From luke skywalkers lightsaber to vito corleones overcoat, fans and collectors have spent thousands sometimes millions of dollars to own their favorite film memorabilia. Barring a hollywood ending, 2019 will not go down as a year for the record books. The hefty paychecks of akshay kumar and sanjay dutt took the films budget overboard and its flimsy story about an undersea bounty left many disappointed. The top 10 most expensive movies that flopped therichest. Which film flops fudged it worse than every other movie in hollywoods history. It has been the biggest flop in the history of disney movies.
Stealth 2005 you might not recognize rob cohen by name, but you almost certainly remember his. The 41 most memorable box office flops in history, including movies with cult followings. Sometimes, we love nothing more than watching an interesting biopic about some of the most famous people in history. The billionaire former new york city mayors campaign, the most expensive presidential primary campaign in history, will go down as one of the most expensive product launch flops ever. The above ranking of top 10 flopped films that are most expensive is given according to the estimated losses faced by these movies. Heading into the christmas holiday, box office receipts are down nearly 4. Most of them are supported with modest budgets, and when they fail to catch an audience, they are cancelled with little fanfare.
With that said, here are the 15 most expensive props in movie history. The series was the most expensive ever made at the time, only ran for nine episodes, and nearly bankrupted nbc, proving that costly bad decision making is nothing new for the network. As profitable as the film industry looks, not all hollywood movies rake in millions. It has since been overtaken by other films, placing it 7th on this list. Another disney film, john carter is known for being one of the most expensive flops ever. It turns out, not only was it the fourth most expensive film ever made, but the recent film aquaman has already surpassed its earnings. Alltime greatest boxoffice bombs, disasters and flops. Due to the secretive nature of hollywood accounting it is not clear which film is the most expensive film ever made. Mike bloombergs campaign ends as one of the biggest. Sahara 2005 sahara looked like an attempt at recapturing the magic of indiana. Broadways top ten musical flops with the imminent reopening of spiderman. Greatest boxoffice bombs, disasters and film flops. At the time of its release, harry potter and the halfblood prince was the second most expensive film ever made, after pirates of the caribbean. The majority of the most expensive films are also part of a film franchise.
In the film and media industry, if a film released in theatres fails to break even by a large amount, it is considered a box office bomb or box office flop, thus. There are some films notorious for large production budgets that are commonly thought to be boxoffice bombs, but have either broken even or turned a profit. In the film and media industry, if a film released in theatres fails to break even by a large. The film did manage to do quite well at the box office, especially in international markets, though its huge budget meant it only just managed to break even. Scifi films from the wachowski siblings have a history of doing well.
Films have the potential to skyrocket the profits of a studio, or to send it into ruins and bankruptcy. Most expensive movie flops of all time from pirates and romans to. The most expensive movie flops in history the adventures of pluto nash 2002 it might be hard to imagine now. Turn off the dark, we look back on some of the most memorable failures in musical theater history. Here are some of the most expensive movie flops in the history of cinema, ranked without adjustments for inflation. While the film earned some recognition for its expensive set pieces, those costly moments ended up ballooning the films. After going through these most expensive hollywood movies ever made, it is clear that filmmaking is not for shallow budget people. The biggest box office movie flops ever made history a2z.
In 1984, the medveds also wrote the hollywood hall of shame. A movie generally needs to make back twice its production cost to break even. These shows, from both television and streaming, are the most expensive flops to date. But all these together even cant save the film that. Here are the 10 most expensive transfer flops in premier league history. The ten most expensive movie flops of all time digital spy. This film starred two of the biggest stars of 2003. Everyone knows that movies are made with high budgets and strong storylines, but some of the flop movies are very discouraging situations for the producers. The most expensive flops in movie history harry medved, michael medved on. Flopped movies that are most expensive top ten list. With the news that the superhero teamup justice league is on course to lose up to. Benhur 1925 was the most expensive film of the silent era, possibly holding the record for over twenty years. Even actors ranbir kapoor and anushka sharma would prefer to disown this disaster. It had some brilliant underwater shots, expensive action choreography, a long schedule in bahamas but no grace.
Cinefans rejected the film so enthusiastically that the 125crore film had a loss of 100 crores. Looper the most expensive movie flops in history facebook. Greatest boxoffice bombs, disasters and flops filmsite. They were made during the postlost boom in huge highconcept pilots. Launched in the year 2009, akshay kumar starer movie blue was named to be the most expensive movie of the history until that year. Due to the secretive nature of hollywood accounting it is not clear which film is the most. The film wasnt a cinematic classic, but it was mildly entertaining and deserve better than the number 9 spot on most expensive flops of all time. Heavens gate is one of the most famous flops of all time, as it lost the studio, united artists, so much money ua had to be sold. Although it was a landmark film in terms of technical achievement, it was also one of the most expensive flops in film history, due to mismarketing to its videogame audience as a fastpaced action film. While any film that fails to meet box office expectations is often labeled a flop, even todays bigbudget failures cant compare to some of the biggest financial disasters in the history of. Several hundred television and streaming shows are produced each year. If you ask us, if producers would have put out a poll inquiring the publics opinion about a film with such at title and premise, it would have surely saved them a lot of trouble, heartache, and 14 years where they could have been.
It was an investment of whopping 129 crores because of long shootings in bahamas and brilliant underwater shots. This last stand historical war movie about the alamo had an allstar cast dennis quaid and billy bob thornton, just to name two, but no marquee names that can really draw in audiences. The film crafted entire worlds, requiring expensive sets, costumes, makeup, and prosthetics. The biggest financial action film flops adjusted for. At 129 crores, this film became bollywoods most expensive in 2009.
The film that brought the sword and sandal genre to crashing ruin, the fall of the roman empire catapulted historical epic producer samuel. This sixth installment in the classic series focuses on the life of harry potter played by daniel radcliffe. Based on the seminal works of edgar rice burroughs, which influenced everything from star wars to parts of the dc universe, john carter seemed like a sure thing on paper. Many call it the biggest flop in the history of bollywood. Sisters brothers was also more expensive than the average indie. This film took the directorial view that it would relate both the american and mexican side of the battle whereas the film of 1960 by the same name starring john wayne, took the traditional path of the american point of view. John carter is a fiction film based on the novel a princess of the mars the first novel in the barsoom series.
Another big flop of 2015, bombay velvet has become a scar in the career of director anurag kashyap. The top 10 most expensive movie flops of all time 0. The most expensive movie flops of all time list challenges. From transformers to avatar, 50 most expensive movies. Plans for further installments of final fantasy with the synthetic actress had to be scrapped. These movies were huge box office bombs and lost a combined.
Here are the 15 biggest box office flops of all time. We hereby reveal the worst movie losses of all time. Films that cost more to make than they acquire in revenue both domestic and worldwide are considered boxoffice catastrophes or bombs. The biggest box office flops of all time screenrant. Whether its because of runaway budgets, terrible ratings or behindthescenes troubles or all three, these 25 shows were not worth the cost. A movie is labelled a flop when the total cost of making the movie surpasses the revenues that the movie generates. There are four films from the pirates of the caribbean series, three hobbit movies, and three installments of. The film was panned by movie critics and didnt get much love from consumers, either. The most expensive flops in movie history detailing the biggest financial film disasters in hollywood history up to that time. The most expensive flops in movie history detailing the biggest financial film disasters in. The most expensive movie that actually flops in history. To some, it may seem excessive, but to true fans, its a chance to own a piece of history. Speaking of disney flops in outer space most expensive movie. The 19 biggest box office bombs in movie history moviefone.
The film was bestowed the dubious honour of largest box office loss by guinness world records and lead to the demise of production company. Here are some of 2018s most notable smashes and flops. A police procedural musical would be one of the weirder ideas in television history, but if abc hadnt marketed the show and spent so heavily on the production i imagine cop rock would be looked at as just another weird flop, one of the probably hundreds in television history. Youll notice one thing in common about a lot of these shows. In practice, though, the film fet ironically derivative and trite. The top 10 most expensive movie flops of all time london.
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