When a movie gives the top billing to george clooney, big results are expected. From the last witch hunter to jem and the holograms. The 19 biggest box office bombs in movie history moviefone. The biggest superhero movie flops and successes of all. The biggest movie flops of 2015 yahoo movies canada. From star wars to jurassic world, 2015 was a year of record breaking box office champions. The year is coming to an end and its been a year of hits and misses at the box office.
But its also time for some of the years biggest boxoffice risks. The biggest box office flops of 2015 not every movie can be a star wars, but these five films didnt even come close. But with the good, of course, comes the bad and there were five movies in. Thats a lot of movies vying for peoples limited time and the stakes have never been higher.
Here are 10 of the biggest movie flops of the 2010s insider. For a martin scorsese movie, we expected some bigger numbers from the box office for this movie. According to data from february 2020, the biggest movie flop of all time was disneys 2011 film mars needs moms, with an overall loss of 143. About 100 movies from big studios are released in theaterseach year. Even topgrossing movies are purportedly in the red, thanks to studios charging themselves overhead. So, of course, hollywood thought that a reboot would be a box office gold. Dec 21, 2015 bombay velvet was bollywoods biggest flop this year. While there have been big hits, movies that were expected to. Dec 29, 2015 with 2015 winding down, we thought wed take a look back on the biggest flops of the year box office data as of december 16. Apr 30, 2015 the 5 biggest boxoffice smashes of the summer. The biggest box office flops of all time screenrant.
A remake of the 1959 classic film, 2016s benhur was a serious flop. Unfortunately, the film about a prince falsely accused of treason was widely panned with a 25% on rotten tomatoes, and was declared the biggest box office flop of 2016. Home business blitz 15 biggest box office flops of 2015. Despite months of hype and nostalgic anticipation, jem and the holograms failed to fill seats for showtime. Although any film for which the production and marketing costs exceed the combined revenue after release can be considered to have bombed, the term is more frequently used on major studio releases that are highly anticipated and. Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 28 february 2020 in theaters around the world.
Jeff bridges also starred in the film, in which the pair portray a duo of ghost cops who find evil souls and return them to earth. Topping the biggest movie flops of 2015 list is the bill murray starrer rock the kasbah which has rolled out in some european territories in november, and the sean penn movie the gunman, which. Films that cost more to make than they acquire in revenue both domestic and worldwide are considered boxoffice catastrophes or bombs. If you havent been to the movies yet this year, you arent alone. This list is all about the latter the films which have drowned in their own ridiculous budgets and were hammered by critics and audiences. From jem and the holograms to strange magic photos jem left theaters after just two weeks. Biggest moneylosing movies of all time 2020 statista.
Thats why what appears to be a narrow miss between tomorrowland recouping its budget, actually was one of the biggest flops of 2015. With 2015 winding down, we thought wed take a look back on the biggest flops of the year box office data as of december 16. Unfortunately, the film about a prince falsely accused of treason was widely panned with a 25% on rotten tomatoes. Business publication forbes ranks the movies that made the lowest returns on their production budgets in 2015. Critics hated it and audiences were not interested. Greatest boxoffice bombs, disasters and film flops of alltime.
The wardstone chronicles, this swordandsorcery yarn spent two years on the shelf before getting dumped in. Jun 08, 2015 zac efrons movie about djs, we are your friends, really took the cake among box office bombs in 2015. The wardstone chronicles, this swordandsorcery yarn spent two years on the shelf before getting dumped in february 2015. This was another one disney had high hopes for, and shelled out big on its marketing campaign. Bombay velvet was bollywoods biggest flop this year. The biggest box office flops of 2015 the motley fool.
The biggest superhero movie flops and successes of all time a scene from the film, fantastic four, in u. This was supposed to be the great original hope of the 2015 summer movie season, with walt disney releasing a bigbudget original fantasy from brad. Jan 21, 2020 another ryan reynolds flick lands on the list of the biggest flops in recent decades. Dec 29, 2015 depp, clooney, del toro and more had massive box office bombs. With a dismal 19% return on production costsand just an 8% favorable rating on rotten tomatoesrock the kasbah leads our list of 2015s biggest flops. Sep 07, 2015 this was supposed to be the great original hope of the 2015 summer movie season, with walt disney releasing a bigbudget original fantasy from brad bird.
The biggest shock about the lone rangers box office failure is that it only placed fifth on the worst flops of all time list. In the motion picture industry, a boxoffice bomb or boxoffice flop is a film that is considered highly unsuccessful or unprofitable during its theatrical run. Depp, clooney, del toro and more had massive box office bombs. That means around 1,000 hollywood productions hit the theaters in the last decade. While there have been big hits, movies that were expected to do well bombed at the box office. Jan 01, 2016 2015 was a year of record breaking hits and plenty of epic flops and today were counting down the 9 biggest flops of the year on this special best of 2015 episode of listed.
We roundup the blockbuster films that have failed to find an audience this year. Not every movie can be a star wars, but these five films didnt even come close. The ten biggest summer movie flops ever celebrity net worth. Zac efrons movie about djs, we are your friends, really took the cake among box office bombs in 2015. It ranks as the third worst movie debut of all time. Here is a look at the biggest box office bombs of 2015. Feb 24, 2020 according to data from february 2020, the biggest movie flop of all time was disneys 2011 film mars needs moms, with an overall loss of 143. It got trampled like a fallen rider in a chariot race. Another ryan reynolds flick lands on the list of the biggest flops in recent decades. The biggest box office hits and flops of the summer 2015 a prediction. Nov 24, 2015 with a dismal 19% return on production costsand just an 8% favorable rating on rotten tomatoesrock the kasbah leads our list of 2015 s biggest flops. Greatest boxoffice bombs, disasters and film flops. The 10 biggest box office flops of 2015 celebrity net worth. Mortdecai, jem and the holograms and victor frankenstein failed to attract audiences this year.
Some of the biggest movie flops of all time the delite. Its what every actor, filmmaker and production company fears the boxoffice flop. Fantastic four, tomorrowland and the biggest flops of. Many hollywood studios will be all too happy to forget 2011, which witnessed a troubling dip in moviegoing for much of the year at the domestic box office. Benhur the original is one of the most iconic films of all time. It is the second lowestgrossing movie of cameron crowe. We break down the most epic hollywood failures of 2015. Films have the potential to skyrocket the profits of a studio, or to send it into ruins and bankruptcy.