot was third with $9.2 million, and combined-gross of the weekend was just $55.3 million, the lowest numbers since October 1998), followed by a week where just about every theater in the globe got closed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (the second weekend gross was $52,000 from 79 locations, mostly drive-in theaters). Sony wound up releasing early on VOD on March 24th, less than two weeks after opening.made its money worldwide, cut
Blown Away (1994) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $30,156,002. It's the last time Jay Roach helped write a screenplay for a film, but he recovered in 1997 by directing the Austin Powers trilogy.made its money, cut
The Blue Bird (1940) — Budget, $1 million. Box office, unknown. This attempt by Fox to Follow The Wizard of Oz with Shirley Temple was her penultimate film with the studio. The fact that she played a bratty girl who needed to learn a lesson may have been a key factor in its disappointment.no box office info, cut
The Blue Bird (1976) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $887,000. Fox's second attempt at filming the classic play was hyped as the first cinematic collaboration between the USA and the USSR. Unfortunately, this was a severely Troubled Production which dealt with outdated equipment, actor illnesses, misbehaving actors, a problematic director in George Cukor and weather. The end result was eviscerated by critics and has never had an official video release.keep
Blue Chips (1994) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $23 million. Along with I Love Trouble and I'll Do Anything, this was part of a bad year for Nick Nolte. It didn't help director William Friedkin's career any, either.keep
Blue City (1986) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $6,947,787. Blue City is the only movie film producer and Paramount executive Michelle Manning attempted to direct. Manning felt that the movie released at a bad time, when the 'Brat Pack' ensemble movies of young actors were starting to gain critical backlash. While it had a strong opening start, it was destroyed by movies such as Short Circuit and Top Gun after a while, and was out of theaters in less than five weeks.keep
The Blue Iguana (1988) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $161,398. This was John Lafia's directorial debut. His screenplay for Child's Play would save him from this fiasco and he would later direct that film's sequel.no budget info, cut
Blue in the Face (1995) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, $1,268,636. Directors Wayne Wang and Paul Auster shot this comedy as a followup to Smoke. This was notable for being filmed in five days and for being completely adlibbed by the cast. It received mixed reviews from critics, who felt the film was disjointed, but the audiences that managed to see it were more forgiving.keep
Blue Sky (1994) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $3,359,465. This was filmed in 1990 but it was placed on The Shelf of Movie Languishment due to Orion Pictures' bankruptcy. This ended up being the final film of director Tony Richardson, who died in 1991. It was an Acclaimed Flop that garnered Jessica Lange an Oscar for Best Actress.keep
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $14 million. The movie was hit with a multitude of studio changes, deciding to turn down Dan Aykroyd and John Landis' original script and changing it more to a kid-friendly romp with fantasy sequences. Dan and John hated these changes but only stuck with production due to contractual reasons. It ended up getting dumped out in a bad season, still competing with heavy hitters such as Titanic (1997) and Good Will Hunting, and was buried with negative reviews. This film, along with the Direct to Video film Susans Plan, dropped the curtain on Landis' career outside of documentaries until Burke & Hare in 2010, which killed his career a second time.keep

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#45: Aug 11th 2022 at 3:49:06 PM

Looks good except I'm wondering for The Black Cauldron if we should reverse the numbers so that the $25 million is in the note and the $44 million is in the regular text. Something like

Budget, $44 million^note

E: I swear I know how to spell

Edited by Hello83433 on Aug 11th 2022 at 6:49:43 AM

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#46: Aug 11th 2022 at 3:57:53 PM

I checked over at wikipedia, and they also list it as a $44million budget, so I swapped them out.

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laserviking42 from End-World Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably

#47: Aug 11th 2022 at 10:15:34 PM

Last of the B's (heheh):

Bo-By

Boat Trip (2002) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $15 million. This comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise was eviscerated by critics for being one-note and offensive and was a Star-Derailing Role for Cuba Gooding Jr..keep
Bobby (2006) — Budget, $14 million. Box office, $11,242,801 (domestic), $20,704,591 (worldwide). An ensemble drama centered around the moments leading up to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. It received mixed reviews which called out its melodrama and crowded narrative but it received award nominations for its Ensemble Cast.made its money worldwide, cut
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $2,707,913. This movie halted the career of director/writer Rowdy Herrington, as he's never directed or written again. Bobby Jones is also the sole writing job for Kim Dawson, Bill Pryor, and Tony De Paul.keep
The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $31,613,589 (domestic), $33,828,509 (worldwide). Despite positive reviews, this long-delayed adaptation of the animated television series sizzled out due to a number of factors like Invisible Advertising, competition from Top Gun: Maverick, which opened the same day as this film, and the fact that Disney doesn't give the same amount of attention to the Belchers the way they do to The Simpsons. While the film hasn't managed to damage the TV show, it remains to be seen if Disney is willing to greenlight anymore theatrical movies based on Fox animated shows.not enough of a loss, cut
The Body (2001) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $36,849 (domestic); $3,739,400 (worldwide). This religious thriller about a conspiracy surrounding a corpse alleged to be Jesus was considered too daring and controversial for mainstream audiences and was buried in a limited release (11 theatres) in the U.S. Most of the film's box office totals came from Spain (not surprising, since it stars Antonio Banderas).keep
Body of Evidence (1993) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $13.2 million. This erotic thriller vehicle for Madonna was thrashed by critics for quite obviously chasing the coattails of Basic Instinct, along with unlikable characters, clunky dialogue, and a miscast leading man in Willem Dafoe. The film was nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards and won one (Worst Actress), and Roger Ebert listed the film among his most hated. Director Uli Edel only did TV work for the rest of the decade and it was one of several blows dealt to Madonna's acting career.keep
Body of Lies (2008) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $39,394,666 (domestic), $115,097,286 (worldwide). One of many movies focused on The War on Terror to sink at the box office. It's also one of several consecutive busts for Ridley Scott.made its money worldwide, cut
Body Parts (1991) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $9,188,150. Paramount was forced to pull many ads for this film the week before release when news of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer broke loose. Part of a string of box office underperformers for director Eric Red, and writer Norman Snider didn't write another film for 19 years.not enough of a loss
Body Snatchers (1993) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $428,868. This movie did earn a lot of good reviews, and only proved to be a minor setback for the careers of its director and most of the writers. Screen story writer Raymond Cistheri, however, never worked another movie.keep
Bogus (1996) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $4.3 million. One of the movies that year, along with the infamous Theodore Rex, the highest budget film to be sent Direct to Video, that derailed Whoopi Goldberg's cinematic career, but she has moved on to other avenues such as The View.keep
Bolero (1984) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $8,914,881. This teaming of star Bo Derek and her husband, director John Derek, burned up the partnership between MGM/UA and Cannon Films (MGM had a policy against releasing X-Rated films in theaters, which became Hilarious in Hindsight when they released the NC-17 rated Showgirls a decade later). Bo claimed that producer Menahem Golan wanted more sex in the film, then when Moral Guardians complained, Golan threw the Dereks under the bus and blamed the couple for the erotic content. John saw a fatal blowback to his career; he directed just one more movie before his death, and Bo saw a demotion to the B list of actresses with her performance and multi-Razzie wins.made its money worldwide, cut
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) — Budget, $47 million. Box office, $15,691,192. This notorious adaptation of the Tom Wolfe novel was lambasted for, among other things, its immensely miscast stars and mishandling of the source's satire. Director Brian De Palma's career never fully recovered from the mess, but most of its stars bounced back.keep
The Book of Henry (2017) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $4,288,104. This family drama film became panned thanks to its overtly sentimental, unintentionally funny and contrived plot. Colin Trevorrow's difficult behavior on the set of this film and Jurassic World cost him his gig on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker a few months later.keep
The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003) — Budget $2,000,000. Box office, $1,680,020. Panned by both Mormon and non-Mormon critics alike, plans for a volume two never materialized and director Gary Rogers never made another film.not enough of a loss, cut
The Boondock Saints (1999) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $20,471. The film managed to get a token theatrical release due to the Columbine massacre. Fortunately, it made $50 million through video rentals as it became a Cult Classic and a sequel was made ten years later.keep
The Boost (1988) — Budget, $8 million. Box office, $784,990. Based on Ben Stein's novel The Ludes, this drama about cocaine addiction got a mixed reception from critics and died a quiet death in a limited release.keep
Bordello of Blood (1996) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $5.5 million. The films failure ended up scrapping plans for a third Tales From the Crypt movie. It also ended up denting Dennis Miller's career as a lead theatrical actor, having left him with small roles and TV work since.keep
The Border (1982) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $6,118,683. This was the film Jack Nicholson made in-between his Oscar-nominated role in Reds and his Oscar-winning role in Terms of Endearment. This lacked the critical and financial support of either of those two films.keep
Born Yesterday (1993) - Budget, unknown. Box office, $17.9 million. This remake of the 1950 film and second adaptation of Garson Kanin's play opened at number two against Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and flatlined immediately. It's the last film produced by Silver Screen Partners.no budget info, cut
The Borrowers (1997) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $22,619,589. Producer Rachel Talalay, who was just coming off Tank Girl, which turned her and the other producers of that movie into enemies of the comic's creators, saw her cinematic career fully implode with this film. She has done a lot of TV work since then (including Supernatural and Doctor Who), but the only two movies she did past this were TV movies. The careers of the director, other producers, and writers also saw downgrades to B-level (two of them, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, would get back into the A-level in the New 10s).not enough of a loss, cut
Bottle Rocket (1996) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $560,069. Despite the film's financial failure, its critical acclaim brought attention to director Wes Anderson and stars Luke and Owen Wilson.keep
Bounce (2000) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $36,805,288 (domestic), $53,425,292 (worldwide). This was the first film delivered to theaters (Time Square's AMC Empire) via satellite. It also briefly revived Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow's off-screen romance after they broke up previously. Its mixed reviews called out its Cliché Storm plot and its leads un-engaging on-screen romance.made its money worldwide, cut
Bound (1996) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. Despite the poor box office take, this lesbian crime thriller won several festival awards and brought attention to The Wachowskis, whom were able to use the buzz to get The Matrix greenlit.keep
The Bounty (1984) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $8,613,462. One of several busts for producer Dino De Laurentiis, who saved the project from Development Hell after it started with David Lean. Its stars, including Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, survived.keep
The Box (2009) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $15,051,977 (domestic), $33,333,531 (worldwide). While it got somewhat better reviews than his previous film, it was still the killing blow to director and writer Richard Kelly's career, as he hasn't made another movie since.made its money worldwide, cut
Boxing Helena (1993) — Budget, $2 million. Box office, $1,796,389. This K.Oed Jennifer Lynch's attempt at a cinematic career immediately. She didn't make another movie for 15 years. Boxing Helena is probably most notorious for the producers successfully suing Kim Basinger for backing out of starring in it at virtually the last minute.not enough of a loss, cut
The Boy in Blue (1986) — Budget, $7.7 million Canadian dollars. Box office, $275,000 U.S. dollars. This film crushed director Charles Jarrott's cinematic career permanently, since every movie he made in his life after this were T.V. movies.keep, even though its confusing in using both CAD and USD
Boys and Girls (2000) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $25.8 million. After the huge success of She's All That, director Robert Iscove worked once again with Freddie Prinze Jr. on this movie. Iscove never really had a theatrical hit again, and Boys and Girls was part of a rut that Prinze was stuck in during the early '00s.keep
The Boys in the Band (1970) — Budget, $5.5 million. Box office, $3.5 million. The film version of Matt Crowley's play was an Acclaimed Flop with critics, but received divided responses from the Gay community, many of whom slammed the film as an Unintentional Period Piece of Pre-Stonewall Gayngst. Both the film and stage play were Vindicated by History years later.keep
Brain Donors (1992) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $918,239. David and Jerry Zucker's remake/homage to A Night at the Opera was filmed as Lame Ducks, but after the Zuckers left Paramount, the studio scrapped the planned publicity campaign, changed the title, and withdrew the film after its initial screenings. It became a Cult Classic once it hit video.no budget info, cut
Braindead ^note Known as Dead Alive in North America. (1992) — Budget, $3 million. Box office (here's a horror), $242,623! (domestic). Peter Jackson's third film, its blink-and-you-missed-it box office run sent the movie into obscurity until Jackson's success with The Lord of the Rings brought it back into the limelight a decade later. Now an Acclaimed Flop.keep
Brainstorm (1983) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $10.2 million. This sci-fi film was the final film for Natalie Wood, who died just after filming her scenes. MGM attempted to scrap the film after her death, but director Douglas Trumbull pushed back and got the film finished after making adjustments. It went onto The Shelf of Movie Languishment for over a year and was released in September with Invisible Advertising. Trumbull was so exhausted by the Executive Meddling that he retired from mainstream filmmaking until The Tree of Life.keep
The Brave One (2007) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $69.7 million. A female-led take on the traditionally male-dominated Vigilante Man genre that was an Acclaimed Flop, and it did at least manage to get Jodie Foster a Golden Globe nomination. Unfortunately, director Neil Jordan got hit with the blunt of the damage, as he hasn't directed an American-based feature film since. Not helping matters was when the president of Warner Bros. used the commercial failures of this film and Nicole Kidman's The Invasion as an excuse to no longer back films with female leads, leading to a boycott of the studio led by Gloria Allred.not enough of a loss, cut
Brazil (1985) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $9 million. Terry Gilliam's dystopian satire was released in Europe by Fox to healthy box office results. Its US release by Universal became a shining example of Executive Meddling as the studio attempted to Re-Cut the film into a more marketable movie with a happy ending. Gilliam gained enough critical support through covert screenings that the studio released his cut, which was slightly shorter than the original, but with the Downer Ending intact. It ended up an Acclaimed Flop upon release and later became a Cult Classic.keep
Breakfast of Champions (1999) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $178,278. The film version of Kurt Vonnegut's satirical novel received scathing reviews from critics and topped out at 11 theaters. Vonnegut himself had nothing good to say about it.keep
Brenda Starr (1989) — Budget, $16 million. Box office, $67,828. This sat on The Shelf of Movie Languishment for three years due to legal issues before getting released in France. It waited another three years before it got a US release, where it didn't survive long in theaters.keep
Brick Mansions (2014) — Budget, $28 million. Box office, $20,396,829 (domestic), $68,896,829 (worldwide). This was Paul Walker's second-to-last completed film before his unfortunate death the year before.keep
The Bride (1985) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $3,558,669. This Hotter and Sexier version of Frankenstein, with Sting as Dr. Frankenstein, was shredded by critics and was overshadowed by another Columbia Pictures horror film released that August, Fright Night.keep
Bridget Jones' Baby (2016) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $24.1 million (domestic), $207-$211 million (worldwide). The third film in the Bridget Jones series was a Surprisingly Improved Sequel to the previous film but it was greeted with audience apathy in the States. It did far better in its native UK, setting the record for the biggest opening day for a romantic comedy.seriously?? grossed over $200 million worldwide and someone had the nerve to put it here?? cut
Brigadoon (1954) - Budget, $3,019,000. Box office, $2.25 million. Recorded loss, $1,555,000. Vincente Minnelli's adaptation of the Lerner and Lowe musical drew mixed reviews from critics ^note, and was overshadowed that year by MGM's other big musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Lerner and Lowe bounced back with My Fair Lady and Gigi (the latter also directed by Minnelli). The film was later Vindicated by History.keep
Brigham City (2001) — Budget, $1,000,000. Box office, $852,206. Despite positive reviews, the film's murder mystery plotline and dark moments possibly drove some Mormon audiences away.its close, but I say cut
Bright Lights, Big City (1988) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $16,118,077. It would be the last film that James Bridges would direct before his death in 1993.keep
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $11,957,943. The film version of Neil Simon's play, the first of his Eugene Trilogy, was the penultimate film directed by Gene Saks.keep
Brighton Rock (2011) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $1,829,020. This second film version of the Graham Greene novel premiered simultaneously in theaters and on video-on-demand.keep
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) — Budget, $32 million. Box office, $16,797,190. This Martin Scorsese film was an Acclaimed Flop that suffered due to misleading advertising painting the film as a supernatural thriller when it wasn't.sadly keep, even though I love this film'
Bringing Up Baby (1938) — Budget, $1,073,000. Box office, $1,109,000. This slapstick comedy was considered too weird for audiences and critics in 1938. Its failure resulted in director Howard Hawks getting booted from Gunga Din in favor of George Stevens. This was also the film that cemented Katharine Hepburn's reputation as "Box Office Poison;" she bought her way out of her RKO contract then returned to glory when she starred in The Philadelphia Story. The film has since been Vindicated by History as one of the all-time great comedies.made money, if barely, cut
Brokedown Palace (1999) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $10,115,013. This is the final film directed by Jonathan Kaplan before he focused his career on TV shows. This was banned in Thailand for its negative depiction of its legal system. Star Claire Danes was banned in the Philippines, where it was filmed, for making unflattering comments about the country in an interview. This and The Mod Squad derailed Danes' career for a good bit.keep
The Bronze (2016) — Budget, $3.5 million. Box office, $615,816. This movie is one of the worst grossing movies released in 1,000+ theaters. It also had one of the lowest opening weekends of all time ($331).keep
Brother Bear (2003) — Budget, $128 million. Box office, $85,336,277 (domestic), $250,397,798 (worldwide). One of the last Disney films to be made in 2D animation before their switch to CGI, starting with Chicken Little. It is also the most recent Disney film to have a Direct to Video sequel.made its money worldwide, cut
The Brothers Bloom (2008) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $3,531,756 (domestic), $5,529,464 (worldwide). Its widest release was in 209 theaters but the critics generally liked it. Director Rian Johnson had better luck with his next film, Looper.keep
The Brothers Grimm (2005) — Budget, $88 million. Box office, $37,916,267 (domestic), $105,316,267 (worldwide). A Troubled Production like so many of Terry Gilliam's works. This one dealt with a change in production companies from MGM to the Weinstein Company due to the former's financial difficulties, Executive Meddling from the Weinsteins which included replacing the original cinematographer after six weeks, actors suddenly dropping out and the release date getting delayed nine months. The end result was given mixed reviews when it opened in August and was chased out of theaters after eight weeks.made its money worldwide, cut
The Brothers Grimsby (2016) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $25,182,929. The biggest bomb of Sacha Baron Cohen's career. It opened in America with $3.5 million, slightly more than its UK opening of $2.6 million.keep
The Brothers Solomon (2007) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $900,926 (domestic), $1,035,056 (worldwide). As of 2021, it is the last feature film directed by Bob Odenkirk; he expressed disappointment in the final product in a 2021 interview with The A.V. Club. It is also infamous for being the first movie film critic Richard Roeper walked out on.keep
The Brown Bunny (2003) — Budget, $10 million. World-wide ticket and DVD sales: $374,000. Mostly famous now for featuring an unsimulated oral sex scene involving producer/director/lead actor Vincent Gallo, and the epic war of words between Gallo and critic Roger Ebert. Despite fears to the contrary, Chloë Sevigny managed to escape this film with her career intact. Gallo was not so fortunate, as the controversies revolving around him and the poor reception to the film killed any post-Buffalo '66 momentum he had. Gallo has only made one other film since.keep
The Browning Version (1994) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $487,391. Mike Figgis' adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play never exited limited release in North America.keep
Bubba Ho Tep (2002) — Budget, $1 million. Box office, $1.2 million. The film's bizarre premise (Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy who's had Magic Plastic Surgery to look like an old black man take on a redneck mummy) failed to resonate with audiences and it barely made over its production budget. Later became a Cult Classic on home video.made its money worldwide, cut
Bubble (2006) — Budget, $1.6 million. Box office, $261,966. This premiered in theaters and on HD Net on the same day and on DVD four days later; most theaters refused to show the film as a result.keep
Bubble Boy (2001) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $5,007,898. Critics hated this comedy for its over-reliance on lowbrow humor and it bounced out of theaters after seven weeks.keep
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011) — Budget, just under $10 million. Box office, $2,529,395. It was taken out of theaters after only two weeks, and quickly derailed Nick Swardson's film career before it could even get started (the Misaimed Marketing didn't seem to help either).keep
Buddy (1997) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $10,113,400. This was the first film from Jim Henson Pictures, and the box-office failure of this film, as well as Muppets from Space and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland nearly destroyed the Jim Henson Company. This film's menagerie of animals included several chimpanzees, which got an outcry from animal activists over the movie's attempt to portray chimpanzees as suitable, docile house pets (chimpanzees can be pretty aggressive as well as intelligent). Director Caroline Thompson's feature film career was iced for 8 years. Co-writer William Joyce also did not have a theatrical credit for that time span apart from Pixar's A Bug's Life. This is also the only film in Rene Russo's career (before or since) where she was the first billed star.keep
Buddy Buddy (1981) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $7,259,000 (domestic). This critically-panned comedy was the last film directed by Billy Wilder, and the last film written by his long-time collaborator, I.A.L. Diamond.keep
The Buddy System (1984) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $1,820,049. This marked Wil Wheaton's first major film role.no budget info, cut
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $16,624,456. Despite technically making back more than its budget, marketing costs and theater portions kept this film from turning a profit during its theater run. Joss Whedon vocally disapproved of the final product, claiming that the studio and director Fran Rubel Kuzui had taken his script and changed it to a "glorified sitcom" rather than the Action Horror-Comedy he intended. Critics largely agreed with Whedon that the direction was to the detriment of the film. Home video sales combined with popular cable television airings allowed Whedon to helm a television series based on the film, which became a massive success that utterly overshadowed the film in pop culture.made its money worldwide, cut
Bullet to the Head (2013) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $22.6 million. The start of a bad year for Sylvester Stallone; this had his worst opening weekend in 32 years and his second lowest of all time.keep
Bulletproof (1996) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $22,611,954. It opened in number one but was immediately shot down afterwards. Director Ernest R. Dickerson has nothing but bad memories about the film after the studio got ahold of it. It nearly killed Adam Sandler's career until he bounced back with The Wedding Singer.not enough of a loss, cut
Bulletproof Monk (2003) — Budget, $52 million. Box office, $37,713,879. The first and only feature film directed by Paul Hunter, who went back to music videos after its critical and financial beatdown. This also ended attempts by Hollywood to make Chow Yun-fat a leading star in the west after headlining several flops.keep
Bullets over Broadway (1994) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $13,383,747. This was one of Woody Allen's most highly Acclaimed Flops.keep
Bulworth (1998) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $29.2 million. This political satire came out in May and thus couldn't survive alongside the blockbusters. It was the last film directed by Warren Beatty until 2016's Rules Don't Apply. Later became Vindicated by History and a Cult Classic, as much of its satire was echoed by real-life political events in the 2016 US election and onward.not enough of a loss, cut
Burke & Hare (2010) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $4.3 million. It is the last film that John Landis has directed so far.keep
Burlesque (2010) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $39,440,655 (domestic), $89,519,773 (worldwide). The first and only feature film directed by Steve Antin and he wouldn't do another film until a writer credit on Proud Mary.made its money worldwide, cut
The Burning (1981) — Budget, $1.5 million. Box office, $270,508 (domestic, original release), $707,770 (domestic, after reissue). This was the debut release of Miramax Films and the film debuts of Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens and Holly Hunter. It initially failed to expand from its original limited release, due to the over-saturation of slasher films at the time. Orion Pictures gave the film a wide release the next year, but the film still came nowhere close to making back its small budget. Apparently, it did well internationally though, making over $1 million in Japan alone. It later became a cult hit in the US on video.keep
Burnt (2015) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $13,603,571 (domestic), $35,607,937 (worldwide). The second bust in a row for Bradley Cooper following Aloha. It was lambasted by critics for being a Cliché Storm with a Jerkass main character.made its money worldwide, cut
Bushwhacked (1995) - Budget, unknown. Box office, $7,919,823. This and Celtic Pride ended the chances of any more leading roles for Daniel Stern.no budget info, cut
Butch and Sundance: The Early Years (1979) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $5.1 million. This semi-prequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid received neither the critical nor financial success of the original. This was the only film produced by Butch Cassidy's screenwriter William Goldman.keep
The Butcher's Wife (1991) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $9,689,816. This critically trashed fantasy comedy was the only feature film directed by Terry Hughes, whose TV career still survives. This was also the only film credit for screenwriters Ezra Litwak and Marjorie Schwartz.no budget info, cut
By the Sea (2015) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $538,460 (domestic), $2,555,525 (worldwide). Even with the star power of Brangelina (who produced and directed this movie), it never escaped limited release when critics and audiences rained down on it.keep
By the Sword (1993) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $6,220. This fencing drama was released on only nine theaters and bowed out after its opening week. It has never been released on video since VHS.no budget info, cut
Bye Bye Love (1995) — Budget, unknown but said to be $15-20 million. Box office, $12 million. Neither critics nor audiences were feeling this romcom. This, along with Fluke and especially Cutthroat Island bombing in the same year, put a dent into Matthew Modine's career as a leading mainstream actor, with his major theatrical roles since being reduced to lower on the billing.no good budget info, cut

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#48: Aug 14th 2022 at 4:03:14 PM

I'm going to bump this once more and hope this cleanup hasn't died out yet.

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#49: Aug 14th 2022 at 9:09:50 PM

I'll get back to it, just been busy.

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#50: Aug 15th 2022 at 11:32:28 AM

Those look good, if you haven't cut them already.

Here's part of W!

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Wagons East! (1994) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $4.4 million. Lead star John Candy died six days before filming wrapped up; even with the film's posthumous release, it was universally panned by critics. One of several bombs that eventually killed Carolco Pictures. no budget info, cut
Waiting for Guffman (1996) — Budget, $4 million. Box office, $2,923,982. This Acclaimed Flop never got past a limited release spanning 59 theaters. not enough of a loss, cut
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. keep
The Walk (2015) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10,137,502 (domestic), $61.2 million (worldwide). What caused this film to underperform in the United States in spite of critical acclaim wasn't that the film took place on the Twin Towers (this film takes place when the towers were first completed and opened and has nothing to do with 9/11 besides a tribute to the victims of the attack at the end of the film). It was that "The Walk" in particular was Philippe Petit's walk on a cable between the roofs of the towers, which was 1,365 feet in the sky, give or take 3 feet. The titular walk and the effects that came with it literally dizzied audiences and caused hundreds if not thousands to walk out on the film due to getting physically ill at watching this. This actually earned a CBS advisory to avoid eating huge meals before viewing the film. It fared much better with foreign audiences. The first of three commercial failures in a row for Robert Zemeckis. made its money worldwide, cut
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $18,317,151. It failed to surpass its budget despite a major marketing push and being one of the more highly praised parody films. The crowded holiday competition that year didn't help either. keep
Walker (1987) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $257,043 (domestic). This film and Straight to Hell's very poor performances immediately sentenced Repo Man director Alex Cox to the C-list of Hollywood moviemakers; he has only been able to scrape enough money to make Direct to Video films since. keep
Walking Tall (2004) — Budget, $46 million. Box office, $46,437,717 (domestic), $57,223,890 (worldwide). A remake of the 1973 Cult Classic starring Dwayne Johnson. Director Kevin Bray did only one other film after this before sticking to TV. made its money, cut
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013) — Budget, $80 million. Box office, $36,076,121 (domestic), $126,546,518 (worldwide). This film got swept under the avalanche that was the runaway success of Frozen, and critics generally panned how out-of-place the dialogue was (it was intended to have only narration and no dialogue). made its money worldwide, cut
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) — Budget, $70 million. Box office, $52,474,616 (domestic), $134,748,021 (worldwide). This sequel to 1987's Wall Street was greeted with a mixed reception from critics, who derided the Sequelitis but praised the acting. made its money worldwide, cut
Wanderlust (2012) — Budget, $32 million. Box office, $24 million. This Judd Apatow produced comedy saw its release date shoved from October 2011 to February 2012 with a month to go. It was still a generally Acclaimed Flop that came and went after six weeks. This film is best known for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux falling in love while making it. not enough of a loss, cut
The War at Home (1996) — Budget, $3 million. Box office, $44,000. Emilio Estevez told Disney that he would only do D3: The Mighty Ducks if they bankrolled this film. They did, but sadly, they didn't promote it at all. Not to mention it was released during one of the craziest months of the year (competing with films like Space Jam and Sling Blade) and was buried as a result. keep
Warrior (2011) — Budget, $25 million. Box office, $23,057,115. An Acclaimed Flop, but this still ensured director Gavin O'Connor wouldn't direct again for 5 years. not enough of a loss, cut
Warriors of Virtue (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 Direct to Video sequel was made to this film, any attempts to make a franchise out of Warriors of Virtue 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. keep
The Warrior's Way (2010) — Budget, $42 million. Box office, $11,087,569. This martial arts fantasy spent two years on The Shelf of Movie Languishment 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 the only film for writer/director Sngmoo Lee and the only Hollywood film for star Jang Dong-gun. keep
The Watch (2012) (2012) — Budget, $68 million. Box office, $35,353,000 (domestic), $68,267,862 (worldwide). The film's marketing campaign received controversy for allegedly being connected (in a way) to the Trayvon Martin case. The film itself received controversy for it having an invading alien race's weakness be their genitals, which prompted a bunch of dick jokes in the movie and at it. Further jeopardizing the film's chances of success was the fact that it came out around the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics, and a week after The Dark Knight Rises was released, with a survey from researcher NRG indicating 20-25 percent of moviegoers being reluctant to visit movie theaters following the mass shooting that took place at a midnight screening of said movie in Aurora, Colorado. made its money worldwide, cut
The Watcher (2000) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $28,946,615 (domestic), $47,267,829 (worldwide). Keanu Reeves was roped into starring in this thriller when his assistant forged his signature on a contract. Unsurprisingly, he views this as an Old Shame. It spent its first two weeks at number one before its heavy panning by critics insured its quick death at the box office. made its money worldwide, cut
The Watcher in the Woods (1980/1981) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $5 million (approximate). Disney initially rushed this film into release to coincide with star Bette Davis' 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 the film the following year with a new ending. The studio wrote off $6.7 million as a result of the film's commercial failure, but became a Cult Classic, inspiring a made-for-TV remake in 2017. keep?
Watchmen (2009) — Budget, $130 million. Box office, $107,509,799 (domestic), $185,258,983 (worldwide). The film version of the classic graphic novel received mixed reviews for, among other things, its fidelity (or lack thereof) to the source material, its bleak tone and excessive length. Mainstream audiences expected it to be another superhero romp but instead got a complex, cerebral Deconstruction, pushing them away. Alan Moore, who wrote the graphic novel, hated the final product, but none of this stopped director Zack Snyder from playing a major creative role in the DC Extended Universe. Watchmen has since become a Cult Classic. made its money worldwide, cut
The Water Diviner (2015) — Budget, $22.5 million. Box office, $15,536,641. Russell Crowe's directorial debut was this historical drama set in the aftermath of the Battle of Gallipoli. It got generally good reviews but was accused of glossing over the atrocities that happened during the aforementioned battle. not enough of a loss, cut
Waterland (1992) — Budget, $10 million. Box office, $1,100,218. keep
Waterloo (1970) — Budget, $25-40 million. Box office, $1.4 million (domestic). The exact budget has never had an single concrete confirmation (Roger Ebert 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 Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon movie; MGM denied this, however. keep
Waterworld (1995) — Budget, $175 million (with marketing: approximately $235 million). Box office, $264,218,220. Although the estimate gives the assumption that it broke even, studios often split the grosses with the theaters, generally 50/50. Thus, the film did indeed lose money at the box office. The infamously Troubled Production and massive budget overruns made this the most expensive film in history for a short time (Titanic (1997) took that crown just two years later), and the toxic press coverage generated by the behind-the-scenes drama arguably coloured reviews of the film for the worse. This was one of three major films that sunk Kevin Costner's A-list status in the mid 1990's (Wyatt Earp and The Postman were the others). The movie didn't stop a popular attraction from opening at Universal Studios, which still runs to date, and the film eventually moved into profit on the back of video, DVD and streaming sales. made its budget, cut
The Way Back (2011) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $20,348,249. Acclaimed director Peter Weir hasn't made another movie since. not enough of a loss, cut
The Way Back (2020) — Budget, $21-25 million. Box office, $14,690,514. This Ben Affleck sports drama received very good reviews, but was one of many films released in March 2020 to flop due to coming out right as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US. keep?? Depends on the budget...
The Way of the Gun (2000) — Budget, $21 million. Box office, $13,069,740. Christopher McQuarrie's first directorial outing after his Oscar win for writing The Usual Suspects, he would take over a decade to direct another film with Jack Reacher. 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 cult following for its Black Comedy take on Neo-Noir tropes and realistic firearms handling. keep
Wayne's World 2 (1993) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $48.2 million (domestic). While this take on Wayne and Garth had a budget that was double that of the original sleeper hit, it was not considered as fresh as the original, and it didn't have the same director because she had fallen out with star Mike Myers over the difficulty of working with him (she directed The Beverly Hillbillies instead, which was a financial success but was actually disdained by critics). Paramount and NBC let the Wayne's World sketch lie in the culture nostalgia corner after this film, but this would be one of the last times an SNL-based film would be taken seriously before it started getting derailed with It's Pat! the next year. As for Myers, this and So I Married An Axe Murderer led to him not appearing in another movie until 1997's Austin Powers. made its budget, cut
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 Madonna has yet to make another feature-length film, though she won a Golden Globe for her song "Masterpiece". keep
We Are Marshall (2006) — Budget, $65 million. Box office, $43,545,364. This football drama was tackled by a tough crowd during the holiday season. It went Direct to Video virtually everywhere else after its financial takedown in the United States. not enough of a loss, cut
We Are Your Friends (2015) — Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,591,417. On its opening weekend, it only averaged $758 per theater. Upon its release it became the fourth-worst wide-release debut of all time... sitting right below The Oogieloves, Delgo, and a re-release of Saw. keep
The Weather Man (2005) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $19,039,770. This Nicolas Cage dramedy was held back for a year before it was released to a mixed reception from critics and a scathing reaction from audiences. Its cinematic run lasted for 54 days. not enough of a loss, cut
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 Jackass and The Santa Clause 2 gave it no chance. keep
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. keep
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 Hot Shots!. keep
Welcome to Marwen (2018) — Budget, $39 million. Box office, $12,463,520. This combination of live-action humans and CGI dolls got generally negative reviews and was tied with fellow bomb Action Point for the worst opening weekend of the year and lasted just four weeks in cinemas. Steve Carell's career might survive this, but it might be more problematic for director Robert Zemeckis to recover. keep
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) — Budget, $30 million. Box office, $14,615,099. The film's failure prompted Gene Hackman to retire from acting altogether. keep
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) — Budget, $9 million. Box office, $334,319. It 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. keep
Welcome to the Rileys (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 Development Hell. keep
The Wendell Baker Story (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. keep
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $9,315,576. This movie began the dominoes falling to the closure of Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio (it only made one more film, Balto, for a total of 3 movies; the other film was An American Tail: Fievel Goes West) and its succession by DreamWorks Animation. On top of that, it's the only movie with Spielberg's name on it to go Direct to Video in the U.K. no budget info, cut
We're No Angels (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 Neil Jordan'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 Sean Penn and Robert De Niro and screenwriter David Mamet) were wasted. keep
West Side Story (2021) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $38 million (domestic), $72 million (worldwide). Steven Spielberg’s take on the iconic musical received near-universal praise from critics, with many declaring it an equal (and in some cases, superior) to the 1961 film. Unfortunately, the film’s dreams of box office success were gutted by the one-two punch of the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 scaring away older audiences and younger audiences preferring to go to the hotly anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home instead. not enough of a loss, cut
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) — Budget, $1.8 million. Box office, $295,206 (domestic). This suffered a limited release in 30 cities and some negative reviews ^note, but has since become a Cult Classic with both a sequel series and a prequel series on Netflix in 2015 and 2017. It's also notable for being Bradley Cooper's film debut. keep
What Dreams May Come (1998) — Budget, $85 million. Box office, $71,382,927. This film adaptation of the Richard Matheson novel received mixed reviews which derided its "morose sentimentality" and "insubstantial plot" but praised its elaborate, Academy Award winning Visual Effects. Director Vincent Ward saw his career stuck in purgatory for seven years. not enough of a loss, cut
What Planet Are You From? (2000) — Budget, $50 million. Box office, $14,145,677. This Sci-Fi Sex Comedy was the first and only film with Garry Shandling in the lead role. Critics found no signs of intelligent humor in the film and it was cast out of theaters after four weeks. keep
Whatever It Takes (2000) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $9,902,115. Director David Raynr hasn't helmed a theatrical feature film since, mostly working on documentaries and direct-to-video movies now. not enough of a loss, cut
Whatever Works (2009) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $5,306,706 (domestic), $35,097,815 (worldwide). One of Woody Allen's less critically received movies. made its money worldwide, cut
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) — Budget, $11 million. Box office, $10,032,765. While it was acclaimed by critics and earned Leonardo DiCaprio his first Oscar nomination, it did well in neither a limited nor a wide release. not enough of a loss, cut
What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) — Budget, $45 million. Box office, $38,464,131. The second of three underperformers for director Sam Weisman; after the next one, which did exceed its original budget at least, he disappeared from Hollywood. not enough of a loss, cut
What's Your Number? (2011) — Budget, $20 million. Box office, $14,011,084 (domestic), $30,426,096 (worldwide). It’s so far the last theatrical film that director Mark Mylod has worked on, since then he's mostly worked on TV shows. made its money worldwide, cut
When in Rome (2010) — Budget, $55 million. Box office, $43,042,835. This kickstarted a lousy year for Touchstone Pictures that would relegate the label to being a distributor for DreamWorks' live-action films. not enough of a loss, cut
When Time Ran Out... (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 another flop shot him down altogether). keep
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) — Budget, unknown. Box office, $6,659,377. This semi-biographical film of Hunter S. Thompson was shredded by critics for its bizarre and episodic plot and was quickly vanquished from theaters. Thompson despised the film except for the performance of Bill Murray as Thompson himself. no budget info, cut
Where the Day Takes You (1992) — Budget, $3 million. Box office, $390,150. Perhaps best known today for being Will Smith's film debut. keep
Where the Heart Is (1990) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $1,106,475. This critically panned comedy dealt a huge blow to John Boorman. He directed two short films before his next feature film, 1995's Beyond Rangoon. keep
Where The Money Is (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 Paul Newman; 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 Linda Fiorentino's career. keep
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) — Budget, $100 million. Box office, $77,233,467 (domestic), $100,086,793 (worldwide). This was a critical darling, and the original book's author Maurice Sendak wholeheartedly approved of it, but its themes and imagery had many asking "What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?". made its money worldwide, cut
Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (2019) — Budget, $18 million. Box office, $9.6 million. keep
Whip It (2009) — Budget, $15 million. Box office, $13,043,363 (domestic), $16,633,035 (worldwide). Fox dumped this roller derby dramedy in less then 1,750 theaters in favor of promoting Jennifer's Body (which itself didn't do much better). This was Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, and she hasn't gone back to director's chair since. made its money worldwide, cut
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) — Budget, $35 million. Box office, $23,083,334. One of a handful of flops in 2016 that ultimately helped end Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman's decade-long run at the company. Got decent reviews, though. not enough of a loss, cut
Whispers In The Dark (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 The Last of the Mohicans. keep
White Boy Rick (2018) — Budget, $29 million. Box office, $24 million (domestic). This biopic of drug dealer and FBI informant Rick Wershe saw its release date shuffled a few times before landing in September. Part of a flop streak for Matthew McConaughey. not enough of a loss, cut
The White Countess (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. keep
White Dog (1982) — Budget, $7 million (estimated). Box office, $46,509 (no, you didn't read it wrong). Noted for its especially Troubled Production, suffering from having its American release pulled courtesy of distributor Paramount because of accusations of being racist (the film centered around a white dog terrorizing and maiming African Americans). Said treatment of this film prompted director Samuel Fuller to retreat to France (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 damning record of racism. keep
White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf (1994) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $8,878,839. This sequel to 1991's White Fang was the only theatrical film directed by Ken Olin, who went back to TV afterwards. It did get a slightly better critical reception than the first film. no budget info, cut
White House Down (2013) — Budget, $150 million. Box office, $73,103,784 (domestic), $203,185,194 (worldwide). This came out the same year as Olympus Has Fallen, another film dealing with a terrorist attack on the White House, and it came up short. This continues the unlucky streak for Roland Emmerich. made its money worldwide, cut
White Man's Burden (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 Savoy Pictures, which ended its interest in film production a few months prior and closed a few years later. keep
White Sands (1992) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $9,011,574. Screenwriter Daniel Pyne waited six years to write his next non-television screenplay. keep
White Squall (1996) — Budget, $38 million. Box office, $10,292,300. It was the second film by Ridley Scott (after 1492: Conquest of Paradise) to bomb at the box office, putting him one step away from complete Creator Killer. keep
White Water Summer (1987) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $300,859. Its poor box-office is due to Columbia Pictures only releasing it in the Pacific Northwest. no budget info, cut
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. keep
The Whole Ten Yards (2004) — Budget, $40 million. Box office, $26,155,781. This example of Sequelitis derailed the cinematic careers of director Howard Deutch and stars Matthew Perry and Natasha Henstridge. not enough of a loss, cut
Wholly Moses! (1980) — Budget, $12 million. Box office, $14,155,617. This biblical spoof was protested by Orthodox Jews for mocking their faith, while critics ripped it apart for ineptly following in the footsteps of Life of Brian. made its budget back, cut
Who's That Girl (1987) — Budget, $17-20 million. Box office, $7,305,209. This and Shanghai Surprise resulted in Madonna minimizing her movie career. keep
Who's Your Caddy? (2007) — Budget, $7 million. Box office, $5,713,425. This movie got accused of ripping off Caddyshack, which did not help it. Opening the same week as The Simpsons Movie further cemented its failure. not enough of a loss, cut
Whose Life Is It Anyway (1981) — Budget, $13 million. Box office, $8.2 million. It almost killed Richard Dreyfuss' theatrical acting career, though he ended up bouncing back later on in the decade thanks to Down and Out in Beverly Hills. not enough of a loss, cut
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998) — Budget, Unknown. Box office, $12,461,773. Gregory Nava only directed one more film after this, nine years later. Also, the only theatrically-released film with a screenplay by Tina Andrews. no budget info, cut

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